write blog post for describing the project

history, vision, story of people behind

Hey @Charlottehayne, how is it going with the blog post? Cheers, Maren.

@thatbettina @svenfuchs and to whom it may concern ;) Here is the draft @Charlottehayne made. Perhaps we can use it for upcoming blogposts.

Introducing Speakerinnen: the Speakers Directory to get more female speakers at tech conferences! built by women who want to see more gender equality at Tech conferences! Event Organisers: meet your speakers!
With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and populated platform – a place where female speakers sign up and conference organisers can connect with them to get more great women leading at their events.
So what’s the story? Whether questioning the gender makeup of Twitters’ Board or following the online explosion over sexist pitches at a major tech event- gender equality seems to be a conversation on everyone’s lips. Are there enough women in tech? How to get more women into tech and ensure they feel safe, welcomed and represented?
Why aren’t there more women featured prominently as thought leaders and role models in tech? (to both sexes!) Is it a question of numbers or environment? Do we need more women in tech, or do we just need to start making sure they are heard and represented? (Positions on this are as varied as discussing whether there is a problem or not? And if so, how to address it? ) Some members of Ruby Monsters ails Girls Berlin workshops also found themselves discussing these same issues. Having met at a Rails Girls Berlin Workshop, these (ten? ) women had formed a study group to continue learning Ruby in their free time, supported by volunteer coaches. As they honed their skills and started going to tech conferences, they noticed that there was a serious lack of female speakers. For the Ruby Monsters, this speaker drought didn’t make sense. Whilst it’s true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally - there are still many incredible women in tech who are kicking ass. They knew that there were women who had walked the path they were now hacking for themselves, but there are also many awesome outside of the RailsGirls sphere. For them, this was a real problem And the Ruby Monsters wanted to hear from them! Their response? BUILD SOMETHING TO FIX IT OF COURSE!! Having been welcomed and schooled in Ruby by RailsGirls coaches- they started going to conferences and In particular, Enter Speakerinnen- an online directory for female speakers to create a profile, so that event organisers Over a year, these women formed a study group. Together they met to learn and code, working on an app. as they went.

Over the course of a year, the Ruby Monsters Learning group met every Monday to learn to code together. A lot of hard work, Haribo and caffeine eventually translated into progress and these complete novices used the skills they were developing to build SpeakerInnen. SpeakerInnen is a place for women in tech to create a profile so that conference organisers can approach them and ask them to participate in their events. The idea is to create a forum explicitly for this so that the argument that ‘we just could’t find any women’ is no longer seen as an acceptable excuse. Women in tech can profile themselves, conference organisers can easily reach out to women and the Ruby Monsters get to see the women who are in tech, represented. Everyone wins!!connect with these women and upload some info on their areas of work and things they could speak on. So now comes the request...the women behind SpeakerInnen would like some help. It’s time to notch things up a little and ship this Superstar showcaser to market. What that means is

they need some support to get the wonderful knarly beginners code (the best type) cleaned up and maintained (maren/Carla not sure what to put here??) -They need the whole community to spread the word to fantastic women in tech of any level so that they sign up, profile themselves and let the whole community know that they DO exist and that they are happy to step into the spotlight in order to see more women represented and act as a role model to other women. So if you have noticed the gender imbalance at tech conferences and you want to do something practical and AWESOME to make positive change happen –please support this project. Either by taking a look at the code or encouraging a woman you know to signup. CONTACT DETAILS??? And if you would like to learn more about the RubyMonsters group

As novices learning to code, they were immensely grateful for the support they received from the Rails Community – irrelevant of gender. But as time went by Over a year their study group met every week to learn to code together. They Rather than

And they wanted to see female representation. They wanted to see that other women had walked the path they were now hacking down for themselves. Where were all the sisters

the whole concept of Rails Girls is based on pro-actively encouraging and empowering women- the response of a Rails Girls Berlin study group to these questions was Picture the scene. A tech conference rammed with interesting talks, demos speakers and the usual supply of caffeine What is speakerinnen?

(With this blog we won’t be weighing into the wider issues.) We won’t talk about whether posting this at a tech event is okay. With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to positively address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and used platform for female tech speakers to publicise their services. Women in tech helping to promote Speakerinnen is an app designed to empower women in tech to represent themselves in the community. It enables event organisers and connect event o Who built it?

Why?

What does it need now?

Rails Girls Workshops landed in Berlin.

Hello! I think this version was slightly tidier...

