PWI event: Boost Your Personal Communication Skills

Some time ago I attended a PWI event and Elisabeth Van Den Bergh was the special guest on this occasion. As an expert in communications, she gave us very valuable information to do public presentations. The 3 key components in any communication, she said, are: Confidence: how you convey the message Content: the message itself Read More …

DIS2016 Restore the balance of data

Two weeks ago was the Data Innovation Summit 2016.  I was due to speak using the presentation format of ‘ignite’.  For the ones who don’t know this format, it’s a nightmare! Out of joke, it means that slides go automatically at regular intervals (15″ in my case).  You cannot stop it, you don’t control the flow… Read More …

Big Data workshop at the First European Celebration of Women in Computing

This last Tuesday, I lead the ‘Discover Big Data’ workshop at the First European Celebration of Women in Computing.  There were many parallel sessions that morning and I received some questions about my presentation from the participants that couldn’t divide themselves to attend this workshop 😉 Welcome to the Big Data workshop, we need women Read More …

Design Thinking at PWN Global

Last month was the annual off-site meeting from PWN Global (Professional Women International where I’m a Board member is the Brussels chapter of this federation of networks).  Almost all the citi-networks were represented plus the Board of the federation and we had even the presence of corporate sponsors. The main objective was to shape the Read More …

Women In Tech : There is Hope says Vivak Wadhwa

I loved this article from Vivak Wadhwa, from Stanford University about (the lack of) women in technology.  He was saying that Sillicon Valley seemed to him a meritocracy, as a lot  of nationalities where represented, but then his wife make him see the missing element…women!  You can argue that for a real diversity, we should Read More …