Women rule in tech

Teche Women who 23 ANNA MAY XMLNS:WWT="WOMENWHOTECH.ORG" WOMEN RULE. WE DOMINATE THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE: & SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS: Among individuals holding professional jobs in the U.s.: of twitter 55% users are women. 56% 55% of facebook users are ARE women. WOMEN 60% Zynga social gaming players are The average social gamer is a 43 year-old female. woman. DIVERSE TECH AND STARTUP FACT: TEAMS ARE CRITICAL FOR INNOVATION. AND YET, THE TECH WORLD IS STILL A "BOY'S CLUB" IN MANY WAYS: Proprietary software jobs held by women: 28% IT jobs held by women: 25% Women executives at Fortune 500 companies: 11% Tech start-ups owned by women: 5% of women believed that companies DO NOT spend the right amount of time addressing diversity. of men believed that 40% companies DO 82% spend enough time v. addressing diversity. Hmm. ...BUT WOMEN ARE BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR: Among all students holding B.S. degrees in Computer Science: Harvard Sophomores who declared Computer science in 2011: 28% 41%% WOMEN WOMEN though we recognize that this has decreased over the last 25 years, we are encouraged by the increases that are occuring. a 15% increase from the class of '12. a 34% increase from the class of '11. A big Increase over the last 25 years! FACT: 18-20% OF ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE WOMEN. 31% OF UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL ARE WOMEN. FACT: WOMEN NO W HOLD MORE FACT: BACHELORS AND GRADUATE DEGREES THAN MEN. MORE WOMEN, MORE ROI: FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT HAD AT LEAST THREE WOMEN DIRECTORS SAW: Average return on equity increase by at least: Return on sales increase by at least: Return on invested capital increase by at least: 53% 42% 66% IN SPRINGBOARD PORTFOLIO TRUE STORY: 400 $5B RAISED MORE WOMEN-LED COMPANIES IN EQUITY FINANCING THAN Springboard PENTERPRISES INCLUDING 10 IPOS. OF SPRINGBOARD 80% COMPANIES ARE STILL IN BUSINESS GENERATING $4 BILLION IN REVENUES AND CREATING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS. KICKING @$$ AND TAKING NAMES: WOMEN ARE STARTING BUSINESSES AT A RATE increase over OF 1.5 TIMES* THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. *That's a 20% FACT: the last decade! 187 WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING OR RUNNING A BUSINESS MILLION ENTERPRISE. 1/8 Women women-operated, venture-backed companies have 12% higher revenues than those operated by 12% entrepreneurs begin with about 1/8 of the funding of male-owned ventures: men. GOLDEN SEEDS, WHICH SUPPORTS WOMEN-LED STARTUPS IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ANGEL INVESTMENT GROUP IN THE U.S. FACT: WHY WOULDN'T YOU HIRE MORE WOMEN IN TECH? SIMPLY REDUCING FEMALE ATTRITION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY BY 25% WOULD ADD 220,000 PEOPLE TO THE TALENT POOL. $ .... A stronger Financial gains and products that reflect the Increased workforce and innovation and lower attrition efficiency. costs. consumer base. GET YOUR TECH ON. Women who Tech 4TH ANNUAL MAY 23, 2012 telesummit www.WOMENWHOTECH.COM A PROJECT OF RAD CAMPAIGN RAD SOURCES: http://www.itmanagerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/women-in-technology-infographic.jpg http://www.womeneffectinvestments.wordpress.com/ http://www.onlinemba.unc.edu/mba-at-unc-blog/women-at-work-infographic/ http://www.zynga.com/ http://www.popcap.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=149&s=43 https://www.springboardenterprises.org/about http://www.anitaborg.org/ http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/NCWIT_THEFACTS_ExecSumm_REV2010.pdf http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/4/20/female-computer-science-concentrators/ http://www.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/4/147349-improving-gender-composition-in-computing/fulltext http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/01/03/wanted-technical-women http://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2012/04/11/can-angels-help-women-shatter-glass-ceilings/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/rebutal-make-room-ubble-for-everyone/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/why-women-rule-the-internet/ http://www.catalyst.org/file/139/bottomline2.pdf Teche Women who 23 ANNA MAY XMLNS:WWT="WOMENWHOTECH.ORG" WOMEN RULE. WE DOMINATE THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE: & SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS: Among individuals holding professional jobs in the U.s.: of twitter 55% users are women. 