Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

Every Thursday, the members of Hammerspace gather to socialize, network, and meet new members of the space. We welcome the community at large to come down during this time to explore the workshop, check out all of the tools, fabrication equipment and work space made available to HammerSpace members, and ask questions of our community of Hammerspace users.

There is plenty of off-street parking, a kids playroom available for tiny makers, and the evening is always the origin point of new and amazing creative ideas.

Tours are led every 30 minutes for those curious about the tools and capabilities of the facility and staff. This is a free event, open to the public.

45th & Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. Click here for event


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Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 1:00:00 PM , ,

Hi Makers!

** This is a webinar. Please register here: https://www.h2o.ai/webinars/?commid=387074 **

From the earliest days, H2O.ai has been a visionary Silicon Valley open-source software company that created and reimagined what is possible. Our vision has been to democratize AI for everyone. Not just a select few. We believe in making every company an AI company and giving access to innovative technologies as they embark on an AI transformation within their organization.

With H2O Driverless AI, we believe we have set the standard in automatic machine learning by giving developers a simple way to deploy models on a cloud-agnostic platform with rich explainability and visualizations, strong NLP and time series capabilities and exemplary customer support.

Join this webinar where we'll focus on H2O.ai offerings in the cloud and how you can get started on your AI transformation journey today.

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Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 7:30:00 AM Online event , ,

KC Roundtable is KC's premiere breakfast group for 20 to 30-something entrepreneurs. Make your breakfast and coffee at home prior to 7:30 AM and hop on to understand how everyone is dealing with the various restrictions, remote work, and essential work, during this pandemic.

We can discuss the usual: Recent wins, struggles, and what resources are out there in the world.*

Our mission is to:
- Focus on relationship building; not lead generating
- Facilitate collaboration, openness, transparency, learning and teaching
- Establish an entrepreneurial network
- Fill the void of not having the water cooler

* Note: Going to set the automatic record of this conversation and potentially put it up on our Facebook Group page if there is greater value to our Meetup community. Please consider putting on pants.

ZOOM DETAILS:
KC Roundtable organizers are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: KC Roundtable [Virtual Breakfast] Meetup for 20 to 30-something entrepreneurs
Time: Apr 2, 2020 07:30 AM Central Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 366 918 129

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Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM Online event , ,

Join Modern Web Kansas City and GDG Kansas City for the upcoming talks sponsored by KCDC!

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The Event
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When: April 9th, 2020 from 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Where: Online (https://youtu.be/J7p1Tchhn3o)

In light of the COVID-19 situation, we've decided to move our upcoming event online! Our number one priority is to keep everyone healthy and safe, and hopefully this event will help with any quarantine boredom!

Our featured speakers so far are...

Alisa Duncan
Co-organizer of Angular KC & Program Director for ngGirlsKC
"Digging in to Angular Animations"
Angular has built in support for animations. We'll apply simple animations to components and router to see how it works.

J.D. Hillen
Senior Front-End Developer at Dimensional Innovations
"Vue in Practice @ DI"
Vue is not just another framework to the developers at Dimensional Innovations. It is a way of life. Since adopting Vue almost 2 years ago, we have learned many lessons. Most importantly, the power and flexability that Vue can bring to our projects. And with 50+ applications under our belts, Vue has become an indispensable tool for building amazing experiences for our clients. I'll discuss our process, a few of our projects and in what ways we think we use Vue in a unique way. This is the story of how DI took Vue from an experiment to our primary application framework.

Keep an eye out for more speaker announcements & talk details!

We're also excited to be partnering with AngularKC, KC React, VueKC, JavascriptKC, GraphQL KC, OWASP-KC & more to bring you this event!

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Information about the group Modern Web KC
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Modern Web is an interactive meetup focused on exploring next generation frameworks, standards, tools, and techniques of the Modern Web.

Topics we cover range from JavaScript technologies such as ReactJS, Angular, VueJS, React Native, RxJS, Web Components, Progressive Web Apps, and more.

https://youtu.be/J7p1Tchhn3o Click here for event


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Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM , ,

PLEASE REGISTER AT
https://www.meetup.com/modernwebkc/events/269238742/

X-Post from Modern Web KC

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Modern Web Kansas city event sponsored by KCDC!

