[Kseniia Shumelchyk] Women Techmakers Ukraine: how we support diversity

Presentation from GDG DevFest - the biggest Google related event in Ukraine. October 24-25, Lviv. Learn more at http://devfest.gdg.org.ua/

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1. Women Techmakers Ukraine: how we support diversity Kseniia Shumelchyk Software developer, SoftServe Manager, GDG Women Ukraine
2. #dfua Agenda - GDG Women vs Women Techmakers - GDG Women Events - Community structure - GDG Women Ukraine: goals & history - GDG Women Ukraine: plans and outcomes for 2014 - Women Techmakers at Google I/O and GDG Leaders Summit
3. GDG Women vs Women Techmakers
4. #dfua GDG Women is an initiative within the Google Developer Groups community to encourage greater diversity through mindful women-inclusive events. These events are organized by a GDG Women leader, target a technical women audience, include female speakers/facilitators, and include local women-in-tech partners. As these events are GDG events, content focus remains around Google tech. Women Techmakers is a Google initiative that aims to raise awareness of innovative women leaders in technology and inspire others to join the field. It does this through raising the visibility of women in tech, online community-building, and providing resources to support women develop their technical skillsets. While WTM supported the global event series in March, its focus is not on local events, but rather higher-level resources and global community.
5. GDG Women Events
6. #dfua What is a GDG Women event? GDG Women events specifically target a female audience, showcase women speakers & facilitators, and provide content that meets the needs of the technical women in the community. Any event that meets this criteria can be considered as a “GDG Women” event, and tagged as such in the developers.google.com event calendar listing. Ultimately, what differentiates a GDG Women event from a standard GDG event is the mindful inclusion of women as both attendees and speakers/facilitators. Are GDG Women events women-only? GDG Women events are not intended to be women-only, but is instead an opportunity for GDG communities to be more mindful of female inclusion.
7. Community structure
8. #dfua GDG Women events within an existing GDG The goal of GDG Women is greater inclusion and integration of diversity within the developer community. Simply tag any GDG Women events with the “GDG Women” tag in the developers.google.com. • GDG Women Dnipropetrovs’k • GDG Women Cherkasy • GDG Women Kyiv GDG Women Ukraine We decided to create GDG Women Ukraine chapter, because it may be helpful to connect nationally under one community. This connection will facilitate sharing of resources and event collaboration nationally. Additionally, the chapter directory listing is helping other interested women in country learn about the events.
9. GDG Women Ukraine Goals and history
10. #dfua GDG Women Ukraine goals Our idea — inspire, motivate and share technical skills and knowledge about opportunities for women in IT. Our goal — show successful stories for famous girls, encourage them go ahead and improve their skills. Why GDG Women Ukraine is so active — Ukrainian girls are smart, we have several active groups and a lot of scheduled event: offline and as well online.
11. #dfua GDG Women Ukraine history • DevFest Women 2013 • Girls MeetUp Cherkasy • Workshop with GNOME developers • Hangouts [WTM, Asia, Get-To-Know, ...] • Women Techmakers Ukraine 2014
12. Women Techmakers Ukraine 2014
13. GDG Women Ukraine Plans and outcomes for 2014
14. #dfua GDG Women Ukraine: main threads 1. Education 2. Inspiration 3. Communication 4. Involving 5. Motivation 6. Fun!!!
15. #dfua GDG Women Ukraine: plans for 2014 ✓ Workshop Series - Android [Education] ✓ TechTalks - Google Glass [Inspiration] ✓ Women Techmakers Ukraine ‘14, Ladies Round Table Meetups [Communication] ✓ Workshop Series - Google Glass, Smart Watches, Android Wear Design Sprint [Involving] ✓ International Hangouts, Women Techmakers at GDG Leaders Summit & Google I/O ‘14 [Motivation] ◦ GDG W Ukraine New Year Party! [Fun]
16. Women Techmakers at GDG Leader Summit & Google I/O ‘14
17. #dfua Google’s position: Women in Front “We always believed that hiring women better served our users. We continue to hire outstanding women who become leaders at Google and beyond.”
22. #dfua
23. Thank you google.com/+KseniiaShumelchyk dnipro.gdg.org.ua g+ www