Girls In Tech

WITI (Women In Technology International) and Girls in Tech is thrilled to share with you an opportunity to attend the 2010 Annual WITI Foundation Executive Auction and VIP Closing Reception on Tuesday, September 14th during WITI ‘s Annual Women and Technology Summit in San Jose, CA.

The Annual fundraising event is one of WITI’s most celebrated festivities, a fun setting where attendees competitively bid on auction items and one-to-one meetings with Tech’s leading executives from the industry’s most prolific corporations including GEICO, Symantec, eBay, Genentech, McKesson and Charles Schwab.

Executive Auction attendees enjoy food, drink and networking with colleagues and new contacts to propel their careers skyward. At the same time, they will be able to bid on auction packages to benefit the WITI Foundation such as an executive lunch or dinner meeting with Mr. Randy Spratt of McKesson at a Bay Area restaurant of the winner’s choice; plus an iPod Nano, American Express gift card and tickets to the September 16 San Francisco Giants vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game at AT&T Park in San Francisco.

All proceeds from the Annual Executive Auction and VIP Reception assist the WITI Foundation in our efforts to continue to celebrate the remarkable women who innovate the world around us and to nurture young girls to seek careers in Science and Tech.

Take the opportunity to bid on meetings with:
Raji Arasu, Vice President, Technology, eBay Inc.
Janice Chaffin, Group President, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec
Laura Ipsen, SVP/GM Smart Grid, Co-Chair EcoBoard, Cisco
Todd Pierce, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Genentech, Inc.
Tama Ruiz, Vice President of Information Systems, GEICO
Randy Spratt, Executive Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Chief Information Officer, McKesson Corporation
Hugh Westermeyer, Senior Vice President, Technology, The Charles Schwab Corporation

To learn more about our Executive Auction please visit:
http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/2010/summit/auction.php

To learn more about our 2010 Summit Growth Café – San Jose, CA from Sept. 12th – 14th 2010:
http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/2010/summit/

To register to attend our Executive Auction or the entire Summit please visit:
http://www.witi.com/regforms/conference_registration_form.php?id=2490

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WITI (Women In Technology International), the world’s leading professional organization for executive women in technology, will truly inspire “Collaboration, Strategy and Growth” through hands on speaking engagements and panel discussions at the Annual WITI Women and Technology Summit in San Jose, CA September 12-14, 2010.

Top technology leaders from Clean Tech, Mobile, Search, Cloud, Social Media, and Business teach WITI Summit attendees how to capture and target more customers, build stronger relationships with existing customers and take advantage of the applications and tools to build a stronger web presence, increase revenue and streamline costs for their companies.

Girls in Tech Members receive a 20% discount!

Speakers and Panelists will Include:

Sandy Carter Vice President, Software Business Partners, IBM	Nilofer Merchant Entrepreneur, CEO & Chief Strategist, Rubicon Consulting	Kathy Chou VP, PSG Americas Sales Strategy & Operations, Hewlett Packard
Bernadette Nixon Senior Vice President, Global Field Marketing, CA	Bernard Golden CEO, HyperStratus	Sally Jenkins Vice President, Worldwide Marketing, Symantec
Vanessa Alvarez Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan	Ghennipher Weeks Co-Founder, Applied Connectioneering, Inc

Click Here for a Complete Schedule of Events!

Including The 15th Annual WITI Hall of Fame Awards

Join WITI as we honor key women innovators from science and technology on Monday, September 13th in the Silicon Valley. Katie Boehret, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, will serve as MC. This year’s honorees will be:

Sandy Carter Vice President, IBM Software Group Business Partners	Dr. Ruth David President and CEO, Analytic Services Inc.	Dr. Adele Goldberg Founding Chairman, ParcPlace Systems, Inc.
Dr. Susie Wee CTO, Client Cloud Services, Hewlett-Packard	Dr. Ruth Westheimer Fellow, New York Academy of Medicine, Yale and Princeton Universities

Click Here for Details |  Download the Press Release |  Videos of Past Recipients | 

Register Now! use discount code: GITsum10 for 20% off!

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Thursday, August 19, 2010
6PM – 9PM

This is an annual favorite, with a big turnout. So register early!

Use member discount code: GITLA

http://www.witi.com/regforms/chapter_meeting_registration_form.php?id=2370

Join us for a fun evening of networking and socializing with the tech savvy community of Los Angeles! Come one, come all, bring your business cards, and schmooze with us as we enjoy the summer weather and good company!

Men are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Complimentary Hors d’ Oeuvres. Cash bar. Bring a light sweater/jacket as the event is outside.

ADP to raffle off an Apple iPAD 16GB Wi-Fi with 3G
iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G offers superfast data speeds up to 7.2 Mbps over 3G cellular networks around the world. It’s perfect when you’re out and about with no access to a Wi-Fi network, because you can still get a fast connection for surfing the web, sending and receiving email, or getting directions. Since iPad seamlessly switches between 3G and even faster Wi-Fi, you always get the best connection available. And with AT&T data plans, you’ll have access to over 20,000 Wi-Fi hotspots.

Cornerstone OnDemand will raffle off a dinner for 2 people at the Penthouse, the Huntley Hotel’s Rooftop Restaurant, in Santa Monica. Enjoy The Penthouse, LA dining and nightlife soars to breathtaking new heights. Venture into the Santa Monica restaurant and ultra lounge that pulses with excitement 18 stories above the California shore.

