2019 WiTWA Events & News

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Workshop: Insider Tips on Great Submissions

2019 WiTWA [+] Conference + Awards

Nominate yourself or someone you really admire today

Nominate yourself or someone you really admire today

award presentations at last year’s awards night | if you can see her you can be her

award presentations at last year’s awards night | if you can see her you can be her

So, you’ve all heard the news. The WITWA 2019 Tech [+] 20 Awards are officially open for nominations.

You may be considering a nomination for yourself or a colleague for the WiTWA Tech [+] 20 Awards or one of the many other industry or government award programs that exist. There is no doubt from experts and those who have been through an application process that applications can sometimes be arduous and confronting. Common issues include a sense of feeling overwhelmed, not understanding the criteria, uncertainty as to how to make your application stand out and how much of your story you should share.

This is where we come in; to help remove barriers and provide you with the tools, knowledge and confidence to focus your efforts and slay that application!

Cue ‘award submissions whisperer’ Sarah Mitchell, Founder, Director at Typeset and Global Copywriting. Join us for this lunchtime workshop to learn How to make your submission more ‘readable’ and ensure you capture all the elements to tell your best story.

Please note that as the event will be held during business hours, the Workshop will commence at promptly at 1pm to allow for a strict finish time of 2pm to help you fit this into your busy schedules. Visit our events page for further details.

Following the resounding success of our 20 in 20 Awards Night in November 2018, we are launching our inaugural one-day conference, WiTWA [+] 2019 in Perth, showcasing outstanding leaders and companies in tech [+], and inspiring action towards diversity and equality. WiTWA [+] brings to life to the statement: if you can see her you can be her.

Held on Thursday 24 October at the Hyatt Regency Perth, the day will be filled with stories of ingenuity, adversity and triumph from some extraordinary local, national and international role models in the tech [+] space so all attendees can expand their idea of what's possible. The day also includes stories from companies striving to achieve diversity and equality in tech[+] industries, some professional-development style learning and an abundance of opportunities for WA's tech [+] community to engage with each other throughout the day.

The Conference will include the 2019 WITWA Tech [+] 20 Awards with 20 female Role Models celebrated at 4pm on 24 October. Make sure you nominate yourself or another amazing woman who needs to step into the limelight. This year we have added a Regional Award and a Youth Award into the mix. More info about the Awards here.

