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This month our theme is 'Remarkable'.
First up we will be hearing from Nina Swanwick for an insight into how she built something remarkable - achieving a gender balanced team and then after the break we'll be immersing ourselves into bringing our own unique brand of Remarkable into our workplaces with Google's #IamRemarkable workshop.
As always there’ll be time to chat and network too!
What will the evening involve?
17.30 Doors open for drinks and chat. We’ll be there to welcome you if haven’t attended before or you would like to be introduced to other people.
18.00 Talks start. See below for details.
18:20 #IamRemarkable workshop please bring a notebook or journal and pen if you have one
19:40 Other Announcements - Over to you! Please bring along any Sheffield women in tech news you have to pass on, events to advertise or questions to ask.
There'll be more opportunity to chat until we close at 20.00.
Nina Swanwick
After having a 5 month funemployment period in 2017, an opportunity too good to turn down was offered. To set up a brand new Digital team in Sheffield, attached to the greater UK Digital team based primarily in London and Norwich. Diversity targets were not set, except by myself. I had already initiated a Northern network for gender diversity at my old employer, I’d gone on Northern Voices and taught Code First Girls. Diversity was my personal passion and this was finally a chance to get some ‘Balance’ and to create a team I was totally invested in. Fast forward 2 years and there is a 50/50 balance of gender diversity, plus wide age range and a variety of ethnicities represented.
#IamRemarkable Workshop
https://iamremarkable.withgoogle.com/
#IamRemarkable is a Google initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to celebrate their achievements in the workplace and beyond.
This powerful facilitated workshop will help us improve our self promotion skills for the workplace and challenge the social perceptions around self promotion.
Cold drinks and a variety of snacks will be provided to keep us refreshed throughout the evening.
