April 27th: BKTK Meetup @Bitmapnyc

Brooklyn Tech Meetup (BKTK) will be meeting again on Wednesday, April 27th at 7pm for our next round of networking, drinking, and discussion.

The event will be hosted at Bitmap Creative Labs, which is located just off of the Graham Ave. stop on the L train.  The Meetup will be free, but if you feel like chipping in a few bucks to supplement the snacks, that's always appreciated.

This month, we'll have two different people presenting discussion topics:

Up first will be designer and former HR guru, Arthur Bouie, who wants to discuss different design strategies:  "What do you use to get the job done? How did you create your process and how do you model it to fit your clients needs?"  Whether you're a designer yourself or someone who works with designers at any point in your process, this should be an interesting topic and we'd love to hear your perspectives!

After Arthur, Nick Ditmore, Biz Dev/Creative Director with HERO, will be leading a discussion of how to make the most of your professional network to drive new business.  This can be a confusing a touchy process - whom do you contact and when?  To cold call or not to cold call?  Ask for favors from friends? - and Nick has some good strategies and thoughts to share.  And, as always, the goal for these topics is to have an actual discussion, so we'd love to hear from all of you.  I, personally, would love to hear from some of you who have been on the receiving end of sales/networking initiatives to hear to what worked and what might have turned you off or soured the process.

At any rate, it should be a good time and, now that the weather's nice, there's no excuse not to trek out for some drinks and intelligent conversation!

Looking forward to it,

- Matt

PS:  We're always interested to hear what you're interested in or working on.  If you've got something you'd like share with the group that you think would generate an interesting discussion, let us know!  Email me at: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it