56% 55% of facebook users are ARE women. WOMEN 60% Zynga social gaming players are The average social gamer is a 43 year-old female. woman. DIVERSE TECH AND STARTUP FACT: TEAMS ARE CRITICAL FOR INNOVATION. AND YET, THE TECH WORLD IS STILL A "BOY'S CLUB" IN MANY WAYS: Proprietary software jobs held by women: 28% IT jobs held by women: 25% Women executives at Fortune 500 companies: 11% Tech start-ups owned by women: 5% of women believed that companies DO NOT spend the right amount of time addressing diversity. of men believed that 40% companies DO 82% spend enough time v. addressing diversity. Hmm. ...BUT WOMEN ARE BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR: Among all students holding B.S. degrees in Computer Science: Harvard Sophomores who declared Computer science in 2011: 28% 41%% WOMEN WOMEN though we recognize that this has decreased over the last 25 years, we are encouraged by the increases that are occuring. a 15% increase from the class of '12. a 34% increase from the class of '11. A big Increase over the last 25 years! FACT: 18-20% OF ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE WOMEN. 31% OF UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL ARE WOMEN. FACT: WOMEN NO W HOLD MORE FACT: BACHELORS AND GRADUATE DEGREES THAN MEN. MORE WOMEN, MORE ROI: FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT HAD AT LEAST THREE WOMEN DIRECTORS SAW: Average return on equity increase by at least: Return on sales increase by at least: Return on invested capital increase by at least: 53% 42% 66% IN SPRINGBOARD PORTFOLIO TRUE STORY: 400 $5B RAISED MORE WOMEN-LED COMPANIES IN EQUITY FINANCING THAN Springboard PENTERPRISES INCLUDING 10 IPOS. OF SPRINGBOARD 80% COMPANIES ARE STILL IN BUSINESS GENERATING $4 BILLION IN REVENUES AND CREATING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS. KICKING @$$ AND TAKING NAMES: WOMEN ARE STARTING BUSINESSES AT A RATE increase over OF 1.5 TIMES* THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. *That's a 20% FACT: the last decade! 187 WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING OR RUNNING A BUSINESS MILLION ENTERPRISE. 1/8 Women women-operated, venture-backed companies have 12% higher revenues than those operated by 12% entrepreneurs begin with about 1/8 of the funding of male-owned ventures: men. GOLDEN SEEDS, WHICH SUPPORTS WOMEN-LED STARTUPS IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ANGEL INVESTMENT GROUP IN THE U.S. FACT: WHY WOULDN'T YOU HIRE MORE WOMEN IN TECH? SIMPLY REDUCING FEMALE ATTRITION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY BY 25% WOULD ADD 220,000 РЕОPLE TO THE TALENT POOL. $ .... A stronger Financial gains and products that reflect the Increased workforce and innovation and lower attrition efficiency. costs. consumer base. GET YOUR TECH ON. Women who Tech 4TH ANNUAL MAY 23, 2012 telesummit www.WOMENWHOTECH.COM A PROJECT OF RAD CAMPAIGN RAD SOURCES: http://www.itmanagerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/women-in-technology-infographic.jpg http://www.womeneffectinvestments.wordpress.com/ http://www.onlinemba.unc.edu/mba-at-unc-blog/women-at-work-infographic/ http://www.zynga.com/ http://www.popcap.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=149&s=43 https://www.springboardenterprises.org/about http://www.anitaborg.org/ http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/NCWIT_THEFACTS_ExecSumm_REV2010.pdf http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/4/20/female-computer-science-concentrators/ http://www.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/4/147349-improving-gender-composition-in-computing/fulltext http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/01/03/wanted-technical-women http://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2012/04/11/can-angels-help-women-shatter-glass-ceilings/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/rebutal-make-room-ubble-for-everyone/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/why-women-rule-the-internet/ http://www.catalyst.org/file/139/bottomline2.pdf Teche Women who 23 ANNA MAY XMLNS:WWT="WOMENWHOTECH.ORG" WOMEN RULE. WE DOMINATE THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE: & SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS: Among individuals holding professional jobs in the U.s.: of twitter 55% users are women. 