Future Events

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Gatherings

We will shortly be announcing our next gathering. Don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter and follow Refresh Events on Twitter to get the latest news!

Workshops

• The Facebook Platform: Inside and Out

  October 1st 2009
  9am-5pm
  The Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street, Toronto, ON (map)
  Admission: $99/Single, $150/Flex Pass

  Interested in learning more about how to promote your brand on Facebook? Want to understand how to leverage Facebook as part of a social media strategy? Or are you a developer looking to build the next great application? This day-long workshop, led by some of the most talented and well-known names in the Facebook community, are coming together to show you how Facebook and it’s components can be used to create engaging experiences on the world’s most popular social networking site.

Past Events

Here’s a few of the events we have held in the past. View all…

• The Refresh Summer Social ‘09

  August 24th 2009
  7pm-2am
  London Taphouse, 250 Adelaide Street West (map)
  Admission: Free

  This event is a special one – we’d like to thank each of you that has supported Refresh Events over the past year. Come on out to The London Tap House on August 24th at 7pm to meet fellow designers, developers, social media experts and others working in Toronto’s vibrant interactive community.

  No speakers, no presentations and no projectors. Just you and 250 of your closest industry friends.

• “Talking You Down From the Bleeding Edge: Making Mobile Work for All Communities”

  Jonathan Dunn

  July 20th 2009
  7pm-10pm
  Centre for Social Innovation: 215 Spadina Ave, Suite 120
  Admission: FREE

  The early days of widespread telephony often involved “party lines” where a community shared a single phone connection. Conversations would be shared, sometimes unintentionally; gossiping was practically a sport but important news could also be spread quickly.

• Refresh Events @ Net Change

  Be Part of The Change!

  June 11th 2009
  6pm-8:30pm
  MaRS Discovery District, 101 College Street, Toronto (map)
  Admission: Free

  Net Change is Canada’s first week long, city wide event designed to dissolve the divide between digital professionals and social change-makers. Powered by SiG@MaRS Net Change is a concerted effort to join forces in order to:

  • Minimize overlap between practitioners and capacity builders
  • Have a single entry point for participants
  • Give continuity to stand-alone programming