Modern Web is an interactive meetup focused on exploring next generation frameworks, standards, tools, and techniques of the Modern Web.

Topics we cover range from JavaScript technologies such as ReactJS, Angular, VueJS, React Native, RxJS, Web Components, Progressive Web Apps, and more.

We're also excited to be partnering with AngularKC, KC React, VueKC, JavascriptKC, GraphQL KC, OWASP-KC, GDG Kansas City, & more to bring you this event!

In light of the COVID-19 situation, we've decided to move our upcoming event online! Our number one priority is to keep everyone healthy and safe, and hopefully this event will help with any quarantine boredom!

When: April 9th, 2020 from 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Where: Online (https://youtu.be/J7p1Tchhn3o)

Our featured speakers so far are...

Alisa Duncan
Co-organizer of Angular KC & Program Director for ngGirlsKC
"Digging in to Angular Animations"
Angular has built in support for animations. We'll apply simple animations to components and router to see how it works.

J.D. Hillen
Senior Front-End Developer at Dimensional Innovations
"Vue in Practice @ DI"
Vue is not just another framework to the developers at Dimensional Innovations. It is a way of life. Since adopting Vue almost 2 years ago, we have learned many lessons. Most importantly, the power and flexability that Vue can bring to our projects. And with 50+ applications under our belts, Vue has become an indispensable tool for building amazing experiences for our clients. I'll discuss our process, a few of our projects and in what ways we think we use Vue in a unique way. This is the story of how DI took Vue from an experiment to our primary application framework.

Keep an eye out for more speaker announcements & talk details!

Come and join us for tech talks, food, drinks, and some great conversation! We can't wait to meet you!

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Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM , ,

We are thrilled to announce the upcoming Modern Web Kansas city event sponsored by KCDC!

Modern Web is an interactive meetup focused on exploring next generation frameworks, standards, tools, and techniques of the Modern Web.

Topics we cover range from JavaScript technologies such as ReactJS, Angular, VueJS, React Native, RxJS, Web Components, Progressive Web Apps, and more.

We're also excited to be partnering with AngularKC, KC React, VueKC, JavascriptKC, GraphQL KC, OWASP-KC, GDG Kansas City, & more to bring you this event!

In light of the COVID-19 situation, we've decided to move our upcoming event online! Our number one priority is to keep everyone healthy and safe, and hopefully this event will help with any quarantine boredom!

When: April 9th, 2020 from 6:30PM - 9:00PM
Where: Online (https://youtu.be/J7p1Tchhn3o)

Our featured speakers so far are...

Alisa Duncan
Co-organizer of Angular KC & Program Director for ngGirlsKC
"Digging in to Angular Animations"
Angular has built in support for animations. We'll apply simple animations to components and router to see how it works.

J.D. Hillen
Senior Front-End Developer at Dimensional Innovations
"Vue in Practice @ DI"
Vue is not just another framework to the developers at Dimensional Innovations. It is a way of life. Since adopting Vue almost 2 years ago, we have learned many lessons. Most importantly, the power and flexability that Vue can bring to our projects. And with 50+ applications under our belts, Vue has become an indispensable tool for building amazing experiences for our clients. I'll discuss our process, a few of our projects and in what ways we think we use Vue in a unique way. This is the story of how DI took Vue from an experiment to our primary application framework.

Keep an eye out for more speaker announcements & talk details!

Come and join us for tech talks, food, drinks, and some great conversation! We can't wait to meet you!

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Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

Every Thursday, the members of Hammerspace gather to socialize, network, and meet new members of the space. We welcome the community at large to come down during this time to explore the workshop, check out all of the tools, fabrication equipment and work space made available to HammerSpace members, and ask questions of our community of Hammerspace users.

There is plenty of off-street parking, a kids playroom available for tiny makers, and the evening is always the origin point of new and amazing creative ideas.

Tours are led every 30 minutes for those curious about the tools and capabilities of the facility and staff. This is a free event, open to the public.

45th & Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. Click here for event


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Thursday, April 9, 2020 at 10:00:00 AM Online event , ,

Learn about Data Privacy Passports.

