International Women’s Day NorthEast 2021

International Women’s Day (IWD) is on March 8th every year. Take a Friday moment to celebrate and appreciate the incredible contributions of women around the world. This event is a call to action for accelerating equality.

For IWD 2021 you are invited to be inspired and to connect with others in the Northeast region and to share (remotely) stories about the incredible strength and power women have shown in the face of adversity. The past year has been filled with tremendous challenges. Think about coping with the pandemic and stepping up to work on the issues of racial justice and human rights. Let's shine the light of hope for a bright future and the belief that together our community can create positive change throughout the world.

Let’s ALL (Men, Women, Non-Binary, Everyone) join together and support the #CourageToCreate that enables us to overcome challenges.

Empower Women - Empower All

Join us to talk about how to succeed as an engineer, how to communicate confidently in a virtual world and most of all, how to be a compassionate leader. Meet diverse contributors from top companies like Netflix and Google who can share their personal experiences and career journeys.

EMPOWER EACH OTHER! What will you have the #CouragetoCreate in 2021?

THIS IS A FREE EVENT and there will be raffle prizes for attendees. Please thank and visit our sponsors!

Wellframe Digital Health Management (https://www.wellframe.com/) is offering Amazon gift certificates in the event raffle.

Practicum by Yandex (https://practicum.yandex.com/) will give away 6 Full Scholarships to Practicum by Yandex bootcamps. The courses are: 2 x Data Analyst ($3,000), 2 x Data Scientist ($4,000), and 2 x Web Developer ($5,000 value).

O’Reilly (https://www.oreilly.com/) is giving away 5 ebooks/books for our raffle and 30 days full access to their online learning platform to all attendees ($50 value each).

Atria Institute of Technology (https://atria.edu/home.php) has partnered with Coursera - a leading online learning platform and is offering online education to all of the event attendees. As a part of the program you get:

• Free, long-term (life-time) access to high-quality online learning on Coursera.

•You get to enroll in Unlimited Guided Projects & 1 Course every year

Join us for a chance to win these prizes.

Partner Communities:

Lean In New Jersey
Mintbean (Toronto, Canada)
OpenHub

GDG Boston Android
GDG Bronx
GDG Capital Region
GDG Hudson Valley
GDG Lawrence
GDG New Haven
GDG NYC Cloud
GDG Sudbury

Agenda

5:00 PM: Talk by Ela Krepska, Google

Things they don't teach engineers at school (but you need to succeed)

6:00 PM: Interactive Workshop

Confident Communication: Being Heard in the Virtual World
Leah Bonvissuto, Communication Coach & Founder, PresentVoices

6:45 PM: Panel Session

Collaborative Leadership: Leading With Our Whole Selves

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Speakers

Leah Bonvissuto - PresentVoices (Communication Coach & Founder)

Ingrid Gonzalez - Google (Head of Sales at Google Cloud New York, Chairwoman and President of Positive Planet US)

Coming from a humble background, Ingrid is passionate about helping others. She has strived throughout her life to make diversity, equity and inclusion a norm at the biggest and most innovative tech companies. Currently, Ingrid is Sales Director at Google Cloud New York and Chairwoman and President of Positive Planet US. Ingrid is active in supporting younger women in their career in the U.S.

Moderators

Eva Sofianos - GDG Bronx (Co-Founder)

Carolina Castro

Carolina Castro is a community builder, strategic communicator, and creative entrepreneur. It is her mission is to make the world more equitable, inclusive, and kinder.

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THIS IS A FREE EVENT