WITI Strategist
Newsletter  •  May 17, 2017

  In This Issue

WITI Summit 2017
WITI Inspire
Featured Employer
WITI Career
WITI Webinar
WITI Health
WITI Partner Events
WITI Technology
WITI / GEICO Tips
WITI Social Media

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GEICO

  WITI Network Events

May 18, 2017 - Tampa Bay, Florida
Power Networking Social - Location: World of Beer
May 18, 2017 - Durham, North Carolina
Wine and Unwind!
May 18, 2017 - Irvine, California
Learn from Executives - Mentoring Circles
May 18, 2017 - Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Network Kick-Off Event & Panel Discussion
May 18, 2017 - Phoenix, Arizona
The Only Constant is Change
May 24, 2017 - Boston, Massachusetts
Panel Discussion: Think Like an Entrepreneur
May 25, 2017 - Addison, Texas
Rooftop Mixer with Structured Networking
May 31, 2017 - San Diego, California
Cocktails & Connections Mixer!
June 19, 2017 - New York, New York
TBA
June 22, 2017 - Tampa Bay, Florida
Healthcare and Technology

More Network Events

  WITI Partner Events

ISSA-LA Information Security Summit
May 18-19, 2017
Universal City, California

EOP's CAREERS & the disABLED Career Expo DC
May 19, 2017
Washington, District of Columbia

ESTEME Biotechnology 2nd Colloquium: Diversity and Innovation in STEM
May 19, 2017
Davis, California

2017 Chicago CISO Executive Leadership Summit
May 23, 2017
Chicago, Illinois

CIO Denver Summit
May 24, 2017
Denver, Colorado

MIT SLOAN CIO SYMPOSIUM
May 24, 2017
Cambridge, Massachusetts

2017 Detroit CIO Executive Leadership Summit
June 1, 2017
Detroit, Michigan

2017 Cyber Security Summit: Seattle
June 1, 2017
Seattle, Washington

Las Vegas Women In Technology Awards 2017
June 2, 2017
Las Vegas, Nevada

2017 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit
June 6, 2017
Chicago, Illinois

EOP's STEM Diversity Career Expo DC
June 9, 2017
Washington, District of Columbia

2017 Cyber Security Summit: Washington D.C.
June 29, 2017
McLean, Virginia

CyberSecurity International Symposium
July 10-11, 2017
Chicago, Illinois

EOP's CAREERS & the disABLED Career Expo New York
July 14, 2017
New York, New York

AnDevCon
July 17-19, 2017
Washington DC, District of Columbia

See Details of All Partner Events Here

  WITI Member Discounts

WITI Professional Association
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11500 Olympic Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90064
818-788-9484


  Women In Technology Summit 2017

24 Days and Counting! The 23rd Annual Women in Technology Summit is just around the corner.

REMINDER make sure to book your hotel room now. We are getting close to selling out our room block this year at the hotel.

In addition if you need a roommate, looking for rideshare, or even a place to stay closer to the hotel, feel free to post in our WITI Summit Facebook group. There you can find a roommate to split/share the cost, share ride to and from the summit, or see about a place to stay with another attendee in the area.

If you haven't taken a look at the Summit Schedule - Start planning what you want to see and do at the Summit. We're in the process of putting the final bits into the Summit Application we have for the event, which will let you connect, network, monitor and manage your summit experience. Watch for more details in next week's Summit Newsletter 5/22

Register for the Summit Now. Then - Book your Room.

  WITI Inspire

How to Inspire Yourself When You are the Victim of Bias
By Will Marré

Victimhood has a bad name. People who feel like victims are told they are weak. Psychologists even have a name for it...learned helplessness. But in my experience being victimized is often a reality.

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Please join us at the Why You Need Gender Synergy to Compete in a Disruptive World session presented by Will Marré and WITI on Facebook Live TODAY at 4:30PM PST.

  Featured Employer

Program Manager
Deerfield, IL

Insurance Verifier
Beaverton, OR

Spec Insurance Verification
Frisco, TX

Technical Architect
Deerfield, IL
  Senior Business Analyst
Deerfield, IL

Talent Acquisition Partner
Dallas, TX

Senior Open Source Developer
Remote

Developer II Digital Engineering
Remote

  WITI Career

Four Job Trends IT Workers Need to Know About Right Now
By Randstad Technologies

Technology is constantly evolving. The most innovative ideas and products of today may be seen as obsolete in as little as just a few months. As new technologies come and go, so do the qualifications and skills candidates need to possess in order to be successful in such a fast-paced field.

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  WITI Webinars

Winning the IT Talent Race Requires Ingenuity
Presenter: Kathy Van Pelt
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
12-1PM PT (3-4PM ET)

How to Crush Being a Boss in 60 Minutes!
Presenter: Tiana Sanchez
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
12-1PM PT (3-4PM ET)

WITI Member Orientation
Presenter: WITI
Friday, June 2, 2017
11AM-12PM PT (2-3PM ET)

  These Webinars are FREE To WITI Members!

  WITI Health

With Monsoons of Data, Healthcare's Salvation Just May Be Blockchain
By Jill Richmond

For almost a decade, hospitals have been waiting for Electronic Health Records to usher in a bright and shiny new era of standardization and high quality health care. But while federal laws and incentive programs have made health care data more accessible, the vast majority of hospital systems still can't easily (or safely) share their data.

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  Join WITI @ EOP

CAREERS & the disABLED Career Expo DC
May 19, 2017  | Washington, DC

Meet qualified job candidates face-to-face at CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine's Career Expo hosted by Equal Opportunity Publications (EOP).

  WITI Technology

Tech Blitz: Women's 'Pull Requests' Most Accepted if Gender Unknown
By Izenda Content Strategist

Women's contributions in an open-source software community tend to gain acceptance more often than men's - as long as their gender isn't identified. If gender is known, that trend reverses.

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  WITI / GEICO Tips

What's in a VIN?

Ever wonder what that long group of numbers and letters identifying your car means? There is some method to the madness. While the various bumper stickers on the back of your automobile show people who you are, the Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) tells the world who your car is.

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