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Industry Sponsored Mobile App Now Available to Connect Teachers with Volunteers

The STEM Partners Foundation today announced the release of the STEM
Mentor Exchange (STEM MX), a mobile app designed to connect teachers
with industry volunteers and resources, and provide students with the
learning experiences that will prepare them for the thousands of new
STEM-skilled jobs being created every day. In Utah alone, it is
predicted that STEM jobs over the next 10 years will grow 25% compared
to 20% for all other jobs.

STEM MX will make it easier for teachers to invite skilled volunteers
into their classrooms to assist in teaching a wide range of STEM-Plus
subjects, from computer coding to elementary grade fundamentals, or
provide support for: special projects, science fairs, guest lectures,
industry tours, work-based learning experiences, etc.

(See full article here)

Benzinga

Kristin Wright2017-09-20T15:35:48-07:00

Women Tech Council Launches SheTech Internship Program for High School Girls

Salt Lake City—The Women Tech Council (WTC) today launched a technology internship program to provide high school girls the opportunity to interact with technology companies, meet and interact with women in technology and understand the impact they can have by pursuing STEM careers.

Participants will tour tech companies across Silicon Slopes, including Vivint, Ancestry, Instructure, Dell EMC, Domo, Adobe, HireVue and IM Flash to learn about working in tech, the types of jobs that exist in the technology industry and the employability skills they need for a successful career in STEM. During their internship, the girls will present at the state educator’s CTE Conference […]

Kristin Wright2017-06-16T22:16:35-07:00

Women Tech Council launches SheTech Internship Program for high school girls

SALT LAKE CITY, June 13, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council (WTC) today launched a technology internship program to provide high school girls the opportunity to interact with technology companies, meet and interact with women in technology and understand the impact they can have by pursuing STEM careers.

Participants will tour tech companies across Silicon Slopes, including Vivint, Ancestry, Instructure, Dell EMC, Domo, Adobe, HireVue and IM Flash to learn about working in tech, the types of jobs that exist in the technology industry and the employability skills they need for a successful career in STEM. During their internship, the girls will present at the state educator’s CTE Conference to demonstrate and teach state educators about […]

Kristin Wright2018-07-02T22:10:13-07:00

Women Tech Council Unveils Best Companies in Silicon Slopes for Women in Technology

2017 Talent Innovation Summit Showcases Leading Companies, Best Practices to Attract and Retain Female Talent

SANDY, Utah, May 18, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council (WTC) unveiled the Silicon Slopes companies with the most comprehensive best practices for attracting and retaining female talent at the conclusion of their 2017 Talent Innovation Summit last week. The Summit focused on inclusion and diversity in the workplace and the strategies and best practices needed to help women develop in technology careers to propel overall company growth and performance.

As part of the Summit, leading tech companies competed for the title Best Companies for Women in Tech by sharing best practices for hiring and retaining talent women. […]

Kristin Wright2018-07-11T22:35:57-07:00

Women Tech Council Unveils Best Companies in Silicon Slopes for Women in Technology

SANDY, Utah, May 18, 2017 — The Women Tech Council (WTC) unveiled the Silicon Slopes companies with the most comprehensive best practices for attracting and retaining female talent at the conclusion of their 2017 Talent Innovation Summit last week. The Summit focused on inclusion and diversity in the workplace and the strategies and best practices needed to help women develop in technology careers to propel overall company growth and performance.

As part of the Summit, leading tech companies competed for the title Best Companies for Women in Tech by sharing best practices for hiring and retaining talent women. The winner’s holistic and comprehensive practices to create inclusion and foster diversity were as […]

Kristin Wright2017-09-20T15:36:56-07:00

High School Girls Across Southern Utah Gather to Prepare for Future Tech Careers

SheTech expands across southern Utah to address state talent shortage by engaging and inspiring girls to pursue STEM careers

CEDAR CITY, Utah, May 8, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council today launched their first STEM-activation event in southern Utah to provide high school girls across the region access to hands-on tech experiences and mentoring with industry experts to engage and inspire them to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

The event, called SheTech Explorer Day and part of the broader SheTech program, was expanded to southern Utah in partnership with the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Department of Workforce Services through a grant from Talent Ready Utah. By inspiring and engaging girls across the […]

Kristin Wright2018-07-11T22:25:58-07:00

Dialogues, Advocates Key in Creating Diverse Company Culture

To create real workplace diversity and equality, dialogues and champions are key, said panelists at the Women’s Tech Council Talent Innovation Summit Tuesday.

