Women Rock IT

This post was written by guest blogger Meghann Rhynard-Geil, Technology for Development Advisor, Digital Communities, Mercy Corps. She was a speaker during last week’s Women Rock-IT webinar on the power of technology in helping crisis-affected populations. I’ll never forget the moment I reali…

This post was written by guest blogger Vicki Batka, Managing Director, Cisco Partner Organization, Asia Pacific & Japan. If you missed Vicki’s presentation as part of Women Rock-IT, you can watch the full replay on Cisco’s Youtube channel. I am so happy to share that I presented at W…

This post was written by guest blogger Aditi Chadha, Founder and CPO of DAZL. She will be guest speaking as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT broadcast series on April 18th. Globally, one in three women experience some kind of physical or sexual violence in their lifetime, per a recent United Nati…

This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Natalie Rens, CEO of Spaceport AI. She recently spoke as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT series. We explore Mars for many reasons, be it the risk minimization of distributing our species across multiple planets or the fact that our population is growing at a…

This post was written by guest blogger Dr. Mariana Dahan, Founder and CEO of the World Identity Network. She recently spoke as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT series. Today, more than a billion people around the world lack that most basic of human rights: recognized personhood. Lack of officiall…

This blog post was guest written by Dr. Catherine Ball, founder of the World of Drones Congress and World of Drones Education. She recently presented as part of Cisco’s Women Rock-IT speaker series, which was streamed live from her Twitter account. Despite the convenience of instantaneous food…

This blog post was guest written by Zoe Condliffe, CEO and founder of She’s A Crowd. She’ll be guest speaking during the “From Endangered Animals to Gender-Based Violence” session of the Women Rock-IT series on September 25th. Imagine if women could report their stories of harassme…

This post was written by guest blogger Emma Reid, marketing manager for Cisco Corporate Affairs, Asia-Pacific region. In 2012, experts across Asia Pacific recognized a troubling trend — a growing number of female students were turning their backs on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)…

This blog was guest-written by Jude Ower, founder, and CEO of Playmob. She’ll be guest-speaking during the “Harnessing the Power of Technology for a Better World” session of the Women Rock-IT series on July 11. When you think of a typical gamer, I’m sure you see a teenage boy, sitting alone in the d…