Girls In Tech

Girls in Tech is excited and honored to announce that Neiman Marcus & Guerlain are joining forces to celebrate women in technology at the upcoming Fashion’s Night Out this Thursday!

Join Girls in Tech, Neiman Marcus and Guerlain  for a night of pampering and high fashion which includes  a complimentary makeup consultation with Guerlain’s Celebrity Makeup Artist  Marcus Monson, accompanied by champagne and sweets! Marcus regularly appears on morning TV shows across the country and meets with all of the Beauty Directors of the top women’s magazines. Marcus has worked with celebs like Hilary Swank, Liv Tyler, Ivanka Trump and Cheryl Hines.

The tribute to Girls in Tech does not stop there. Guerlain will be giving all Girls in Tech members a complimentary Guerlain Rouge G lipstick that will come engraved (!) with Girls in Tech on it. All you need to do is reserve a makeover spot or a spot for Marcus’ mini consultations (again all complimentary for GIT members) this Thursday. To  book a Guerlain consultation please call 650.329.3300 ext. 2103 or email lorinda_menchavez@neimanmarcusstores.com. To reserve a seat at the Fall Beauty Presentation call 650.329.3303 or email RsvpPaloAlto@neimanmarcus.com

Event Details

http://bit.ly/pBi7e7
September 8, 6pm-8pm

NM salutes Girls In Tech

Fall Beauty Presentation with Guerlain, demonstrations of NM beauty tools and more!!!

Champagne & Sweets
7 pm at the NM Private Lounge, Level Three

Complimentary makeup consultations with Marcus Monson, Guerlain’s Celebrity Makeup Artist from 4 to 8 pm

FNO SPECIAL GIFT!
Receive a GIT monogrammed Le Rouge G lipstick with mirror when you schedule a consultation with Marcus or reserve a seat at Marcus’ Fall Beauty Presentation

Please reply 650.329.3303 or RSVP: RsvpPaloAlto@neimanmarcus.com

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Girls in Tech is proud to be part of the Women@TheFrontier  2nd annual conference tonight: Tuesday August 16, 2011 6-10pm at The Tech Museum of Innovation San Jose, CA. This event is open to public. RSVP here

Women@TheFrontier launched in summer 2009- to inspire, to empower and to link female change-agents currently impacting the world through innovation, entrepreneurship, humanitarianism, policy, science and technology.

At its core, W@F celebrates the accomplishments of leading women that are creating positive and innovative change, global in reach and exponential in impact.

W@F also recognizes top organizations empowering and actively changing the lives of women and girls around the world.

 W@F is also collaborating with Women Go Global

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Late last month May 23-25, 2011, NCWIT kicked off its Summit on Women and IT in New York City. NCWIT mission is a national community of change-leader organizations working to significantly increase the meaningful participation of girls and women in IT. The yearly summit brings in together leaders, change agents, and stakeholders to focus on research-driven practices and ideas that can strengthen the computing workforce and promote technology innovation by increasing the participation of girls and women.  The NCWIT Summit on Women and IT convenes prominent leaders from corporations, K-12 and higher education, non-profits, startups, and government organizations. Topics to be addressed during the summit include:

• How an increasingly diverse U.S. population impacts the future of IT
• How to develop diversity in open source
• Ways to better inform and educate girls about IT career choices
• How diversity impacts innovation and how stereotype threat affects underrepresented groups in particular environments
• What organizations can do to promote a diverse work environment, retain talent and avoid high attrition

The Department of Labor estimates that the U.S. workforce will add 1.4 million technology jobs by 2018, yet universities will produce fewer than half of the technology-trained candidates needed to fill these jobs. Research shows that the number of women in IT is dwindling; in 2009, only 25% of U.S IT professionals were women, compared to 36% in 1991.

check out NCWIT’s Alliances

Check out NCWIT BLOG |   Photos from the NCWITSummit |   Schedule of the prominent speakers/panelist |  Don’t forget to read all of the coverage #NCWITSUMMIT @NCWIT, And last but not least, like their Facebook page |   Fun digital photo booth on the last night hosted at MTV HQ for Symons Innovator Award |   Press Release for media

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If you ever planted super berries on Farmville for a quick profit or downloaded a Katy Perry song via Tap Tap Revenge on your mobile device, you experienced the convergence of social media, mobile gaming, virtual goods, and an innovative business model.