Event Date and Venue

This event will be held from 6PM – 9PM on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at:

Shanghai Red’s
13813 Fiji Way
Marina Del Rey, California 90292
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Girls in Tech Los Angeles has been kicking butt and taking names.  Our most recent event at the Hotel Erwin’s High Lounge was a mix of some of LA’s premier social media circle and our first sold out event.  Attendees sipped our signature GITinis while overlooking the gorgeous pacific ocean views.  

Girls in Tech LA has been partnering with local and national social media companies such as Digiday, Women in Technology International (WITI) and New Media Vault just to name a few.

Our core team has been working diligently to bring you the best in content and events here in the LA area.  A huge thank you must be given to our Media Director Mollie Vandor as well as our core LA team; Heather Meeker, Dimple Thakkar, Christine Kirk, Meredith Williams, Lauren Berger, Stacey Soleil and Rachel Blum.  We could not have built such an incredible community without your support.

Stay tuned for our Social Fashion Beauty Summit September 10th sponsored by Saks Fifth Avenue .  It promises to be our best event yet.

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You are cordially invited to join Girls in Tech LA & Women in Technology International for this year’s spring mixer. Network with old friends, make new contacts and connect with WITI and GIT LA members. This year’s event will be held at the gorgeous Wokcano  Restaurant in Santa Monica, and tickets will sell out fast.

Get a $20 discount on tickets with the code GITLA. Hope to see everyone there!

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Back in December of 2008, we were excited to be an affiliate organization for the Digital Family Reunion. It was the first event to bring together the people, companies, and brands of Web 1.0 and 2.0. It was about celebrating the trailblazers who first adopted the Internet and helped paved the way for the rest of us who now make up Web 2.0. Building upon the success of DFR ’08 comes Digital Family Summit.

DFS will bring together leading community builders, social media experts, application developers, marketers and digital media business leaders to explore the very timely topic of “Managing Online Communities.” In association with USC’s Annenberg Program on Online Communities and E-Poll Market Research, they are conducting the Digital Family Survey which will survey professionals from across the U.S. technology and business communities.

So, if you are a developer of communities, or someone within a company who is responsible for community outreach, take the survey (see link below). If not, you can forward this to anyone who answers this description. They are looking to capture the most valuable best practices of these professionals who are designing, managing and marketing Online Communities. The survey may be accessed at: http://surveys.epoll.com/epoll/surveys/askSurvey.htm?sid=20248

The results will be presented at the Digital Family Summit on Wednesday, September 23 at Wokano Restaurant, 1413 Fifth Street in Santa Monica. Jason Calacanis will broadcast “This Week In Start-Ups” (http://thisweekinstartups.com) live from the event to thousands of technology professionals and will interview two major executives in the “online community” sector, Peter Hirshberg, CEO of The Conversation Group, and Mike Jones, COO of MySpace.

Girls in Tech is part of the affiliate/host committee for this event. Please use code DFRGIT20 and get $20 off registration.

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Girls in Tech LA is excited to be sponsoring WITI‘s Summer Networking Social! This is an annual favorite for WITI LA and this year they are taking it ocean side to Shanghai Red’s in Marina Del Rey.

Before Yahoo or Google ever existed, there was Women In Technology International (WITI). Carolyn Leighton founded WITI in 1989 (known then as The International Network of Women in Technology) as a worldwide e-mail network for women in all technology sectors. At the time WITI was established, Ms. Leighton was President of Criterion Research, a research consulting firm for the high tech industry which she founded in 1984, as well as chair of the Core Competency Database Project at Stanford University. Due to Ms. Leighton’s leadership and vision, WITI has grown to be the premiere brand and worldwide organization dedicated to empowering women worldwide to achieve unimagined possibilities and transformations through technology, leadership and economic prosperity. Ms. Leighton has 35 years of experience as an educator and entrepreneur. In addition to WITI, she founded four start-ups in the high-tech, legal sectors and, most recently, the pet industry. Ms. Leighton was named one of the “Top 100 Women in Computing” in 1997 and 2000.

We had the pleasure of partnering with WITI for our Summer Mixer last month, so it’s only fitting to sponsor one of their largest networking events of the year. All GIT LA members will be able to to use the code ‘gitwitila’ to get tickets for the WITI member price. Hope to see you there!

WITI Summer Networking Social

Thursday, August 27th from 6 – 9PM

Shanghai Red’s

13813 Fiji Way
Marina Del Rey, California 90292

Tickets $25 (use code ‘gitwitila’)

Register here

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Girls in Tech LA and Women In Technology International (http://witi.com) cordially invite you to attend our Summer Mixer! We are having the event on the outdoor patio of Wokcano (http://www.wokcanocafe.com/), a delicious Asian restaurant and lounge, in Santa Monica. Come and enjoy a relaxing evening of mixing and mingling. Learn about both the Girls in Tech and WITI organizations from the members themselves! So, grab a friend, come to Wokcano, and let’s celebrate the women that make up the vibrant LA tech and digital scene.

Monday, July 20th

7PM – 9PM

Wokcano – Santa Monica
1413 5th St
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Tickets are $10.00

To pre-register please go to http://gitlawitisummermixer.eventbrite.com/

See you there!

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