TEDx Talk - Women in Tech: The Missing Force

Women in Tech: The Missing Force

Karen CatlinDeveloping powerful women leaders in the tech industry

www.karencatlin.com@kecatlin

April 6 2014, TEDxCollegeofWilliam&Mary© 2014 by Karen Catlin. All rights reserved.

Back in 1985…

CS Degrees Awarded in the US

1985 2011

144317594

24,690 35,478

Women Men

Source: US Dept of Education, nces.ed.gov

37% 17%

The Need

Expected US GradsUnfilled

By 2022, the US will need

1.2M

computer scientistsSource: NCWIT By The Numbers

http://www.ncwit.org/sites/default/files/resources/btn_02282014web.pdf

Why More Women?

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Cautionary Tales

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Impact on Patents

Source: NCWIT, ncwit.org/pdf/PatentExecSumm.pdf

Graph by DarwinPeacock, CC BY 3.0

http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/PatentExecSumm.pdf



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Why More Women?

Balance

Inclusive Design

Innovation

Why the Decline?

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Groups for Girls & Women in Tech

http://anitaborg.org/get-involved/systers/

http://women2.com/

http://www.witi.com/

http://anitaborg.org/

http://www.digitalundivided.com/

http://girlgeekdinners.com/

http://www.girldevelopit.com/

http://girlsintech.org/

http://www.hackbrightacademy.com/

http://sheplusplus.stanford.edu/

http://www.technovationchallenge.org/

http://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-SF/

http://www.womeninwireless.org/

http://www.ncwit.org/

http://girlswhocode.com/

http://www.webgrrls.com/

http://www.techgirlz.org/

http://www.codeed.org/

http://www.blackgirlscode.com/

http://www.femgineer.com/

http://www.mentornet.net/

http://www.techbridgegirls.org/

http://shesgeeky.org/

http://www.ladieswhocode.com/

http://adainitiative.org/

http://railsgirls.com/

http://gnome.org/opw/

http://adadevelopersacademy.org/

http://societyofwomenengineers.swe.org/

http://www.globaltechwomen.com/

http://www.pyladies.com/

http://www.devchix.com/

http://www.dcwebwomen.org/

http://project101.co/

http://www.womentechcouncil.org/

http://www.geekpuff.com/

http://railsbridge.org/

http://women.acm.org/

http://www.futuretechwomen.org/

https://www.millionwomenmentors.org/

http://www.cra-w.org/

http://www.techwomen.org/

http://www.iie.org/Programs/WeTech

http://www.cdc-computing.org/

http://scigirlsconnect.org/

http://www.aauw.org/what-we-do/stem-education/

http://www.cyberjutsugirls.org/

http://www.ngcproject.org/

http://camtechwomen.wordpress.com/

http://nmstemed.org/program/young-women-in-computing

http://www.engineergirl.org/

http://www.dotdiva.org/

Creating a More Inclusive Culture

10% 48% 7% 42%

May 2014: over 50% masters & PhDs

What I’m Seeing

Why I’m Optimistic

Image courtesy of Theresa Richards, Girls of Steel

Why I’m Optimistic

Image courtesy of C. Devinney

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