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How Technology Can Help You

October 25, 2011 – 9:38 am

On Saturday, I had the pleasure of giving a keynote speech at Tech Day Camp. What was great about the event was that most of the attendees were new to technology and were eager to have more information on how to use it in their daily lives. Here is my presentation from the keynote: How Technology Can Work for You View more presentations from Ja-Naé Duane What about you? How do you use technology? How has it made your life easier? I would love to hear your success stories. Send them my way! Related Posts The Power of Letter Writing 7 Ways to Help Women in Technology Social Media used for Classroom Learning

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5 Simple Ways to Help Women Win as Tech Leaders

August 30, 2010 – 9:54 am
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“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren’t.” -Margaret Thatcher “The word “must” is not used to princes!” -Queen Elizabeth I Equality has come a long way even in the short time that I have been in the professional world.  The fact that 11% of U.S. firms with venture-capital backing in 2009 had current or former female CEOs or female founders, according to data from Dow Jones VentureSource to me is a good start. Not great, but a good start. This weekend, I came across two articles that made me step back for a moment. The first was the Wall Street Journal’s blog post, “Addressing The Lack of Women Leading Tech Start-ups.” In the post, WSJ tries to address the question of “Where are all the women in tech?” I then read a TechCrunch response by Michael Arrington entitled, “ Too Few Women In Tech? Stop Blaming The Men.” In the article, Arrington tries to sympathize with the issue but is fed up with the blame game. Can you blame him? I don’t. Though I run what is the largest community of entrepreneurial women in the world, I usually find myself in [...]

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