Guest Speaker Material

Now this lady would make an ideal guest speaker for our last Springboard workshop of the current programme in Saarbrücken!

Stop Talking about Babies and Dresses - Focus on the Interesting Stuff!

Further to our conversations about appropriate Guest Speakers for the Computer Science PhD graduate Springboard women, this article seems to reflect some of what your were saying in terms of priorites.

Sexism in Tech Conferences - USA today article by Margaret Gould Stewart

One of the videos mentioned in the article

What does the Susan Wojcicki have to say about the future of YouTube? 

Pertinent question in comments below the video: "Holy cow! Did he really need to spend the first four minutes of the interview on children and parenting. When would this ever happen to a man of her stature?"

Women in the media suffer similar dumming-down

And another of my favourite videos where two actors are interviewed in an unusual way....

Run Faster Like A Girl

Another impactful image from website A Mighty Girl. Put a smile on my face!

"Winners Never Quit" - a book for girls

Mia Hamm, American soccer champion and best-selling author of Go for the Goal, tells a true-life-inspired story of learning that winning and losing aren't as important as being part of a team.
More than anyone, soccer superstar Mia Hamm knows the value of teamwork and perseverance. She shares this lesson, paired with energetic illustrations by Carol Thompson, in this motivational story perfect for soccer kids and their soccer moms!
"Parents or coaches wanting a story about the joy of playing soccer without emphasizing winning or losing will find an appropriate read-aloud here." -- School Library Journal
For more stories of girls and women in sports, visit A Mighty Girl's Sports & Games section.

Confronting Conflict Assertively

This is the video Guest Speaker we would have listened to yesterday if we hadn't lost power!

Anyway, watch and enjoy.

Turning the Tables

What if things at work were the other way around..?? Click on the link and watch the video - guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

McKinsey Women

Stand up to Ignorance

This image came from the website, A Mighty Girl

It was here I came across a book which I have subsequently ordered. I'll bring it along next month to show!

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science - and the World

Words Reflect How We Think

Following on from discussions from workshop 2 about changing how we talk to ourselves - changing our limiting beliefs - I was thrilled to find this photo of another educator doing a similar exercise!

Women Scientists do TED Talks

Choose from 11 TED talks and watch these trailblazering women inspiring a new generation of girls to follow their lead and change the ratio in STEM (science, math, engineering and tech).

Brilliant Women Scientists