Speakers:
Michael Jordan, Distinguished Engineer, IBM Z Security - IBM Systems
Keenan McCarthy, Infrastructure Architect, IBM Systems Client Experience Center

https://ibm.webex.com/ibm/onstage/g.php?MTID=ed2702578d6be5578c5490cd25d663101 Click here for event


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Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 3:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

If you've ever wanted to get into 3D printing, but don't quite know how to get started, then this is the class for you! 3D Printing & Design class, going on every other Saturday at Hammerspace. Learn how to design objects to be printed, as well as how to operate a 3D printer. No prior knowledge required.

Be sure to bring your laptop so you can get set up to get started on designing your first 3D creation.

FYI: There are two ONI 3D printer available to members of HammerSpace Workshop.

45th & Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. Click here for event


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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM Online Meeting - Link TBA Probably Google Hangouts, Kansas City, mo

With modern computing power and fast internet connections, it's absolutely viable to do high-profile post-production work from afar. We'll be assembling a panel of experts to discuss their thoughts on the pros and cons of this approach, and welcome all of you to join in the discussion as well.

Featured speakers include:

Kyle Hamrick
KCVideoCore co-manager, founder of Wotate (kylehamrick.com)

Sean Joseph
Founder of Blackburrow Creative (blackburrowcreative.com)

[Other featured speakers will be announced as they're confirmed.]

In keeping with the theme (and out of an abundance of caution over where the current health situation may be a few weeks from now), we've decided to host this as an online meeting. We're intending to run this via Google Hangouts - we want this to allow for an easier group discussion for ALL participants, and will update with the appropriate link & information once we've confirmed!

We'll open the room 15 minutes or so before the event starts, to allow for social & setup time.

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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Dragonfly Tea Zone 215 NE Englewood Rd , Kansas City , MO

Bring a laptop or tablet with Linux running on it.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM Westport Coffee House 4010 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO

• What we'll do
Casual discussions about intersectional feminism over various topics. Conversations about how to succeed in life, work and relationships while advocating for yourself and empowering the women around you.

• What to bring
An open mind and willingness to share your experience, ask questions and potentially be vulnerable. If you have additional topics you'd like to discuss, please don't hesitate to reach out or bring them up in the course of conversation.

• Important to know
These conversations aren't about subscribing to a certain set of answers, but instead they're about having honest, organic discussions that help us do and be better every day.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Dragonfly Tea Zone 215 NE Englewood Rd , Kansas City , MO

Bring a laptop or tablet with Linux running on it.

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Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 12:00:00 PM , ,

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2W3ztql

Thinking about a career in code, but don't know where to begin? Join our co-founder and Chief Innovation Office, Avi Flombaum, as he shares how to kick-start your journey towards a coding career. After the presentation, we'll open up the webinar to an ask-me-anything format, so bring your questions!

You'll hear about:
- History of coding bootcamps
- Alumni stories
- How to start a coding project
- What to expect on the job

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/2W3ztql

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Thursday, April 2, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

Every Thursday, the members of Hammerspace gather to socialize, network, and meet new members of the space. We welcome the community at large to come down during this time to explore the workshop, check out all of the tools, fabrication equipment and work space made available to HammerSpace members, and ask questions of our community of Hammerspace users.

There is plenty of off-street parking, a kids playroom available for tiny makers, and the evening is always the origin point of new and amazing creative ideas.

Tours are led every 30 minutes for those curious about the tools and capabilities of the facility and staff. This is a free event, open to the public.

45th & Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. Click here for event


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Monday, March 30, 2020 at 7:00:00 PM Online event , ,

This event will be streamed live in our Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpresskc/permalink/881082439012381/
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PRESENTATION
Freelancers should use client agreements with their clients. But how do you create one? What should it include? How do you negotiate it? How do you sign it? Those are all important questions and we'll cover them all in this presentation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chris Brown represents startups, freelancers, and small businesses through his firm, Venture Legal. He also co-founded Contract Canvas, a digital contract platform for freelancers.

