2014-15 Agenda

October 2nd, 2014

6 years. That is how long the Okanagan Developer's Group has been going. Think of how the technology community in the Okanagan has changed since then? We have many newcomers to the valley, a ton of new companies, some successful exits, and a ton of new events servicing all aspects of technology that you can see at Digital Okanagan's Okanagan Tech & Creative Community Events Meetup group.

Last year was amazing for OKDG consistency. We had events every month, from September to May. We also did well at starting events on time and keeping speakers to an 18 minute time limit. What will we do for this year?

At the end of the season we circulated a community survey to see what the community wanted out of OKDG. Questions covered relevancy, frequency, content, and structure. The general takeaways from the community feedback are:

  • be more development focused
  • start earlier
  • move RSVPs and event info to Meetup
  • redo the website

With this in mind, for the 2014-15 year, we are going to try and make OKDG more of an event. This means less frequency (ie. we will only hold an event when there is something important to discuss), and diving more in depth on development topics (ie. only one speaker per evening, with a longer time). Also, we will start closer to dinner time. Hopefully we will get bigger groups out to hear and discuss deeper topics. As for a new website, well, that is still on the table. Any volunteers?

Our next event will be announced soon. In the meantime, please sign up to the DO Meetup group, and follow OKDG on Twitter for the latest. If you have a topic idea, please let us know.

Past News

June 17th, 2014 - Summer 2014 Break

May 7th, 2012 - Obligatory Spring Has Sprung Wrap-up Post

November 1st, 2011 - Movember STRIKES Again

March 9th, 2011 - OKDG Tech event Calendar

November 4th, 2010 - The Many Faces of MOVEMBER

September 27th, 2010 - Fall Update

July 28th, 2010 - The Separative

June 11th, 2010 - First Official OKDG #hacknight

June 3rd, 2010 - May 25th Wrap-Up

June 3rd, 2010 - OKDG Unveils New Website



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The Bike Shop Cafe, Kelowna BC, Canada

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