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Welcome back to another episode! This week, alongside our usual features we're so excited to be bringing you an interview with Chelsea Slater, Co Founder and CEO of Innovate her, a social enterprise focused on getting girls into tech. Books we mention: Period Power by Maisie Hill: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Period-Power-Harness-Hormones-Working/dp/147296361X Please yourself by Emma Reed Turrrell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Please-Yourself-Stop-People-Pleasing-Transform/Find out more about innovate her here: Find out more about innovate her, here: https://innovateher.co.uk/ https://twitter.com/innovateheruk find us at: https://linktr.ee/thrivinwhile9to5in
Simone talks about her excitement about the NPW team coming together physically for the first time in over a year. Sam celebrates her daughter’s first vaccine in Arizona and what is coming up for Be Heard… Join us for the official launch of the Be Heard platform here for your one-way ticket out of your comfort zone. Life Lessons this week are from the co-founder of InnovateHer, Chelsea Slater who talks about the practicalities of changing careers, giving presentations, and the strength in just being yourself! Tell us your stories of work and life or share your life lessons (with brand new questions!) podcast@northernpowerwomen.com https://www.northernpowerwomen.com/npw-podcast/ Presented by Simone Roche and Sam Walker Sponsored by Be Heard
McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, conducted research that included 180 companies in France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States. They found out that companies with more diverse top teams were also top financial performers. In this episode Phil interview the inspirational Chelsea Slater from Innovate Her, an organisation which defines its vision as "To make the tech sector more equitable, by increasing diversity across the spectrum and creating more inclusive workplaces." If you enjoyed the podcast then please spread the word by leaving a review on iTunes! Comments and feedback are very welcome via Phil's LinkedIn or Twitter pages.
We spoke to Chelsea Slater, Co-Director and Founder of Innovate Her and Liverpool Girl Geeks about how we can address the Digital Skills Gap, the amazing work they're already doing in this space and how the Digital Skills Gap is fuelled by the Gender Gap in Tech. Listen today!
Bex and her Tech For Good Live pals Harry and Sasha are joined by the wonderful Chelsea Slater from Liverpool Girl Geeks and InnovateHer, to talk about the gender pay gap and question Jeff Bezos' motives, our Greg would be proud. Things we mentioned: Stat of the week Only 30% of brits know what the gender pay gap is https://metro.co.uk/2018/09/14/only-30-of-brits-know-what-the-gender-pay-gap-is-but-do-you-7946174/ Charity news of the week Charities, it seems, aren’t down with the kids: https://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2018/09/21/charity-retailers-failing-to-connect-online-with-generation-z/ Prototyping park projects https://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/prototyping-projects-parks/ Student Union platform helps societies get sponsorship http://www.businesscloud.co.uk/news/tech-for-good-platform-helps-student-unions-bag-funds Tech news of the week Has Jeff Bezos done something which isn’t Bond-villain-level-monstrous? https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17855358/jeff-bezos-day-one-fund-nonprofit-preschool-amazon Rant of the week Gamers continuously need to get their shit together: https://www.pcgamer.com/uk/total-war-rome-2-is-getting-review-bombed-on-steam-because-of-women-generals/ And Finally... Trump. Haha. More from Chelsea: https://twitter.com/innovateheruk https://twitter.com/lpoolgirlgeeks Thanks to The Federation in partnership with The Omidyar Network and the Co-op Foundation also thank you to the wonderful podcast.co. Special thanks to @geekytom for the theme tune Get in touch:Twitter: @techforgoodliveInstagram: techforgoodliveEmail: hello@techforgood.live
Welcome to #003 where me and Dom went to see Chelsea Slater at Liverpool Girl Geeks & Innovate Her HQ in Liverpool. We hear all about how Chelsea decided to be proactive about the gender gap in the tech/digital industry when she encountered it first hand. It's so inspiring to hear how after toying with a few different career paths Chelsea finally took action and dived in head first when she found her passion! Also, if you're interested in the subject of the gender gap in tech and ways of introducing women and girls of all ages to the industry, this ones for you. Make sure you give Chelsea and her team a shout if you want to explore this further: www.innovateher.co.uk/ www.liverpoolgirlgeeks.co.uk/ Twitter: @_slates LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chelsea-slater-ab548131 Remember all of our episodes are filmed for Youtube - check out our channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmWMCFPSkNyHFcko0G6g4QQ/videos Instagram & Twitter: @wriinkle Nice one - enjoy!
Well the feedback's been great from last week, loads of constructive stuff as well which has been useful so a big thanks from us! Me and Joe spoke to Simon Stanford this week. He's a young film maker who's got a 10 year plan to make a feature lenghth film. He's also working full time, making short films and learning to ride a bike! We touch on staying motivated, embracing failure and creative confidence. We mention the book Creative Confidence a few times in this episode and would definitley recommend if you're interested in cultivating your creativity in whatever you do. Here's a link https://goo.gl/hoKePU So let us know your thoughts, check us out on Youtube & Instagram and see you next week where we're speaking to Chelsea Slater about introducing women and girls of all ages to tech. Enjoy, Anton Simon's site: https://www.simonstanford.com Wriinkle on Instagram: @wriinkle Wriinkle on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmWMCFPSkNyHFcko0G6g4QQ music by Dyalla Swain https://soundcloud.com/dyallas