02/2009 Intro Slides for BayCHI Monthly Meeting

1. Welcomes You
February 10, 2008

2. Tonight’s program…
Getting People to Talk to an Animal:
Lessons Learned Designing Aardvark
Rob Spiro, The Mechanical Zoo

3. Tonight’s speaker…
Rob Spiro is the co-founder of The Mechanical
Zoo, a fifteen-person startup in San Francisco
working on social search

4. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

5. Join BayCHI…
Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org and click Join BayCHI
Membership is just $20 for the first year
and $15 to renew

6. BayCHI Member Benefits
Job Bank
Consultants Directory
Library
BayCHI LinkedIn Group membership
Tutorial discounts
Monthly newsletter
Membership Directory
Supporting the organization that brings you
outstanding programs, BOFs, and tutorials

7. Sign up for monthly meeting
announcements or the BayCHI
discussion lists…
Visit the BayCHI web site at
www.baychi.org/subscribe/

8. Become part of the
BayCHI LinkedIn community…
You must be a current member of BayCHI
Go to www.linkedin.com/
Also visit www.baychi.org/linkedin/ for more
details
News Flash: We have over 1000 BayCHI
members enrolled in the BayCHI LinkedIn
group!

9. BayCHI needs you…
Volunteers make things happen!
Most Urgent Volunteer Needs:
Software Analyst for Membership Database
• Review existing systems that might meet the needs of a non-profit
organization’s membership system and potentially also meet
requirements for the Job Bank
Publicity Chair
Job Bank Volunteer (weekly)
Visit www.baychi.org/volunteer/
Interested in volunteering? Contact the BayCHI
Volunteer coordinator Martin Bednar at:
volunteer@BayCHI.org

10. For all the updated information
you need about BayCHI, visit…
www.baychi.org

11. Tonight’s program…
Getting People to Talk to an Animal:
Lessons Learned Designing Aardvark
Rob Spiro, The Mechanical Zoo

12. Tonight’s speaker…
Rob Spiro is the co-founder of The Mechanical
Zoo, a fifteen-person startup in San Francisco
working on social search

13. Want to suggest a topic for a
BayCHI program meeting?
Contact the Program Planning Committee at
monthly-programs@baychi.org

14. BayCHI BOFs
Birds-of-a-Feather groups for BayCHI
members and others
East Bay Future Systems BOF
Kids’ Media Java Web Developer BOF
Mobile Applications Japan BOF
North Bay Consultants
Student Open Source Usability
Usability Engineering Interaction Design
Web Interface Design
Visit www.baychi.org/bof

15. Do you know an industry
leader or have a topic to
present for a BOF meeting?
Contact a BOF leader at www.baychi.org/bof

16. BayCHI Library
A service for BayCHI members only
See our staff in the lobby to browse and
check out materials
Visit www.baychi.org and click Library
for:
our list of tutorial notes and videos
how to reserve, borrow, and return
materials

17. BayCHI audio & visual recordings
are available…
Did you miss a BayCHI meeting?
Download the recordings directly or
subscribe to our podcast feed at
www.baychi.org/podcast/
News Flash! BayCHI will be publishing
the backlog of podcasts soon. Stay
tuned to the podcast page for details

18. BayCHI Recording Policy
Recording of this program meeting by
audience members is not permitted
The new policy is on the program page at
www.baychi.org/program/

19. BayCHI Dinner
Join us before the BayCHI meeting
For information visit our web site at
www.baychi.org and click Dinner Info

20. Follow BayCHI
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http://www.baychi.org/rss.xml
On Twitter:
http://twitter.com/baychi

21. March BayCHI Meeting
Tuesday, March 10th, 7:30 – 9:30PM @ PARC
Topics and speakers TBA
For more details, see:
http://www.baychi.org/