56% 55% of facebook users are ARE women. WOMEN 60% Zynga social gaming players are The average social gamer is a 43 year-old female. woman. DIVERSE TECH AND STARTUP FACT: TEAMS ARE CRITICAL FOR INNOVATION. AND YET, THE TECH WORLD IS STILL A "BOY'S CLUB" IN MANY WAYS: Proprietary software jobs held by women: 28% IT jobs held by women: 25% Women executives at Fortune 500 companies: 11% Tech start-ups owned by women: 5% of women believed that companies DO NOT spend the right amount of time addressing diversity. of men believed that 40% companies DO 82% spend enough time v. addressing diversity. Hmm. ...BUT WOMEN ARE BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR: Among all students holding B.S. degrees in Computer Science: Harvard Sophomores who declared Computer science in 2011: 28% 41%% WOMEN WOMEN though we recognize that this has decreased over the last 25 years, we are encouraged by the increases that are occuring. a 15% increase from the class of '12. a 34% increase from the class of '11. A big Increase over the last 25 years! FACT: 18-20% OF ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE WOMEN. 31% OF UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL ARE WOMEN. FACT: WOMEN NO W HOLD MORE FACT: BACHELORS AND GRADUATE DEGREES THAN MEN. MORE WOMEN, MORE ROI: FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT HAD AT LEAST THREE WOMEN DIRECTORS SAW: Average return on equity increase by at least: Return on sales increase by at least: Return on invested capital increase by at least: 53% 42% 66% IN SPRINGBOARD PORTFOLIO TRUE STORY: 400 $5B RAISED MORE WOMEN-LED COMPANIES IN EQUITY FINANCING THAN Springboard PENTERPRISES INCLUDING 10 IPOS. OF SPRINGBOARD 80% COMPANIES ARE STILL IN BUSINESS GENERATING $4 BILLION IN REVENUES AND CREATING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS. KICKING @$$ AND TAKING NAMES: WOMEN ARE STARTING BUSINESSES AT A RATE increase over OF 1.5 TIMES* THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. *That's a 20% FACT: the last decade! 187 WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING OR RUNNING A BUSINESS MILLION ENTERPRISE. 1/8 Women women-operated, venture-backed companies have 12% higher revenues than those operated by 12% entrepreneurs begin with about 1/8 of the funding of male-owned ventures: men. GOLDEN SEEDS, WHICH SUPPORTS WOMEN-LED STARTUPS IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ANGEL INVESTMENT GROUP IN THE U.S. FACT: WHY WOULDN'T YOU HIRE MORE WOMEN IN TECH? SIMPLY REDUCING FEMALE ATTRITION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY BY 25% WOULD ADD 220,000 РЕОPLE TO THE TALENT POOL. $ .... A stronger Financial gains and products that reflect the Increased workforce and innovation and lower attrition efficiency. costs. consumer base. GET YOUR TECH ON. Women who Tech 4TH ANNUAL MAY 23, 2012 telesummit www.WOMENWHOTECH.COM A PROJECT OF RAD CAMPAIGN RAD SOURCES: http://www.itmanagerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/women-in-technology-infographic.jpg http://www.womeneffectinvestments.wordpress.com/ http://www.onlinemba.unc.edu/mba-at-unc-blog/women-at-work-infographic/ http://www.zynga.com/ http://www.popcap.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=149&s=43 https://www.springboardenterprises.org/about http://www.anitaborg.org/ http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/NCWIT_THEFACTS_ExecSumm_REV2010.pdf http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/4/20/female-computer-science-concentrators/ http://www.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/4/147349-improving-gender-composition-in-computing/fulltext http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/01/03/wanted-technical-women http://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2012/04/11/can-angels-help-women-shatter-glass-ceilings/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/rebutal-make-room-ubble-for-everyone/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/why-women-rule-the-internet/ http://www.catalyst.org/file/139/bottomline2.pdf Teche Women who 23 ANNA MAY XMLNS:WWT="WOMENWHOTECH.ORG" WOMEN RULE. WE DOMINATE THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE: & SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS: Among individuals holding professional jobs in the U.s.: of twitter 55% users are women. 