Introducing Speakerinnen: the Speakers Directory to get more female speakers at tech conferences!

This is the story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to address the gender gap in tech.

Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and populated platform - a place where female speakers sign up and conference organisers can connect with them to get more great women leading at their events.

Whether questioning the gender makeup of Twitters' Board or following the online explosion over sexist pitches at a major tech event- gender equality seems to be a conversation on everyone's lips. How to get more women into tech and ensure they feel safe, welcomed and represented?

Some members of Ruby Monsters found themselves discussing these same issues. Having met at a Rails Girls Berlin Workshop, these eight women had formed a study group to continue learning Ruby in their free time, supported by volunteer coaches. As they honed their skills and started going to tech conferences, they noticed that there was a serious lack of female speakers.

For the Ruby Monsters, this speaker drought didn't make sense. Whilst it's true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally - there are still many incredible women in tech who are kicking ass. They knew that there were women who had walked the path they were now hacking for themselves And the Ruby Monsters wanted to hear from them! Their response? BUILD SOMETHING TO FIX IT OF COURSE!!

SpeakerInnen is a place for women in tech to create a profile so that conference organisers can approach them and ask them to participate in their events. The idea is to create a forum explicitly for this so that the argument that 'we just couldn't find any women' is no longer seen as an acceptable excuse. Women in tech can profile themselves, conference organisers can easily reach out to women and the Ruby Monsters get to see the women who are in tech, represented. Everyone wins!!

So now comes the request...the women behind SpeakerInnen would like some help. It's time to notch things up a little and ship this Superstar showcaser to market.

What that means is that they need:

support to get the wonderful knarly beginners code (the best type) cleaned up and maintained (maren/Carla not sure what to put here??)
the whole community to spread the word to fantastic women in tech of any level so that they sign up, profile themselves and let the whole community know that they DO exist and are happy to step into the spotlight.

So if you have noticed the gender imbalance at tech conferences and you want to do something practical and AWESOME to make positive change happen -please support this project. Either by taking a look at the code or encouraging a woman you know to signup.

INSERT CONTACT DETAILS...

And if you would like to learn more about the RubyMonsters group or Speakerinnen please reach out to...XXX

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:15 AM, zaziemo notifications@github.com wrote:

@thatbettina https://github.com/thatbettina @svenfuchshttps://github.com/svenfuchsand to whom it may concern ;) Here is the draft @Charlottehayne https://github.com/Charlottehayne made. Perhaps we can use it for upcoming blogposts.

Introducing Speakerinnen: the Speakers Directory to get more female speakers at tech conferences! built by women who want to see more gender equality at Tech conferences! Event Organisers: meet your speakers!

With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and populated platform - a place where female speakers sign up and conference organisers can connect with them to get more great women leading at their events.

So what's the story? Whether questioning the gender makeup of Twitters' Board or following the online explosion over sexist pitches at a major tech event- gender equality seems to be a conversation on everyone's lips. Are there enough women in tech? How to get more women into tech and ensure they feel safe, welcomed and represented?

Why aren't there more women featured prominently as thought leaders and role models in tech? (to both sexes!) Is it a question of numbers or environment? Do we need more women in tech, or do we just need to start making sure they are heard and represented? (Positions on this are as varied as discussing whether there is a problem or not? And if so, how to address it? ) Some members of Ruby Monsters ails Girls Berlin workshops also found themselves discussing these same issues. Having met at a Rails Girls Berlin Workshop, these (ten? ) women had formed a study group to continue learning Ruby in their free time, supported by volunteer coaches. As they honed their skills and started going to tech conferences, they noticed that there was a serious lack of female speakers. For the Ruby Monsters, this speaker drought didn't make sense. Whilst it's true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally - there are still many incredible women in tech who are kicking ass. They knew that there were women who had walked the path they were now hacking for themselves, but there are also many awesome outside of the RailsGirls sphere. For them, this was a real problem And the Ruby Monsters wanted to hear from them! Their response? BUILD SOMETHING TO FIX IT OF COURSE!! Having been welcomed and schooled in Ruby by RailsGirls coaches- they started going to conferences and In particular, Enter Speakerinnen- an online directory for female speakers to create a profile, so that event organisers Over a year, these women formed a study group. Together they met to learn and code, working on an app. as they went.

