Young Professional Women's SIG Happy Hour on January 11
Join the Young Professional Women SIG for drinks at Gordon Biersch in Tysons Corner! Everyone is invited to enjoy appetizers and networking. Come socialize and get to know each
other – we’d love to have you! More details about this event...
January WIT.Connect: The CIO Agenda - Planning for 2010 and Beyond
An uncertain economic climate and the growing adoption of technologies such as cloud computing, mobile apps
and virtualization make 2010 strategic planning for CIOs an interesting challenge. We’ve invited CIOs from across a wide range of industries to join us in January to talk about their respective plans for 2010 and beyond. More information about this event.
New and Prospective Member Orientation Prior to the January WIT.Connect
WIT is holding a Free New and Prospective Member Reception prior to the January WIT.Connect. This meeting is targeted to: All new members who have joined; other members who have never attended a new member
orientation; anyone who is considering joining WIT and would like learn more about our organization (feel free to bring a friend!)
Executive Women's SIG Spa Day Event on January 29
WIT’s most popular EW SIG events have focused on networking, and provide attendees with a chance to meet new
and old business contacts in informal settings. Come join WIT’s Executive Women on January 29, 2010 for a fun half-day at Spa Noa. This event is limited to SIG members and guests. Attendees must be in a director or higher level
position (VP, GS, President, CEO, CTO, CIO, Exec., etc.)
Job Fair on February 18
WIT is holding a job fair to introduce our members and guests to DC–area companies who are hiring. Twenty-five to 30 companies will be in attendance at this exciting event,
including some of the DC area’s largest employers. Companies are bringing their recruiters and hiring managers – so bring copies of your resume and be prepared to meet your future employer!
WITEF Fact
“In this year's CompStudy survey we added a gender
question to our Executive Backgrounds section in both the [Information Technology] IT and Life Sciences surveys. The resulting data include 2,202 C-level and VP-level executives from 459 private ventures . . . . Of these ventures, two-
thirds are IT and one-third are Life Sciences ventures. The percentage of women across all of these ventures was 12.9%. However, this differed significantly between IT and Life Sciences: IT was 10.7% women, Life Sciences 17.6%. The
percentages differed dramatically by position within the firm. First, the chart below shows the percentages for C-level executives. Compared to Life Sciences ventures, IT has a higher percentage of CFOs (17.7% vs. 10.5%), but lags in the
other C-level positions: CEO (3.1% for IT vs. 7.9% for Life Sciences), President/COO 5.3% vs. 21.4%, and CTO 2.6% vs. 8.7%. The Gender Gap in Startups, Part 1: Women in IT and Life Sciences Ventures
. Work with WIT and Women in Technology Education Foundation to improve these statistics.
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. 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 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 and WITEF Fundraising Vice Chair. 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
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