About
Refresh Orlando is a community of web designers, graphic artists, new media and social media professionals, and developers working together to refresh the creative, technical, and professional aspects of their trades in the Orlando, Florida, area. Promoting design, technology, usability, and standards.
The goal of Refresh is to
- Gather Great Minds
- Share All Of Our Knowledge
- All Grow And Learn
- Promote Local Talent
- Be More Than We Think Can Be
- Make Our Cities Better
Other Refreshing Cities in Florida, include Refresh Miami and Refresh Jacksonville
For more information about Refreshing Cities, please visit Refreshing Cities
Our Principles and Intentions
1) Refresh Orlando events are open, with no charge, to the public
2) Refresh Orlando members do not have to pay a fee to do a presentation
3) Refresh Orlando membership is free with no membership tiers.
4) The purpose of the Refresh Orlando website is to announce Refresh Orlando events and other events associated with Refresh Orlando or its primary purpose.
History
Refresh Orlando was originally founded in Summber 2006 by Phil Palmieri and Mike G and ended with the culmination of the Refresh Orlando Conference
Refresh Orlando was restarted in Fall 2007 Greg Pederson, Phil Palmieri, and David Rogers as a technology-agnostic user group and continued operation until early 2008.
The current iteration of Refresh Orlando began operations in November 2009 by Rodney Degracia and Chris Mitchell with goal of supporting the Refreshing Cities Manifesto here in Orlando Florida..