Educational Programs and Community Events
TAG's educational programs offer you the opportunity to learn from industry experts, and local technology leaders as well as exchange ideas with your peers. You can also expect to make connections and access resources that will help you grow your business or enhance your skills as a technology worker. Whether you are a technology entrepreneur, IT Manager or programmer our educational meetings are designed to offer you valuable and relevant information.
- Monthly luncheons are held on the third Friday of the month at noon. TAG's monthly luncheons feature guest speakers on a variety of business related topics of interest to technology managers and business owners. They offer great networking opportunities. Unless otherwise noted we meet at the DIS building, 1315 Cornwall Ave, downstairs in the conference room. The monthly speaker series are open to the public but you must register for the event.
TAG thanks Fibercloud our annual speaker series sponsor: 
TAG hosts various annual events and community programs targeted to technology workers and community leaders at large.
Tech Stomp is our annual summer fest to celebrate the progress and impact of technology companies in our region. This fun event held in Bellingham attracts industry executives and supporters of Washington's technology from Bellingham and beyond. Net proceeds from Tech Stomp go to the TAG Scholarship Fund, which annually grants scholarships to students in technology fields attending colleges in Whatcom County.
TAG hosts a job fair for tech jobs called Bellingham TechNight. For more information please check the Bellingham TechNight website.
Holiday and Scholarship Awards As part of TAG's goal to foster partnerships between educational institutions and technology business TAG awards of scholarships to worthy students seeking to advance their education in technology related fields. We award scholarships to one student from Western Washington University, Bellingham Technical College, Whatcom Community College, Northwest Indian College, and the Tech Prep Consortium each.The TAG scholarship fund is solely supported by the genereous contributions of TAG members and guests. This heart warming end-of-year banquet is held in early December at the Bellingham Technical College and features a gourmet lunch prepared by the Culinary Arts students at the college.
The Social Media Conference Northwest
The Social Media Conference Northwest is produced in partnership between the Center for Economic Vitality (CEV) - Western Washington University and Technology Alliance Group for Northwest Washington (TAG). The 2010 conference will be held at the McInyre Hall Performing Arts and Conference Center in Mount Vernon, WA on March 25, 2010.
The 2010 conference builds on the success of the 2008 Social Media Conference NW -The New Word of Mouth Marketing. The 2008 conference attracted 250 attendees from across the US and was a first of its kind in the Pacific Northwest to have social media content specifically targeting small-to-medium businesses.
Other Events
In addition to the events above TAG cosponsors events jointly with various partner organizations and also attends statewide events and conferences that are important to our industry and the work we do on a local level. These events are advertised on our website throughout the year.
These events include but are not limited to the WTIA Industry Achievement Awards, the WTC Technology Summit and the Technology Alliance's Annual State of Technology Luncheon. If you are interested in attending one of these state wide events please contact us for opportunities to carpool.
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