Inequality in the technology industry is an ongoing issue, with some disciplines approaching near complete gender exclusivity. But the SharePoint community has always trended in the opposite direction, with high rates of participation and inclusion across the board. Why is this? What makes our community different, how do we keep it going and, most importantly, how do we expand it into other areas?

2. @SPConf #SPC18 #DiversityandInclusion #DiversityinTech

4. Eric Shupps
Office Servers & Services MVP
@eshupps
sharepointcowboy
slideshare.net/eshupps
linkedin.com/in/eshupps
github.com/eshupps

5. WomeninTechWelcomeReceptionTonight–BesuretoregisteronEventbrite!
SharePointConferenceNADiversity&InclusionWelcomeReception
Across the hall 319/320- Mon, May 21, 2018, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM PDT

7. Diversity and Inclusion at Microsoft
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/

8. Coffee in the Cloud - @CITCTV

9. Diversity & Inclusion Track
@SPConf #SPC18 #DiversityandInclusion #DiversityinTech

10. Agenda
Where We Are
How We Got Here
What It Means
What We Should Not Do
What We Can Do

11. Where We Are

12. Source: TechCrunch
24%
76%

13. Source: TechCrunch
5%
95%

14. Source: Statista

15. Source: NCWIT.org, Dice.com, 2013

16. How We Got Here

17. Female Male
18% 82%
Source: TechCrunch

18. Source: ISACA, 2017

19. Lack of mentors
Lack of role models
Bias in the
workplace
Unequal growth
opportunities
Source: ISACA, 2017

20. What It Means

21. Source: TechCrunch

22. 27%
Report often or
always
experiencing
gender bias
Source: ISACA, 2017

23. 17% 41%
Source: NCWIT.org

24. Source: Comparably, 2016
Age Education

25. What We Should Not Do

26. Source: NCWIT.org

27. Source: Anderson et al 2013

28. Reviews including critical feedback
Source: Hewlett et al 2014, Snyder 2014

29. What We Can Do

30. “
“
Source: NCWIT.org, Bureau of Labor 2016
Learning is not attained by chance, it
must be sought for with ardor and
diligence. - Abigail Adams

31. Source: NCWIT.org, 2016

32. Source: Hewlett et al 2014

33. Source: NCWIT.org, Hewlett et al 2008, Simard et al 2008
Value of Being “Family Oriented”

34. Source: ISACA
Flexibility Stigma

35. Source: Fenwick & West LLP 2014

36. Source: NCWIT.org

37. Source Link
ISACA Women in Technology Study https://bit.ly/2hLugkz
NCWIT Women in Tech: The Facts https://bit.ly/2ISeOiU
TechCrunch Women in Tech https://tcrn.ch/2sCzsMt
Gender Diversity in Silicon Valley (Fenwick & West
LLP)
https://bit.ly/2ILmuDt
Comparably: The Gender Pay Gap in Tech https://bit.ly/28JlAXL
Catalyst Women in STEM https://bit.ly/2guorFn

38. https://www.slideshare.net/eshupps