• Venture Legal's ebook on this topic - https://contractcanvas.com/resources/the-creators-guide-to-client-agreements/
• More ebooks from Venture Legal - https://venturelegalkc.com/free-entrepreneurship-resources/

CONNECT WITH THE SPEAKER
• Website - http://www.venturelegalkc.com
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/csbcounsel/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/CSBCounsel

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CONNECT WITH WORDPRESS KC
• Website - http://wordpresskc.com
• Newsletter - http://wordpresskc.com/newsletter
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WordPressKC/
• Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpresskc/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wordpresskc/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/wordpresskc
• Instagram - http://instagram.com/wordpresskc

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Monday, March 30, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Plexpod Crossroads 1712 Main St, Kansas City, mo

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IMPORTANT NOTE: We are taking a hiatus from our in-person Hack Nights as we deal with the implications of COVID-19. We encourage teams to continue project work and to meet virtually from 6:00-8:00pm on Mondays. Our ability to provide pizza and snacks will be compromised, however :).

Register here for the Zoom link to kick off the March 30 meeting:
https://codeforamerica.zoom.us/meeting/register/v5Ekf-qqrTwiX0DFXKo2zbtPbExu44x9_A

A new Zoom link will be posted for each weekly meeting. You will need to register at the Zoom link to access the meeting kickoff. Individual teams will have access to video breakouts via Slack.

We are also exploring possible projects we could take on to help address this public health emergency. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or are interested in working on immediate public health-related projects.

Thanks,
Aaron, Paul, and the rest of the Core Team
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Interested in helping the Kansas City area? Great! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help by joining us to work on civic hacking to create a better Kansas City and surrounding cities. Bring projects, ideas, designs, laptops, data, and friends.

Meeting Format

6:00 - Social / Networking
6:15 - Kickoff and Introductions
6:25 - New Member Orientation and Hacking
8:00 - Wrap-up

First Mondays are "Pitch Nights," when we have a slot for new project pitches during kickoff; third Mondays are "Learn Nights," where we have community speakers on civic tech topics from 6:30-7:30pm.

Location: Plexpod Crossroads (formerly Think Big CoWorking).
Entrance in the alley on the West side of the building.
https://goo.gl/maps/hsBMJdcdEh72

Please RSVP so that we know how many snacks & drinks to bring.

Civic Heroes of all types welcome! This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!

Bring a laptop: If you intend on getting some hands-on hacking done (it's ok if you can't but it definitely helps to have one).

If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about, please let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.

Code for KC is a program of KC Digital Drive, a local non-profit whose mission is to make Kansas City a digital leader by developing civic capacity to adapt to technology change. We are the local affiliate in Code for America's Brigade network.

Connect with Us:

• Join our Code for KC email list (http://eepurl.com/7gbQP).

• Follow us on Twitter @CodeforKC (http://twitter.com/codeforkc) and @KCDigitalDrive (http://twitter.com/kcdigitaldrive).

Got questions? Email our Brigade Captain, Paul Barham: [email protected] or [email protected].

Code for KC has a Code of Conduct! Please always be respectful and help us keep our events welcoming, positive, productive environments for everyone. Code For KC presenters and participants are held to this anti-harassment policy (http://codeforkc.org/hackkc-code-of-conduct).

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https://kansascityusergroups.glideapp.io/ is a new Phone App for Kansas City Metro Tech Events and User Group Meetings.



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Thursday, April 16, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

Every Thursday, the members of Hammerspace gather to socialize, network, and meet new members of the space. We welcome the community at large to come down during this time to explore the workshop, check out all of the tools, fabrication equipment and work space made available to HammerSpace members, and ask questions of our community of Hammerspace users.

There is plenty of off-street parking, a kids playroom available for tiny makers, and the evening is always the origin point of new and amazing creative ideas.

Tours are led every 30 minutes for those curious about the tools and capabilities of the facility and staff. This is a free event, open to the public.

45th & Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. Click here for event


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Monday, April 6, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Plexpod Crossroads 1712 Main St, Kansas City, mo

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IMPORTANT NOTE: We are taking a hiatus from our in-person Hack Nights as we deal with the implications of COVID-19. We encourage teams to continue project work and to meet virtually from 6:00-8:00pm on Mondays. Our ability to provide pizza and snacks will be compromised, however :).

