Results from She's Geeky DC

At the closing of each day of She’s Geeky in DC we asked all the women who attended to answer the question “As a result of today…” the answers are amazingly inspiring and affirm why we created she’s geeky.

You can see the complete set of results on our wiki – here are some highlights for the blog:

Friday, November 13th, 2009

As a result of today….

I was part of conversations I’m interested in hearing and contributing to

I’ve learned that the DC area has a amazing group of talented and smart women and I feel so honored and happy to have met them

I am more confident in my geekiness

I learned that if you ask questions you will learn about options available

I feel a stronger sense of community

I feel less isolated

I am more affirmed in the vision that I have in harnessing the power of technology and community to create and bring forth energy to make personal goals and dreams a reality – thank you

I feel a part of a welcoming community that does and will do amazing things with technology

I realized I really can and do move mountains on tiny, itty, bitty boulder at a time

I am more committed to determining what kind of entrepreneur I want to be

I feel creative, centered and confident. Thank you!

I expanded my personal and professional network – I feel more empowered and more conscious of women’s issues in the technology industry

I learned about a cool open source project I never would have known about – met women with similar interests as well

I feel more connected to a vibrant community of strong women leaders

I found a community

I have new allies who can help me move my vision into reality – thank you for opening my perspective

I see a lot of power in this room!

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

As a result of today….

I’m getting more women to consider designing Apps

I’m going to be more involved in supporting girls in tech

I realized that you have to do what you love and you’ll have a great time

I will work toward truly contributing to my technical field by finally presenting topics of expertise

I may have a job and I definitely have a new perspective

I feel empowered to take more chances and be more aggressive in my goals

I know that I need to will speak the ‘language’ to get results

I feel like I have a safe space within the online community of women to speak my mind, ask questions I might otherwise be too embarrassed to ask, foster ideas and more knowledge

As a result of today I am pledging to give 5 talks this year and support those who also make this pledge