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Title:

What Guys are Doing to Get More Girls in Tech!

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Organizer:
Kaliya Hamlin, She's Geeky
Description:
Many tech fields have a low percentage of women. If you are a guy do you wonder what you can do about it? Learn about successful strategies and proactive approaches for supporting women you work with and participate in community with. We will even cover some well-intentioned efforts that have gone awry.
Questions
Answered:
  1. How many women by percentage participate in different technical fields?
  2. Why does it matter that they are underrepresented in these fields?
  3. What are the cultural norms that men and women have about performance and self-promotion?
  4. What is Male Programmer Privilege?
  5. What can a guy do who has a sister that is math/science inclined but being steered away from the field?
  6. How have the men on the panel improved things in their workplaces?
  7. How have the men on the panel addressed the challenges that arise in open communities? (that is where you don't have a boss that fires people for inappropriate behavior/comments)
  8. What are the qualities of a workplace that is friendly for women?
  9. How to go beyond tokenism in workplaces, communities and conferences?
  10. How to encourage women more?
Level:
Beginner
Category:
Case Study, Community / Online Community, Education, Self-Help / Self-Improvement, Social Issues
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010
Kaliya Hamlin
on 17/8/09
This is actually a PANEL with 4-5 guys who are proactively being supportive allies to women in technology that I will moderate.
Adele McAlear
on 17/8/09
Voted!
maggie fox
on 17/8/09
Ditto!
Babette Pepaj
on 18/8/09
Nice! Looking forward to this. :)
Sean Savage
on 18/8/09
Good idea
Sean Savage
on 18/8/09
voted and tweeted ;)
Kris Corzine
on 18/8/09
Awesome!
Rynda Laurel
on 20/8/09
Excellent!!!

Voted a thumbs up!

Here's our all Women Music/Interactive Panel:
The PowerPie:
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4757

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Lynne d Johnson
on 31/8/09
Great title!
Kate Ertmann
on 31/8/09
How refreshing to acknowledge that men and women have different challenges in the field yet we dont have to separately try and tackle those challenges -- we can be stronger if we unite.

Kate
Thriving as a Woman Business Owner in Visual Communication
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4203
Liz ODonnell
on 3/9/09
I like this panel sets up men and women to partner to solve the issue.
Anna Ravenscroft
on 3/9/09
This looks like a great panel. I'm so happy to see an emphasis on how men can be allies. Thanks Kaliya,for setting this up.
Estelle Weyl
on 4/9/09
This is so important. Thanks for setting it up.
Games Online
on 3/11/09
Great idea. Voted UP.
blu ray ripper
on 13/11/09
Sounds like it will be a very interactive panel... like the style.
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