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July 1, 2011 · 11:21 pm

Last TechWomen Day in Silicon Valley

TechWomen at Yahoo . TechWomen at Intel

TechWomen at Huawei

This has been an inspiring and amazing month working with the 37 TechWomen mentees during their visit to the Silicon Valley. Between workdays, we have held workshops, techtalks, and company tours as well as enjoying more conventional tourist activities. This week, I went with the Mentees to visit Intel and Yahoo! Yesterday was our 3 Mentees’ last day at Huawei (we will miss them!). Today, I was one of three judges of the final TechWomen presentations by the Mentees, hosted by Cisco, followed by a party hosted by Google. The other judges were: Heather Ramsey of IIE, and Telle Whitney of ABI.

I am so proud of all of the Mentees! Sunday, we fly to Washington DC to visit the US State Department together.

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June 27, 2011 · 10:08 am

Last TechWomen Week in the Silicon Valley

TechWomen at Xilinx

This is the last week for the 37 TechWomen Mentees from the Middle East and North Africa in the Silicon Valley. In addition to working at Silicon Valley companies, the technical women have been eagerly participating in workshops, tours, and cultural activities. You can read more about Huawei’s TechWomen in “Huawei Participates in TechWomen Mentorship Program Focused on Supporting Future Technologists in the Middle East North Africa Region”.

This program has taken a great deal of preparation work over the last year but spending time with the Mentees and Mentors has been worth it. John and I ate frozen yogurt with two of the Mentees last night on Murphy Avenue in Sunnyvale. They have adapted and learned so much – I am very proud of them!

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June 19, 2011 · 10:52 pm

TechWomen at Huawei

TechWomen at Huawei . TechWomen at Huawei

The TechWomen Mentees from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) were hosted by Huawei at its Santa Clara, California, R&D Center on Friday for a workshop on entrepreneurship for women. The Mentees were welcomed by Huawei Fellow Jim Hughes and by Executive Vice President Guolin Wang.

There were two panels of venture capitalists and successful entrepreneurs who spoke and coached the Mentees during the day. After the workshop, Mentors joined us for dinner of MENA foods (including konafa – which I love), hosted by the nearby Muslim Community Association (MCA). Then, we went on a tour of the MCA community center.

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June 10, 2011 · 8:45 pm

TechWomen at Facebook

TechWomen at Facebook

The TechWomen Mentees and Mentors were invited to an event at Facebook in Palo Alto last night. We enjoyed writing (in pen) on their company wall, then seeing presentations by Facebook executives about technology and company infrastructure.

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June 7, 2011 · 10:08 pm

TechWomen Work Today

Mark Bregman Symantec TechWomen . TechWomen

Yesterday I taught at the well-received Mentor-Mentee Workshop, generously hosted by Symantec. Mark Bregman (EVP and CTO for Symantec) welcomed us. Today is the first day of work for the 37 TechWomen Mentees in the Silicon Valley. Our three Mentees at Huawei are settled into their office – we are still getting everything sorted out but they seem happy and pleased with their first day.

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June 4, 2011 · 8:20 am

Preparing TechWomen Training

Katy Dickinson with TechWomen

Today, Denise and I are finishing up my presentation materials for Monday’s TechWomen Mentor-Mentee Workshop. I will be training 37 women from 6 Middle Eastern and North African countries and territories and their Technical Mentors from dozens of Silicon Valley companies the day before they start work.

Many of the Mentors were able to join yesterday’s opening event in San Francisco but for some, Monday will be the first time they meet. The workshop will offer a welcome, introductory activity (“icebreaker”), plus an hour of structured discussion so that the Mentors and Mentees can plan their work. Most of them have been in email discussions since we announced the matches several weeks ago; tomorrow we get down to cases. The afternoon will feature talks about social networking and mentoring. It will be a fun and interesting day.

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June 3, 2011 · 12:14 pm

Opening Day TechWomen

TechWomen in San Francisco

Today is the opening day of the first TechWomen mentoring program. I am in San Francisco listening to a panel from the three organizations which put together the program. TechWomen is funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), managed by the Institute of International Education (IIE), and implemented in partnership with the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (ABI).  I have been working on TechWomen with ABI during the last year.

We were welcomed by Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Ann Stock on behalf of TechWomen’s sponsor, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. We also enjoyed an inspirational talk by Google Engineering Vice President Jen Fitzpatrick.

The best part has been finally meeting the 37 technical women Mentees from 6 Middle Eastern and North African countries and territories in person, after so much planning and hard work. I know how to say their names now (sortof, anyway). I was happy to hear that some Mentees have just as much trouble saying our names.

Linda Schneider (Huawei Distinguished Engineer), Athellina Athsani (Huawei Senior Manager), and I just met the three TechWomen Mentees who will be hosted by Huawei this month. So exciting!

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