Panel - A Person of Influence - In Real Life.
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Panel: A Person of Influence - In Real Life
Now that we have discussed the theory of becoming a person of influence, you will hear the real-life experiences of senior-level technical women in industry.
Topic
Topics include:
- What is your influencing style, and influencing skills or techniques do you use?
- Why is it important that technical women learn how to influence? What advice would you like to give to women who want to become stronger influencers?
- Was there a time in your career where you tried to influence something or someone, and failed? How did you recover?
- Questions from the audience based on what was learned in the workshop.
Panelists
- Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs
- Debra Danielson, Sr. Vice President, CA
- Ann Gates, Associate Vice President of Research, University of Texas at El Paso
- Wei Lin, Sr. Director of Engineering, Symantec
- Rebecca Norlander, Partner Engineering Manager, Microsoft
Links
- Blog from attendee: http://brendal-blog.blogspot.com/2009/10/ghc09-real-life-advice-on-becoming.html
- Ed & Ashley's 5 Minute Show interview with panelist Rebecca Norlander: http://wp.me/pBSBn-2Q
- Ed & Ashley's 5 Minute Show interview with panelist Nina Bhatti: http://wp.me/pBSBn-2C
