Recommended Events Week of March 2nd

Happy rainy Monday everyone! Spring Training is officially here; get out your jerseys, but don’t forget to check out these fun networking events this week as well. Hope to see you out there!

Wednesday 3/4, 1:30–5:00pm (Education & Networking): Inbound Marketing Week 2015: The Pillars of Customer Delight. Join us for a special presentation by Mark Killens, founder and leader of the HubSpot Academy Team at HubSpot. Panel Discussion on the three pillars of delight: Innovation, Communication, Education, how personas and customer delight work together, how to create content that fosters customer delight and more! ASU Skysong – 1365 North Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale. Admission: $15 includes 2 drink tickets, light snacks and a fantastic presentation & panel!
RSVP: http://ceigateway.com/calendar/inbound-marketing-week-2015-pillars-customer-delight

Wednesday 3/4, 12:30pm -1:30pm (Education & Networking): Midweek MindTweak Edutalk: Level up Your Product Ideas w/ This Design Technique. Scott Kubie is a designer that empowers teams with design tools and techniques to solve challenging problems in the worlds of startup marketing, content strategy and web design. Get un-stuck and clarify your product ideas with this powerful design technique known as concept diagramming. You’ll learn simple rules for creating concept diagrams, when you will and won’t want to create one, and what to do with the diagram once you have it. 
Co+Hoots – 1027 E. Washington St. Phoenix. Admission: FREE! 
RSVP: https://cohoots.com/event/mwmtkristinromaine/

Thursday 3/5, 4:30pm-6:30pm (Networking): Conexiones Salsa Night! Join us for our monthly Networking Salsa Mixer, this is Networking LATIN style! In March we are partnering with NAWBO, the National Association of Women’s Business Owners. The all women’s ático galleria art show will feature Emily Costello, Lucinda Yrene Hinojos, and Jeanette Rocha. Appetizers by Carmella’s Savory Fare and our own Bella Q to lead us in a Salsa lesson for all experience levels. Admission: FREE! 
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/380621215442984

Friday 3/6, 3:30pm-5:00pm (Education): “A Chicano Life, Always Writing” by Rolando Hinojosa-Smith. Hinojosa-Smith, a well respected Chicano novelist in the United States, will talk about his life as a Chicano growing up in South Texas and the process of becoming a writer in a bilingual, bicultural family environment. Arizona State University-Tempe Campus. Language and Literature Building 102. 851 S. Cady Mall Tempe. Admission: FREE! 
RSVP: https://asuevents.asu.edu/chicano-life-always-writing-rolando-hinojosa-smith

Friday 3/6, 6:00pm (Networking): La Cabronada Continues. Art exhibition by Frank Ybarra, Gennaro Garcia & Joe Ray. It’s time for more ramblings. And voices. Rightly so. Let La Cabronada begin! Join us for the opening reception at Xico for beverages, snacks, and assorted chingaderas. What better way than to celebrate Art Detour weekend than w/your favorite Cabrones? Xico Arte y Cultura- 1008 E. Buckeye Rd, Phoenix. Admission: FREE!
Venue Link: http://xicoinc.org/

Saturday 3/7, 10am–6pm (Networking): The 31st Annual My Nana’s Best Tasting Salsa Challenge. A two-day festival featuring the #1 condiment in the U.S. – Salsa! This culinary competition features over one hundred freshly made salsas and professional “chefs” will compete for the judge’s vote while attendees enjoy all the chips and salsa they can eat! Listen to live music, enjoy margaritas, cold beers, and vote for their favorite salsa chef.  Steele Indian School Park. 300 E. Indian School Rd. Phoenix. Admission: $15 per adult. 
RSVP: http://salsachallenge.com/event-information/