Register here for the Zoom link to kick off the April 6 meeting:
https://codeforamerica.zoom.us/meeting/register/vpYsdeCrrjoijEIJa49muJV1lAtx-BsHsw

A new Zoom link will be posted for each weekly meeting. You will need to register at the Zoom link to access the meeting kickoff. Individual teams will have access to video breakouts via Slack.

We are also exploring possible projects we could take on to help address this public health emergency. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or are interested in working on immediate public health-related projects.

Thanks,
Aaron, Paul, and the rest of the Core Team
########

Interested in helping the Kansas City area? Great! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help by joining us to work on civic hacking to create a better Kansas City and surrounding cities. Bring projects, ideas, designs, laptops, data, and friends.

Meeting Format

6:00 - Social / Networking
6:15 - Kickoff and Introductions
6:25 - New Member Orientation and Hacking
8:00 - Wrap-up

First Mondays are "Pitch Nights," when we have a slot for new project pitches during kickoff; third Mondays are "Learn Nights," where we have community speakers on civic tech topics from 6:30-7:30pm.

Location: Plexpod Crossroads (formerly Think Big CoWorking).
Entrance in the alley on the West side of the building.
https://goo.gl/maps/hsBMJdcdEh72

Please RSVP so that we know how many snacks & drinks to bring.

Civic Heroes of all types welcome! This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!

Bring a laptop: If you intend on getting some hands-on hacking done (it's ok if you can't but it definitely helps to have one).

If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about, please let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.

Code for KC is a program of KC Digital Drive, a local non-profit whose mission is to make Kansas City a digital leader by developing civic capacity to adapt to technology change. We are the local affiliate in Code for America's Brigade network.

Connect with Us:

• Join our Code for KC email list (http://eepurl.com/7gbQP).

• Follow us on Twitter @CodeforKC (http://twitter.com/codeforkc) and @KCDigitalDrive (http://twitter.com/kcdigitaldrive).

Got questions? Email our Brigade Captain, Paul Barham: [email protected] or [email protected].

Code for KC has a Code of Conduct! Please always be respectful and help us keep our events welcoming, positive, productive environments for everyone. Code For KC presenters and participants are held to this anti-harassment policy (http://codeforkc.org/hackkc-code-of-conduct).

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM This is an online event https://us04web.zoom.us/j/247405310, Kansas City, mo

A team from Kansas City won Neo4j's Global Graph Hack in 2019. Learn how they built their winning project, a web app called Meetup Mixer that encourages networking while teaching about graph databases. See an example of GRANDstack (GraphQL, React, Apollo, & Neo4j Database) and find out how OneGraph's GraphQL API made authentication with Meetup a breeze. For more details on Meetup Mixer, see the Devpost entry here. https://devpost.com/software/meetup-mixer-fs8dc3

KC Graph Databases Meetup and GraphQL KC will join forces for this event.

This will be an online event. Join the webcast at https://us04web.zoom.us/j/247405310

6:00 Introductions
6:15 Presentation from Nathan Smith, Sarah Staab, Steve Petrie, and Erin Schuberth
6:50 Q&A

Sign in with your web browser using this link. https://us04web.zoom.us/j/247405310 Click here for event


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Wednesday, April 15, 2020 at 12:00:00 PM Online event , ,

Project overages. Missed deadlines. Poor planning. Sound familiar?

Don't settle for mediocre project management. Join us for an online Workshop Wednesday and learn how you can avoid the common pitfalls of managing projects, better leading your team to development success!

Zoom link is attached to the event. The password to join will be emailed closer to the event.

https://zoom.us/j/475652155?pwd=aGtXUXo2N1VQMjAvdHZtNnNCUkdldz09 Click here for event


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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 6:30:00 PM Online Meeting - Link TBA Probably Google Hangouts, Kansas City, mo

With modern computing power and fast internet connections, it's absolutely viable to do high-profile post-production work from afar. We'll be assembling a panel of experts to discuss their thoughts on the pros and cons of this approach, and welcome all of you to join in the discussion as well.

Featured speakers include:

Kyle Hamrick
KCVideoCore co-manager, founder of Wotate (kylehamrick.com)

Sean Joseph
Founder of Blackburrow Creative (blackburrowcreative.com)

[Other featured speakers will be announced as they're confirmed.]