Every day, a growing number of people around the globe connect to social media for networking and entertainment, and many of them are doing so on their mobile devices.  Entrepreneurs, business leaders and practitioners are coming up with new and original ways to capitalize on this growing trend and to make money through social media.

Learn how industry leaders in online marketing, digital media and mobile gaming are creating and executing these business strategies at Socialize: Monetizing Social Media, a two-day conference presented by Mediabistro, SocialTimes & AllFacebook. Diverse perspectives will be represented at discussions focused on four core themes:

• Gamify. Social games keep getting hotter: the virtual goods market will surpass $2 billion in 2011
• Mobilize. The social web has gone mobile: lessons for social sharing, search, browsing, and networking
• Optimize. Learn how to effectively track and measure social media campaigns
• Monetize. At the root of all these topics, uncover key revenue drivers: content, apps, and more

The conference will be held from Thursday, March 31 to Friday, April 1, 2011 at The New Yorker Hotel in New York City.

Click here to register for the event.  At checkout, Girls in Tech members can use this 15% discount code: SZGIT.

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It’s that time of year where we either 1) hold our sweethearts a little closer or 2) grab our best buddies for an anti-love fest. From “Rock Ballads” to “Broken Heart” radio – either way, Slacker‘s got you covered.

Slacker Personal Radio (available for free on the web, all the leading smartphones and home entertainment devices) lets you create your own Personal Radio stations based on any artist or mix of artists, or listen to and personalize over 130 expert-programmed genre stations ranging from Alternative Rock to Comedy, custom stations programmed and hosted by chart topping artists and everything in between. You can even read artist bios and album reviews, while viewing artist images and album art.

And they’ve just released their Valentine’s Day stations:
Rock Ballads Radio
Country Love Radio
Metropolitan Mood Radio
Broken Heart Radio
Slow Jamz Radio
Love Songs Radio

Tags: Digital Music, digital radio, love, music, slacker, tech, valentine, valentine's day
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5: Call of Duty: Black Ops – This latest title in the Call of Duty series is set during the Cold War era, and sold over 5.6 Million units in the first 24 hours of its release. Gamers can expect much of what they love from previous “call of duty” titles in terms of gameplay experience and controls. It’s also got some other cool additional features, like ‘Zombie Mode’, that players have been loving since it’s release. Get a copy for the gamer in your life quickly, as this game has had a hard time staying on the shelves for long in most stores.

4: GameFly Subscription – Not sure what games to get the gamer in your life this season or simply can’t afford to give them the long list of games they desire? A Subscription to GameFly might be the answer. Like Netflix, but for gamers, you can pick the games you’d like to play, they send them to you, and when you’re finished, you send them back in the provided envelope and they send you the next game in your queue. It’s an excellent way to play many games without having to shell out the sometimes-as-high-as-$60 pricetag on some games today.

3: WoW:Cataclysm – For the online gamer in your life, (particularly the World of Warcraft fanatic),  this long awaited expansion to the World of Warcraft series will be released early December. With new stories, character classes, abilities, dungeons, battlegrounds, there’s plenty of new features packed in for new and seasoned players alike.

2: Gift Cards – With the increase of online content available to gaming consoles today, gift cards are a great option for the gamer in your life. Many stores today carry Xbox 360 Point Cards, Xbox live subscriptions, Playstation Network gift cards, Wii Point cards, or iTunes App store gift cards for buying games on the iPhone. Whatever the console of choice for your gamer, or your budget, you’ve got lots of options!

