Podcasts about alterconf

Diversity in tech is a big topic. In our conversation with Ashe Dryden, programmer, organizer and diversity consultant, we unpack the many questions, misconceptions, and realities of diversity in our industry. In part I of our interview, Ashe gives us a diversity primer, explains why this topic is so important, and tells us how she’s crafted a conference based on inclusion called AlterConf. Show Links Digital Ocean (sponsor) MongoDB (sponsor) Heroku (sponsor) TwilioQuest (sponsor) Kronda Christina Morillo Model View Culture AlterConf What I've been trying to say is I'm sick (blog post) Programming Diversity Codeland Conf Codeland 2019

Ronan was at AlterConf, a traveling conference series that provides safe opportunities for marginalised people and those who support them in the tech and gaming industries, and one of the speakers February Keeney, spoke to Ronan about her background and her work as the engineering manager for the Community & Safety team at GitHub, one of the top open source platforms. GitHub decided to put money and people behind actually making Github a platform that is safe and inclusive and February talks about some of the work her team does to make this happen and how they deal with online abuse.

Ronan was at AlterConf, a traveling conference series that provides safe opportunities for marginalized people and those who support them in the tech and gaming industries, and one of the speakers Jenny Wong, spoke to Ronan. Jenny is a Community Engineer at Human Made and was also part of the organising team at WordCamp London, a major WordPress conference that took place earlier this year. Jenny spoke about accessibility and gave some great tips you should use when planning a conference. Jenny also spoke about diversity in the tech community and burnout amongst developers which is something that you rarely hear mentioned.

When Ashe Dryden gets angry, she does something about it. She writes, she speaks, she tweets, she hosts conferences such as AlterConf, and she organizes fundraising programs. And as an engineer who knows what it's like to be a member of a marginalized group, the issue at the heart of Ashe's anger is diversity awareness in the tech and gaming industries. Ashe's outspoken activism has gotten her a lot of attention, both positive and negative, but she manages to find balance in her own life by maintaining friends and hobbies outside of the tech world, and paying attention to her own needs while fighting for the needs of others. Hear how Ashe turned herself into an expert and an internet celebrity, how she structures her time, and how she applied new learnings along with the skills she already had when she got started.

Ashe Dryden is the creator of AlterConf, a traveling conference series of marginalized voices from the tech and gaming industries. Since its founding in 2014, AlterConf has been held at a dozen cities throughout the United States and Canada, hosting talks and panels that go beyond Diversity 101. And in 2016, AlterConf will expand internationally, […]

Ashe Dryden is the creator of AlterConf, a traveling conference series of marginalized voices from the tech and gaming industries. Since its founding in 2014, AlterConf has been held at a dozen cities throughout the United States and Canada, hosting talks and panels that go beyond Diversity 101. And in 2016, AlterConf will expand internationally, […] The post Polygamer #38: Ashe Dryden of AlterConf first appeared on Polygamer - A Podcast of Equality & Diversity in Gaming & Video Games.

Ben talks with Ashe Dryden about ways to approach diversity in the tech community from workplace, conference, and personal perspectives. AlterConf The Diverse Team The Inclusive Event Model View Culture Brianna Wu - 9 Ways to Stop Hurting and Start Helping Women in Tech Fund Club Ashe on Twitter

We finally visit with our Brookago Bro's Cicero and Kahlief to see what's good in the virtual hood. We talked about podcasting while black, AlterConf, Evan Narcisse's great article & of course games.

