Tag Archives: Mentoring
Drafting Proposals for the Hopper Conference (GHC12)
I am working with two teams on panel proposals for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and Computing, to be held 3-4 October 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland. Submissions are due 16 March. I have been going to the Hopper Conference … Continue reading
Silicon Valley Supports Technical Women
In the last week, I have been to three interesting events supporting technical women and girls here in the Silicon Valley: FountainBlue’s When She Speaks, Women in Leadership Series panel on Work-Life Balance, featuring Huawei Human Resources Director Jane Helfen, … Continue reading
TechWomen 2012 Applications
The Institute for International Education and Anita Borg Institute are again working together on the U.S. State Department’s TechWomen mentoring program for women in the Middle East and North Africa. Yesterday, Microsoft hosted the Mentor recruitment kick-off event, including a … Continue reading
Hopper Conference, Portland Oregon
This is the final day for the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing here in Portland, with a focus on Open Source. As usual, the Hopper Conference has been an exhilarating experience, recharging me for another year of technical … Continue reading
Hopper Conference – Day 1, Portland Oregon
Today is the opening of the sold-out GHC11 – the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women and Computing here in Portland, Oregon. My contribution to the world’s greatest conference for technical women came early: attending the ABI Advisory Board meeting this … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Hillary!
Today is the birthday of the champion of the TechWomen mentoring program, US Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. I was reading today’s poem offered by The Writer’s Alamanac and noticed their happy birthday wishes for her as the author … Continue reading
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Mohammed VI of Morocco
On last week’s visit to Morocco, I was impressed by how many positive comments I heard about King Mohammed. Being an American, kings are strange to me. I am used to our special version of democracy where complaining about the … Continue reading
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