Over the course of a year, the Ruby Monsters Learning group met every Monday to learn to code together. A lot of hard work, Haribo and caffeine eventually translated into progress and these complete novices used the skills they were developing to build SpeakerInnen. SpeakerInnen is a place for women in tech to create a profile so that conference organisers can approach them and ask them to participate in their events. The idea is to create a forum explicitly for this so that the argument that 'we just could't find any women' is no longer seen as an acceptable excuse. Women in tech can profile themselves, conference organisers can easily reach out to women and the Ruby Monsters get to see the women who are in tech, represented. Everyone wins!!connect with these women and upload some info on their areas of work and things they could speak on. So now comes the request...the women behind SpeakerInnen would like some help. It's time to notch things up a little and ship this Superstar showcaser to market. What that means is

-

they need some support to get the wonderful knarly beginners code (the best type) cleaned up and maintained (maren/Carla not sure what to put here??) -They need the whole community to spread the word to fantastic women in tech of any level so that they sign up, profile themselves and let the whole community know that they DO exist and that they are happy to step into the spotlight in order to see more women represented and act as a role model to other women. So if you have noticed the gender imbalance at tech conferences and you want to do something practical and AWESOME to make positive change happen -please support this project. Either by taking a look at the code or encouraging a woman you know to signup. CONTACT DETAILS??? And if you would like to learn more about the RubyMonsters group

As novices learning to code, they were immensely grateful for the support they received from the Rails Community - irrelevant of gender. But as time went by Over a year their study group met every week to learn to code together. They Rather than

And they wanted to see female representation. They wanted to see that other women had walked the path they were now hacking down for themselves. Where were all the sisters

the whole concept of Rails Girls is based on pro-actively encouraging and empowering women- the response of a Rails Girls Berlin study group to these questions was Picture the scene. A tech conference rammed with interesting talks, demos speakers and the usual supply of caffeine What is speakerinnen?

(With this blog we won't be weighing into the wider issues.) We won't talk about whether posting this at a tech event is okay. With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to positively address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and used platform for female tech speakers to publicise their services. Women in tech helping to promote Speakerinnen is an app designed to empower women in tech to represent themselves in the community. It enables event organisers and connect event o Who built it?

Why?

What does it need now?

Rails Girls Workshops landed in Berlin.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/rubymonsters/speakerinnen_liste/issues/154#issuecomment-37271944 .

Actually, thats not quite true. The idea of speakerinnen-liste and even the name came from other women, we just implemented it.

And its nor really only for woman in tech, but also in politics and economy etc.

Sorry for beeing so negative, but it would not be fair keep it like that.

Anja

Am 2014-03-11 10:26, schrieb Charlotte Hayne:

Hello! I think this version was slightly tidier...

Introducing Speakerinnen: the Speakers Directory to get more female speakers at tech conferences!

This is the story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to address the gender gap in tech.

Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and populated platform - a place where female speakers sign up and conference organisers can connect with them to get more great women leading at their events.

Whether questioning the gender makeup of Twitters' Board or following the online explosion over sexist pitches at a major tech event- gender equality seems to be a conversation on everyone's lips. How to get more women into tech and ensure they feel safe, welcomed and represented?

Some members of Ruby Monsters found themselves discussing these same issues. Having met at a Rails Girls Berlin Workshop, these eight women had formed a study group to continue learning Ruby in their free time, supported by volunteer coaches. As they honed their skills and started going to tech conferences, they noticed that there was a serious lack of female speakers.

For the Ruby Monsters, this speaker drought didn't make sense. Whilst it's

true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally

there are still many incredible women in tech who are kicking ass. They knew that there were women who had walked the path they were now hacking for themselves And the Ruby Monsters wanted to hear from them! Their response? BUILD SOMETHING TO FIX IT OF COURSE!!

Over the course of a year, the Ruby Monsters Learning group met every Monday to learn to code together. A lot of hard work, Haribo and caffeine eventually translated into progress and these complete novices used the skills they were developing to build SpeakerInnen.

SpeakerInnen is a place for women in tech to create a profile so that conference organisers can approach them and ask them to participate in their events. The idea is to create a forum explicitly for this so that the argument that 'we just couldn't find any women' is no longer seen as an acceptable excuse. Women in tech can profile themselves, conference organisers can easily reach out to women and the Ruby Monsters get to see the women who are in tech, represented. Everyone wins!!

So now comes the request...the women behind SpeakerInnen would like some help. It's time to notch things up a little and ship this Superstar showcaser to market.

