As I talked with colleagues Nedra Allmond and Marcy Kellar about the SharePoint Women in Technology (SWIT) panel sessions at the SharePoint Conference, we discussed experiences that we’ve has as women in technology, and that while we may not define ourselves by our gender specifically, that we’ve all had experiences where it has become apparent that we have a different perspective in some way. We talked about how we wanted to highlight stories, journeys and perspectives during the SharePoint Women in Technology panel sessions and it sparked a discussion about how we can generally support and mentor each other.
As women, we’d like to share the talents of other women in technology and start a conversation! I’m really excited to announce that Perficient will be hosting two SharePoint Women in Technology panel sessions at the SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, California from October 3rd to 6th. We’ll be recording these sessions and live tweeting them using the hashtags #spc11 and #spcRockstars. The recording and other conference information will be posted here.
We have an exciting line-up of SharePoint Women in Technology panelists and expect that there will be several other well known community minded folks stopping by to show their support.
The first panel session will occur right after the Keynote on Monday morning at 10.30am PST in the Perficient booth (#801). This panel session features
Marie-Michelle Strah PhD, Enterprise Architect & Co-Founder Women in SharePoint Washington DC (@cyberslate)
Janis Hall, Senior SharePoint Instructor at i3Solutions and Co-Founder Women in SharePoint Washington DC (@janishall)
Suzanne George, Contributing Author SharePoint 2010 Administrators Handbook, Senior Technical Architect Perficient (@spgenie)
Veronique Palmer, SharePoint MVP, Founder, SharePoint User Adoption Specialist and End User Trainer at Lets Collaborate (@VeroniquePalmer)
Nedra Allmond, Co-Founder San Fernando Valley SPUG, Western Region representative of Women in SharePoint, Senior Technical Consultant Perficient (@NedraAllmond) Moderating
The second session will be at noon PST on Wednesday October 5th and features
Becky Isserman, Technical Lead at Planet Technologies (@MossLover)
Christina Wheeler, SharePoint Trainer for Mindsharp and founder of CM Portal Solutions, LLC (@cwheeler76)
Erica Toelle, Vice Change Agent at Max451 (@EricaToelle)
Nedra Allmond, Co-Founder San Fernando Valley SPUG, Western Region representative of Women in SharePoint, Senior Technical Consultant Perficient (@NedraAllmond)
Marcy Kellar, Co-Author Beginning SharePoint Designer 2010, Solution Architect with Perficient. (@Marcy Kellar) Moderating
Please join us on Monday October 3rd right after the Keynote: 10.30am in Booth 801 in the Exhibit Hall and on Wednesday October 5th at Noon. You can also join the conversation on Twitter by using the #spc11 and #spcRockstars hashtags – you’ll have the opportunity to show off your inner SharePoint Conference Rockstar at the Perficient booth. We’re looking forward to hearing your stories too!