Check out RailsClips!   01:53 - Michele Titolo and Women Who Code Introduction Twitter Blog Facebook 02:15 - Origin Story 501(c) Organization 03:11 - Stated Mission “Inspire women to excel in technology careers” 04:12 - Mentorship Glassbreakers (A peer mentorship community for professional women) 08:54 - Getting Started and Getting Involved 11:27 - Value 12:42 - Remote/Virtual Membership/Communication 15:08 - What Makes Women Who Code Different (from other groups)?     18:02 - Is there a need for groups like this? What issues do these address? 22:34 - Implementing Diversity into the Workplace Job Postings Michele's tweet about a job posting Practical and Universal Interview Questions Workplace Culture Benefits Communication & Teamwork Cate Hudson: Programmers and Racecars 32:29 - Terminology (Using words like “guys”) 35:16 - Is it really harder for women to get jobs? Resume Anonymization Dropping Out/Reentering the Tech Industry Re-Recruit From the Leaky Pipeline (Model View Culture article) 43:13 - The Community at Large (How can we help make the community more open and welcome?) Inclusive Events Codes of Conduct Change Within *Your Own* Organization (Advocacy) Learning About Other People (Be Empathetic; Be Respectful) 46:08 - Are there people who can help people/companies diversify? Ashe Dryden The Diverse Team by Ashe Dryden The Ada Initiative Natural Introductions 49:49 - How can I help? (as a man) Donations Fund Club AlterConf Volunteering 51:47 - Study Resources (Proof) Model View Culture Cosmodrome (from Brianna Wu)   Groups and Mailing Lists (mentioned in this episode) Glassbreakers Women Who Code SF (San Francisco) DevChix Tech LadyMafia   Girls Who Code Black Girls Code PyLadies Ladies Who Code RailsBridge App Camp For Girls Girl Develop It Mobile Bridge Geekettes PowerToFly MotherCoders The Ada Initiative Fund Club AlterConf Picks Power Up Your Animations! with Marin Todorov (Alondo) Poker Theory & Analytics (Alondo) Paracord (Chuck) Soto Pocket Torch (Chuck) Kate Heddleston: How Our Engineering Environments are Killing Diversity (Michele) Ashe Dryden: The Responsibility of "Diversity" (Michele) Conference proposal writing: From brainstorm to submit @ 360iDev 2015 (Michele)

Check out RailsClips!   01:53 - Michele Titolo and Women Who Code Introduction Twitter Blog Facebook 02:15 - Origin Story 501(c) Organization 03:11 - Stated Mission “Inspire women to excel in technology careers” 04:12 - Mentorship Glassbreakers (A peer mentorship community for professional women) 08:54 - Getting Started and Getting Involved 11:27 - Value 12:42 - Remote/Virtual Membership/Communication 15:08 - What Makes Women Who Code Different (from other groups)?     18:02 - Is there a need for groups like this? What issues do these address? 22:34 - Implementing Diversity into the Workplace Job Postings Michele's tweet about a job posting Practical and Universal Interview Questions Workplace Culture Benefits Communication & Teamwork Cate Hudson: Programmers and Racecars 32:29 - Terminology (Using words like “guys”) 35:16 - Is it really harder for women to get jobs? Resume Anonymization Dropping Out/Reentering the Tech Industry Re-Recruit From the Leaky Pipeline (Model View Culture article) 43:13 - The Community at Large (How can we help make the community more open and welcome?) Inclusive Events Codes of Conduct Change Within *Your Own* Organization (Advocacy) Learning About Other People (Be Empathetic; Be Respectful) 46:08 - Are there people who can help people/companies diversify? Ashe Dryden The Diverse Team by Ashe Dryden The Ada Initiative Natural Introductions 49:49 - How can I help? (as a man) Donations Fund Club AlterConf Volunteering 51:47 - Study Resources (Proof) Model View Culture Cosmodrome (from Brianna Wu)   Groups and Mailing Lists (mentioned in this episode) Glassbreakers Women Who Code SF (San Francisco) DevChix Tech LadyMafia   Girls Who Code Black Girls Code PyLadies Ladies Who Code RailsBridge App Camp For Girls Girl Develop It Mobile Bridge Geekettes PowerToFly MotherCoders The Ada Initiative Fund Club AlterConf Picks Power Up Your Animations! with Marin Todorov (Alondo) Poker Theory & Analytics (Alondo) Paracord (Chuck) Soto Pocket Torch (Chuck) Kate Heddleston: How Our Engineering Environments are Killing Diversity (Michele) Ashe Dryden: The Responsibility of "Diversity" (Michele) Conference proposal writing: From brainstorm to submit @ 360iDev 2015 (Michele)

