Scaling community diversity outreach - a panel with Asheesh Laroia, Jessica McKellar, Dana Bauer, and Daniel Choi

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1. The Boston Python Workshop
2. History
3. Building a pipeline
4. Impact
10. Start locally, end globally
11. Daniel Choi Twitter: @danchoi Github: danchoi Cambridge, MA (Boston!)
14. Vim + Gmail = Vmail YAY!
16. May 18, 2012 We admit we have a problem
17. 2010 We tried outreach. We crashed and burned.
19. We found Jessica & Asheesh!
20. BOSTON RUBY PROJECT NIGHTS Every month, June – the present
24. AUGUST RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP @ Harvard Law School 44 beginners (36 women) 17 teaching assistants, Including 6 lecturers
31. NOVEMBER RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP @ MIT 60 beginners, including 47 women 25 teaching assistants
40. JANUARY RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP @intelligent.ly 37 attendees
43. MARCH RAILSBRIDGE WORKSHOP @ MIT 60 beginners 23 teaching assistants 1 shooting scare
50. I loved the empowerment and encouragement that flowed through all the coursework, marketing materials, and interactions throughout the day. Learning to code isn't easy, and it can be particularly intimidating as a female, but I felt extremely comfortable at the workshop and am excited to delve into the resources in the Boston Community...
51. Thank you Python Community
53. Dana Bauer @geography76
54. !workshops
55. "#project nights
56. !"#graduates
59. http://flic.kr/p/4pdeJz