Frances Bell’s Blog

I listened to part of #learntrends at http://bit.ly/42i7ke but didn’t feel moved to contribute (as corporate education/ training is a little outside my comfort zone).  It was all quite interesting and then someone pointed out that of the circa 100 participants, about 50% were women but the conversation had been male-dominated to that point. Dave [...]

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As I pledged that I would and to mark Ada Lovelace Day, I am blogging two women who excel in technology and can provide role models for women in  technology.  Naturally their achievements intersect with my own interests and concerns but are also applicable to many women in technology.  They have in common that they [...]

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I blogged about this  yesterday at http://www.knowandnetwork.org/francesbell/weblog
Suw Charman-Anderson has set a challenge for people to blog about a woman in technology on Ada Lovelace Day, 24 March.   As I write this 747 out of 1000 have pledged to do this so hitting the 1000 target won’t be an issue but let’s make this count [...]

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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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