Posts Tagged“women in IT”

Gmail can help you email like a man

Mike James is a an experienced tech blogger of many moons, partnering with Best VPN on this and a series of other tech themed health, work and home related articles. How effective are your emails? Are your messages short, direct, purposeful and authoritative? Or do you introduce the subject slowly, gently and use self-deprecating language so as not to come across too strong? It might be a case of your language being too, well, female. Much has been written about the differences in male and female communication traits. According to John Gray’s seminal 1990s blockbuster Men Are From Mars, Women…

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Women in IT – Here Come the Girls!

“successful business woman on a laptop” (CC BY 2.0) by Search Engine People Blog The Women in IT Awards Ceremony, held at the Grosvenor House Ballroom on London’s Park Lane this January, was an opportunity to counter the myth that IT is some sort of male preserve. Moreover, it provided an occasion to celebrate the skills and acumen of the many women who make a significant contribution to leadership as well as technical excellence in all aspects of IT. As many of the delegates at the ceremony were quick to affirm, there is nothing inherently gendered (or gendering) about working in IT. From…