Archive for December, 2012

Highlighting a Woman in Tech: Laura Pasquini

December 20, 2012

by Kristen Abell I’m not sure there’s many questions I need to answer about why I chose Laura Pasquini for one of our “highlight a woman” posts except one: What took you so long? Laura has long been an inspiration to me and other women when it comes to technology in higher ed. Because I [...]

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Linkage Love: The Power of Sheroes

December 19, 2012

By Brenda Bethman One of the best things about my job is that it brings me in touch with a variety of incredible people. One of them is Gloria Feldt, amazing feminist and former president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America. I am lucky enough to be in the middle of talking to Gloria about [...]

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Best Practices: Hosting a Twitter Chat

December 18, 2012

By Brenda Bethman For this installment on best practices, I wanted to write about my experience helping to set up a Twitter chat. The #femlead chat (held every other Tuesday at 2 p.m. EST / 1 p.m. CST) is a  project of the University of Venus (as well as other contributors who write for us, [...]

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Creating a Culture of Kindness

December 17, 2012

By Kathryn Magura Two weeks ago, I went to my car after a long day at work and discovered that the person who parked next to me was so far over the line that I couldn’t even open my door to get in. As I stood there and pondered what to do, my “pet peeve” [...]

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Link me up, Scotty!

December 12, 2012

by Valerie Heruska Clicky clicky, have I got some awesome links for you all to check out this week. My mind has been all over the place: writing papers, continuing the journey on finding my graphic design mojo, and gearing up for the holiday season. Here are some of my favorite links of the week: [...]

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