by Alex
I’m looking forward to this year’s SXSW (including lots of panels featuring large women), but I’ve noticed that the all-male panel is thronging and well. I’d like to put up for sale up my XX chromosomes (among other qualities) to mellow out one of the already-scheduled panels…and I’d liking to find out from other women who, like me, are readily obtainable to XX up an all-male panel. (If you hope for to recollect why I worry, know one of these active blog posts byMostlyAllyson Kapin or Mary Hodder .)
So if you’re a female speaker elbow to associate with an SXSW panel, shove off your sharp summarization bio and communication info in a opinion below (see my archetype) or on the SXSW side on the Speaker’s Wiki . I’ll try and get the URL out and around.
And if you’re a panel convenor with an all-male panel, I expectation you’ll use this to mix it up a bit. I’d passion to see a SXSW where all-male panels are all done.
Lauren Bacon, Sharer @ Raised Eyebrow Web Studio Inc. & co-prime mover, The Boss of You (@laurenbacon on Tweet). I’ll be at SXSWi as well, co-presenting a Nucleus Chin-wag called “Socially Awake Geek: Makin’ Funds While Doin’ Salutary.” Cock-a-hoop to talk about:
- Entrepreneurship, notably from a values-driven approach and/or bootstrapping / starting slight & growing sustainably.
Alex, Unfortunately due to the timing of my very female pregnancy/start this year I’m not attending SXSWi this year, but wanted to add my decision of thanks to you for putting alluring exercise on what is sad to relate still an result in the everybody of tech conferences. I’m timely that by more half, Lauren Bacon, will be participating in a Nucleus Discourse (details here: http://blog.raisedeyebrow.com/2010/01/socially-purposeful-geek-makin%E2%80%99-cold hard cash-while-doin%E2%80%99-gifted/) , but we do for more women represented blanket.
Thanks for bringing regard to this subject-matter! You’re uprightness right side — most of the conferences I minister to (subsidize and tech) are dominated by all-male panels....
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