Thanks Ben, Stuff like The Intro and Lean UX are the sort of things I'd like myself and my team attend, my issue is more of a company policy one. If you guys at The Intro are able to get pricing and dates out for any Sydney sessions before the end of March then I'd definitely be able to push to attend with some of my team. My issue isn't about not knowing what's on. I go to RORO every month so I generally know that a conference or event is being held, my problem is that I need to know before the end of *this *month so I can get work to pay for it.
In fairness I'm generally willing to pay for good workshops out of my own pocket (it's how I go to Railscamp), but we're pushing for my team to do more training than we currently do (nearly zero) and I'd rather we do good stuff that's actually useful rather than attending "Effective Time Management" or "Advanced Office Skills" courses that are offered via internally. On Monday, March 12, 2012 2:17:05 PM UTC+11, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > Hi Leonard, > > Back in November last year I started something called "The Intro" ( > http://theint.ro), with which we ran a few focused workshops in Melbourne. > We've got some plans to get started for 2012 for public workshops in > Melbourne and Sydney, and are also doing private workshops for groups of 5 > or more. > > Otherwise, I know Jason Crane and Ben Webster ran a "Lean UX" workshop ( > http://leanux.com.au/) today, and they're excellent fellows, so I'd vouch > for a repeat of that too. > > And finally, attending some meetups will give you a fair idea of local > upcoming conferences. > > Cheers, > > Ben > > > On Monday, March 12, 2012 1:51:31 PM UTC+11, Leonard wrote: >> >> I work for a corporation which means that we generally need to finalise >> training budgets for 2012 early in the year (in my case by the end of >> March). I'd like to be able to suggest that my team get budget approval to >> attend primarily web-focused conferences or workshops during the year. >> While it might be tempting to say: "I'd like to attend 3 conferences this >> year with ticket prices ranging from 500 - 1000" I actually need to be able >> to point at specific events I'd like to attend. >> >> I have two main problems though: >> >> 1. I don't know what conferences are on. >> 2. I don't know how much (even approximately) they cost. >> >> Currently my approach is to see what was on last year and guess that >> there will be similar events being held this year. For instance Web >> Directions have already announced Melbourne for May and Sydney for October >> and I can assume that the ticket prices will be about the same. >> >> Does anyone have any better ideas on how to get good technical training >> for me (and my team)? I'd love to encourage my team to learn modern >> programming practices and the time spent together at these sort of events >> is also beneficial from a team building perspective. If anyone has a simple >> page that says what's on, where and how much that would be a huge help >> too. If anyone on the list organises private workshops I'd be interested to >> hear about them. I could more easily sell an event focused on more generic >> topics like UI/UX, Data analysis or security rather than specific topics >> like Ruby on Rails (as my team mostly isn't ruby focused). Obviously if >> anyone has any better advice on forums to post this in then I'm happy to >> learn that too. >> >> As a general comment to people organising conferences or workshops. If >> most corporations are like mine then getting pricing and dates out early in >> the year means we can nail down budget approval. If the event is announced >> even as late as June it can be a real hassle juggling budget around to get >> approval. >> >> Regards, >> Leonard >> > On Monday, March 12, 2012 2:17:05 PM UTC+11, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > Hi Leonard, > > Back in November last year I started something called "The Intro" ( > http://theint.ro), with which we ran a few focused workshops in Melbourne. > We've got some plans to get started for 2012 for public workshops in > Melbourne and Sydney, and are also doing private workshops for groups of 5 > or more. > > Otherwise, I know Jason Crane and Ben Webster ran a "Lean UX" workshop ( > http://leanux.com.au/) today, and they're excellent fellows, so I'd vouch > for a repeat of that too. > > And finally, attending some meetups will give you a fair idea of local > upcoming conferences. > > Cheers, > > Ben > > > On Monday, March 12, 2012 1:51:31 PM UTC+11, Leonard wrote: >> >> I work for a corporation which means that we generally need to finalise >> training budgets for 2012 early in the year (in my case by the end of >> March). I'd like to be able to suggest that my team get budget approval to >> attend primarily web-focused conferences or workshops during the year. >> While it might be tempting to say: "I'd like to attend 3 conferences this >> year with ticket prices ranging from 500 - 1000" I actually need to be able >> to point at specific events I'd like to attend. >> >> I have two main problems though: >> >> 1. I don't know what conferences are on. >> 2. I don't know how much (even approximately) they cost. >> >> Currently my approach is to see what was on last year and guess that >> there will be similar events being held this year. For instance Web >> Directions have already announced Melbourne for May and Sydney for October >> and I can assume that the ticket prices will be about the same. >> >> Does anyone have any better ideas on how to get good technical training >> for me (and my team)? I'd love to encourage my team to learn modern >> programming practices and the time spent together at these sort of events >> is also beneficial from a team building perspective. If anyone has a simple >> page that says what's on, where and how much that would be a huge help >> too. If anyone on the list organises private workshops I'd be interested to >> hear about them. I could more easily sell an event focused on more generic >> topics like UI/UX, Data analysis or security rather than specific topics >> like Ruby on Rails (as my team mostly isn't ruby focused). Obviously if >> anyone has any better advice on forums to post this in then I'm happy to >> learn that too. >> >> As a general comment to people organising conferences or workshops. If >> most corporations are like mine then getting pricing and dates out early in >> the year means we can nail down budget approval. If the event is announced >> even as late as June it can be a real hassle juggling budget around to get >> approval. >> >> Regards, >> Leonard >> > On Monday, March 12, 2012 2:17:05 PM UTC+11, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > Hi Leonard, > > Back in November last year I started something called "The Intro" ( > http://theint.ro), with which we ran a few focused workshops in Melbourne. > We've got some plans to get started for 2012 for public workshops in > Melbourne and Sydney, and are also doing private workshops for groups of 5 > or more. > > Otherwise, I know Jason Crane and Ben Webster ran a "Lean UX" workshop ( > http://leanux.com.au/) today, and they're excellent fellows, so I'd vouch > for a repeat of that too. > > And finally, attending some meetups will give you a fair idea of local > upcoming conferences. > > Cheers, > > Ben > > > On Monday, March 12, 2012 1:51:31 PM UTC+11, Leonard wrote: >> >> I work for a corporation which means that we generally need to finalise >> training budgets for 2012 early in the year (in my case by the end of >> March). I'd like to be able to suggest that my team get budget approval to >> attend primarily web-focused conferences or workshops during the year. >> While it might be tempting to say: "I'd like to attend 3 conferences this >> year with ticket prices ranging from 500 - 1000" I actually need to be able >> to point at specific events I'd like to attend. >> >> I have two main problems though: >> >> 1. I don't know what conferences are on. >> 2. I don't know how much (even approximately) they cost. >> >> Currently my approach is to see what was on last year and guess that >> there will be similar events being held this year. For instance Web >> Directions have already announced Melbourne for May and Sydney for October >> and I can assume that the ticket prices will be about the same. >> >> Does anyone have any better ideas on how to get good technical training >> for me (and my team)? I'd love to encourage my team to learn modern >> programming practices and the time spent together at these sort of events >> is also beneficial from a team building perspective. If anyone has a simple >> page that says what's on, where and how much that would be a huge help >> too. If anyone on the list organises private workshops I'd be interested to >> hear about them. I could more easily sell an event focused on more generic >> topics like UI/UX, Data analysis or security rather than specific topics >> like Ruby on Rails (as my team mostly isn't ruby focused). Obviously if >> anyone has any better advice on forums to post this in then I'm happy to >> learn that too. >> >> As a general comment to people organising conferences or workshops. If >> most corporations are like mine then getting pricing and dates out early in >> the year means we can nail down budget approval. If the event is announced >> even as late as June it can be a real hassle juggling budget around to get >> approval. >> >> Regards, >> Leonard >> > On Monday, March 12, 2012 2:17:05 PM UTC+11, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > Hi Leonard, > > Back in November last year I started something called "The Intro" ( > http://theint.ro), with which we ran a few focused workshops in Melbourne. > We've got some plans to get started for 2012 for public workshops in > Melbourne and Sydney, and are also doing private workshops for groups of 5 > or more. > > Otherwise, I know Jason Crane and Ben Webster ran a "Lean UX" workshop ( > http://leanux.com.au/) today, and they're excellent fellows, so I'd vouch > for a repeat of that too. > > And finally, attending some meetups will give you a fair idea of local > upcoming conferences. > > Cheers, > > Ben > > > On Monday, March 12, 2012 1:51:31 PM UTC+11, Leonard wrote: >> >> I work for a corporation which means that we generally need to finalise >> training budgets for 2012 early in the year (in my case by the end of >> March). I'd like to be able to suggest that my team get budget approval to >> attend primarily web-focused conferences or workshops during the year. >> While it might be tempting to say: "I'd like to attend 3 conferences this >> year with ticket prices ranging from 500 - 1000" I actually need to be able >> to point at specific events I'd like to attend. >> >> I have two main problems though: >> >> 1. I don't know what conferences are on. >> 2. I don't know how much (even approximately) they cost. >> >> Currently my approach is to see what was on last year and guess that >> there will be similar events being held this year. For instance Web >> Directions have already announced Melbourne for May and Sydney for October >> and I can assume that the ticket prices will be about the same. >> >> Does anyone have any better ideas on how to get good technical training >> for me (and my team)? I'd love to encourage my team to learn modern >> programming practices and the time spent together at these sort of events >> is also beneficial from a team building perspective. If anyone has a simple >> page that says what's on, where and how much that would be a huge help >> too. If anyone on the list organises private workshops I'd be interested to >> hear about them. I could more easily sell an event focused on more generic >> topics like UI/UX, Data analysis or security rather than specific topics >> like Ruby on Rails (as my team mostly isn't ruby focused). Obviously if >> anyone has any better advice on forums to post this in then I'm happy to >> learn that too. >> >> As a general comment to people organising conferences or workshops. If >> most corporations are like mine then getting pricing and dates out early in >> the year means we can nail down budget approval. If the event is announced >> even as late as June it can be a real hassle juggling budget around to get >> approval. >> >> Regards, >> Leonard >> > On Monday, March 12, 2012 2:17:05 PM UTC+11, Ben Schwarz wrote: > > Hi Leonard, > > Back in November last year I started something called "The Intro" ( > http://theint.ro), with which we ran a few focused workshops in Melbourne. > We've got some plans to get started for 2012 for public workshops in > Melbourne and Sydney, and are also doing private workshops for groups of 5 > or more. > > Otherwise, I know Jason Crane and Ben Webster ran a "Lean UX" workshop ( > http://leanux.com.au/) today, and they're excellent fellows, so I'd vouch > for a repeat of that too. > > And finally, attending some meetups will give you a fair idea of local > upcoming conferences. > > Cheers, > > Ben > > > On Monday, March 12, 2012 1:51:31 PM UTC+11, Leonard wrote: >> >> I work for a corporation which means that we generally need to finalise >> training budgets for 2012 early in the year (in my case by the end of >> March). I'd like to be able to suggest that my team get budget approval to >> attend primarily web-focused conferences or workshops during the year. >> While it might be tempting to say: "I'd like to attend 3 conferences this >> year with ticket prices ranging from 500 - 1000" I actually need to be able >> to point at specific events I'd like to attend. >> >> I have two main problems though: >> >> 1. I don't know what conferences are on. >> 2. I don't know how much (even approximately) they cost. >> >> Currently my approach is to see what was on last year and guess that >> there will be similar events being held this year. For instance Web >> Directions have already announced Melbourne for May and Sydney for October >> and I can assume that the ticket prices will be about the same. >> >> Does anyone have any better ideas on how to get good technical training >> for me (and my team)? I'd love to encourage my team to learn modern >> programming practices and the time spent together at these sort of events >> is also beneficial from a team building perspective. If anyone has a simple >> page that says what's on, where and how much that would be a huge help >> too. If anyone on the list organises private workshops I'd be interested to >> hear about them. I could more easily sell an event focused on more generic >> topics like UI/UX, Data analysis or security rather than specific topics >> like Ruby on Rails (as my team mostly isn't ruby focused). Obviously if >> anyone has any better advice on forums to post this in then I'm happy to >> learn that too. >> >> As a general comment to people organising conferences or workshops. If >> most corporations are like mine then getting pricing and dates out early in >> the year means we can nail down budget approval. If the event is announced >> even as late as June it can be a real hassle juggling budget around to get >> approval. >> >> Regards, >> Leonard >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rails-oceania/-/qDEvM28d_FIJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
