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I’m geeky, you’re geeky, we’re all geeky at She’s Geeky

editor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:51:05 +0000

A perfect storm of synergy develops into an inspiring organic agenda when 300 women working in the STEM fields gather at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View.

By Wanda Hennig

Super-geek and Berkeley–based internet identity guru Kaliya Hamlin mounted her first She’s Geeky 'un'conference in October 2007 and her most recent, last weekend. They grew from her observation that while women are encouraged to enter the STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — once women leave school and enter the workforce,

Visualizations, creativity and the incredible oneness of being

editor — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:34:31 +0000

An inner journey can be more spectacular — and revealing — than a trip around the world. And a weekend spent doing something you really would prefer not to be doing can change the course of your life. By Wanda Hennig Can this really be me writhing around the floor in a large, darkened room with a number of other should I call us crazies? I have my eyes glued shut but I know the others are out there because I can hear grunts and whines and hisses and the odd ...

Blog wisdom: 40 key facts, tips and pointers

editor — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:59:25 +0000

The inside scoop from educators, activists and social media gurus at the East Bay’s first Beast Bloggers Bar Camp. Photos: Wanda Hennig This list of 40 facts, tips, key points and “how to” suggestions come from blogging panels and conversations at the first East Bay Beast Bloggers Bar Camp held at Tech Liminal in Oakland. (Read more on the event here.) Some comments are attributed. Others came from general discussion. All are from Bar Camp participants. (See Part One of this story.) About Blogging Decide what are you trying to say? What do ...

Turn social media into nonprofit gold

editor — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:00:44 +0000

You’re the marketing director of a nonprofit — or perhaps the director if it’s a smaller organization. You know you need to add social media to your tool kit. Where to begin? Any good swim coach starts with a plan. You need one too. To ensure success, consider these five key points before you dive in. By Wanda Hennig 1) Make sure the pool has water in it. In other words, have a handle on what you’re getting into. This involves, on the one hand, learning about the tools. On the other, ...

Keeping Up Appearances

editor — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:23:27 +0000

A great many people were surprised when they heard who was getting a $100,000 extreme makeover. Why would a successful, talented, bright — and at face value, super-confident public figure — enter the ugly duckling contest?

Story by Wanda Hennig First published in Black Diamond Living magazine It started with a routine morning scan of East Bay newspapers — part of the standard daily work drill for Devi Lanphere, CEO of the Antioch Chamber of Commerce in east Contra Costa County. This time the piece that caught her eye might not, at first glance, have seemed work-related. It announced an extreme makeover contest. Read more ...

Yes you can Wow the World with your online presence

editor — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:29:06 +0000

Ask Oakland technology guru Anca Mosoiu and she’ll show you how

Do you Twitter, Facebook and have a bunch of people following your daily blog? If not and you feel you should — or need — to know how, go speak to Anca Mosoiu in her 14th Street technology hotspot and salon in Oakland. She's committed to leveling the playing field, teaching social networking and essential web skills to da people.

How to rekindle sexual passion when the fire is dead

editor — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:02:39 +0000

It's late at night and you're in bed. The body to your left, pushing gentle zzzzs, radiates a comfortable warmth. The radio to your right plays softly. Your mental meanderings are suddenly jolted into focus by Rod Stewart's voice. It's golden oldie time and he's warbling on about passion. "I need passion. You need passion. We need passion. Can't live without passion."

South Africa turns up the volume in Salt Lake City

editor — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:48:50 +0000

The multitude, representing 37 countries, was nearly 4,000 strong. Easy to be lost and invisible. But you couldn’t miss the South Africans.

First you heard the ululations and the shrill whistle blasts. Then you saw the flags. A big one swirling above the heads of the multinational throng crowding the cavernous lobby area of the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, USA. And many smaller flags waving and dancing with their bearers. Several in the party, which numbered around 35 at a quick count, were uniformed — if a collection of crazy head-consuming jester hats adorned with South African flag emblems and bells qualify as a uniform. A core group, it seemed, was there, to make noise. The less raucous were ... Read more

Corporate Cutbacks — Victim or Victor?

editor — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:39:11 +0000

Every minute of every working day, people are being laid off — fired — retrenched. Is there a way to turn this potential catastrophe to your advantage?

The Great Coach Solution

editor — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:35:39 +0000

Got job blues, life blues, feeling overwhelmed or stuck in a rut? What you need is a personal coach