Keynote: Community Innovation Alaina Percival - Codemotion Milan 2016
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Alaina Percival is the founder of Women Who Code, an organization with over 80,000 members across 60 cities and 20 countries that aims to inspire women to pursue technology careers. She discusses how the tech industry is facing a shortage of hundreds of thousands of jobs that the current market is unprepared to fill, and how women leave tech careers in disproportionately high numbers. Her presentation provides strategies for how companies can improve their diversity by changing practices related to hiring, interviews, management, and advancement.
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Keynote: Community Innovation Alaina Percival - Codemotion Milan 2016
- 1. COMMUNITY INNOVATION Alaina Percival MILAN 25-26 NOVEMBER 2016
- 3. Inspiring women to excel in technology careers.
- 4. A world where women are representative as technical executives, founders, VCs, board members and software engineers.
- 5. “DEAR WOMEN, WE NEED YOU.” @Alaina @WomenWhoCode -The Tech Industry
- 6. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode Software engineering jobs are growing. Fast.
- 7. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode The market is not prepared to fill hundreds of thousands positions.
- 8. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode EVERY INDUSTRY IS tech
- 9. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode 47% leave Science mid-career 39% leave Engineering mid-career 56% leave Technology mid-career
- 10. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode Fortune 500 companies with at least 3 female directors see results:
- 11. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode First Round Capital saw investments with at least one female founder have a 63% higher return.
- 13. US Cities: Atlanta, GA Austin, TX Birmingham, AL Boston, MA Boulder/Denver, CO Charleston, NC Chicago, IL Cincinnati, OH Dallas/Ft Worth, TX East Bay, CA Fort Collins, CO Greenville, SC Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Phoenix, AR Portland, OR Reno/Tahoe, NV Richmond, VA Europe: Belfast, UK Berlin, Germany Bristol, UK Dublin, Ireland London, UK Paris, France Sofia, Bulgaria Vinnytsia, Ukraine Americas: Belo Horizonte, Brazil Colima, Mexico Kingston, Jamaica Medellin, Colombia Merida, Mexico Mexico City, Mexico Monterrey, Mexico Recife, Brazil Santiago, Chile Waterloo, Canada Middle East & Africa Accra, Ghana al-Jaza'ir, Algeria Asia Pacific: Bangalore, India Beijing, China Brisbane, Australia Chennai, India Delhi, India Gujarat, India Hong Kong, China Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Melbourne, Australia Shanghai, China Sydney, Australia Taipei, Taiwan Tokyo, Japan Sacramento, CA San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Silicon Valley, CA Stamford, CT Tampa, FL Twin Cities, MN Washington, DC Wichita, KS @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
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- 16. The face of leadership Our leaders are the driving force of Women Who Code
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- 18. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode 600,000 EUR scholarships 275,000 EUR conference ticket womenwhocode.com
- 20. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode What are the opportunities?
- 21. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode Make the industry even better
- 22. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode PIPELINE • Set clear goals of interviewing diverse candidates • Allow people to bring a guest to networking events • Post your jobs where diverse candidates will see it
- 23. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode ATTRACT • Don’t list requirements that aren’t actually required • Invite women to have a conversation vs. interview • Words matter
- 24. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode INTERVIEW • Gender neutral questions • Train interviewers on unconscious bias • Alternatives to whiteboading
- 25. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode MANAGE • Assign and encourage advocates • Distribution of projects • Benefits and workplace flexibility
- 26. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode ADVANCEMENT • Transparency in the advancement process • Run pay and promotion analysis • Leadership programs: Women Who Code for companies
- 27. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode NOW IS YOUR TIME
- 28. Be inspired by the world around you and find the big problem you want to solve. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
- 31. BE COMPETITIVE WITH YOURSELF @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
- 32. BUILD YOUR NETWORK @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
- 33. HAVE A PLAN @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
- 34. CHANGE YOUR PLANS @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
- 35. BE A GOOD PERSON @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
- 36. DON’T GIVE UP @Alaina @WomenWhoCode
- 37. @Alaina @WomenWhoCode If there is something you want Find a way to get it If it doesn’t exist CREATE IT