1: Microsoft Kinect / Sony Move – There’s no doubt that one of the hottest, if not the hottest video game accessory this season is the Microsoft Kinect (for the Xbox 360), and the Sony Move (for the PS3). In the case of the Sony Move, it’s a new form of controller for using your body and movements to control games, much like the Wiimote for the Wii. The Microsoft Kinect on the other hand takes things up a notch, using a special camera and sensor for the Xbox, it makes your entire body the controller, without the need to hold anything in your hands. With both of these new accessories, their respective consoles have now brought wii-like experiences to players everywhere.

Tags: Alexandra Mokh, gamer, gaming, gifts, girls in tech, GIT, holiday, holidays, iphone, nintendo, playstation, tech, technology, video games, xbox
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Join Girls in Tech and attend Silicon Valley Rocks!

Every year these masters of tech/music genius get together to rock the house for a great cause.  Local bands with artists from your fav companies like Apple, Rhapsody, SAY Media, and Oracle and Advent Software jam together & give a show that you will not soon forget.

Bands just announced include:

• LUCID MECHANISM — A sonic experience that gracefully abuses the preconceptions of live electronic music. Tech affiliations: Pyramind, Ex’pression College, Apple
• SID LUSCIOUS AND THE PANTS — Maximum new wave: the greatest 80′s band there never was. Tech affiliations: MOG, Gracenote, Rhapsody (co-creator), Liquid Audio & IODA (former employees)
• THE HOT TODDIES — Oakland’s sweethearts, The Hot Toddies mix 1950′s beach pop with indie rock riffs, a bottle of whiskey and a dry sense of humor.
• THE OPEN SOURCE BAND — SV’s original cover band featuring special guests Randi Zuckerberg, Chris Pan and Jay Webster and Larry Marcus, Andrew Stess, and Alison Murdock. Tech affiliations: Facebook, Quova, Walden Venture Capital, Amplified Music Services
• INGAR BROWN AND THE FUTURE FUNK — Funk, hip-hop, soul, dance and R&B all wrapped up in an eclectic box that’s ready to get any party started. Brown was on the short list for a Grammy nomination in 2009 and other band members come from Busta Groove.
• SONIC LOVE TONIC — Second place winners at the Emergenza Battle of the Bands in 2009, classic American rock ‘n roll with a hipster twist. Tech affiliations: Dogster, CBSi (CNET)
• RUBBERSIDEDOWN — Radio-friendly, 70′s hard rock with an alluring rough edge.
• COVERFLOW— Energetic and fun cover band who has made the tech-party circuit from TechCrunch to The Lobby.

Get your early bird discount tickets soon! Click here: http://svrocks2010.eventbrite.com/ — Do it this week before the prices go up!

Best of all  Music in Schools Today (MuST) is the main beneficiary of this awesome event. All proceeds for Silicon Valley Rocks! will be donated to support music education in schools, especially those low-income schools that need it the most.  It is proven that the learning of music by kids in school can very positively affect their academic careers.  (I can speak from experience, being a former flutist (and drummer in summer music school, if you can believe it. ) I thank my parents and grandparents every day for giving me the gift of music appreciation at an early age.  So please come out to support this great cause … And have a blast at the same time!

Note:  Earlybird pricing expires on November 1.

Event Details:

WHEN: 7:00PM on December 1, 2010

WHERE: Great American Music Hall:  850 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco – Between Polk & Larkin and Ellis & O’Farrell

WHO: Silicon Valley Rocks! benefiting Music in Schools Today (MuST)

TICKETS: Click Here

(photo credit: Ed Jay)

Tags: Christine Oneto, girls in tech, Great American Music Hall, Music in Schools today, Rhapsody, SAY Media, Silicon Valley Rocks, tech
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Today’s Tech & Video Game industries, while still heavily male dominated, are seeing a growing female presence each year. In recognition of this, companies have now started assembling scholarship programs for women entering these fields. Just last year, Sony established the G.I.R.L. (Gamers In Real Life) Scholarship program, to positively impact the way females are depicted in video games and create and influence content to be appealing to women. The program also tries to raise awareness of the female gaming audience to the media in an effort to encourage the gaming industry to positively promote women throughout all facets of games, game production and into game management. Winners receive $10,000 towards tuition, as well as an internship at Sony Online Entertainment.

