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Sausagefest: Getting More Women Into New Media & Tech

Event Interactive 2011
Format Panel
Organizer Rachel Sklar – Change The Ratio
Description This industry has a ratio problem. Still. It's getting better, but panels, conferences, magazine articles, VC funding - it's all dominated by men. In a big way. Is this because women are lame and uncreative? No. Is it because men are evil and sexist? No. (Sheesh, no.) But - where there is such an obvious and unrelenting gender disparity, there is a problem waiting to be solved. How can women do more to make their ideas happen? (And get money for them?) What do men do differently than women? Is industry coverage lopsided - and if so, how can we change that? What can we blame on the people running all-dude conferences - and what can we take responsibility for ourselves? How can we work together as an industry to encourage the kind of diversity that will free up the very best of our collective talent to rise to the top? Women are great. Men are great. But the ratio in this industry - not great. This panel will address that, and how to change it.
Questions
Answered
  1. Why should we care about diversity in the industry, anyway?
  2. What do women and men do differently that affects their path professionally?
  3. How can we tackle "The VC Problem" - i.e. less than 10% of VC money funding women-headed businesses?
  4. How can we make dudes care about this subject? (Most panels on this topic are 80% women, at least.)
  5. Is this even a problem, or just bitter people complaining?
Level Beginner
Category Accessibility
Tags Change The Raio, Feminism, Women In Tech
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