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RMOUG’s Movie Night and WIT Panel

Submitted by dbakevlar on Wed, 2016-03-16 18:27

Last night I attended our RMOUG WIT’s movie night.  We partnered with Regis and the choice in movie has received a lot of great reviews, titled, Code-  Debugging the Gender Gap.

RMOUG’s First WIT Scholarship Winner

Submitted by dbakevlar on Fri, 2015-02-27 21:42

I’ve been running the Women in Technology, (WIT) at RMOUG, which I first started planning out in 2011, which has grown to include other user groups and even countries as its grown.  The last couple years, I’ve worked to try to add a WIT scholarship to RMOUG’s, but it wasn’t always easy to convince others that we should provide one when you are asking to choose one group over another.

Why Women Should Consider a Smartwatch

Submitted by dbakevlar on Tue, 2014-11-25 00:45

I keep having this conversation over and over, in retail stores, restaurants and other establishments- women coming up to me and asking, “Can you tell me about that watch you have on?”

It made me realize that it could be really intimidating to:

1.  Ask questions of the sales staff in most stores.

End of WIT and the Workplace Posts

Submitted by dbakevlar on Mon, 2013-09-09 17:24

This is my last WIT post on the challenges on women in the workplace.  The truth of the matter is, its just too difficult to write about what women are facing in the workplace without a large amount of risk.

WIT and Opportunities- Putting our Foot in the Door

Submitted by dbakevlar on Thu, 2013-09-05 18:46

… in any one instance the effects of [] stereotypes may be quite small- if you don’t get credit in one meeting, that’s not exactly disastrous, but over time, a little bit here and little bit there, these bias can add up and this can carry men and women into very different directions in their careers.

Give them the Friggin’ IPad

Submitted by dbakevlar on Fri, 2013-08-30 22:11
Many of you know that I’m the mother of three, very bright, “equally ADHD as their mother” children.  As I’ve been tasked with a number of interesting challenges with both RMOUG’s and ODTUG’s WIT, (Women in Technology) events, I’ve started to investigate how, no matter what we do for women today, unless we start focusing on the women of tomorrow, we are lost.
I spent some time the last couple weeks investigating the offerings by my local sch

The Silicon Ceiling

Submitted by dbakevlar on Fri, 2013-08-30 22:04
A male peer of mine approached me just after Collaborate and discussed this incredible woman in the Oracle community that he was trying to promote and inspire.  I had met her at a couple sessions and agreed-  I was impressed with her knowledge, energy and intelligence as well and he asked if I would assist in promoting her-  I was thrilled and agreed.  I promptly contacted her via Linked in and I sent her an invite.  She just accepted my Linked in request this month and it real