02:32 - Mark Bates Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Boston Ruby Users Group @bostonrb MetaCasts: HD Screencasts for GO Enthusiasts @metacasts   03:14 - Scott Feinberg Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog WePay @WePay @wepaystatus 03:46 - Community Values 2014 Videos - WindyCityRails Lightning Talks (Scott’s is first) Scott Feinberg: Where does Ruby go from here? (The Happiness Manifesto) [GitHub] the-happiness-manifesto   05:32 - Ruby Community Standards and Values Testing Programming Should Be Fun and Enjoyable Pairing Large Regional Conferences and Meetups     07:33 - User Groups Lambda Lounge @LambdaLounge Netflix Open Source Group 10:18 - Polyglot Conferences Midwest.io 2014 - MythBashers: Adventures in Overlooked Technologies - Avdi Grimm [GitHub] A web server written in Bash Great Wide Open @AllThingsOpen CodeMash @codemash 13:07 - Including and Getting Newbies Involved in Conference and Community Culture Generations Boot Camps Launch Academy @LaunchAcademy_ Hugs 20:41 - Diversity and Codes of Conduct PyLadies PyLadies Chapters (Twitter) RailsBridge @railsbridge Rails Girls @railsgirls 23:08 - AlterConf @AlterConf Ashe Dryden @ashedryden 24:22 - PyCon @pycon 25:31 - HappinessConf @Happiness_Conf   Diversity Black Girls Code @blackgirlscode Women Who Code @WomenWhoCode 28:30 - Developer Happiness and Invoking Community Values Within Corporate Company Culture Ruby Rogues Episode #191: The Developer Happiness Team with Kerri Miller PluralSight PluralSight Author Summit Trust Roles of Influence Navigating Office Politics 38:03 - Agile Software Development and Productivity The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals [TED Talk] Bruce Feiler: Agile programming — for your family   40:41 - “The Ruby Diaspora” Mark Bates - Panel: The Future of Ruby - Burlington Ruby Conference 2014 Elixir Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun by Dave Thomas The Go Programming Language Gophercon @GopherCon 47:47 - Acceptance Accepting Acceptance / Tolerating Intolerance 50:55 - Mentoring Boston Ruby’s “Project Night” Mentor Someone Who Doesn’t Look Like You Picks Love Letter (Coraline) RescueTime (Coraline) Hacking Happy by Dusty Phillips (Jessica) Happiness Conf Coupon Code (Scott) HappinessConf Speakers Page (Scott) The Flight Deal (Scott) iStat Menus (Scott) HappinessConf (Mark) The Go Programming Language (Mark) Use the Coupon Code: ROGUES to get your first month free: MetaCasts.tv: HD Screencasts for GO Enthusiasts (Mark)

02:32 - Mark Bates Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Boston Ruby Users Group @bostonrb MetaCasts: HD Screencasts for GO Enthusiasts @metacasts   03:14 - Scott Feinberg Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog WePay @WePay @wepaystatus 03:46 - Community Values 2014 Videos - WindyCityRails Lightning Talks (Scott’s is first) Scott Feinberg: Where does Ruby go from here? (The Happiness Manifesto) [GitHub] the-happiness-manifesto   05:32 - Ruby Community Standards and Values Testing Programming Should Be Fun and Enjoyable Pairing Large Regional Conferences and Meetups     07:33 - User Groups Lambda Lounge @LambdaLounge Netflix Open Source Group 10:18 - Polyglot Conferences Midwest.io 2014 - MythBashers: Adventures in Overlooked Technologies - Avdi Grimm [GitHub] A web server written in Bash Great Wide Open @AllThingsOpen CodeMash @codemash 13:07 - Including and Getting Newbies Involved in Conference and Community Culture Generations Boot Camps Launch Academy @LaunchAcademy_ Hugs 20:41 - Diversity and Codes of Conduct PyLadies PyLadies Chapters (Twitter) RailsBridge @railsbridge Rails Girls @railsgirls 23:08 - AlterConf @AlterConf Ashe Dryden @ashedryden 24:22 - PyCon @pycon 25:31 - HappinessConf @Happiness_Conf   Diversity Black Girls Code @blackgirlscode Women Who Code @WomenWhoCode 28:30 - Developer Happiness and Invoking Community Values Within Corporate Company Culture Ruby Rogues Episode #191: The Developer Happiness Team with Kerri Miller PluralSight PluralSight Author Summit Trust Roles of Influence Navigating Office Politics 38:03 - Agile Software Development and Productivity The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals [TED Talk] Bruce Feiler: Agile programming — for your family   40:41 - “The Ruby Diaspora” Mark Bates - Panel: The Future of Ruby - Burlington Ruby Conference 2014 Elixir Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun by Dave Thomas The Go Programming Language Gophercon @GopherCon 47:47 - Acceptance Accepting Acceptance / Tolerating Intolerance 50:55 - Mentoring Boston Ruby’s “Project Night” Mentor Someone Who Doesn’t Look Like You Picks Love Letter (Coraline) RescueTime (Coraline) Hacking Happy by Dusty Phillips (Jessica) Happiness Conf Coupon Code (Scott) HappinessConf Speakers Page (Scott) The Flight Deal (Scott) iStat Menus (Scott) HappinessConf (Mark) The Go Programming Language (Mark) Use the Coupon Code: ROGUES to get your first month free: MetaCasts.tv: HD Screencasts for GO Enthusiasts (Mark)