What that means is that they need:

support to get the wonderful knarly beginners code (the best type) cleaned up and maintained (maren/Carla not sure what to put here??)

the whole community to spread the word to fantastic women in tech of any level so that they sign up, profile themselves and let the whole community know that they DO exist and are happy to step into the spotlight.

So if you have noticed the gender imbalance at tech conferences and you want to do something practical and AWESOME to make positive change happen -please support this project. Either by taking a look at the code or encouraging a woman you know to signup.

INSERT CONTACT DETAILS...

And if you would like to learn more about the RubyMonsters group or Speakerinnen please reach out to...XXX

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:15 AM, zaziemo notifications@github.com wrote:

@thatbettina https://github.com/thatbettina @svenfuchshttps://github.com/svenfuchsand to whom it may concern ;) Here is the draft @Charlottehayne https://github.com/Charlottehayne made. Perhaps we can use it for upcoming blogposts.

Introducing Speakerinnen: the Speakers Directory to get more female speakers at tech conferences! built by women who want to see more gender equality at Tech conferences! Event Organisers: meet your speakers!

With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and populated platform - a place where female speakers sign up and conference organisers can connect with them to get more great women leading at their events.

So what's the story? Whether questioning the gender makeup of Twitters' Board or following the online explosion over sexist pitches at a major tech event- gender equality seems to be a conversation on everyone's lips. Are there enough women in tech? How to get more women into tech and ensure they feel safe, welcomed and represented?

Why aren't there more women featured prominently as thought leaders and role models in tech? (to both sexes!) Is it a question of numbers or environment? Do we need more women in tech, or do we just need to start making sure they are heard and represented? (Positions on this are as varied as discussing whether there is a problem or not? And if so, how to address it? ) Some members of Ruby Monsters ails Girls Berlin workshops also found themselves discussing these same issues. Having met at a Rails Girls Berlin Workshop, these (ten? ) women had formed a study group to continue learning Ruby in their free time, supported by volunteer coaches. As they honed their skills and started going to tech conferences, they noticed that there was a serious lack of female speakers. For the Ruby Monsters, this speaker drought didn't make sense. Whilst it's true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally - there are still many incredible women in tech who are kicking ass. They knew that there were women who had walked the path they were now hacking for themselves, but there are also many awesome outside of the RailsGirls sphere. For them, this was a real problem And the Ruby Monsters wanted to hear from them! Their response? BUILD SOMETHING TO FIX IT OF COURSE!! Having been welcomed and schooled in Ruby by RailsGirls coaches- they started going to conferences and In particular, Enter Speakerinnen- an online directory for female speakers to create a profile, so that event organisers Over a year, these women formed a study group. Together they met to learn and code, working on an app. as they went.

Over the course of a year, the Ruby Monsters Learning group met every Monday to learn to code together. A lot of hard work, Haribo and caffeine eventually translated into progress and these complete novices used the skills they were developing to build SpeakerInnen. SpeakerInnen is a place for women in tech to create a profile so that conference organisers can approach them and ask them to participate in their events. The idea is to create a forum explicitly for this so that the argument that 'we just could't find any women' is no longer seen as an acceptable excuse. Women in tech can profile themselves, conference organisers can easily reach out to women and the Ruby Monsters get to see the women who are in tech, represented. Everyone wins!!connect with these women and upload some info on their areas of work and things they could speak on. So now comes the request...the women behind SpeakerInnen would like some help. It's time to notch things up a little and ship this Superstar showcaser to market. What that means is

they need some support to get the wonderful knarly beginners code (the best type) cleaned up and maintained (maren/Carla not sure what to put here??) -They need the whole community to spread the word to fantastic women in tech of any level so that they sign up, profile themselves and let the whole community know that they DO exist and that they are happy to step into the spotlight in order to see more women represented and act as a role model to other women. So if you have noticed the gender imbalance at tech conferences and you want to do something practical and AWESOME to make positive change happen -please support this project. Either by taking a look at the code or encouraging a woman you know to signup. CONTACT DETAILS??? And if you would like to learn more about the RubyMonsters group

As novices learning to code, they were immensely grateful for the support they received from the Rails Community - irrelevant of gender. But as time went by Over a year their study group met every week to learn to code together. They Rather than

And they wanted to see female representation. They wanted to see that other women had walked the path they were now hacking down for themselves. Where were all the sisters

the whole concept of Rails Girls is based on pro-actively encouraging and empowering women- the response of a Rails Girls Berlin study group to these questions was Picture the scene. A tech conference rammed with interesting talks, demos speakers and the usual supply of caffeine What is speakerinnen?

