Consider the history: That Time When Women Stopped Coding

1. What occured during the same time as the beginning of the decline of women in computer sciene?

• personal computers started showing up in U.S. homes in significant numbers. 2.Why does it matter that males had been playing on computers growing up?

• because the will grow up with being good at study computer science or electrical engineering.

Review the data: Employee breakdown of key technology companies

1. What three take-a-ways do you have looking at this data? 1.Gender 2.ETHNICITY 3.companies

Ask the question: Why diversity matters to your tech company

6.When are diversity efforts most successful?

• when there is a gender representation at the executive and board level with better company performance.

7.Why do diverse companies perform better?

• 1.because Diverse teams are smarter and more creative 2.Diverse companies perform better

8.Give an example of how a diverse company can serve a diverse user base or vise-versa.

• Diversity, in every sense of the word, is good for business. Immediately the word diversity likely conjures up a colorful mosaic of employees working in perfect harmony. Indeed, employees’ personal characteristics can greatly contribute to the workplace. However, diversity is a far broader topic. Adopt a diversity mindset but don’t let it cloud your business mindset. Ensure you harness all that “difference” into improving your performance, products and profits.