She Should Talk At TED Twitter Campaign: F.A.Q.
The @SheTalksTED Twitter account has been busy this week, nominating over 350 influential women (and counting!) as possible speakers for future TED conferences. In addition to lots of suggestions, and […]
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 […]
What You Can Do about the Gender Gap on Wikipedia: The WWHACKathon
It’s only 9:15 on a Monday morning and already I’ve received six emails suggesting that I blog about today’s New York Times article about the Gender Gap at Wikipedia. What […]
Advocating for Inclusion: A roundup of ideas from post-TEDx636 roundtable
“Building on TED and the TEDWomen Conference: How Can We Make Conferences More Inclusive?” We made a big start towards answering this question at our roundtable conversation after the TEDx636 […]
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 […]
I’m Speaking about TEDWomen — sort of
The much-discussed TEDWomen conference is just around the corner. With the official speaker lineup now published, and the website updated, we can now consider whether the TED organization has “heard” […]
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 […]
IS TEDWomen Sexist? Use the "Group Replacement Test" and tell us what you think
Everyone who’s ever asked the question: “Is this Racist?” “Is this Sexist?” “Is this Anti-Semitic?” “Is this Homophobic” or the plain vanilla “Is this Offensive?” has tried the Group Replacement […]
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 […]