02:32 - Mark Bates Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog Boston Ruby Users Group @bostonrb MetaCasts: HD Screencasts for GO Enthusiasts @metacasts   03:14 - Scott Feinberg Introduction Twitter GitHub Blog WePay @WePay @wepaystatus 03:46 - Community Values 2014 Videos - WindyCityRails Lightning Talks (Scott’s is first) Scott Feinberg: Where does Ruby go from here? (The Happiness Manifesto) [GitHub] the-happiness-manifesto   05:32 - Ruby Community Standards and Values Testing Programming Should Be Fun and Enjoyable Pairing Large Regional Conferences and Meetups     07:33 - User Groups Lambda Lounge @LambdaLounge Netflix Open Source Group 10:18 - Polyglot Conferences Midwest.io 2014 - MythBashers: Adventures in Overlooked Technologies - Avdi Grimm [GitHub] A web server written in Bash Great Wide Open @AllThingsOpen CodeMash @codemash 13:07 - Including and Getting Newbies Involved in Conference and Community Culture Generations Boot Camps Launch Academy @LaunchAcademy_ Hugs 20:41 - Diversity and Codes of Conduct PyLadies PyLadies Chapters (Twitter) RailsBridge @railsbridge Rails Girls @railsgirls 23:08 - AlterConf @AlterConf Ashe Dryden @ashedryden 24:22 - PyCon @pycon 25:31 - HappinessConf @Happiness_Conf   Diversity Black Girls Code @blackgirlscode Women Who Code @WomenWhoCode 28:30 - Developer Happiness and Invoking Community Values Within Corporate Company Culture Ruby Rogues Episode #191: The Developer Happiness Team with Kerri Miller PluralSight PluralSight Author Summit Trust Roles of Influence Navigating Office Politics 38:03 - Agile Software Development and Productivity The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals [TED Talk] Bruce Feiler: Agile programming — for your family   40:41 - “The Ruby Diaspora” Mark Bates - Panel: The Future of Ruby - Burlington Ruby Conference 2014 Elixir Programming Elixir: Functional |> Concurrent |> Pragmatic |> Fun by Dave Thomas The Go Programming Language Gophercon @GopherCon 47:47 - Acceptance Accepting Acceptance / Tolerating Intolerance 50:55 - Mentoring Boston Ruby’s “Project Night” Mentor Someone Who Doesn’t Look Like You Picks Love Letter (Coraline) RescueTime (Coraline) Hacking Happy by Dusty Phillips (Jessica) Happiness Conf Coupon Code (Scott) HappinessConf Speakers Page (Scott) The Flight Deal (Scott) iStat Menus (Scott) HappinessConf (Mark) The Go Programming Language (Mark) Use the Coupon Code: ROGUES to get your first month free: MetaCasts.tv: HD Screencasts for GO Enthusiasts (Mark)