KEY TAKEAWAYS from 5 Ways to Support Women in Your Tech Company If you want to support women in your tech company, create learning opportunities, hire women in leadership roles, offer flexible schedules, be conscious of the language you use and use women in technical positions. You’re probably well aware that women remain underrepresented in… READ MORE
We sure have come a long way with technology and now I’m going to show my age. Throughout my life my family and I have moved cross-country multiple times. Before social media the only thing I could do was call friends (with our brick phones) and write pen-pal letters that we’d ask our parents to snail… READ MORE
I have always defined myself heavily through my career. Through contributing to an organisation, a team and producing work I feel such a sense of accomplishment. There have been times I have doubted myself and my skills. And at some stages it has been more difficult to push forward believing in myself and leading the way… READ MORE
Against all wishes, I recently started watching a show on Netflix called Cable Girls. Dramatically unfolding in the vibrant city of Madrid at the peak of the Roaring 20s, this novela-style web TV show follows the intertwining lives of four contemporary women who meet each other when they begin working as telephone operators at the first national telephone company in Spain. I must admit, I’m not… READ MORE
Intro Lise is a finalist in the ESPC19 Awards for Best Community Contribution and is just a liiittle bit excited over that 🙂 Whats Up? What has happened since the last time we talked on the podcast? Christinas project mentioned in the Intrazone podcast [2:50] SharePoint news from Ignite [23:50]Home Sites, Hub sites, Audience targeted… READ MORE
I’ve been asked how it is to be a woman in IT. From my point of view, many valuable posts about the women in tech already appeared in different channels from newspapers to interviews, blog posts and podcasts on the Internet. Frankly speaking, it took me a while to perceive what I can add to… READ MORE
I started my career as a school drop out at the age of 18 as a result of personal circumstances. Because I had no diploma whatsoever my options for a job were limited to low paying menial jobs. So I started out as sunglasses polisher at a company that stocked the sunglasses displays at drugstores… READ MORE
I have a confession to make: I’m one of the fortunate ones. Not one time have I felt that my gender has been an issue at school or at work. I am a blonde young woman working in technology and IT. Yet have I never faced discrimination. Neither have I been left out, been laughed… READ MORE
