Talks Worth Listening To: 5 Reasons Why Every TEDx Event Should have Speaker Training
When the organizer of TEDxHoboken, Elizabeth Barry, told me she was requiring every speaker to participate in ‘speaker training’, I couldn’t figure out whether to grin or to grimace. On […]
Because Women Have "Ideas Worth Spreading" : TED2011 Action Steps
The 2011 TED conference begins Tuesday in Long Beach CA. Of the 55 folks who will present “Ideas worth Spreading”, 15 of these speakers will be women. That’s a whopping […]
SHE Should Talk At TED: 5 Ways to Get Started
Thanks so much to you readers who got in touch with me to share your ideas about a diversity & inclusion action plan for TED. I had the chance to […]
The Goal is Gender Parity — at TED and Beyond
Is it possible that I haven’t been clear about what we’d like to see at TED conferences? In the conversations around TEDWomen, the relative absence of women and men of […]
Want More Women on Tech & TED Panels? Reject Meritocracy and Embrace Curation
Are there enough women¹ being included in public lineups of remarkable business people? Are enough women being selected for conference panels on Technology & Entrepreneurship, for the roster of the […]
Followup on the TEDWomen Conversation
June Cohen, one of the producers of TEDWomen, kindly replied to my piece over at The Huffington Post. I discovered that I couldn’t fit my entire response– plus the important […]
Separate Still Isn't Equal: Sexism and TEDWomen
I really, really wanted to put this post here on Authentic Organizations, but my colleagues at The Op-Ed Project told me to shoot big…. so here it is, on The […]