In keeping with the theme (and out of an abundance of caution over where the current health situation may be a few weeks from now), we've decided to host this as an online meeting. We're intending to run this via Google Hangouts - we want this to allow for an easier group discussion for ALL participants, and will update with the appropriate link & information once we've confirmed!

We'll open the room 15 minutes or so before the event starts, to allow for social & setup time.

Click here for event


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Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Dragonfly Tea Zone 215 NE Englewood Rd , Kansas City , MO

Bring a laptop or tablet with Linux running on it.

Click here for event


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Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 9:00:00 AM Online event , ,

In this virtual meetup we will explore the topic of algorithms from the ground up. First we will define an algorithm, then we will explore several algorithms used to accomplish the same task: sort an unordered array of integers. We will examine how efficient each algorithm is first by experimentation, then by exploring the topic of computational complexity. We will walk through practical examples that illustrate how to find the computational complexity of an algorithm. Then we discuss the importance of choosing the correct data structure for a given problem, again by example.

If you are not currently signed up with Operation Code, please visit https://operationcode.org/join and join (it's free). Once you have joined, you will have access to the Slack channel. Be sure to join the #kansas_city channel and join us Saturday morning at 9.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 7:00:00 PM Keller Williams Key Partners, LLC. 4200 Somerset Dr, Prairie Village, KS

Using WordPress for eCommerce: Optimizing and Best Practices

Are you ready to set up your first eCommerce website to sell physical or digital products? WooCommerce is an open-source, customizable eCommerce platform that runs on top of WordPress, the software that runs 34% of the web.

Attend this session for tips on how to set up and configure your WooCommerce install, including shipping, taxes, email integration, and more. Sarah Humphrey of 94 West Design will explores some of the best plugins to extend WooCommerce's native functionality. We will also talk about optimizing your product listings and basic SEO best practices for eComm.

Have any questions you'd like Sarah to address? Please add them in the comments below!

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ABOUT THE VENUE:
Thank you to WordPress KC member Kyle Johnson & Evoke Insurers for being our location sponsor for this Meetup!

Website - https://www.evokeinsures.com/

Keller Williams Key Partners, LLC
4200 Somerset Dr SUITE 101 · Prairie Village, KS

• Park on the east side of the building
• When you enter the front doors of the building, go to the right
• At the Keller Williams office doors, go to the left and you'll see the group

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MEETUP SCHEDULE:
• Doors open
• Networking - Chat with other group members: 7pm
• Member introductions: 7:15pm
• Presentation: ~7:30pm
• Q&A: Immediately following presentation
• Chat and talk shop: Following Q&A, up until 9pm

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CONNECT WITH WORDPRESS KC:
• Website - http://wordpresskc.com
• Newsletter - http://wordpresskc.com/newsletter
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WordPressKC/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/wordpresskc
• Instagram - http://instagram.com/wordpresskc

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Dragonfly Tea Zone 215 NE Englewood Rd , Kansas City , MO

Bring a laptop or tablet with Linux running on it.

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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Blvd Tavern 320 Southwest Boulevard, Kansas City,

Join us for monthly meetup where we practice coaching skills and tools, debrief challenges in a safe environment. We'll spend the first 30 minutes networking. The official "work" will start at 6:30. 

Downtown KC/Crossroads - Parking available across the street. Click here for event


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Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 11:30:00 AM Stowers Institute for Medical Research 1000 E 50th Street, Kansas City,

This event will be canceled.

Karen Mustain, Atlassian User Group Leader

Jessica Witt, Atlassian User Group Leader

David Puchosic, AUG Assistant

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https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-kansas-city-presents-april-2020-kcaug-meeting-2020-summit-recap/

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Saturday, April 4, 2020 at 3:00:00 PM The NEW HammerSpace Community Workshop 5200 E. 45th St., Kansas City, MO

If you've ever wanted to get into 3D printing, but don't quite know how to get started, then this is the class for you! 3D Printing & Design class, going on every other Saturday at Hammerspace. Learn how to design objects to be printed, as well as how to operate a 3D printer. No prior knowledge required.

Be sure to bring your laptop so you can get set up to get started on designing your first 3D creation.

