Comments on: Technically Speaking, Women Need to Speak Up

By: How and why to get women on stage. « A Web 2.0 Wallflower

How and why to get women on stage. « A Web 2.0 Wallflower — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:55:00 +0000

[...] on ladies, as Susan says: promote yourselves! Kaliya Hamlin, from Identity Woman, points out “Women don’t self-promote like the alpha [...]

By: Rethinking the role of women | AccMan

Rethinking the role of women | AccMan — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 20:24:03 +0000

[...] kimono a little on endeavouring to find a model that works for women. That lead me to this post by Susan Scrupski on Technically Women: I can assure you, when the planning boards convene to review speaker selections, we are gender [...]

By: Kathleen Reidy

Kathleen Reidy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 02:06:52 +0000

Interesting post Susan. I agree that speaking at industry events is important for visibility, whether we abhor it or not (I don’t as much as I used to). I long ago got over the weirdness of speaking to audiences made up mostly of men at tech conferences or in other tech-related sessions. I hope that’s not what keeps other women away. I’ve never found gender to be an issue in getting a speaking slot or in audience reception — I think it’s generally about quality of content, as you’ve noted.

By: cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:52:52 +0000

excellent! very inspiring attitude.

By: @CoachDeb

@CoachDeb — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:14:22 +0000

This last statement offers a hint into why there aren’t more women speaking… all in the phrase, “It’s where I aspire to be,”

So – as you finish reading this, ya’ gotta ask yourself,

“Where do YOU aspire to be?”