We go, girrls…to network
It’s time for She’s Geeky, the technology conference for women, started by girlfriend, Kaliya Hamlin. I want to encourage women who may wonder whether they fit in or not, but are interested, to go to this conference, or to reach out. You are not alone…
On my journey as a woman and social innovator, I have worked and lived at the edge – at the edge of ideas, fields and sectors. This experience of bridging and connecting is more familiar to women. And, in an open source software conference, or in an event for entrepreneurs, I am at the edge as one of the few women in the room. The upside is that I bring multiple value flows such as new knowledge and bridging capital to the table.
Women are talking… Tara Hunt wrote a blog post about the future of work involving this pattern of bridge-crossing domains. I heartfully agree. The future of work is all about transforming the box into networks.
The flipside for me, when working at the margins, is that it has been easy to delude myself that I am alone, or to wonder how all this bridging is of value. But, all it has taken is some use of self to reach out and get feedback on the worth of bridging capital and relational knowledge. To get a wake up call, all I have to do is to go hang with the Girrls at She’s Geeky.
Can you relate? Come out on January 29-31st to Mountain View.