The agenda for the conference will be made live in real time at the event during the first hour of each day. When people register for She’s Geeky we ask them what they would like to talk about so this will give you some more ideas about what the women are likely to put forward [...]
Aug
04
pii – many amazing women speakers
Their has been much protest from conference organizers who are called on the fact that they don’t have enough women speakers at their events. The Geek Feminism wiki lists some reasons that are articulated for this problem. These are the two I hear most often: We don’t know any women who would be qualified. We [...]
Feb
27
Improving Your Speaking
Figuring out to how to improve one’s speaking has been a major thread at all the She’s Geeky conferences to date. At She’s Geeky Bay Area #3 two women from O’Reilly Media attended and participated in a session about the subject. Speaking at Conferences I wanted to share two opportunities coming up in the Bay [...]
Feb
27
Resouces from She's Geeky
We put up a big sheet of white paper for She’s Geeky Attendees to write down information for other attendees. This is what they shared: Women Meetups/Workshop in Bay Area SDForum – Tech Women’s Program Fountain Blue – When She Speaks – 2nd Friday 11:30 – 1”30 pm Codechix.org – meetup Free workshops for women to [...]
Feb
26
SXSW Booth – Women Techies United
This is a cooperative effort organized by She’s Geeky to share a booth at the SXSW Interactive Conference. You can find us at booth 219. Astia astia.org Astia is a unique organization whose mission is to propel women’s full participation as entrepreneurs and leaders in high-growth businesses, fueling innovation and driving economic growth. Astia provides [...]
Feb
05
Dare 2 Be Digital needs Proctors & other Volunteers
Several women who are working on Dare 2 Be Digital attended She’s Geeky last weekend. They are looking for volunteers. This one-day event, held February 27th from 9-4 on the Foothill College campus in Los Altos Hills, is designed to provide middle school and high school girls with a better understanding of what a career in [...]
Feb
04
Amazing She’s Geeky #5! Bay Area #3.
Last weekend was amazing. It was the first time She’s Geeky was three full days, Friday January 29th to Sunday January 31st. We chose to extend it to three days because women who were technical asked us to, because many of them could not get off work for Friday and wanted 2 days of unconference [...]
Jan
22
More Women Geekiness in the coming weeks.
Before She’s Geeky Girls in Tech Catalyst Conference (in our last post) Tuesday January 26th SDForum presents “Organizational Savvy for Women: Shattering the Glass Ceiling” Thursday, January 28th, 2010, 6pm, Symantec, Mountain View, CA Based upon his Wall Street Journal bestselling book “Survival of the Savvy”, Dr. Rick Brandon will deliver “Organizational Savvy for Women: [...]
Jan
07
Female Geek Week – the last week of January
Ok I declare it here – Female Geek Week is the last week of January in SF. Why? Cause there are two great events happening. Girls in Tech is hosting a day long traditional conference on January 26th in downtown San Francisco. Speakers include: Leah Culver; Product Manager, Six Apart Poornima Vijayashanker; Senior Software Engineer, Mint.com Sandy [...]
Dec
17
PyCon offering Financial Assistance for Women to attend
Different tech communities are taking different approaches to addressing the issues around increasing women’s participation. There are many experiments one of them is the Python Community Conference offering Financial Assistance Grant for Women to attend its 2010 conference. The application deadline is tomorrow. Financial aid for PyCon 2010 has just gotten even better. Because of [...]
CivicActions: Strategic Internet & Drupal Consulting