Wanted: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Math

Join us at our next Career Conversations session. We'll discuss topics such as: what made them decide on IT or Cyber Security, what were some of their work/life challenges, and what skills and education do they see as essential to success?

Whether you are an experienced professional or just contemplating a future in Cyber Security, WSC's Career Conversations allows you to have a conversation with women making a difference. Join us and share in Career Conversations with successful women in cyber security!

Guest:
Katie Nickels - MITRE
Kandis Weiler - MBA Candidate, Marymount University

As a woman entrepreneur, you know firsthand how challenging it can be to get venture funding. Finding the right investors and other sources of capital to get your idea off the ground can be difficult. There are ways to get the funding you need to get your business moving! Please join Jessica Gulick, Owner of Katzcy Consulting, and Gail Ball, Managing Partner of Chestnut Street Ventures, as they share how to navigate the funding challenge and match investors to the needs of your growing technology firm. This 30-minute webinar gives you keen insight and tactics to gain capital, increase funding success and launch your business.

Content is now the way that businesses should be selling their products and services. Creating a consistent content strategy will set you up for success. Content can consist of various types of media, such as video, audio and written blogs or articles. Using technology to create, distribute and schedule your content will keep your business top of mind for your ideal target market. Join this live webinar with Jean Ginzburg to learn more about how to develop a content strategy for your business.

About the speaker:
Jean Ginzburg is a #1 best-selling author, serial entrepreneur, digital marketing expert with more than 10 years of industry expertise helping companies scale revenue, optimize sales and marketing processes and improve productivity. Jean is the CEO and Founder of JeanGinzburg.com, a digital marketing education company and Ginball Digital Marketing, a digital marketing agency. Jean's clients range from brand name Fortune 500 companies to innovative start-ups. Additionally, Jean is a contributing writer for AMEX Open Forum, Influencive and Authority Magazine. In July 2018, Jean was named a "Women to Watch" by Colorado Biz Magazine.

80% of developers don’t feel it’s their responsibility if unethical products go live. Are they right? This episode of WIT: Women in Touch features a conversation among women in tech who believe this majority is not right. As a follow up to July's Coed: Ethics conference, a London tech ethics conference, we're grabbing a cuppa with women who are actively working on the ethics surrounding data science, decision making, scaling, coding, the psychology and motivation behind it all.

Who should join? While our guests are awesome women in tech, the cases of Facebook, Uber and Volkswagen are not just isolated incidents and everyone at any level at any company faces ethical decisions every day. We think everyone can benefit from joining this discussion live or listening to the recording after! Applying a framework or an action plan to consider the ethical implications of your work is a business best practice.

How can we move from writing oaths and manifestos to best practices?

This week's guests:
Yanqing Cheng - high-scale networking systems engineer with MetaSwitch Networks - a job mixing forward-looking ideas with decades-old protocols, which provides constant insights into the balancing act between innovation and stability. She is fascinated by machine learning and future tech, and its impact on ethical decision making.

Anne Currie - part of the tech industry for nearly 25 years working on giant C servers and distributed systems in the 90s, eCommerce services in the noughts and DevOps and infrastructure in this decade. She is interested in the evolution of the tech industry, and of the devs who work in it. Founder of the Coed Ethics tech ethics conference.

Emma Prest - sits on the Editorial Advisory Committee of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and on the board of Sum of Us. She was previously a program coordinator at Tactical Tech, providing hands-on help for activists using data in campaigning. She's now the executive director at DataKind UK.

Cybersecurity is one of the fastest growing technology market areas. Women-owned technology companies are right in the midst of cybersecurity innovation by delivering products and solutions that protect consumers and businesses from ever-changing threats. Are you looking to help one of these companies grow by investing in their solutions? Perhaps you want to get in early and be a part of their mission to protect and prevent? If you answered yes, please join Jessica Gulick, Owner of Katzcy Consulting, and Gail Ball, Managing Partner of Chestnut Street Ventures, in a 30-minute webinar as they share their insights on identifying and investing in these exciting and fast-growing women-owned firms.

