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October 2018
Kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face connection): An evening with wise Wellington women
Are you ‘Stepping IN’ to your new career or challenge? What if you could book an evening with wise Wellington women who are keen to help you fill your kete aronui (basket of knowledge) when taking these next steps. Let Global Women help you make the connection...
Find out more »Digital Marketing – 21 Tools Every Business Must Have
Speaker Session – Digital Marketing: 21 tools every business must have 21 Cool Plugins, Apps & Online Tools Every Business Site Absolutely Must Have During 9 years developing online strategies for businesses there are plugins and apps that are my go ones again and again and again because they make being online so easy and provide powerful information to make decisions about what visitors are doing, increase engagement and conversions, automate processes and help with workflow and connection. This is not…
Find out more »Social Media Support Group
Join us at our social media support group once a month We all have social media challenges and more to share and learn than we know A monthly support group where we get together over coffee and discuss/share our Social Media challenges, to learn and gain new ideas from each other. The meetings are popular so please register below if you are coming; we want to make sure we have room for everyone!
Find out more »The Diversity Agenda: why we need more women in male dominated professions
Please come along to hear Bridgit Sissons (GM Diversity Agenda), talk about how the Diversity Agenda is driving new conversations, changing perceptions and helping create more inclusive workplaces in engineering and architecture and what that means for women in the spatial industry. This event is kindly sponsored by SIBA Agenda 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm - Arrival, Lunch 12:30 - 12:35 pm - Health & Safety, Introductions 12:35 - 1:00 pm - Bridgit Sissons - The Diversity Agenda 1:00 pm - 1:25pm -…
Find out more »Kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face connection) – An evening with wise Wellington women
Stepping UP Are you ‘stepping UP’ in your career; facing new challenges? What if you could book an evening with wise Wellington women who are keen to help you fill your kete aronui (basket of knowledge). Let us help you make the connection. Kanohi ki te kanohi (face to face connection) Speakers include: Gee Dennis - Encouraging Māori leaders to break through – look outside the square Hayley Browne - #metoo – tips on how to speak up Tracy Johnson -…
Find out more »Premiere screening of Geek Girls a documentary film by Gina Hara
The hidden half of nerd culture. Geek Girls is the first feature-length documentary exploring the hidden half of fan culture: nerdy women. Although geeky communities have recently risen to prominence as major cultural contributors, very little attention has been directed towards the women who live and work with nerd culture on a daily basis. Filmmaker Gina Hara addresses this oversight by delving into a world of professional gamers, cute dresses, fake names, and death threats; she follows her subjects through…
Find out more »November 2018
Toptal Scholarships for Women: Empowering Future Female Leaders to Change the World
Toptal® is awarding $10,000 and a year of mentorship to five future female leaders who want to change the world. Toptal® is empowering the next generation of female leaders. If you want to change the world, we’ll help you to rise to achieve it. This program is for ambitious women, 16 years or older, who are passionate about making some meaningful change for a community or cause they care about.
Find out more »ShadowTech Teachers
Following the success of ShadowTech for Students, TechWomen NZ and CreateOps will be running ShadowTech Teachers for the first time on the 14th of November 2018. ShadowTech Teachers will create opportunity for teachers to gain first hand understanding by directly being involved with Industry and spending the day experiencing how Technology is used in the real world. The organisations participating in this are: • IBM • XERO • MICROSOFT • AIR NEW ZEALAND • GENESIS ENERGY • AUCKLAND TRANSPORT A…
Find out more »Practical tips for increasing diversity in tech companies
Increasing gender diversity in business is a key part of success. Studies have shown that a more motivated, diverse thinking team deliver increased sales, customer satisfaction, better margins AND more innovation. But increasing diversity is an outcome, not an action itself. In this seminar, two tech leaders will discuss the practical actions and steps they’ve taken at their companies to be a more inclusive workplace and increase diversity. This is NOT an event for women alone – its aimed at…
Find out more »February 2019
“Women Aren’t Broken, The Tech Industry Is” with Emily Hay
Emily Hay is the Brisbane Women in Tech leader, Solution Architect, and Salesforce MVP with over 8 years’ experience in development and project lead roles on the Salesforce platform. Emily is passionate about equality in all walks of life and believes that the best way to build tech products that people love is to deliver them with teams that reflect the communities we’re serving. Emily's presentation will address the following: The skills gap in the tech industry Why women don't…
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