Technology issues in Africa: Key take-aways from #womenstechdev #mwomen. Can you help with a solution?
March 1, 2011 in Digital Activism, Entrepreneurship
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Response to Brodbeck’s Women in Tech Argument on TechCrunch
February 24, 2011 in Entrepreneurship, Girls in Tech
Tommy, our Girls in Tech COO, passed along an article to me, “Women and Tech: Focus On Female Consumers and the Founders Will Follow” (20 Feb), that looks like it’s
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Let’s move past the elevator pitch, maybe it’s time for an Elevator Tweet….
February 16, 2011 in Entrepreneurship, Girls in Tech
I was the Tech Garden last night listening to entrepreneur Steven Gal from Cornell University. In the midst of his talk, something popped out at me. The elevator pitch –
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Response to “Twitter Can’t Topple Dictators” argument
February 16, 2011 in Digital Activism, MAP
Jay Rosen (re)posted a great one at PressThink about the absurdity of the current argument going on between “cyber-utopians” and “cyber pessimists,” highlighting specifically how many people shout at those
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New Subcommitee on Social Outreach and Public Action: Tolerance of Islam
January 4, 2011 in International, Thoughts
As Chair of the Fletcher Women’s Network Subcommittee on Social Outreach and Public Action, I’m really excited about our first initiative (and, in part the reason that we were formed)
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Top Today and Tomorrow Posts from 2010
December 31, 2010 in Thoughts
Hey guys, thanks for hanging around with me this year! I’m resurrecting some of my top posts from this year before heading into 2011. I look forward to good conversation
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#TEDWomen: Last Round up of speaker insights
December 13, 2010 in Events
Here are my last two sets of notes/insights from the TEDWomen conference last week. For the first two sets of insights, check here and here. Courtney Martin A lot of
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#TEDWomen: A few more highlights (while I have time)
December 8, 2010 in Events
Some catch up from yesterday: Lisa Witter of Fenton Communication. There is a difference between men and women and how much they give to charity, across almost all age brackets
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#TEDWomen: A few of day one sessions’ highlights
December 7, 2010 in Events
Quick highlights of today’s sessions: Hanna Rosin gave a great speech called the End of Man, mostly about her writing and research on the rise of women in global society
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TEDWomen on Tuesday, great line up of speakers
December 5, 2010 in Events
I’m mulling over the TEDWomen schedule of speakers to get ready for the conference on Tuesday. I’m attending as CMO of Girls in Tech (GIT) and Director of Strategy and
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