showing girls how to break the tech gender stereotypes
DESCRIPTION
Presentation given by ProjectCSGIRLS founder/CEO, Pooja Chandrashekar, at the 2014 O'Reilly Velocity New York Conference as part of the Ignite session. Her talk discussed why girls turn away from computer science and technology-related fields, how and why we should address this problem, and how ProjectCSGIRLS (www.projectcsgirls.com) is working to close the tech gender gap. ProjectCSGIRLS is a national nonprofit organization that runs the nation's largest computer science competition for middle school girls.TRANSCRIPT
SHOWING GIRLS HOW TO BREAK THE TECH GENDER
STEREOTYPES
Pooja ChandrashekarFounder and CEO of ProjectCSGIRLSSenior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Ignite Velocity September 15th, 2014
WHAT DOES A COMPUTER SCIENTIST LOOK LIKE?
THE STEREOTYPE
THE ENVIRONMENT
MY EXPERIENCES
HOW DO WE “FIX” THIS? WHERE DO WE START?
FEMALE ROLE MODELS
APPLICABILITY, CONNECTIVITY, AND CREATIVITY
A FOCUS OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
WOMEN-LED AND DRIVEN ORGANIZATIONS
START EARLY, INSPIRE MORE
ENCOURAGE INNOVATION
MY WORK AS AN EXAMPLE: PROJECTCSGIRLS
MIDDLE SCHOOL IS CRITICAL
HOW DOES A NATIONAL COMPETITION FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS HELP?
OPEN-ENDED WORKSHOPS
THE NATIONAL GALA
THIS IS NOT A ONE-WOMAN (OR MAN) JOB
WHAT ROLE SHOULD MEN PLAY?
THANK YOU!
Contact info for Pooja Chandrashekar:
Website: www.projectcsgirls.com
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @projectcsgirls
Feel free to reach out if you or your company would like to get involved with ProjectCSGIRLS, or if you’d just like to talk!