Industry Track Communicating Powerfully Across Gender

From Anita Borg Institute Wiki

Presenter: Linda M Garverick (Coactive Consultants)

“Communicating Powerfully Across Gender” is a workshop in which participants will gain awareness of gendered communication styles and learn skills to communicate powerfully in male-dominated environments. Drawing mainly from the work of Deborah Tannen, participants will learn how speech patterns differ between men and women and what habits and speech patterns create misperception and disempowerment. Participants will complete a self-assessment and experiment with increasing their conversational range.