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Diversity: how to make your community
more inclusive
+Azzurra Ragone
Women Techmakers Lead
CLSxItaly - Community Leadership Summit "X" Italy
Milan - Feb 27, 2016

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Something about me…
 Women Techmakers Lead
 GDG Bari co-organizer
 Research fellow @Univ.
Milano Bicocca
 Love Data Analysis
 Mentor @Coder Dojo

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Women Techmakers is Google’s brand and global
program for women in technology.

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+200 WTM Lead
in over 50 countries

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Women Techmakers provides visibility,
community, and resources for women in
technology

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Why this call for women?

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code.org/stats

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10. Women today are 18% of all
CS graduates. In 1984 they
were 37%

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12. Why so few women in STEM?

13. Stereotypes

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Unconscious bias
 Implicit Attitude Test
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

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Implicit Attitude Test

16. Stereotype threat

18. Stereotype threat discourages girls from
entering technical field as CS

19. Teams
heterogeneous
have a higher
potential for
innovation

20. Diverse teams
produce better
financial
results and
better results
in innovation

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Solutions?

22. Make data
available.

23. Pay attention to
critical mass.

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Tips to build a diverse community

25. Keep women in the loop

26. Pre-event communication

27. Pre-event communication

28. Is this event for beginners?

29. Welcome everyone
Source: MaWood on
Pinterest

30. Exploit
informal
events

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32. Starting point: recognize diversity in what
appears a homogeneous group

33. Welcome all kinds of
diversities
Source:
http://culture.you-ng.it/

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The plus for your community
 You can have a different perspective
when you organize an event
 Diverse feedback once the event is
over
 Another person people can relate to
when approaching your community
 Give more visibility to women in tech
and provide role models for girls

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Women Techmakers
@WTMItalia
WomenTechmakersIT

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+AzzurraRagone
@azzurraragone
azzurra.ragone@gmail.com

38. In diversity there is beauty and there is
strength.” - Maya Angelou