TAG Programs

TAG's educational and networking 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 business owner. Whether you are a technology entrepreneur, IT Manager or programmer our educational meetings are designed to offer you valuable and relevant information.

Monthly Speaker Series and Luncheon

TAG's signature program since 1999 features guest speakers on a variety of business related topics of interest to technology managers and business owners. The meetings are held on the third Friday of the month at noon.  Our programs are educational and often inspirational - especially when presented by our many successful technology entrepreneurs. TAG also invites experts to offer insight into various subject matters including finance, marketing, and sales, human resources, and the present and future of business and technology trends. The goal is to offer programs that help our local tech business to prosper. Please check our events page for more information.

Annual Events

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.  Tech Stomp is also our annual fundraiser for scholarships and net proceeds go to the TAG Scholarship Fund, which annually grants scholarships to students in technology fields attending colleges in Whatcom County.

TechNight

TAG annually hosts a job fair for tech jobs called Bellingham TechNight. We are planning to organize TechNight in 2011 and will post more details as they become available. If you are interested in participating as an employer we ask that you contact us. 

Don't forget that if you are a business member and have a job opening you can post it to our Job Board.
 

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 students in technology related fields colleges in Whatcom County. The TAG scholarship fund is solely supported by the generous 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.

Other Events

In addition to the events above TAG organizes workshops and special interest group meetings which are advertised under the events page. 

Statewide Outreach

TAG 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 WTIA TechNW, the Washington Innovation 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.