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Are you attending PDC? Come along to the PDC09 Women in Technology Luncheon to meet and share stories with the powerful, insightful, and intelligent women attending PDC09. Take part in speed mentoring - an opportunity to gain insight from colleagues'
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As most of you already know, I am a big believer in programs, events & facilities that support Women in IT. One of the things I have always wanted to do was get proactively involved in a Mentoring program to help support Women working in IT who may
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People often ask me what it is like to work at Microsoft. Many are often as surprised as I was to find out how much they supported my Work/Life balance needs, especially ensuring that I get the time I need with my son. This was one of my greatest concerns
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One of my favorite Women In Technology, Asli Bilgin has just announced a new site: SlingAlibi (can you work out what that’s an anagram for??) http://www.slingalibi.com/ . Now of course there’s an associated Twitter account you can follow for good measure:
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This year, I got to be involved with organising the Women in IT function for Tech Ed Australia. It was a fantastic opportunity & meant I could work with Asli Bilgin & the other Women Build creators to host a Lego Serious Play Women Build event
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Tech ED Australia just keeps getting better & better! I have just received confirmation that Sara Ford IS COMING TO TECH ED AUSTRALIA!!! We had over 500 votes which 434 voted Yes, ABSOLUTELY! Turns out those that voted no – predominantly thought we
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Sara Ford** is a girl with a dream, a dream to come to Australia! Ever since she was a little girl, Sara has wanted to visit Australia. And to make that happen we need your help! You need to Vote to bring Sara out to Australia – if we can get enough votes
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After much suspense we can now reveal that at Lunchtime on on Wednesday the 8th of September, Tech ED Australia will be hosting the Women Build LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY (LSP) as the Women in IT event!! There has been such an amazing response to these events
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Today is the Ada Lovelace International Day of blogging. It aims to highlight the often unsung work of the many amazing women working in IT. You can find more information about the concept here: http://findingada.com/ I have posted before about the many
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Today the Australian EOWA Employer of Choice for Women Awards were announced. EOWA is a federal government body that administers the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act. Being cited by the EOWA is a prestigious acknowledgement that the organisation
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Catherine Has a Rant! I know it has been a while since I have posted a podcast on our Geek Girl Blogs Podcast - but mainly due to time & technical constraints. International Women's day is approaching next Friday the 6th of March, and I thought
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I guess I am quite fortunate to have been involved in a lot of Diversity events since joining Microsoft. Supporting Women working in IT is something that I am passionate about so I am always on the lookout for things that we are doing internally &
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2008 has been a great year for the Australian Women in IT community! We kicked off with the launch of the www.GeekGirlBlogs.com site created by Live Services MVP Bronwen Zande which features over 130 female women in IT who blog. If you are female, and
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I continue to be amazed and inspired by the women I get to meet working in IT. I am fortunate enough to get to interview some of them for the GeekGirlBlogs podcast – which often leads to gaining a deeper insight into the amazing life they lead –
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The last week spent at PDC was just amazing. I am still processing so much of what was announced and trying to understand the kind of impact its going to have on the scalability & interoperability & range of devices that can now be targeted. I
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