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👋 Hello to our new newsletter readers! I’m Cynthia Widjaja - learning and development professional, data science nerd, digital marketing enthusiast, TechWalk Silicon Valley Chapter community member, and newsletter editor. I’d love your help with a few things:

• Happy New Year! Please welcome our newest Chapter Directors and wish them well on their first walks:

  • Justin Matson, LA TechWalk [ 🎉🎉 First LA Walk 1/17]

  • Mimi Leinbach, SF TechWalk

  • Nima Imani, SF TechWalk

• We finished the year off on a high note with our Talent TechWalk series in NYC, Chicago and a virtual showcase. Over 700 registrations across multiple events. Turns out TechWalk is just as good inside as it is outside. This series connected TechWalk community members to coaches, recruiters and hiring managers. And yes, we hear you; another event series is in the works, focusing on the future of work. Interested in joining us as a speaker, reply to this email with a topic that you would like to cover.

• Have you done advisory work or been the beneficiary of mentorship by an experienced professional, perhaps participated in an Expert-in-Residence (EIR) or accelerator program? Within the next few weeks, TechWalk will be launching an initiative to connect our TechWalk community experts with founders and startups looking to get to the next level. Reply to this email if you would be willing to chat with our team about your experience.

• TechWalk Community Member Betty Wong, Founder, Stage2Startups, would like to offer our newsletter readers free access to the “Transition to Entrepreneurship” 4-day workshop that kicked off TODAY. Please use this link for complementary admission.

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• Fiona McDonald, Talent Acquisition Specialist at AvePoint and one of our Talent TechWalk Co-Hosts needs our help filling these high-priority roles. Please pass along these opportunities or contact her directly if you are a good fit.

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• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 1/14

• Register for Impact TechWalk | NYC, 1/16 w/ Propel Earth - Co-Hosted by Stephen Michael, Founder, Propel Earth, Celia Davis, Founder, ConneXions, and Benji Schwartz, CEO, Tavern Community Coworking

• Register for TechWalk | Los Angeles, 1/17

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 1/21

• Register for Community Building TechWalk | NYC, 1/23 - Co-Hosted by Erica Hanson, Developer Relations and Community Leader, Formerly w/ Google, Lidia De La Cruz, Founder | Community Builder & Tech Educator, @poderosacoding, and Rochelle Sonnenberg, Founder, Developer Relations Meets AI

• Register for TechWalk | Silicon Valley, 1/28

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Happy Walking,

Cynthia Widjaja

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