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Are you or someone within your network deserving of recognition in your/their field? Nominations for WiTWA Tech [+] 20 Awards close 31st July - https://www.witwa.org.au/tech-plus-20-awards Stella Jinman is next in line for our showcase of 2018's WiTWA 20in20 Winners. As Principal of Cecil Andrews College in Armadale, Stella has shown enormous tenacity to build a failing school (due to be shut down) into a model school in a very challenging local environment. She influenced WA and Federal politicians to build a brand-new STEM Centre at the school and be selected as the only P-Tech Pilot school in Western Australia. The school has a diverse ethnic base including a large proportion of indigenous students and has formed a direct link to the remote Tjuntjunjtarra Community near the South Australia border - with regular visits of students to Cecil Andrews College and to the Community as well. She has organised industry-based partnerships with Datacom, South Metro TAFE, Curtin University, Deloitte, HP, Austal, Civmec and Thales with regular student visits to these business premises. She is removing the barriers for female students to enable them to move into any career they like, especially in the STEM career areas. #ifyoucanseeheryoucanbeher #witwaplus2019 #witwa20in20
Join Sarah Mitchell on Tuesday 23rd July for an exclusive lunchtime WiTWA Workshop for practical tips to tackle your award nominations! Tickets available - https://events.humanitix.com.au/witwa-award-application-workshop Sarah, founder of Typeset and Global Copywriting, (and originally a software developer) has been working in content marketing since 1996. She loves helping customers convert their content initiatives into long-term business assets and is a proponent of the brand newsroom model of content marketing. When she’s not immersed in strategy or consulting, Sarah conducts messaging and writing workshops to make the world a better place for readers everywhere. Sarah’s work has won or been a finalist for the Content Marketing Awards in multiple categories over several years. Her writing has been published in five countries. Something of a professional vagabond, she lives on the west coast of Australia, preferring sunshine and sandy beaches to the snow and ice of her native Michigan. Sarah is the Australian Consulting Editor of Chief Content Officer magazine. After a four year run on Brand Newsroom which ended last year, she has a new podcast in the works.
Who will you nominate? https://www.witwa.org.au/tech-plus-20-awards Looking for inspiration? Since winning a place in our 2018 20in20 Awards hall of fame last year Gry Stene has now also become a committee member on WiTWA's communications team! Gry is an award-winning thought leader in digital transformation and agile product management. She leads businesses through significant change and transformation by translating between ‘geek speak’ and business. Through her 30 remarkable and passionate years in the industry, Gry has pioneered technological innovation for social change. One of very few female software engineers, Gry actively creates diverse teams, collaborating closely with recruiters and HR to change processes to encourage women and other underrepresented groups in technical roles. She is on a mission to bring Arts into the STEM landscape to create 'STEAM powered' roles and organisations, where technical skills, creativity and compassion coexist to create better products. Gry’s passion for diversity, inclusion and social change as a fundamental component of technological innovation is evident in her keynote speaking, as well as in her mentoring roles with The Smith Family, Rare Birds, Just Start IT and WIMWA (Women in Mining Western Australia). #ifyoucanseeheryoucanbeher #witwaplus2019 #witwa20in20
We are excited to be showcasing 2018's WiTWA 20in20 Winners in the lead up to this year's WiTWA Tech [+] 20 Awards! Nominations for this year are now open - https://www.witwa.org.au/tech-plus-20-awards Giacinta Parish is the Associate Dean, Research - Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences at UWA, where she is recognised as highly successful, credible and internationally respected and published academic. She has demonstrated commitment, flexibility, adaptability and self-discipline throughout her career. She works to articulate and achieve a vision by bringing people on board with collaborative focus (internal and external), high expectations of professional behaviour and personal excellence, and always seeking to be informed by expertise and best practice. Gia is an inspirational, female role model in STEM and strives for excellence, social justice and integrity in her chosen field and broader life context. She is particularly driven to ensure she actively mentors and coaches others, including female students and undergraduate engineering students. #ifyoucanseeheryoucanbeher #witwaplus2019 #witwa20in20
Looking for inspiration on who to nominate for this years WiTWA Tech [+] 20 Awards? Here's some info on one of last years 20in20 Winners Sheryl Frame! Nominations for this year's awards are now open - https://www.witwa.org.au/tech-plus-20-awards Having started four IT-related companies herself, Sheryl has demonstrated exceptional and progressive leadership over many years. Her ability to dismiss boundaries (or, at least redefine them to advantage) is founded on her ability to think and act strategically with extreme confidence. Sheryl is passionate about helping female founders and ensuring women, in general, are empowered to follow their dreams and dismiss perceived barriers. She has been involved in numerous organisations that help women in business; AWISE, Australian Women in IT, Science and Engineering, WiTWA, SBE Australia, AC and several others. She has mentored dozens of businesses, both start-up and established. Sheryl is looked up to by entrepreneurs starting out and is always on hand to offer to advise and guide one through the tough road to getting a company an idea off the ground. Sheryl has been a trailblazer in many ways for young women in IT and in STEM. #witwa20in20 #witwaplus2019 #ifyoucanseeheryoucanbeher
Looking for a way to champion the talented females in your organisation AND support women in the WA tech[+] community? Secure your corporate table at the WiTWA [+] 2019 Conference now and receive early bird booking discounts - https://lnkd.in/fYE_Dxa The day will be filled with: 👩🏽‍💻Local, National and International Speakers 👩🏽‍💻Examples of companies striving to achieve diversity and equality in the tech[+] industries 👩🏽‍💻Stories of ingenuity, adversity and triumph 👩🏽‍💻Professional development sessions 👩🏽‍💻Tech[+] 20 awards presentations 👩🏽‍💻Exciting exhibitors 👩🏽‍💻Panel discussions 👩🏽‍💻An abundance of opportunity to network 👩🏽‍💻Community engagement 👩🏽‍💻Food, drink and evening canapes Last year's 20 in 20 awards night was a resounding success and this year's conference will not disappoint! #conferences #womenintech #awards #perth #perthisok #womensupportingwomen #diversityandinclusion #diversityandtech #diversitymatters #diversityatwork #diversityintheworkplace #diversityintech #diversityinstem #womenintechnology #event #ifyoucanseeheryoucanbeher
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!! 📣 Ready to hear a new perspective? We are over the moon to have @lyndsey360 as our headline speaker for the WiTWA [+] Conference 👏🏽🍾🥂 Lyndsey comes with an impressive portfolio: ✔Freelance iOS Software Engineer ✔Top 2% of question answerers on Stack Overflow ✔Featured by CNN, The BBC, NPR, Good Morning America, Forbes, Harper’s Bazaar, and many other news outlets for both her computer programming skills and her efforts to promote diversity in tech ✔Received a "Lifetime of Inspiration" award from Harvard University's Women in Business organization ✔Actress ✔First African-American model to ever land an exclusive contract with Calvin Klein. ✔Named one of the 100 Women of the Year for both UK Elle and AskMen.com More details to be released 👀 Don't miss out! Early bird tickets available NOW ➡ https://events.humanitix.com.au/witwa-2019-conference Funding provided by the United States Government in support of this event + @u.s.consulate_perth #ifyoucanseeheryoucanbeher #witwaplus2019 #witwa #womenintech #womeninstem #womenintechnology #womenempowerment #womenempowered #perth
So, you’ve all heard the news. The WITWA 2019 Tech [+] 20 Awards is officially open for nominations 🎉📣👏🏽😊 We will be hosting a workshop 12.45-2.30pm on Tues 23rd July for people looking for help nominating themselves or a colleague for the WiTWA Tech [+] 20 Awards, or one of the many other industry or government award programs that exist. Get your tickets here http://bit.ly/2J5uuOX For women in particular, the mere act of applying for an award can be an empowering experience and provide the applicant with time to reflect on her strengths and skills in her industry. For women nominating other women, the experience is just as rewarding as we recognise and celebrate the achievements of our peers! Cue ‘award submissions whisperer’ Sarah Mitchell at this exclusive WiTWA Workshop for practical tips to tackle your award nominations. In addition to basic award submission rules, Sarah will also provide recommendations on: · How to make your submission more ‘readable’ · How to make your writing concise so it fits into word count limits but doesn’t miss any good bits · Removing gobbledygook (an official term) · The elements to telling your best story #witwaplus2019 #ifyoucanseeheryoucanbeher #womenempowered #perth #womenintechnology #womenintech

Pssst: are you a potential WiTWA[+] sponsor? Check out our prospectus to become a partner in our inaugural one day conference on Thursday 24 October 2019 where we’ll bring to life our catch-cry: if you can see her, you can be her. It’s going to be even bigger and better than our ‘20 in 20’ Awards night!

Here are some of our past event sponsors.