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Resources for Advertising Organization Events
There are many free and low-cost resources available for advertising technical events in the Silicon Valley Area. Here are a few we recommend:
Websites for posting your own events
http://www.Workit.com or www.Workit.com/techevents - A terrific resource! All event postings are free. Plus events go out in a very nice free weekly email listing with over 5000 subscribers. To post events, go to http://www.workit.com/events/eventform.cfm and create a free account for your organization or contact info @ workit.com to ask if your organization already has an account. Additional paid advertising is also available.
http://techvenue.com/USValley/ - This site mostly lists computer groups, but all tech events are welcome. Non-profit orgs with attendee costs under $100 post for free. For-profits pay the cost of one attendee. Events with attendee cost over $100 pay $100 to post.
http://sfbayarea.fullcalendar.com/ - For only $19.95, they advertise your event to many different places, including print media and posting to many locations. They also offer comprehensive a list of resources for do-it-yourself advertising: http://bayarea.fullcalendar.com/ec/list_cal.cfm
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/cal/ - Bay Area Events on Craigslist
http://www.infobayarea.com/ - Free and paid listings of events, mainly business mixers.
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/ - Good place for posting events
http://www.eventbee.com/ - Eventbee is available for posting events.
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/ba.announce - events in the bay area
http://www.evite.com/pages/gt/search/index.jsp - Public events on Evite
Places to Email event info for possible inclusion in announcements
SVcalendar @ mercurynews.com - San Jose Mercury News
digest @ bases.stanford.edu - Stanford BASES Digest
sanjose @ bizjournals.com - San Jose Business Journal
Email Groups for posting General Events (you may have to join the group to post)
SVEvents@yahoogroups.com - join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SVEvents/
SandHillEC@yahoogroups.com - join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SandHillEC/
jimsjobs@yahoogroups.com - join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jimsjobs
wednesdayjobgroup@careercompany.com - join at http://www.careercompany.com/wednesday.shtml
(no posting of competing career speaker events!)
CSIXConnect@yahoogroups.com - join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CSIXConnect/
(you must attend one Tuesday lunch before joining)
FriendsOfPromatch@yahoogroups.com - Anyone can post to this list.
Do not need to be a member. Just use their Subject line format: (event) ‘Date’ ‘Org Name’ ‘Title’
Email Groups for posting Specific Topic Events (you may have to join the group to post)
SiliconValleyEngineeringCouncilNews@yahoogroups.com - join at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SiliconValleyEngineeringCouncilNews/
scv@swe.org - join at http://swe-goldenwest.org/scvs/
asme-scv@googlegroups.com - (Mechanical Engineering) - http://groups.google.com/group/asme-scv
csixMfgOps-SIG@yahoogroups.com (Manufacturing) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/csixMfgOps-SIG/
The_BioDevice_Group@yahoogroups.com - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_BioDevice_Group/
Biotech-LHH@yahoogroups.com - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Biotech-LHH/
promatch-bio@yahoogroups.com - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ProMatch-Bio/
ieee-leos-scv@yahoogroups.com (laser/optics) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ieee-leos-scv/
SemiSIG@yahoogroups.com (semiconductors) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SemiSIG/
svcwireless-wirelessnetworking@yahoogroups.com - (wireless networking)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svcwireless-wirelessnetworking/
If you have an additions or corrections to this list, please contact Elise Engelhardt engelhardte @ asme.org