February 21, 2010
Things Women Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Indian Entrepreneurs
I’m extremely impressed with Vivek Wadhwa’s posts on TechCrunch. He’s been blogging periodically for them since last fall and has shown that he’s willing to take on difficult, controversial, and ...
February 4, 2010
We Need More Female IT Leaders
Vivek Wadhwa has a strong article in BusinessWeek today titled Addressing the Dearth of Female Entrepreneurs. He makes the argument that “There are too few women running high-tech companies; that’s ...
December 19, 2009
Help Reform Computer Science Education
Regular readers of this blog know that I’m Chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology. In five years, NCWIT has become a prominent national organization helping encourage, ...
October 16, 2009
Call for Applications for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing
I spent the morning at an NCWIT (National Center of Women & Information Technology) board meeting where I’ve been chairman for the last few years. NCWIT’s mission is to increase ...
January 22, 2009
NCWIT Board Evolution
I’ve been involved in helping start a number of non-profits. One of them – National Center for Women & Information Technology – has surpassed my wildest expectations. Lucy Sanders and ...
May 29, 2008
Being A Doer Is How You Change Things
A few weeks ago, my friend Alan Shimel connected me with Jennifer Leggio. Jennifer is the Director of Strategic Communications at Fortinet and an active blogger in – among other ...
April 17, 2008
Humans Can Be Disgustingly Sexist
We all know this, but it’s useful to be reminded of it periodically.
I’m chairman of the board of the National Center for Women & Information Technology. It’s a remarkable organization ...
June 24, 2007
NCWIT Heroes Campaign
I’ve been chairman of the National Center for Women and Information Technology for the past two years. The mission is straightforward – it is “to ensure that women are fully ...
May 15, 2007
ATLAS and the Wonderful World of NCWIT
We had an NCWIT (National Center for Women & Information Technology) board meeting yesterday in advance of two days of NCWIT alliance meetings. I’m delighted with the progress this organization ...
April 22, 2007
NCWIT Reception on May 15th at 6pm
On May 15th and 16th leaders from over 100 distinguished universities, corporations and non-profits from across the country will attend the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) semi-annual ...
January 26, 2007
NCWIT Heroes Campaign
At the National Center for Women & Information Technology we are about to embark on a “heroes campaign” – a new project to highlight 20 successful women IT entrepreneurs via ...
November 29, 2006
Overview of NCWIT
As chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology, I’m enjoyed observing the regular evolution of how we describe the organization. My friends Larry and Pat Nelson just ...
September 18, 2006
Where Has BASIC Gone?
David Brin has an outstanding article up on Salon titled Why Johnny can’t code.
I’ve been the chairman of the National Center for Women & Information Technology for the past ...
July 26, 2006
Microsoft’s Annual Faculty Summit
Lucy Sanders – the CEO of the National Center for Women & Information Technology – was a key participant in last week’s Microsoft Annual Faculty Summit. InformationWeek has a good ...
June 5, 2006
Lucy Sanders on NCWIT
My friends Larry and Pat Nelson just put up an interview with Lucy Sanders, CEO of National Center for Women & Information Technology. Not surprisingly – Lucy is the most ...