WIT Developing Speakers Bureau to Promote No One Path
WIT is developing a Speakers Bureau to promote the book No One Path, continue to raise visibility for the women in the book and for WIT, and to inspire, motivate and educate local audiences. We are seeking volunteers to help make the Speakers Bureau a reality! If you are interested in being a part of this exciting opportunity to continue to promote the book, please contact Page Bostic, page.bostic@marriott.com, by December 14 (as a Kick-Off Meeting is being planned in January).
Activities you can be involved with include: coordinating directly with the women leaders featured in the book; developing a Speakers forum and a directory of topics; liaising with the Marketing/PR team to identify speaking opportunities; identifying and coordinating the speakers for each event and preparing/positioning them for success.
This is a wonderful opportunity to continue to work with the women of WIT and our inspirational women leaders featured in the book! We welcome as much or as little time as you can commit - no formal experience required, just your passion to get involved.
WIT Mentor/Protégé Applications Due on December 4
Women in Technology's (WIT) Mentoring Program is now accepting applications for Program 24. Marking the 10th anniversary of the Women in Technology Leadership Awards Program, the Mentoring Program 24 will include discussion panels of women executive leaders featured in WIT's recently launched book, No One Path: Perspectives on Leadership from a Decade of Women in Technology Award Winners. Please go here to learn more about the program and to apply.
Heroines in Technology Winners Announced
 Women in Technology and March of Dimes hosted the 9th Annual Heroines in Technology awards on November 13th. The event raised $140,000 for March of Dimes and the winners this year were: Rising Heroine: Zalenda Cyrille, Lockheed Martin; Individual Heroines: Lydia Gizdavcic, The MITRE Corporation and Sue Hoffman, Booz Allen Hamilton; Corporate Heroines: Annette Gildea, Ollie Interactive and Elizabeth Wilmot, Turtle Wings Electronics Recycling' and Lifetime Achievement: Marie Johns, Leftwich & Ludaway and Kathy Kleiman, Internet Matters.
WIT Call for Nominations
Women in Technology is seeking nominations for members to serve as WIT leaders. This is a great opportunity to join the leadership team, increase the visibility of yourself and your company, and help us grow the WIT organization. We have immediate openings for: WITEF Fundraising Chair, WITEF Fundraising Vice Chair, WIT Communications Vice Chair Marketing. Position descriptions and leadership applications are in the About WIT section on the WIT web site. Applications should be emailed to the WIT office staff@womenintechnology.org
WITEF Fact
In 2008, women received 57% of all undergraduate degrees but represented only 18% of all Computer and Information Sciences undergraduate degrees. There has been a 79% decline, between 2000 and 2008, in the number of incoming undergraduate women interested in majoring in Computer Science. As a result, only 27% of computer scientists today are female. What can we, as WIT members, do about this trend?
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