Other scholarships for girls include Vanguard’s Women in Technology scholarship program, Microsoft’s Graduate Women’s Scholarship program, and various scholarships from womengamers.com to name a few. There are now more technology and gaming scholarships for girls than ever before, with the number increasing each year. Interested in one of these scholarships or know other girls who might be? Check out the links provided below for these scholarships and others.

Microsoft Graduate Women’s Scholarship Program:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/fellows-women.aspx

WomenGamers.com Scholarships:
http://www.womengamers.com/scholarships/

ESA’s Computer & Video Game scholarship program:
http://www.theesa.com/foundation/scholarship.asp

International Game Developers Association conference scholarships:
http://www.igda.org/scholarships/

Vanguard Women in Technology scholarship program:
http://www.sms.scholarshipamerica.org/vanguardwomenintechnology/

Tags: Alexandra Mokh, gaming, girls in tech, GIT, microsoft, scholarship, school, sony, tech, technology, video games, women, women in tech, women in technology
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Are you one of the many out there who has some old electronics lying around? Perhaps an old gaming system you never use, an old flip phone covered in gems, or dare I say it, *gasp* an old beige desktop PC? For many households, these items become “outdated” rather quickly, and often stick around somewhere gathering dust, never to be used again. Today, with the help of many companies, you can recycle and donate your old gadgets. Some of these companies will clean up and resell the items, taking 100% of the profits and putting them into various charities, while others will actually refurbish the devices if possible, putting them in the hands of those in need, such as schools with little-to-no technology programs or budgets, to third world communities who really need the technology but can’t afford it.

So where can you go to donate your used tech toys? There are many resources, such as eBay’s Rethink Initiative / eBay Giving Works, which acts as a directory of resources for you to donate or recycle your gear. Others include Reconnect, a collaboration between Dell and Goodwill, that accepts items in any condition, and is as simple as dropping the items off to a local participating goodwill location. Check out the links at the bottom of this article for even more places to choose from.

Recycling or donating your gadgets is a great way to help others in need, and maybe even help clean up some more space around the house. Of course, for those wondering, there are often tax benefits and write-off’s as well if needed. Don’t forget, if donating pc’s, laptop’s, or cell phones, to be sure to delete and remove all personal or sensitive data from your device’s as well.

The next time you think to toss out that old ipod or personal dvd player, make sure to recycle or donate. You’ll save landfill space, and perhaps help someone less fortunate who could really use it.

Links:
http://www.recyclingforcharities.com/index.php

http://reconnectpartnership.com/whoweare.php

http://www.cristina.org/

http://close-the-gap.org/

http://mashable.com/2010/04/29/donating-electronics/

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If you don’t already know the fabulous Girl in Tech @CathyBrooks this is a powerful workshop and opportunity to work one-on-one with her.

Thanks to popular demand, Other Than That is proud to be bringing another installment of Story Navigation to Southern California.  Even more fabulous, because of her sponsors, limited scholarships are available.

What is Story Navigation?

I’ll answer that question with another question … What’s your story?

It’s a common enough query, and when presented in a business setting it generally results in a common enough response – a recitation of the C.V.

Think about the most compelling professional stories you’ve heard. The stories that captured your attention and motivated you to act. Whether explicit or not, those tales share at least one thing in common – a deep connection to the teller’s personal motivation. Making that critical connection between “who” and “what” is hard to do. Take this workshop and you’ll learn how, and if you’re someone who already has a pretty strong grasp, you’ll get tips to help make your solid foundation even more powerful.

In this workshop you will learn:

• How to deconstruct your existing professional story
• To identify and/or better explain your personal “motivation” for your work
• Tips for crafting a more compelling story
• New questions to ask of other people (getting to *their* story)

You will walk out with:

• A well-defined personal “elevator pitch” that serves in business and can be modified for myriad uses/audiences.

For more information on Story Navigation, please visit the workshop web site.

For more information on your navigator, Cathy Brooks, you can check out this link.

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