4. Tech evangelism explained
A person who builds a critical mass of support
for a given technology, and then establishes it
as a technical standard in a market that is
subject to network effects.
An evangelist promotes the use of a particular
product or technology through talks, articles,
blogging, user demonstrations, recorded
demonstrations, or the creation of sample
projects.
5. Tech evangelism explained 2
The word evangelism is taken from the context
of religious evangelism due to the similarity of
relaying information about a particular set of
beliefs with the intention of converting the
recipient.
6. My Story 1
Medicine 5 yrs
Upbeat charity – Coldplay sponsor
-------recession------
IT sales and repairs + charitable projects
7. My Story 2
Head of marketing at iProTech
- helped set up recruitment and training
divisions
- raised company profile through
networking and events
- obtained contracts for the company
including the largest one they have to
date
8. Why more women?
Balance - 50%, different points of view,
management styles
Growing field, consistently in top 5 of
recruitment (REC 2014)
One of the largest growth areas for the future
9. Why more women?
The percentage of female CIOs has remained
static at 14% for a decade
Fewer than 6% of executives in tech are female
Working patterns becoming more life-friendly
with mobile working and flexible hours
“Because the industry’s reinventing itself all the
time, there’s not a set model about who could
or should be successful,” said Susan Wojcicki,
the Chief Executive of YouTube.
12. The future looks interesting
Wearables – Google Glass, smart watches,
E-textiles
Internet of Things (IOT) – Smart homes,
autonomous control, AI
Big data – information leverage, apps
Augmented reality
Transreality gaming
Li-fi – Philips, EDF, French museums, mobiles
13. Female role models
Marissa Mayer – CEO at Yahoo
Virginia M. Rometty – CEO at IBM
Meg Whitman – CEO at Hewlett-Packard
Safra A. Catz, president and chief financial
officer of Oracle ($43.6 million)
Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of
Facebook ($16.1 million)
Angela Ahrendts, new retail chief at Apple
14. Useful Websites
A Field Guide to.com
New York Times article – June 7th
– Riches
come to women as CEOs but few get there
REC website – Recruitment and Employment
confederation
Women in Technology.co.uk
Wikipedia
15. Interesting Tech Sites
LinkedIn
The Next Web
Engadget
CNET
Mashable
Lots of free sites to learn to code – Code
Academy, Code.org
Code games – Code Avengers
16. My contact details
Email - faz@blueponzu.com
In development
Website - www.blueponzu.com
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