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Workshop: Hacks to Chase Your Dream Job

There is no alternative for girls to increase their self-confidence to be established. You just have to be more insistence to get a successful career- Parveen Sultana Huda, a Human Resource Professional and Senior consultant at the and Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center Office of Professional Development, made the remarks at the online workshop 'Hacks to Chase Your Dream Job' on Friday Jul 30, 2021.

Grace Hopper Girls Programming Camp

Grace Hopper Girls Programming Camp

A Grace Hopper Girls Programming Camp ended on 13th July 2021 after a three-day programming class where intotal 106 female students had participated.

From the very beginning of the pandemic, Bangladesh Open Source Network tried to serve the students virtually. According to that, to teach programming they organize online programming camps for girls frequently for both beginners and advanced learners. This became one of the regular monthly programs of Bangladesh Open Source Network. 

Building Android Application without Coding Knowledge

As a part of World Youth Skills Day Celebration, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) and Appmaker+ jointly organized an online application development camp on 15th July 2021. This camp was organized for both male and female students who wants to embrace their skillset in application development.

Graphic Design Course for Creatives and Marketplaces

Graphic Design Course for Creatives and Marketplaces

Due to the spread of Covid people all over the world are stuck in their own house since 2019. Maybe a little movement is ongoing but for a long time the lifestyle is in quarantine. Students are almost forgetting their study because of the shutting down of educational institutions. To keep the focus on education there are several online courses and classes are ongoing in which some of them are paid and some are non-paid.

TVET Web Development Bootcamp with Django Framework

TVET Web Development Bootcamp with Django Framework

 

The students who are studying in TVET are mostly neglected from many opportunities like there was little scope in the job sector once upon a time. Now-a-days this scope is increasing gradually. To grab this scope we need to make them experienced technologically and practically in their own subject. Currently the demand for software developers is much higher. This demand is increasing day by day worldwide. In the future, there will be a huge number of job opportunities in this field. Besides, it is also a very good part of freelancing. By thinking these facts Bangladesh Open Source Network arranged a workshop for the TVET graduates specially for the TVET girls titled “TVET Web Development Bootcamp with Django Framework” on the occasion of World Youth Skill Day 2021. 

এপমেকার+ দিয়ে কোডিং ছাড়াই অ্যাপ বানানোর কর্মশালা!

শেষ হল অ্যান্ড্রয়েড অ্যাপ তৈরির ওপর কর্মশালা। কোনো কোডিং অভিজ্ঞতা ছাড়াই শিক্ষার্থীরা অনলাইনে অ্যাপ তৈরির এই কর্মশালায় অংশ নেন। বৃহস্পতিবার (১৫ জুলাই) বিশ্ব যুব দক্ষতা দিবস উদযাপন উপলক্ষ্যে অ্যান্ড্রয়েড অ্যাপ প্রশিক্ষণের এই কর্মশালা আয়োজন করে যৌথভাবে বাংলাদেশ ওপেন সোর্স নেটওয়ার্ক এর ইএসডি্জিফরবিডি প্রকল্প ও অ্যাপমেকার প্লাস। বিভিন্ন কলেজ ও বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের ৬৫ জন শিক্ষার্থীকে নিয়ে বেলা ১১টা থেকে সাড়ে ১২টা পর্যন্ত চলে এই প্রশিক্ষণ।

GIEBC | Growing Your Business with Digital Marketing

Many of our entrepreneurs do not know what digital marketing is and how to use it. And only because of that sometimes they are behind in making profit. A session was organised titled “Growing Your Business with Digital Marketing” to make such people familiar with these platforms and technology. The session was conducted by Mehboob Javed, Lead Specialist, Digital Marketing, Prothom Alo.

GIEBC | Networking with Entrepreneurs and Experts [Live]

‘Networking with entrepreneurs and experts’, a live session organised by Bangladesh Open Source Network- BdOSN on the occasion of Girls Innovation and Entrepreneurship Boot Camp- iii with the women in the tech industry. The main motive of the session is to learn and understand the importance of Networking in the modern world of business. 

 

GIEBC | Think Positive, Act Positive

Life never stops, it moves at its own pace and harmony. It always has ups and downs. When you are an entrepreneur you are creating a scope of jobs. So you have to be positive and always have to think positive. In any hardship if you think about others' problems, solutions will automatically click in your head. If you can think positively you will definitely get something positive or more. But at the beginning of hardship, if you start to think negatively, this will ruin everything like your hope, courage and strength and many more. And lastly it has a huge possibility of losing your dream enterprise. With such tips and suggestions a session was arranged titled “Think Positive, Act Positive”. The session was conducted by Shwapna Bhowmick, Country Manager, Marks and Spencer  Bangladesh.

GIEBC | Where to Get and Validate Your Idea & Idea Development

We have so many women entrepreneurs, some of them have business, some of them have plans and are trying to open a business and some are thinking of preparing a plan for business. But the common thing is that all of us have an idea. The first thing is to know if our idea is appropriate or not! And to know that we have to use all our close relations. From them we will get an idea about the validity of our plan, we will learn whether we should proceed with it or not. This session was all about such things. The session was conducted by Munir Hasan, General Secretary of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN).