Elevating Women in Tech: Practical Strategies, A Panel

Interop ITX 2017

This deck shares a wealth of resources to help define the value of having a diverse workforce, intended to provide guidance for companies to improve and evolve current methods. These resources allow modern companies to define a true Best Practice in the workforce around empowering women and overall diversity in tech.

Panelists include:
• Patricia Dugan | Founder, It's The Community
• Genetha Gray | Analytics Research Scientist, Intel
• Tara Hernandez | Senior Director of Systems and Build Engineering, Linden Lab
• Greg Nielsen | CEO, IPitimi
• Dona Sarkar | Head of the Windows Insider Program, Microsoft
• Rachael Stedman | Engineering Manager, Lever
• Susan Wu | Marketing Director, Midokura

Transcript

1. ELEVATING WOMEN IN TECH PRACTICAL STRATEGIES A PANEL INTEROP ITX 2017 @patricia_dugan
2. WHO ARE WE? INTROS @patricia_dugan
3. @patricia_dugan TARA HERNANDEZ SR. DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS & BUILD ENGINEERING, LINDEN LAB @TEQUILARISTA SUSAN WU MARKETING DIRECTOR, MIDOKURA @SUSANWU88 DR. GENETHA ANNE GRAY ANALYTICS RESEARCH SCIENTIST, INTEL DONA SARKAR HEAD OF THE WINDOWS INSIDER PROGRAM, MICROSOFT @DONASARKAR PATRICIA DUGAN FOUNDER, IT’S THE COMMUNITY & GATHER WOMEN’S SOCIAL CLUB @GATHERBAYAREA GREG NEILSEN CEO, Ipitimi @GREGVNIELSEN RACHAEL STEDMAN ENGINEERING MANAGER, LEVER @RKSTEDMAN
4. RESOURCES • The Top 10 Economic Facts of Diversity in the Work Force • Reaping the Benefits of Diversity for Modern Innovation • The Benefits of Diversity: How a Diverse Workforce Makes Money • The Clayman Institute: How Does Diversity Spur Innovation? @patricia_dugan
5. • Barrett Rose & Lee: Diversity as a Competitive Advantage • McKinsey & Company: Why Diversity Matters • NCWIT Resources • NSF Data: Women, Minorities & Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering @patricia_dugan RESOURCES CONT.
6. RESOURCES CONT. • NSF: Stemming the Tide: Why Women Leave Engineering • AAUW: Solving the Equation: The Variables for Women’s Success in Engineering & Computing • IES: STEM Attrition: College Students Paths Into and Out of STEM Fields • U.S. Census Bureau: Where Do College Graduates Work? Special Focus: STEM @patricia_dugan
7. PERSPECTIVE @patricia_dugan
8. CULTURE NEURODIVERSITY INCLUSION INTERSECTIONALITY @patricia_dugan
9. HIRING PRACTICES @patricia_dugan
10. • If There’s Only One Woman in Your Hiring Pool, There’s Statistically No Chance She’ll Be Hired (HBR) • Boston University: Advertising For and Actively Recruiting an Excellent and Diverse Pool of Candidates • BGSU: Diverse Recruitment Resources • Diversity in Open Source Statistics • Y Combinator Blog Series @patricia_dugan RESOURCES CONT.
11. EXECUTIVE RESPONSIBILITY @patricia_dugan
12. Q & A @patricia_dugan
13. ACTION EXPRESSES PRIORITIES GHANDI “ @patricia_dugan
14. THANK YOU. Patricia Dugan @gatherbayarea www.gathersocialclub.com www.itsthecommunity.com @patricia_dugan