The way in which we work is changing. Technology, social norms and economic influences are impacting the working world every day.

Did you know the right to work is a human right? It allows men and women of all ages and backgrounds to become self-reliant in dignity and free from discrimination. At a time when technology is taking over the workplace and a younger demographic is entering most workforces, it's more imperative than ever to understand the future of work and how multi-generational teams can make a meaningful impact on your business.

Tune in with Monique Morrow, Dedicated Futurist, Technologist and Advisor, as she discusses these ever-important topics, opportunities and calls to action.

What are you doing to make sure your office is diverse and welcoming? Diversity in the work environment is proven to promote acceptance, respect, and teamwork, embracing differences in race, age, gender, native language, political beliefs, religion, sexual orientation, and communication styles among employees. Movements like #metoo has us talking about this more in certain industries and at a systemic level, but what can we do as individuals in the workplace? Grab your drink and sit down to join us for what's sure to be an engaging episode of WIT: Women in Touch, when women trying to make a change are going to share their advice for how you can too, whether you are in a position to attract and hire talent or you are struggling to overcome these barriers. And, once diversity is increased at your office or university, what can you do to make it work?

Why should you join? Let's start with some facts because the status quo is unacceptable:
April 10 marks Equal Pay Day for women in the US (the infamous 78 cents on the dollar), but we are choosing to hold our discussion on diversity and pay gaps on August 8, following Equal Pay Day for black women in the US.
Women in tech make on average $40,000 less a year than their male counterparts. Women of color in tech in particular often lack the support channels and feel ostracized in their roles.

This discussion is in part a follow-up to our first episode which focused on the Working Mom. Mothers end up earning about 40% less than what their childless female counterparts earn over a lifetime. The pay gap between white women and black women is the fastest growing income inequality there is, according to a report by the Economic Policy Institute. This gap has grown from 6% in 1979 to 19% today, and it's growing directly alongside greater inequality.

The main reason to join is this isn't just an esoteric conversation, but a practical one that gives everyone practical ways to make a change, no matter what her or his role is.

This webinar is part of BrightTALK's Masterclass Series.

Raising Investment for your early stage business is a big decision. Whilst the process itself is gruelling, managing investors once they are on board has its own set of challenges.

Although investment can feel like “free money”, it is in fact the most expensive cash you’ll ever raise, as the returns investors expect, along with the rights and privileges you must be prepared to grant them, can be very onerous to a startup.

Indeed investors can make or break a business, and having a brilliant, supportive investor who shares your vision is gold dust and can propel you to the next level.

Join our webinar with Jessica Dick, co-founder of Five Years Time, a company focused on supporting founders to get investment ready and navigate the minefield of the fundraising process.

The webinar will present the different types of funding that are available to early stage businesses, and will focus on the key characteristics of angel investors and Venture Capital.

The webinar will then explore the concept of "Smart Money" and will give you some examples of what to expect once the investment has come in. Finally we will give you tips around what to look for in an investor, what questions to ask and how to set up the relationship from the start to ensure smooth sailing.

Cultural shifts and changing expectations, not just the advancement of technology, are transforming customer experience.

Join this live webinar with Nikki Barua, CEO of BeyondCurious, to:

- Recognize why looking outside your industry is no longer a creative exercise, but a business imperative in the age of Amazon.
- Learn valuable lessons from other industries to ignite change within your own.
- Unlock value by transforming your organization into a truly digital business.
- Generate momentum with a culture of innovation – one that is constantly adapting to a disruptive environment that doesn’t stand still.
- Understand the capabilities, mindset and skillsets needed to adopt this approach, and how you can be the change agent that helps your organization successfully navigate through risk and uncertainty.

Join this all-star panel led by Anna Bennett, a leading female figure in the FinTech world and Women in Tech advocate, hosting a session on exploring how we can encourage more Women into Tech careers.

We’ll look at challenges that we face and how different women have overcome them, hearing about the problems and the solutions from a man’s perspective and a discussion on how we can all work together to achieve a much more diverse workforce. With some examples of doing it right and practical takeaways that you can put into practice to ensure that the future of tech is diverse.

To get your brand message across to your audiences, it’s key to know where they are hanging out. With users now spending an average of 20 minutes per day on social media, most of the audiences audiences of hi-tech companies are hanging out on either Facebook, Instagram, LInkedIn, Youtube or another social media platform. Before we can get onto social media, it’s pertinent to craft a message about our brand and about our products or services.

Join this live webinar with Jean Ginzburg, Digital Marketing Expert and #1 Best-Selling Author, as she covers how best to extract the message from your own business and how best to create it for your target audience.

Once we have crafted our message, we will cover on how best to create content, what types of content works best now and the components of a well-crafted content piece. And now we are ready to distribute our messaging and content across social media. We will also cover specific examples of branding, messaging, content and social media from the hi-tech and SaaS industries.

Join us at our next Career Conversations session. We'll discuss topics such as: what made them decide on IT or Cyber Security, what were some of their work/life challenges, and what skills and education do they see as essential to success?

Whether you are an experienced professional or just contemplating a future in Cyber Security, WSC's Career Conversations allows you to have a conversation with women making a difference. Join us and share in Career Conversations with successful women in cyber security!

Guests:
Lisa Jiggetts, MBA | CISSP | ECSA | C|EH | SCNP | MCSE | CCNA | SCSA | Network+ | A+

Jessica Gulick, MBA | PMP | CISSP

Mari Galloway, MSIS | CISSP | GSEC | GMON | GCIH | GPEN | GCFE | C|EH | CCNA Security | CCNA | Security+ | IT Project+ | MOS

Elena Steinke, MBA | CISSP | Security+ | C|EH | Threat Intelligence Analyst

Hosted by Mansi Thakar, Associate of the Women's Society of Cyberjutsu

Join this webinar to hear from past students and current champions discuss how the SANS CyberTalent program is changing lives and closing the workforce gap. The cybersecurity workforce gap can be partly solved through increasing diversity. Organizations like SANS CyberTalent and the WSC are reaching into communities throughout Maryland and the US searching for professionals with technical appitude but new to cybersecurity.

These academies are designed to help qualified veterans and women receive training and certifications to quickly and effectively launch careers in cybersecurity. The Immersion Academy is an intensive, accelerated program designed for completion in six to eight months, depending upon program selected. The program is at NO COST to the students selected.


Come listen to learn:
• What the selection process includes and important application tips
• Understand what kind of training is provided (length and format)
• Hear from a recent graduate who will share her experience
• How this training academy and related certifications can help your career

Do you have a LinkedIn profile simply because you feel you ought to? Or, have you been meaning to set one up, but don’t know where to start? Chances are, even more advanced users of LinkedIn are not maximizing the platform to its fullest. With careful curation, it can be one of the most powerful tools in your arsenal, enabling new opportunities, driving new business and partnerships, and giving you the power to position yourself as a thought leader in your space. In this workshop, LinkedIn novices and vets alike will learn quick wins and ninja tricks to get LinkedIn to do the heavy lifting. Hear how to increase your profile strength, strategically grow your network, boost your search value, and much more. Discover how investing less than an hour per week can pay big dividends in achieving your personal and professional aspirations.

About the presenter:
Amanda Healy is an award-winning marketing demand generation leader, national speaker and keynote, and social media advocate. She currently works as a Senior Marketing Manager at TIBCO Software, driving global campaigns for the company’s enterprise integration and cloud solutions. She has trained world-class teams ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies to leverage social media, and has spoken at industry-leading conferences including the Massachusetts Conference for Women, the Women In Technology International Summit, Microsoft Envision, Social Tools Summit, Watermark’s Lead On Conference for Women, and many more. Profiled by the Washington Post, interviewed by WBZ, lauded as “Social Genius” by the Boston Social Tools Summit, and named to BostonSpeak’s “24 Experts On How to Become a Great Public Speaker” list, Amanda is one to watch.