FYI: There are two ONI 3D printer available to members of HammerSpace Workshop.

45th & Emanuel Cleaver II Blvd. Click here for event


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Monday, March 30, 2020 at 7:00:00 PM Online event , ,

This event will be streamed live in our Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpresskc/permalink/881082439012381/
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PRESENTATION
Freelancers should use client agreements with their clients. But how do you create one? What should it include? How do you negotiate it? How do you sign it? Those are all important questions and we'll cover them all in this presentation.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chris Brown represents startups, freelancers, and small businesses through his firm, Venture Legal. He also co-founded Contract Canvas, a digital contract platform for freelancers.

• Venture Legal's ebook on this topic - https://contractcanvas.com/resources/the-creators-guide-to-client-agreements/
• More ebooks from Venture Legal - https://venturelegalkc.com/free-entrepreneurship-resources/

CONNECT WITH THE SPEAKER
• Website - http://www.venturelegalkc.com
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/csbcounsel/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/CSBCounsel

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CONNECT WITH WORDPRESS KC
• Website - http://wordpresskc.com
• Newsletter - http://wordpresskc.com/newsletter
• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/WordPressKC/
• Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpresskc/
• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wordpresskc/
• Twitter - https://twitter.com/wordpresskc
• Instagram - http://instagram.com/wordpresskc

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Monday, March 30, 2020 at 6:00:00 PM Plexpod Crossroads 1712 Main St, Kansas City, mo

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IMPORTANT NOTE: We are taking a hiatus from our in-person Hack Nights as we deal with the implications of COVID-19. We encourage teams to continue project work and to meet virtually from 6:00-8:00pm on Mondays. Our ability to provide pizza and snacks will be compromised, however :).

Register here for the Zoom link to kick off the March 30 meeting:
https://codeforamerica.zoom.us/meeting/register/v5Ekf-qqrTwiX0DFXKo2zbtPbExu44x9_A

A new Zoom link will be posted for each weekly meeting. You will need to register at the Zoom link to access the meeting kickoff. Individual teams will have access to video breakouts via Slack.

We are also exploring possible projects we could take on to help address this public health emergency. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions or are interested in working on immediate public health-related projects.

Thanks,
Aaron, Paul, and the rest of the Core Team
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Interested in helping the Kansas City area? Great! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help by joining us to work on civic hacking to create a better Kansas City and surrounding cities. Bring projects, ideas, designs, laptops, data, and friends.

Meeting Format

6:00 - Social / Networking
6:15 - Kickoff and Introductions
6:25 - New Member Orientation and Hacking
8:00 - Wrap-up

First Mondays are "Pitch Nights," when we have a slot for new project pitches during kickoff; third Mondays are "Learn Nights," where we have community speakers on civic tech topics from 6:30-7:30pm.

Location: Plexpod Crossroads (formerly Think Big CoWorking).
Entrance in the alley on the West side of the building.
https://goo.gl/maps/hsBMJdcdEh72

Please RSVP so that we know how many snacks & drinks to bring.

Civic Heroes of all types welcome! This event is for coders and non-coders alike -- as long as you're interested in making government more transparent and building interesting things for our city, you're more than welcome!

Bring a laptop: If you intend on getting some hands-on hacking done (it's ok if you can't but it definitely helps to have one).

If you have something you'd like to work on or are excited about, please let us know via the meetup or at the hack night itself. We are growing our initiative and the energy comes from the community.

Code for KC is a program of KC Digital Drive, a local non-profit whose mission is to make Kansas City a digital leader by developing civic capacity to adapt to technology change. We are the local affiliate in Code for America's Brigade network.

Connect with Us:

• Join our Code for KC email list (http://eepurl.com/7gbQP).

• Follow us on Twitter @CodeforKC (http://twitter.com/codeforkc) and @KCDigitalDrive (http://twitter.com/kcdigitaldrive).

Got questions? Email our Brigade Captain, Paul Barham: [email protected] or [email protected].

Code for KC has a Code of Conduct! Please always be respectful and help us keep our events welcoming, positive, productive environments for everyone. Code For KC presenters and participants are held to this anti-harassment policy (http://codeforkc.org/hackkc-code-of-conduct).

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