56% 55% of facebook users are ARE women. WOMEN 60% Zynga social gaming players are The average social gamer is a 43 year-old female. woman. DIVERSE TECH AND STARTUP FACT: TEAMS ARE CRITICAL FOR INNOVATION. AND YET, THE TECH WORLD IS STILL A "BOY'S CLUB" IN MANY WAYS: Proprietary software jobs held by women: 28% IT jobs held by women: 25% Women executives at Fortune 500 companies: 11% Tech start-ups owned by women: 5% of women believed that companies DO NOT spend the right amount of time addressing diversity. of men believed that 40% companies DO 82% spend enough time v. addressing diversity. Hmm. ...BUT WOMEN ARE BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR: Among all students holding B.S. degrees in Computer Science: Harvard Sophomores who declared Computer science in 2011: 28% 41%% WOMEN WOMEN though we recognize that this has decreased over the last 25 years, we are encouraged by the increases that are occuring. a 15% increase from the class of '12. a 34% increase from the class of '11. A big Increase over the last 25 years! FACT: 18-20% OF ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE WOMEN. 31% OF UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL ARE WOMEN. FACT: WOMEN NO W HOLD MORE FACT: BACHELORS AND GRADUATE DEGREES THAN MEN. MORE WOMEN, MORE ROI: FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT HAD AT LEAST THREE WOMEN DIRECTORS SAW: Average return on equity increase by at least: Return on sales increase by at least: Return on invested capital increase by at least: 53% 42% 66% IN SPRINGBOARD PORTFOLIO TRUE STORY: 400 $5B RAISED MORE WOMEN-LED COMPANIES IN EQUITY FINANCING THAN Springboard PENTERPRISES INCLUDING 10 IPOS. OF SPRINGBOARD 80% COMPANIES ARE STILL IN BUSINESS GENERATING $4 BILLION IN REVENUES AND CREATING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS. KICKING @$$ AND TAKING NAMES: WOMEN ARE STARTING BUSINESSES AT A RATE increase over OF 1.5 TIMES* THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. *That's a 20% FACT: the last decade! 187 WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING OR RUNNING A BUSINESS MILLION ENTERPRISE. 1/8 Women women-operated, venture-backed companies have 12% higher revenues than those operated by 12% entrepreneurs begin with about 1/8 of the funding of male-owned ventures: men. GOLDEN SEEDS, WHICH SUPPORTS WOMEN-LED STARTUPS IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ANGEL INVESTMENT GROUP IN THE U.S. FACT: WHY WOULDN'T YOU HIRE MORE WOMEN IN TECH? SIMPLY REDUCING FEMALE ATTRITION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY BY 25% WOULD ADD 220,000 РЕОPLE TO THE TALENT POOL. $ .... A stronger Financial gains and products that reflect the Increased workforce and innovation and lower attrition efficiency. costs. consumer base. GET YOUR TECH ON. Women who Tech 4TH ANNUAL MAY 23, 2012 telesummit www.WOMENWHOTECH.COM A PROJECT OF RAD CAMPAIGN RAD SOURCES: http://www.itmanagerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/women-in-technology-infographic.jpg http://www.womeneffectinvestments.wordpress.com/ http://www.onlinemba.unc.edu/mba-at-unc-blog/women-at-work-infographic/ http://www.zynga.com/ http://www.popcap.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=149&s=43 https://www.springboardenterprises.org/about http://www.anitaborg.org/ http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/NCWIT_THEFACTS_ExecSumm_REV2010.pdf http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/4/20/female-computer-science-concentrators/ http://www.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/4/147349-improving-gender-composition-in-computing/fulltext http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/01/03/wanted-technical-women http://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2012/04/11/can-angels-help-women-shatter-glass-ceilings/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/rebutal-make-room-ubble-for-everyone/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/why-women-rule-the-internet/ http://www.catalyst.org/file/139/bottomline2.pdf Teche Women who 23 ANNA MAY XMLNS:WWT="WOMENWHOTECH.ORG" WOMEN RULE. WE DOMINATE THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE: & SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS: Among individuals holding professional jobs in the U.s.: of twitter 55% users are women. 