News Archive: Blog
Job Hunting at the Holidays by Guest Blogger Rebecca Kieler
Job Hunting at the Holidays by Guest Blogger Rebecca Kieler, Kieler Career Consulting If you are in a job search or thinking you need to begin one please do not fall into the mindset of so many that this is not a good time to do so. I promise you ... Read more
Call for Proposals for Discipline-Specific Workshop proposals
Deadline: January 15, 2010 CRA-W and CDC are jointly soliciting proposals for discipline-specific mentoring workshops within computing sub-fields. The goal of these discipline-specific mentoring workshops is to increase participation of members of underrepresented groups within a specific research area by providing career mentoring advice and discipline-specific overviews of past accomplishments and ... Read more
The Value of Short-term or Single-issue Mentors
Vice President Business Development Over the years I’ve used mentors for many different reasons: to develop strategies that could enhance my career, or tackle short-term issues that might arise with a work colleague. Sometimes I need help developing skills to more effectively engage with executives, or I want to test ... Read more
Grace Hopper 2009: Looking Forward, and Looking Back
The weeks leading up to the annual Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing are generally the busiest of the year for the Anita Borg Institute staff. This year was no exception, as the conference to be held next week (Sept. 30 - Oct. 3 in Tucson, AZ) has sold ... Read more
Women high tech entrepreneurs: The state of the US
The reality is that very little is known about women tech entrepreneurs - you can see the state of scholarship on the issue in this literature review by our partner organization NCWIT. This week, researchers David Hart, Zoltan Acs, and Spencer Tracy of the Corporate Research Board released a report for the ... Read more
Hopper Applications Now Open
What could be better than free attendance to the Grace Hopper Celebration, a free T-shirt and let's not forget, helping out for an event you believe in? If any one of those things sounds appealing to you, maybe it's time for you to consider being a Hopper! It's a wonderful ... Read more
Building strong nonprofit networks: The Motorola Foundation Innovation Generation Conference
Monday and Tuesday, ABI participated in the Motorola Foundation 2009 Innovation Generation Network Conference. ABI is a grantee of the Motorola Foundation - their support is supporting our efforts in putting together a workshop for K-12 teachers at the Grace Hopper Celebration, in partnership with the Computer Science Teachers Association ... Read more
NetSquared: Remixing the Web for Social Change
I'm at the NetSquared Conference today to see what's new in using mobile technology for social good. We're at Cisco's Vineyard Conference Center in San Jose, CA. There are also Health Panels taking place all day today in Second Life, celebrating the launch of the new Health Commons. The 11:15 ... Read more
Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship Deadline May 27 – Apply Today
The Grace Hopper Celebration scholarships cover a combination of conference registration (which includes most meals), lodging, and fixed amount of travel reimbursement funds. The majority of scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students, however, junior faculty, members of non-governmental organizations, and non-profits are eligible to apply. In 2008, GHC student ... Read more
Connecting Up 09 Conference, Sydney, Australia Keynote Address by Jody Mahoney
ABI's very own Jody Mahoney went to Australia this week to speak at the Connecting Up 09 Conference. Here is her keynote address from May 12, 2009. Yes, she has already done it even though it's only the 11th here in the States. Introduction Hi, I’m Jody Mahoney, VP of Business Development ... Read more