Frances Bell’s Blog

Jack Schofield asks the question “Which women bloggers are worth a look?”
with regard to the current Blogher conference in San Francisco. He uses the term ‘influential’ that is an interesting one - Does it mean most significant influence? in terms of quality or quantity?
Blogher demonstrates that there are plenty of women […]

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/126.html
“Women’s No Pay Day. We will be campaigning in the run-up to October 30th to demand stronger action from the Government on the pay gap that rips off women. Your voice adds power to our campaign, so please take one of the supporter actions. Two-minute action Half-an-hour action One-day action
As part of this campaign, supporters […]

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/77.html
I came across this interesting site last week - Damsels in Success.
Like Knowandnetwork, you can build a  profile and link to friends. There are also links to jobs and recruitment services.  I am wondering if that is something that might be of interest to Know and Network members.

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/28.html
This article indicates that women are driven out of public spaces online by sexual threats.?
“Robert Scoble, a technology blogger who took a week off in solidarity with Sierra, said women have told him that harassment is a “disincentive” to participate online. That, he said, will affect their job prospects in the male-dominated tech industry. “If […]

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http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog/24.html
Sarah Blow blogged the latest Girl Geek dinner held in London on 26 April. I think that we at Knowandnetwork should study the Gril Geek activities and contact them for links and ideas on networking.
When we go public, we’ll be sure to contact them to publicise our activities.
Has anyone ever been to one of these?

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