Advancing Women in IT & Future LeadersJoint Community Meeting

March 22, 2016

Purpose

• Work together to improve ourselves, our businesses, and our industry

Benefit to You

• Networking

• Education

• Making a difference

Your Role

• Share your experiences

• Listen to what others have to say

• Get involved

Purpose

• Welcome

• Executive Council Introductions

• because I said I would - Alex Sheen

• Promise Cards

• Community Discussions

Agenda

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March 22, 2016

Sign-in Sheet

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Advancing Women In IT Executive Council

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Michelle Ragusa McBainCisco Systems

Chair

Cristina GreysmanSungard

Vice Chair

Amy BabinchakHarbor Computer

Services

Toni Clayton-HineXerox

Hilary GaddaTelePacific

Robin HaggertyEssential Enterprise

Solutions

Kirsten HoytUniversity of Phoenix

Lori JolleyAT&T

Sharron LawsonPrintfleet

Amy LubyErbs Technology

Services

Kim MinerBrother International

Angelo SimaoF2OnSite

Future Leaders Executive Council

8

Brittani Von RodenCloudPlus

Chair

Rory JacksonBCT

Vice Chair

Lauren BrekkeIntel Security

Jessie DevineQuoteWerks

Victor JohnstonJohnston IT Consulting

Nadia KaratsoreosLogicNow

Brigetta KoepkeSYNNEX

Nate TeplowContinuum Managed IT

Services

Arsalan EizadiradRicoh Canada Inc.

AWIT Best Tweet! Most Tweets!

Future Leaders Best Tweet! Most Tweets!

#DreamAWIT

#FutureLeaders

MUST INCLUDE #AMM16 to qualify!

Twitter Contest

Flipgrid…

Ask a Question? Answer questions!

• Download App

• Enter #hashtags

• #CompTIAFutureLeaders

• #CompTIAAWIT

• Name

• Company

• A Memorable Promise / Commitment you made in your life

Table Introductions

because I said I would - Alex Sheen

Future Leaders choice of 2016 charity donation!

2013

My First Promise Cards

• Make them actionable and obtainable!

• CompTIA Community

• I will volunteer to be a speaker on a webinar

• I will write a blog for our community

• I will speak to students about DreamIT

What will your promise be?

• Make them actionable and obtainable!

• Business Related

• I will get certified in ______ in 2016

• I will publish monthly business goals to all of my associates

What will your promise be?

• Make them actionable and obtainable!

• Personal

• I will volunteer at a food bank / shelter in April

• I will go back to school and finish that degree

What will your promise be?

AWIT Community Meeting

Charity Selection

Initiatives and Volunteer Opportunities

Survey Results

Future Leaders Community Meeting

Survey Results

Collaboration and Discussion

Flipgrid and Content Creation

Community Discussions

When you complete your promise….

Let us know!#DreamAWIT

#FutureLeaders

Let us know

AWIT Community MeetingMarch 22, 2016

Agenda

Welcome

Charity Selection

Initiatives and Volunteer Opportunities

Survey Results and Discussion

Close

AWIT Community Meeting

Thank you!

Doriana AllynBrother International Corporation

2014- 2015Executive Council Chair

Thank you!

Mary Ellen Grom

SYNNEX Corporation

Charity SelectionKim Miner, Brother International

Charity Goal

CompTIA Foundationwill donate $10,000

on behalf of the AWIT Community

to charitiesselected by the community

Charities Guidelines 2016

AWIT can give one charity $10,000 or two

charities $5000 each

This year AWIT is considering two charities

• TechGirlz

• Girl Develop it

Audience: Adolescent girls

Mission: Help adolescent girls understand that a future in technology transcends into nearly every field imaginable

Audience: Adult women

Mission: Provides affordable programs for adult women interested in learning web and software development in a judgment-free environment.

Initiatives and Volunteer Opportunities Cristina Greysman, Sungard Availability Services

Dream IT provides tools so that anyone can make a presentation about women in IT.

Launched in 2014 – the goal is to reach 10,000 people

So far… we reached 6540 people!

We are refreshing this effort with more TLC of the people who volunteer to be Dream IT Speakers.

Dream IT

The Career Resource Center was launched in July of 2014 and is now being refreshed.

We need teams to work in each tab area.

We need a variety of testimonials.

Career Resource Center

Social Media

Webinars

• Streaming: Resilience and Determination: What it Takes to Succeed in IT

• April 28th

: Understanding and Reducing Unconscious Bias & Women in IT Resources

• Cultures that Support Women: Finding Cultures that Fit

• Hiring and Getting Hired

• Don’t Take it Personally: How to Recover From Mistakes & Stay in the Game

• Women in Tech: Salary Negotiations

AWIT SurveyKirsten Hoyt, Phoenix University

6% 7%

22%

62%

3%

Level of Community Involvement*

AWIT Community Involvement

53%

23%

22%2%

Length of Community Membership

Less than 1 year

1 year to < 2 years

2 years to 4 years

Base: 143 AWIT Community members

*Self-reported overall activity level, over the last 12 months

Slightly over half of community members are new (< 1 year). The majority report not being active, just over a third are at least somewhat active.

6%

6%

6%

20%

8%

44%

51%

55%

7%

8%

8%

19%

20%

34%

43%

53%

Other

Stress management

Diversity program at work

Coaching: Communication skills andstyles

Health and life balance

Coaching: Career planning andadvancement

Finding a mentor to help / being amentor to others

Networking with other IT career women

AWITCommunityMembers

Top Women in IT Needs

Base: 143 AWIT Community members

What IT career related things AWIT Community members want for themselves, and what they think women considering IT / coming into IT need

Others specified include IT education, training, job opportunities, etc.

4%

6%

4%

0%

43%

28%

30%

25%

53%

66%

66%

75%

Networking opportunities

Keep informed aboutdevelopments regarding

women in IT

Education & training /professional development

Involvement with effortsthat encourage women topursue or advance careers…

Reasons for Joining the AWIT Community

Base: 141 AWIT Community members

Not a Factor

Nice to Have

Must Have

NET Satisfied*

69%

68%

55%

*NET Satisfied: Very Satisfied + Mostly Satisfied

54%

1%

19%

20%

23%

23%

25%

28%

32%

42%

42%

None

How to work better together at the…

Opportunities to be a mentor

Courage to go it on your own / encouraging…

Opportunities to have a mentor

Building a great technical resume / Search…

Address women leaving IT mid-career /…

Highlighting more women as tech experts /…

Learning to self-teach, how to keep up with…

Women career success best practices

Personal Career Development Topics of Interest

Base: 141 AWIT Community members

One or more of these topics are important to nearly all community members (99%)

3%

27%

30%

31%

36%

55%

61%

None

Dream IT presentation materials (slidedeck, videos)

Career Resource Center website

Reaching out to educators with Dream ITmessage

Women in IT testimonials and stories

Modeling women in IT leadership andtechnical expert roles

Partnering with organizations that arereaching out to women and girls

Encouraging Women and Girls to Consider IT Efforts of Interest

Base: 143 AWIT Community members

One or more of these efforts are important to 97% of community members

3%

18%

20%

23%

24%

34%

58%

63%

None

Monitoring and measuring diversityprogress

Profitability associated with diversity

Getting diversity message out to peoplewho don't see the relevance to…

Finding diverse talent

Preventing mid-career exit of women in IT

Dealing with unconscious bias in theworkplace

Understanding how to create a culturethat supports women in IT

Creating Cultures that Support Women in ITIssues of Interest

Base: 142 AWIT Community members

One or more of these issues are important to 97% of community members

Survey Discussion