This document provides information about Innovation Women Speak!, a platform and webinar series focused on gender balanced conferences and events as well as visibility opportunities for speakers and a one-stop shop for event managers. Key details include:
- The platform allows speakers to see how many times their profile has been viewed and for event managers to post calls for speakers and search/apply speakers to opportunities.
- Upcoming webinars on book writing/publishing on November 4th and 18th and topics around giving on December 2nd and 16th.
- An upcoming webinar on October 21st at 12pm ET on cybersecurity career pivots with privacy/cybersecurity attorney Theo Gray McCarthy.
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Editor's Notes
Welcome to the Innovation Women Speak! Webinar series. I’m Bobbie Carlton, the founder of Innovation Women.
Innovation Women is a visibility bureau for entrepreneurial, technical, and professional women. Our mission is to eliminate the all-male all-pale and often all-stale panels you see so often at industry conferences and events.
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We connect women with speaking opportunities and we connect event managers with awesome speakers, who just happen to be women. Innovation Women is…
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…is so much more than just a traditional speakers bureau. Event managers can search the database for free and speakers pay just $100 a year to become a member. They get a profile on the platform and access to lists of speaking opportunities as well as a number of other cool benefits.
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If you’d like more information on Innovation Women, check out our website. For our webinar attendees, we have a special offer of 20% off your first year. It’s like coffee money, you probably spent more visiting Starbucks.
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WEBOS Week 2020 is a curated week of programming and events hosted by partners throughout the City of Boston, focused on building networks, identifying resources and strengthening the Women Entrepreneurship ecosystem. In light of the pandemic, this year the sixth annual WEBOS Week will be "virtual”.
Mass Innovation Nights will be participating with our annual Female Founders event -- as a virtual event! See new products! Meet awesome entrepreneurs (who just happen to be women)! Take part in valuable business networking! New products coming soon!
MIN134 Women Founders is supported by Innovation Women and Lioness Magazine. You can register for this event in the attachments tab.
Our webinar series has a new theme every month. November’s theme is Book Writing/Publishing. All of our webinar speakers are Innovation Women members. If you are interested in applying to be one of our webinar speakers, we post the calls for speakers on our own platform. If you’re already a member, keep an eye out for these opportunities on the site and in your weekly newsletter.
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Before we get started with today’s presentation, I encourage you to sign up for our next webinar. On October 21st, Theo GrayMcCarthy will be presenting “Cybersecurity Career Pivot Bootcamp.”
You’ll gain:
- A complete overview of all the areas of cyber security for hiring purposes.
- An in-depth conversation about the training/education/experience needed for each area and realistic hiring expectations.
- Insider tips for FREE certification training!
You can register for this webinar in the attachments tab.
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This is an annotated version of your screen. Below the video viewing window, there are tabs. The default tab is “Ask a Question”. You can type in a question, or comment at any point during the program. The “Attachments or Links” tab is where you’ll see documents and links from today’s speaker -- and the link to sign up for our next webinar. You can download the attachments at any time during this webinar, and from the recording.
The tab called "Rate This” helps us determine what you like. We read all the feedback.
The Polls or Vote tab is where you’ll see polls from our speaker – she’ll ask you a question and you can answer it right on the screen.
You can enlarge your screen to view it in full-screen mode. If at any time you need audio help – feel free to click on the Help button at the bottom of the screen.
Today’s webinar is being recorded, so if you’d like to view this webinar again you will be able to. We send you the link after the webinar.
Now – on to today’s presentation.
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With us today is Avani Desai – Avani is a Partner and President at Schellman & Company, LLC, the largest niche CPA firm in the world that focuses on technology and security assessments. She has been focusing on growth strategies, strategic client and market development, industry analysis, and new services for the last seven years. She has been featured in Forbes, CIO.com, and the Wall Street Journal, and is a sought after speaker as a voice on a variety of emerging topics, including security, privacy, information security, future technology trends.
For those listening – please note you can ask a question at any time and this webinar is being recorded for future playback at your convenience.
We’re very excited to have you join us Avani…and I’ll turn it over to you now.
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Practice good password management. Use a strong mix of characters, and don’t use the same password for multiple sites. Don’t share your password with others, don’t write it down, and definitely don’t write it on a post-it note attached to your monitor. Use lastpass or a passwork manager
Sensitive browsing, such as banking or shopping, should only be done on a device that belongs to you, on a network that you trust. Whether it’s a friend’s phone, a public computer, or a cafe’s free WiFi—your data could be copied or stolen.
Be conscientious of what you plug in to your computer. Malware can be spread through infected flash drives, external hard drives, and even smartphones.
Offline, be wary of social engineering, where someone attempts to gain information from you through manipulation. If someone calls or emails you asking for sensitive information, it’s okay to say no. You can always call the company directly to verify credentials before giving out any information.
Canned questions:
1. If you cannot use an authenticator for Two Factor Authentication, what are my other choices outside of SMS?2. Are password managers safe? Does it matter if it is free or pay per use?3. Is there a way to check your USB devices have malware?
Today’s presentation was brought to you by Lioness Magazine and My Speaker Leads. Lioness Magazine is an online publication, and is the go-to news source for everything female entrepreneur. My Speaker Leads delivers 100+ event leads per week directly to your inbox.
Thank you, Avani, and to everyone who joined us from home.
Don’t forget – for attending today, you get 20% off your first year membership at Innovation Women. Go sign up now, the code expires tonight at midnight!