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Sandi MacPherson
@sandimac · Editor-in-Chief, Quibb
hey Product Hunt! very excited to be sharing a new project i'm working on, focused on increasing the number of women speakers at tech industry events and conferences.
i put together a quick Google Form and tweeted it out a few weeks ago (https://twitter.com/sandimac/sta...), and so far 1100 accomplished women professionals from companies like Square, Googl… See more
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Ryan Hoover
@rrhoover · Founder, Product Hunt
Love that you're doing this, @sandimac. I know several event hosts that actively look for women speakers but have difficulty in finding and booking enough to even the ratio (@Jason's talked about this on his show, This Week in Startups, for the LAUNCH Festival). But clearly you've shown there's significant interest from many women.
Shaan Puri
@shaanvp · ceo, Monkey Inferno
Awesome idea.
@sandimac I'll take the pledge for Blab Con 2015 (coming soon to PH ;)
Question for you: If having an open database of accomplished women professionals was the solution to pain point 1, what would be 'pain point 2' in terms of getting the industry to 50/50?
-shaan
Suzy Ryoo
@suzywillow · Atom Factory & Cross Culture Ventures
How awesome is this!!! Thank you, Sandi. Adding myself to the directory :)
Somewhat relevant, with a similar appreciation & intention for diversity in tech: http://www.producthunt.com/tech/...
Over the past few years, I've been fortunate to learn so much at conferences like SXSW, CES, Oculus Connect & Google IO - I certainly felt like a unicorn (at … See more
Ekaterina Klink
@ekaterinaklink · Growth & International Bizdev
This is a really helpful tool and hope will help to increase the number of female speakers at the tech events around the globe.