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WISE Women in IT Sharing Experiences

WISE Women in IT Sharing Experiences. Katie Smith Latana Banks. Team Members . Katie Smith Latana Banks Anna Hutton Ashley Marshall Lenore Messler Marisa Isenberg . Project Overview . WISE (Women in IT Sharing Experiences)is a peer mentoring group started by STARS@ FSU.

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WISE Women in IT Sharing Experiences

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  1. WISEWomen in IT Sharing Experiences Katie Smith Latana Banks

  2. Team Members • Katie Smith • Latana Banks • Anna Hutton • Ashley Marshall • Lenore Messler • Marisa Isenberg

  3. Project Overview • WISE(Women in IT Sharing Experiences)is a peer mentoring group started by STARS@FSU. • WISE works to provide women in the IT program at FSU with opportunities for professional growth, networking, and leadership through partnerships with professional women in the local technology community. • Overall female enrollment in the IT major at FSU for the past three years averages 20% • The number of females that graduate from the IT program has been limited to 7-10%

  4. Project Goals • Increase mentorship opportunities and events • Promote WISE • Establish a presence on campus • Increase membership in WISE, IT, and ICT and to create a place where women can share experiences • Recruit women to the IT/ICT Programs • Have two events – one social and one mentor

  5. Deliverables • Social Night (Bowling) • Goal 10-15 attendees  16 attended • Goal 50% retention tba

  6. Deliverables • Marketing • Improve marketing: • Flyers • Facebook • Website • Goal 50 Facebook “likes”  53 members in the group, 28 “likes” on the page

  7. Deliverables • Mentor Opportunities: Women and Leadership • Thursday, July 21st4-6pm • Goal of 30 attendees • Open to all females at FSU • How did we market? • Facebook • Flyers • Emailed women’s organizations on campus • Emailed all females in CCI • Word of mouth

  8. Women & Leadership Confirmed Speakers:1. Kristen Ledlow, TV Host & Sports Anchor2. Laura Rogers, Leadership Tallahassee3. Victoria Vangalis-Zepp, Local Business Leader & CCI Leadership Board4. Rachelle McClure, VP BigFishMarket.com5. Tanya Jackson, CEO at PinPoint Results llc6. Leanne Adkins, Project Manager - TMH7. Catherine Kunst, Executive Director at Leon County Research and Development Authority & Co-founder at Beacon Biotechnology, LLC8. Stacey Getz, Director of Strategic Communications at Taproot Creative9. RebeccahCantley, Managing editor: Tallahassee Democrat 10. Amanda Doumanian, Public Relations Journalist, Goodwill Industries- Big Bend, Inc11. Tami Thomas, Infinity Software12. Maureen Jugenheimer,IT, Capital Health Plan

  9. Women & Leadership • 30 confirmed attendees • 19 maybes

  10. Project Completions • Which goals did we accomplish? • Increase membership in WISE • Promotion • Two events • How did we measure success? • 10-15 attendees at bowling • 30 at mentoring event • 50 Facebook likes • Have a diverse group of women • What would we have done differently? • Marketing- find a new way to market wise • Find a way to open WISE to non-IT majors

  11. Questions/Comments?

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