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We’ve been busy planning Pitch 2008, and Angie Chang (one of our co-founders) launched the first Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner last night (January 31) at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, CA. There was much food, drink, and schwag to be had — and plenty of girl geeks with their invited guests.

Over 600 people celebrated girl geeks and watched the panelists discuss building credibility and reputation in technology and business. Katherine Barr (Partner, Mohr Davidow Ventures) moderated a discussion between Leah Culver (Co-Founder and Lead Developer, Pownce), Sumaya Kazi (Entrepreneur and Social Media Manager, Sun Microsystems), Irene Au (Director of User Experience, Google), and Rashmi Sinha (CEO, SlideShare).
The panelists’ jobs and roles were diverse, and the variety in personalities and attitudes toward work and life made for a very interesting panel discussion.

the stagethe stageEllen Spertus from Google gives opening talkAngie Chang introduces the panelpanelists onstageSumaya Kazi speaksIrene Au speaksPanelists sans Leah Culver, with event curator Angie Chang

If you’re interested in attending future Bay Area Girl Geek Dinners, check out the website or join the group on Facebook for updates. Questions? Email angiechang@gmail.com

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Media Training with CBS 5’s Sue Kwon

Women 2.0 and Girls in Tech participate in a CBS studio tour and media training by anchorwoman Sue KwonWomen 2.0 and Girls in Tech participate in a CBS studio tour and media training by anchorwoman Sue Kwon

Women 2.0 partnered with Girls in Tech to experience the inner-workings of a television newsroom with CBS 5 News Anchorwoman Sue Kwon on Monday, December 3rd, 2007. Sue took a group of women from the two organizations on a tour of the CBS studio to see how stories are selected, who makes decisions, and how a story makes air - from manager meetings to crunch editing before show deadlines. She led the women in small groups into the control room to see a portion of the live broadcast and the anchors at work.

Women 2.0 and Girls in Tech participate in a CBS studio tour and media training by anchorwoman Sue KwonSue demonstrated her passion for helping businesswomen and startups get their products, services, and stories heard. She spent more than an hour giving us the low-down on how a reporter thinks and selects her stories, leading exercises on the correct way to pitch - or as she demonstrated many times, spin - a story to the media. Sue focused on questions such as: what the newsroom looks for in a story, what captures their attention, what’s the wrong way to approach a reporter, how to give a sound bite, and of course, what NOT to do if you want your story to get into the news!

In the end, everyone exchanged business cards and information. After all, that’s what these events are all about, right? Stay tuned for an exciting announcement tomorrow about our holiday party!

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Intrapreneurship event wrap-up

Thanks to our esteemed speakers Nina and Cynthia, and our moderator Indu, we learned that intrapreneurship is about lobbying, pitching your efforts, getting allies, leveraging resources, exuding empathy, etc.

Practicing intrapreneurship within your organization is a way to gain credibility and a track record - all the tools are at your fingertips, from colleagues to materials. Below are pictures from the event:

Women 2.0 Intrapreneurship Fireside ChatWomen 2.0 Intrapreneurship Fireside Chat

Women 2.0 Intrapreneurship Fireside ChatWomen 2.0 Intrapreneurship Fireside Chat

And thanks to Annie Chang, we have notes from the event! You can find them after the jump.

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Within you AND your company? It’s intrapreneurship.

Join us on November 15th for a fireside chat on intrapreneurship with Cynthia Johanson of Yahoo! and Nina Bhatti of HP Labs

When: Thursday, November 15, 2007, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Where: Yahoo! Building E (Classrooms 9 and 10), 700 First Ave., Sunnyvale, CA
Why: Learn from our amazing speakers. Meet fellow movers & shakers.
Cost: $5 General, and free for Yahoo! employees
***Please register online at http://intrapreneurship20.eventbrite.com/!***

Women 2.0 and Yahoo! invite you to join us for a fireside chat with Cynthia Johanson (Yahoo! Product Manager, Advanced Development Division) and Nina Bhatti (HP Principal Scientist) about some real ways they have been entrepreneurial within their companies, and how you can be entrepreneurial too. Learn how large corporations can provide the perfect space to foster your personal entrepreneurship, and how to embrace opportunities to ship projects. Intrapraneurship within your company provides valuable experience in product management, and puts you one step closer to becoming that startup CEO one day!

Cynthia Johanson, Yahoo! Product Manager
After beginning her career at Yahoo! as a software engineer on the Mobile team, Cynthia is now a product manager on the Advanced Products team. Her most recent project is the just-released Kickstart product, a new social networking service that matches college students to employers.

Nina Bhatti, HP Principal Scientist
Nina creates unique consumer experiences with specially designed imaging technology. She assembled and led an all-star team within HP to enable camera phones to correctly capture skin tone, ultimately assisting in cosmetics purchases. Her team is currently in talks with cosmetics giants to bring this technology to you.

The fireside chat will be moderated by Indu Navar, co-founder and CEO of Serus. She has been on the ground floor of several startups and large companies, including Healtheon (WebMD), Silicon Graphics, and NASA.

Light appetizers will be served at 6:30pm. The fireside chat will start at 7:30pm.

Hosted by our friends at Yahoo! and special thanks to Ginny Hung and Karolina Buchner.

Directions to Yahoo!: From 237/101, exit NORTH Mathilda and make a left at First Avenue, then a left again to the Building E parking lot. Visitor parking spots are available near Building E, and also across the street by the security attendant’s booth. Main campus is at 701 First Avenue.

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Around town, and more!

» Women 2.0 at Ladies Who Launch Live!
Women 2.0 will be at the Ladies Who Launch Live! San Francisco event on Friday, October 26th and we’re tabling so if you’re going, come find us there!

» SNAP Summit Special Discount for Women 2.0 Members
SNAP Summit is San Francisco’s first major conference on the Facebook platform. SNAP is the first conference to feature Ami Vora, one of Facebook’s senior female employees, as headlining speaker. SNAP takes place THIS FRIDAY, October 26th, 2007, and SNAP Summit organizer Christian Perry of SF Beta and geekSessions fame would like to offer a discount to all of our Women 2.0 members.

Register for SNAP here to save off 15% off all ticket types simply for being a part of Women 2.0!

» Reporting about the Grace Hopper Celebration 2007
What I gotTHIS IS A DEBRIEFING on the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Orlando, Florida from October 17th thru October 20th.

Over 1,400 women in computing from 22 countries amassed ourselves at the Walt Disney Hilton for days discussing our roles in computing, stressed the importance of mentorship, shared tips on running birds-of-a-feather women in computing groups, and much much more.

Pictures say a thousand words, so check out pictures I’ve uploaded to Flickr. Find even more pictures from GHC2007 here. Leave a comment if you have more to add!

» She’s Geeky (un)conference wrap-up
Also, check out these pictures from the She’s Geeky (un)conference which took place in Mountain View, California on Monday and Tuesday. Women 2.0 is a proud media sponsor of She’s Geeky!

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