(With this blog we won't be weighing into the wider issues.) We won't talk about whether posting this at a tech event is okay. With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to positively address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and used platform for female tech speakers to publicise their services. Women in tech helping to promote Speakerinnen is an app designed to empower women in tech to represent themselves in the community. It enables event organisers and connect event o Who built it?

Why?

What does it need now?

Rails Girls Workshops landed in Berlin.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/rubymonsters/speakerinnen_liste/issues/154#issuecomment-37271944 .

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub [1].

Links:

[1] https://github.com/rubymonsters/speakerinnen_liste/issues/154#issuecomment-37276535

not negative! I just wrote a draft from the impression I had- feel free to change at will/ completely throw out/ use however is useful! :)

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 11:35 AM, tyranja notifications@github.com wrote:

Actually, thats not quite true. The idea of speakerinnen-liste and even the name came from other women, we just implemented it.

And its nor really only for woman in tech, but also in politics and economy etc.

Sorry for beeing so negative, but it would not be fair keep it like that.

Anja

Am 2014-03-11 10:26, schrieb Charlotte Hayne:

Hello! I think this version was slightly tidier...

Introducing Speakerinnen: the Speakers Directory to get more female speakers at tech conferences!

This is the story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to address the gender gap in tech.

Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and populated platform - a place where female speakers sign up and conference organisers can connect with them to get more great women leading at their events.

Whether questioning the gender makeup of Twitters' Board or following the online explosion over sexist pitches at a major tech event- gender equality seems to be a conversation on everyone's lips. How to get more women into tech and ensure they feel safe, welcomed and represented?

Some members of Ruby Monsters found themselves discussing these same issues. Having met at a Rails Girls Berlin Workshop, these eight women had formed a study group to continue learning Ruby in their free time, supported by volunteer coaches. As they honed their skills and started going to tech conferences, they noticed that there was a serious lack of female speakers.

For the Ruby Monsters, this speaker drought didn't make sense. Whilst it's

true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally

there are still many incredible women in tech who are kicking ass. They knew that there were women who had walked the path they were now hacking for themselves And the Ruby Monsters wanted to hear from them! Their response? BUILD SOMETHING TO FIX IT OF COURSE!!

Over the course of a year, the Ruby Monsters Learning group met every Monday to learn to code together. A lot of hard work, Haribo and caffeine eventually translated into progress and these complete novices used the skills they were developing to build SpeakerInnen.

SpeakerInnen is a place for women in tech to create a profile so that conference organisers can approach them and ask them to participate in their events. The idea is to create a forum explicitly for this so that the argument that 'we just couldn't find any women' is no longer seen as an acceptable excuse. Women in tech can profile themselves, conference organisers can easily reach out to women and the Ruby Monsters get to see the women who are in tech, represented. Everyone wins!!

So now comes the request...the women behind SpeakerInnen would like some help. It's time to notch things up a little and ship this Superstar showcaser to market.

What that means is that they need:

support to get the wonderful knarly beginners code (the best type) cleaned up and maintained (maren/Carla not sure what to put here??)

the whole community to spread the word to fantastic women in tech of any level so that they sign up, profile themselves and let the whole community know that they DO exist and are happy to step into the spotlight.

So if you have noticed the gender imbalance at tech conferences and you want to do something practical and AWESOME to make positive change happen -please support this project. Either by taking a look at the code or encouraging a woman you know to signup.

INSERT CONTACT DETAILS...

And if you would like to learn more about the RubyMonsters group or Speakerinnen please reach out to...XXX

On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 9:15 AM, zaziemo notifications@github.com wrote:

@thatbettina https://github.com/thatbettina @svenfuchshttps://github.com/svenfuchsand to whom it may concern ;) Here is the draft @Charlottehayne https://github.com/Charlottehayne made. Perhaps we can use it for upcoming blogposts.

Introducing Speakerinnen: the Speakers Directory to get more female speakers at tech conferences! built by women who want to see more gender equality at Tech conferences! Event Organisers: meet your speakers!

With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and populated platform - a place where female speakers sign up and conference organisers can connect with them to get more great women leading at their events.

So what's the story? Whether questioning the gender makeup of Twitters' Board or following the online explosion over sexist pitches at a major tech event- gender equality seems to be a conversation on everyone's lips. Are there enough women in tech? How to get more women into tech and ensure they feel safe, welcomed and represented?

