In an Op-Ed in Forbes.com, Joan Michelson talks about the challenges of real-time, standardized data to evaluate technology jobs in the STEM industry. She additionally talks about the Top Companies in Women’s Technologists Report, conducted by AnitaB.org, to evaluate the progress of women technologists. She elaborates on the importance of collecting diversity and job data…
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2020 has been anything but normal, bringing change and challenges to nearly everyone. We are all feeling stress and the hardest hit group this year has been women, especially those from overlooked populations. As we head into the holidays, we have an opportunity to look back at how women in tech have been impacted this year,…
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Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President & CEO at AnitaB.org, lead a thoughtful discussion in, “Elevating Conversations: Build for Everyone: Products & the Spaces they Occupy.” The conversation focused on the tech products that have become ubiquitous in our lives and stopping to think about the number of tools we utilize on any given day, both those…
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Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President & CEO at AnitaB.org, leads an inspiring and candid conversation that spotlights a few of Google’s leaders across product areas including Geo, Cloud, and Search as they discuss technology, its great potential to positively impact people’s lives, and the measures being taken to be more inclusive. Our Google Panelists include: Gayathri…
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Brenda Darden Wilkerson, President & CEO at AnitaB.org, led an inspiring and candid conversation on “Build for Everyone: The Role of Leadership in an Ever-changing World,” with experts from Google to discuss how leadership is a tool that everyone can continue to build for themselves and others. Our speakers shared their unique stories and illustrated…
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2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act. President & CEO of AnitaB.org, Brenda Darden Wilkerson, hosted a conversation on “The Accessible Future of Tech,” where she highlighted important advancements that support and empower people with disabilities in computing fields. As more and more of us find ourselves studying and working from…
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