56% 55% of facebook users are ARE women. WOMEN 60% Zynga social gaming players are The average social gamer is a 43 year-old female. woman. DIVERSE TECH AND STARTUP FACT: TEAMS ARE CRITICAL FOR INNOVATION. AND YET, THE TECH WORLD IS STILL A "BOY'S CLUB" IN MANY WAYS: Proprietary software jobs held by women: 28% IT jobs held by women: 25% Women executives at Fortune 500 companies: 11% Tech start-ups owned by women: 5% of women believed that companies DO NOT spend the right amount of time addressing diversity. of men believed that 40% companies DO 82% spend enough time v. addressing diversity. Hmm. ...BUT WOMEN ARE BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR: Among all students holding B.S. degrees in Computer Science: Harvard Sophomores who declared Computer science in 2011: 28% 41%% WOMEN WOMEN though we recognize that this has decreased over the last 25 years, we are encouraged by the increases that are occuring. a 15% increase from the class of '12. a 34% increase from the class of '11. A big Increase over the last 25 years! FACT: 18-20% OF ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE WOMEN. 31% OF UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL ARE WOMEN. FACT: WOMEN NO W HOLD MORE FACT: BACHELORS AND GRADUATE DEGREES THAN MEN. MORE WOMEN, MORE ROI: FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT HAD AT LEAST THREE WOMEN DIRECTORS SAW: Average return on equity increase by at least: Return on sales increase by at least: Return on invested capital increase by at least: 53% 42% 66% IN SPRINGBOARD PORTFOLIO TRUE STORY: 400 $5B RAISED MORE WOMEN-LED COMPANIES IN EQUITY FINANCING THAN Springboard PENTERPRISES INCLUDING 10 IPOS. OF SPRINGBOARD 80% COMPANIES ARE STILL IN BUSINESS GENERATING $4 BILLION IN REVENUES AND CREATING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS. KICKING @$$ AND TAKING NAMES: WOMEN ARE STARTING BUSINESSES AT A RATE increase over OF 1.5 TIMES* THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. *That's a 20% FACT: the last decade! 187 WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING OR RUNNING A BUSINESS MILLION ENTERPRISE. 1/8 Women women-operated, venture-backed companies have 12% higher revenues than those operated by 12% entrepreneurs begin with about 1/8 of the funding of male-owned ventures: men. GOLDEN SEEDS, WHICH SUPPORTS WOMEN-LED STARTUPS IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ANGEL INVESTMENT GROUP IN THE U.S. FACT: WHY WOULDN'T YOU HIRE MORE WOMEN IN TECH? SIMPLY REDUCING FEMALE ATTRITION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY BY 25% WOULD ADD 220,000 РЕОPLE TO THE TALENT POOL. $ .... A stronger Financial gains and products that reflect the Increased workforce and innovation and lower attrition efficiency. costs. consumer base. GET YOUR TECH ON. Women who Tech 4TH ANNUAL MAY 23, 2012 telesummit www.WOMENWHOTECH.COM A PROJECT OF RAD CAMPAIGN RAD SOURCES: http://www.itmanagerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/women-in-technology-infographic.jpg http://www.womeneffectinvestments.wordpress.com/ http://www.onlinemba.unc.edu/mba-at-unc-blog/women-at-work-infographic/ http://www.zynga.com/ http://www.popcap.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=149&s=43 https://www.springboardenterprises.org/about http://www.anitaborg.org/ http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/NCWIT_THEFACTS_ExecSumm_REV2010.pdf http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/4/20/female-computer-science-concentrators/ http://www.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/4/147349-improving-gender-composition-in-computing/fulltext http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/01/03/wanted-technical-women http://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2012/04/11/can-angels-help-women-shatter-glass-ceilings/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/rebutal-make-room-ubble-for-everyone/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/why-women-rule-the-internet/ http://www.catalyst.org/file/139/bottomline2.pdf Teche Women who 23 ANNA MAY XMLNS:WWT="WOMENWHOTECH.ORG" WOMEN RULE. WE DOMINATE THE PROFESSIONAL WORKFORCE: & SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS: Among individuals holding professional jobs in the U.s.: of twitter 55% users are women. 