Why aren't there more women featured prominently as thought leaders and role models in tech? (to both sexes!) Is it a question of numbers or environment? Do we need more women in tech, or do we just need to start making sure they are heard and represented? (Positions on this are as varied as discussing whether there is a problem or not? And if so, how to address it? ) Some members of Ruby Monsters ails Girls Berlin workshops also found themselves discussing these same issues. Having met at a Rails Girls Berlin Workshop, these (ten? ) women had formed a study group to continue learning Ruby in their free time, supported by volunteer coaches. As they honed their skills and started going to tech conferences, they noticed that there was a serious lack of female speakers. For the Ruby Monsters, this speaker drought didn't make sense. Whilst it's true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally - there are still many incredible women in tech who are kicking ass. They knew that there were women who had walked the path they were now hacking for themselves, but there are also many awesome outside of the RailsGirls sphere. For them, this was a real problem And the Ruby Monsters wanted to hear from them! Their response? BUILD SOMETHING TO FIX IT OF COURSE!! Having been welcomed and schooled in Ruby by RailsGirls coaches- they started going to conferences and In particular, Enter Speakerinnen- an online directory for female speakers to create a profile, so that event organisers Over a year, these women formed a study group. Together they met to learn and code, working on an app. as they went.

Over the course of a year, the Ruby Monsters Learning group met every Monday to learn to code together. A lot of hard work, Haribo and caffeine eventually translated into progress and these complete novices used the skills they were developing to build SpeakerInnen. SpeakerInnen is a place for women in tech to create a profile so that conference organisers can approach them and ask them to participate in their events. The idea is to create a forum explicitly for this so that the argument that 'we just could't find any women' is no longer seen as an acceptable excuse. Women in tech can profile themselves, conference organisers can easily reach out to women and the Ruby Monsters get to see the women who are in tech, represented. Everyone wins!!connect with these women and upload some info on their areas of work and things they could speak on. So now comes the request...the women behind SpeakerInnen would like some help. It's time to notch things up a little and ship this Superstar showcaser to market. What that means is

they need some support to get the wonderful knarly beginners code (the best type) cleaned up and maintained (maren/Carla not sure what to put here??) -They need the whole community to spread the word to fantastic women in tech of any level so that they sign up, profile themselves and let the whole community know that they DO exist and that they are happy to step into the spotlight in order to see more women represented and act as a role model to other women. So if you have noticed the gender imbalance at tech conferences and you want to do something practical and AWESOME to make positive change happen -please support this project. Either by taking a look at the code or encouraging a woman you know to signup. CONTACT DETAILS??? And if you would like to learn more about the RubyMonsters group

As novices learning to code, they were immensely grateful for the support they received from the Rails Community - irrelevant of gender. But as time went by Over a year their study group met every week to learn to code together. They Rather than

And they wanted to see female representation. They wanted to see that other women had walked the path they were now hacking down for themselves. Where were all the sisters

the whole concept of Rails Girls is based on pro-actively encouraging and empowering women- the response of a Rails Girls Berlin study group to these questions was Picture the scene. A tech conference rammed with interesting talks, demos speakers and the usual supply of caffeine What is speakerinnen?

(With this blog we won't be weighing into the wider issues.) We won't talk about whether posting this at a tech event is okay. With this blog we would like to tell you a story. A story of women who learnt to code together and through the process, built something to positively address the gender gap in tech. Now, they would like your help to turn this learning project into an active and used platform for female tech speakers to publicise their services. Women in tech helping to promote Speakerinnen is an app designed to empower women in tech to represent themselves in the community. It enables event organisers and connect event o Who built it?

Why?

What does it need now?

Rails Girls Workshops landed in Berlin.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub< https://github.com/rubymonsters/speakerinnen_liste/issues/154#issuecomment-37271944

.

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub [1].

Links:

[1]

https://github.com/rubymonsters/speakerinnen_liste/issues/154#issuecomment-37276535

Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/rubymonsters/speakerinnen_liste/issues/154#issuecomment-37281900 .

rubymonsters / speakerinnen_liste

write blog post for describing the project #154

@thatbettina @svenfuchs and to whom it may concern ;) Here is the draft @Charlottehayne made. Perhaps we can use it for upcoming blogposts.

true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally

Links:

true that there are less female than male programmers proportionally

Links: