Inclusion and Diversity
CiscoChat Recap: How Do We Continue to ReDefine Ourselves?
Now we know why one participant tweeted that they couldn’t wait for a “kick-a**” #CiscoChat with Cisco Live keynote speaker and award-winning CNN analyst Mel Robbins. The chat was one of the most inspirational and honest discussions of our #CiscoChat series with nearly 70 participants engaging on th…
Who is your point of reference?
Who do you compare yourself with? Come on…… I know you do, we all do! Be it at work or in our personal lives, we can’t help but compare ourselves to other people. Ok, here’s another question for you. How many times have you compared yourself to a peer at work when they got promoted and you did…
#CiscoChat: How Can Women ReDEFINE Themselves Today for Tomorrow’s Tech World?
Each year, Cisco Live is packed with thousands of partners, innovators and progressive thinkers looking beyond today to transform technology tomorrow. For women in the technology industry, Cisco Live 2015 provided us with the opportunity to “ReDEFINE” ourselves, both personally and professionally. …
Cisco Women Engineers Make Their Mark at the IEEE Women In Engineering International Leadership Conference
In April this year, Cisco sponsored the IEEE Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference held at the San Jose Marriott. This was part of a concerted effort to advance and attract women in technical and leadership roles in the technology industry. At the beginning of our partnership with…
Want to be heard? Be quiet.
In a world that has become more digital and collaborative — where everyone struggles to be heard — the temptation is to shout louder. But what if a different leadership style could be more effective? What if listening rather than broadcasting could make us agile in an unpredictable world…
Cisco’s Empowered Women’s Network’s #reDefineCommunity Contest 2nd runner up
We are less than a week away from our 3rd Annual Cisco Empowered Women’s Network’s forum at Cisco Live and we have some exciting news to share! Congratulations to Vidushi Sharma! After careful deliberation of all the entries, Vidushi has been selected as our 2nd runner up for the #reDefineComm…
Advocating for The Internet of Change
On May 25 2015, I had the honor to participate on a panel on Digital Inclusion of Women for Gender Equality at WSIS 2015, held in Geneva, Switzerland: Women with varying backgrounds from all parts of the world, passionately discussed the opportunities to advocate for change both in the industry and…
Carpe Diem – Seize the day! Inspiration from May’s Everyday Heroes of CEWN
Guest Blog and Interview by Anuja Singh Welcome to our monthly CEWN segment about role models. We all make resolutions and set goals to improve ourselves– but somewhere along the way, life interrupts our plans, we find ourselves juggling different priorities and invariably things get dropped. What…
#RedefineCommunity with Cisco Empowered Women’s Network Social Media Contest
Guest Blog written by Carissa Lada, Customer Support Engineer Here at Cisco, it’s easy to understand the importance of technology. We can connect with people around the world, do our jobs more efficiently, and create innovative solutions that have never been seen before. Technology also gives us the…
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