While there are many reasons for companies to strive for diversity in the workplace, one is something that virtually every business is always working towards: the bottom line.

“We don’t think about gender because it’s gender—we think about gender in terms of teams,” said Cydni Tetro, co-founder and executive director of the Women’s Tech Council. “There are massive numbers of studies that will tell you teams perform better financially when they have women on that, and they’ve tracked that for many years.”

The Women’s Tech Council has been working to deepen the research and knowledge […]

Kristin Wright2017-05-03T19:44:26-07:00

Utah tech companies take talent-first road to diversity

In these markets, where top companies are competing against each other to lure the top talent from a limited resource pool, the employment version of the “law of the wild” produces results that are simply more fair.

“When companies recruit on a pure, talent-first basis, it creates the most high-performing team,” Tetro said. “It also creates an employee base that is naturally balanced and diverse.”

Cathy Donahoe, an executive from American Fork business software titan Domo, said her company has embraced the talent-first credo since its inception.

“We are freakishly committed to hiring the best person for the job,” Donahoe said. “And when you do that, diversity will happen.”

And, Donahoe said, Domo offers a lot […]

Kristin Wright2017-09-20T15:37:26-07:00

Leaders progress in propelling Utah women in tech forward, despite ranking No. 36 in U.S.

This Summit sought to further last year’s talking points on the subject of inclusion in the technology workplace. More than just talking though, the WTC and its business partners are also proactively driving awareness and action on more diversity in the tech industries. Cydni Tetro, co-founder/executive director, and fellow WTC members announced the recent launch of a new WTC program, the Inclusion Best Practices Forum.

As Tetro explained, the Inclusion Best Practices Forum’s work is to partner with local companies who are leaders in workplace diversity. Forum organizer’s plan to break down these companies’ best practices so they can be duplicated and adopted within other companies. Through this, they will be building data – […]

Kristin Wright2017-05-03T18:53:59-07:00

Now Accepting Nominations for Tech Awards

Nominations for the 10th Annual Women Tech Awards will be open May 1-31. We need your help nominating and recognizing all of the great talent in the tech industry. Nomination is really easy, we just need you to tell us, at a minimum, name, email, company and title.

The Women Tech Awards has honored over 150 women, the award platform recognizes technology-focused women who are driving innovation, influencing technology companies, and are passionate about the community. Nominees should have ties to Utah, but are not required to be a Utah resident. Finalists and Award Recipients will be honored in September at the Women Tech Awards Luncheon.

Nominations must be submitted by May 31, 2017. Send an email […]

Kristin Wright2017-07-06T17:49:24-07:00

STEM Activation Program Expands to Prepare Girls Across Silicon Slopes for Future Tech Careers

SheTech expands into rural areas to address talent shortage by engaging and inspiring girls to pursue STEM careers

SANDY, Utah, March 31, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Women Tech Council today launched the first expansion event of their SheTech program to provide access to hands-on tech experiences and mentoring with industry experts to high school girls across the state and in rural areas to engage and inspire them to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields.

The SheTech expansion was launched in partnership the Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) and the Department of Workforce Services through a grant from Talent Ready Utah. By inspiring and engaging girls across the state and especially in rural areas to […]

Kristin Wright2018-07-11T22:22:25-07:00

Annual SheTech Explorer Day Allows Girls to See Themselves in Tech

”The way you get inspired isn’t by looking. It’s by doing.”

Those are the words of Cydni Tetro, president of the Women Tech Council, during the organization’s fourth annual SheTech Explorer Day, held at Utah Valley University. SheTech Explorer Day takes Tetro’s words and brings them to life. 1,200 Utah high school girls spent part of their Friday packed into a loud room filled with nearly 40 company booths, all vying to engage their attention and inspire their creativity.

“You don’t get to have a booth here unless there’s something the girls can do,” said Tetro.

The participating companies seemed to have taken the requirement as a challenge. Girls, […]

Kristin Wright2017-04-26T03:22:58-07:00