Comments on: Women working in non-profit technology – are we visible?

By: Beth Kanter

Beth Kanter — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 02:34:46 +0000

Laura: Thanks so much for reblogging this .. the notes are up over at She’s Geeky. Maybe you’ll get over to this side of pond!

By: Designing for Civil Society

Designing for Civil Society — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 10:50:38 +0000

New UK initiative for web-enabled social innovation starts in the pub …

A new UK initiative for web-enabled social innovation was born yesterday evening in the time honoured way: some inspiration from our friends in the US, mixed with beer and sandwiches in the upstairs room of a London pub. The result…

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:24:20 +0000

very insightful article! I was not aware of the demographics of the nonprofit sector as much because I haven’t done any work in that capacity. However, there are many intelligent women working with / above me who I would not consider geeks :O)

By: laura

laura — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 09:49:53 +0000

Hi Eric – thanks for spotting that – didn’t mean it to portray in that way. Now amended sentence to read correctly!

By: Eric Meyer

Eric Meyer — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:53:27 +0000

If I may contribute a small correction: I wasn’t asking why there were a low number of overall female respondents, nor was Rebekah. What I was charting, based on what Rebekah found, was that the proportion of women per age bracket goes up dramatically as the age brackets advance. So I was quickly (and probably poorly) speculating reasons for that pattern’s existence.

By: Laura

Laura — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 19:33:56 +0000

Hi Christine, interesting point! I hope I’m not too Geeky myself, but am aware lots of others see me to be!

By: Christine Martell

Christine Martell — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:49:11 +0000

Laura,
This got me thinking, am I a geek? At least for me, not in the way I see many men defining themselves and their roles. I am passionate about technology, but not for its own sake, but for what it can do. How it can further my other objectives. If it doesn’t serve to deliver communication, or learning, or connection, I’m not much interested.

So perhaps as women we intersect with technology in a different way? It’s more integrated with everything else we do.