56% 55% of facebook users are ARE women. WOMEN 60% Zynga social gaming players are The average social gamer is a 43 year-old female. woman. DIVERSE TECH AND STARTUP FACT: TEAMS ARE CRITICAL FOR INNOVATION. AND YET, THE TECH WORLD IS STILL A "BOY'S CLUB" IN MANY WAYS: Proprietary software jobs held by women: 28% IT jobs held by women: 25% Women executives at Fortune 500 companies: 11% Tech start-ups owned by women: 5% of women believed that companies DO NOT spend the right amount of time addressing diversity. of men believed that 40% companies DO 82% spend enough time v. addressing diversity. Hmm. ...BUT WOMEN ARE BREAKING DOWN THE DOOR: Among all students holding B.S. degrees in Computer Science: Harvard Sophomores who declared Computer science in 2011: 28% 41%% WOMEN WOMEN though we recognize that this has decreased over the last 25 years, we are encouraged by the increases that are occuring. a 15% increase from the class of '12. a 34% increase from the class of '11. A big Increase over the last 25 years! FACT: 18-20% OF ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS ARE WOMEN. 31% OF UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA'S ENGINEERING SCHOOL ARE WOMEN. FACT: WOMEN NO W HOLD MORE FACT: BACHELORS AND GRADUATE DEGREES THAN MEN. MORE WOMEN, MORE ROI: FORTUNE 500 COMPANIES THAT HAD AT LEAST THREE WOMEN DIRECTORS SAW: Average return on equity increase by at least: Return on sales increase by at least: Return on invested capital increase by at least: 53% 42% 66% IN SPRINGBOARD PORTFOLIO TRUE STORY: 400 $5B RAISED MORE WOMEN-LED COMPANIES IN EQUITY FINANCING THAN Springboard PENTERPRISES INCLUDING 10 IPOS. OF SPRINGBOARD 80% COMPANIES ARE STILL IN BUSINESS GENERATING $4 BILLION IN REVENUES AND CREATING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS. KICKING @$$ AND TAKING NAMES: WOMEN ARE STARTING BUSINESSES AT A RATE increase over OF 1.5 TIMES* THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. *That's a 20% FACT: the last decade! 187 WOMEN WORLDWIDE ARE CURRENTLY STARTING OR RUNNING A BUSINESS MILLION ENTERPRISE. 1/8 Women women-operated, venture-backed companies have 12% higher revenues than those operated by 12% entrepreneurs begin with about 1/8 of the funding of male-owned ventures: men. GOLDEN SEEDS, WHICH SUPPORTS WOMEN-LED STARTUPS IS THE FOURTH LARGEST ANGEL INVESTMENT GROUP IN THE U.S. FACT: WHY WOULDN'T YOU HIRE MORE WOMEN IN TECH? SIMPLY REDUCING FEMALE ATTRITION IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, AND TECHNOLOGY BY 25% WOULD ADD 220,000 РЕОPLE TO THE TALENT POOL. $ .... A stronger Financial gains and products that reflect the Increased workforce and innovation and lower attrition efficiency. costs. consumer base. GET YOUR TECH ON. Women who Tech 4TH ANNUAL MAY 23, 2012 telesummit www.WOMENWHOTECH.COM A PROJECT OF RAD CAMPAIGN RAD SOURCES: http://www.itmanagerdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/women-in-technology-infographic.jpg http://www.womeneffectinvestments.wordpress.com/ http://www.onlinemba.unc.edu/mba-at-unc-blog/women-at-work-infographic/ http://www.zynga.com/ http://www.popcap.mediaroom.com/index.php?item=149&s=43 https://www.springboardenterprises.org/about http://www.anitaborg.org/ http://www.ncwit.org/about.factsheet.html http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/BytheNumbers09.pdf http://www.ncwit.org/pdf/NCWIT_THEFACTS_ExecSumm_REV2010.pdf http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/4/20/female-computer-science-concentrators/ http://www.cacm.acm.org/magazines/2012/4/147349-improving-gender-composition-in-computing/fulltext http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2012/01/03/wanted-technical-women http://www.forbes.com/sites/geristengel/2012/04/11/can-angels-help-women-shatter-glass-ceilings/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/07/24/rebutal-make-room-ubble-for-everyone/ http://www.techcrunch.com/2011/03/20/why-women-rule-the-internet/ http://www.catalyst.org/file/139/bottomline2.pdf