gergelyke
commented
7 years ago Hello Tanya!
We really, really thank you for your participation in the Call for Proposal for NodeConf Budapest 2017!
We're sorry to tell you, that although your topic was really great, it didn't get accepted to our event this year. It wasn't an easy decision, and it took a while for us, but with all the factors that influenced us during the selection process, it had to be made.
To compensate this sad news a bit, we would like to invite you to come as an attendee! As an appreciation for the effort you already made to make this event great, we'd like to give you a ticket with a 20% discount: https://ti.to/risingstack/nodeconf-budapest/discount/thanks-for-your-cfp
We hope you can make it!
ButenkoT
Title
NodeGirls or how attract women for IT events
Description
Nowadays everyone talks about diversity in IT and why we don't have enough women. Every time I hear this discussions the only solutions are coming up is to make IT attractive for girls from childhood, encourage girls-teenagers etc. It is a good solution but in a long term. But is there anything we can do in a short-term?
I by myself started programming 2.5 years ago with self-guided tutorials, online courses and occasional workshops. Now I work as a full stack javascript/node developer and mentor in Sydney. I'm also co-organiser of WomenWhoCode in Sydney, co-organiser of Nasa Space Apps Challenge, organiser of NodeSchool workshops and a founder of NodeGirls Sydney (upcoming Melbourne and Brisbane).
Having organised and hosted a bunch of IT events for the last year I learned a lot about diversity and I would be happy to share that knowledge with others.
Learning objectives
City of residence
Sydney, Australia