Karen Catlin: Brand New Day

Stayin' Alive in Tech

Our next guest left a successful career in Silicon Valley at Adobe and Macromedia when she realized that a major shift had been happening—the women who had been working in the cubes and offices around her were gone. Karen Catlin turned her attention to writing, speaking, and coaching on creating more inclusive workplaces and adding diversity to speaker line-ups, particularly in tech.

Author of Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces, Karen Catlin shares several practical tips for creating an atmosphere of inclusion. "At every level of an organization, we can be a better ally."

SHOW NOTES/LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• PRESENT! A Techie’s Guide To Public Speaking
• Better Allies: Everyday Actions to Create Inclusive, Engaging Workplaces
• Grace Hopper Celebration: World’s largest gathering of women technologists
• Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead, by Sheryl Sandberg
• Why Most Performance Evaluations Are Biased and How to Fix Them report by Clayman Institute for Gender Research
• Amplification: Washington Post article “How a White House women’s office strategy went viral”
• How women can say no to ‘office housework’ Ladders article

MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR THIS EPISODE ON SPOTIFY:

"Brand New Day" by Sting

ABOUT THIS PODCAST

Stayin' Alive in Tech is an oral history of Silicon Valley and technology. Melinda Byerley, the host, is a 20-year veteran of Silicon Valley and the founder of Timeshare CMO, a digital marketing intelligence firm, based in San Francisco.

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