wwt 2010: female ferocity

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PANELISTS:

Genevieve Bell, Heather Harde, and Elisa Camahort Page

MODERATOR:

Cathy Brooks

Female Ferocity as a Business Asset

Perspectives from three women who lead the pack

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Alpha Bitch:

Female Ferocity as a Business Asset


Genevieve Bell - Intel

• Intel Fellow, Intel Labs; Director, Interaction & Experience Research

• Joined Intel in 1998 as part of the company’s first social science oriented research team

• Published extensively on range of subjects focused on intersection of technology and society

• Prior to Intel, lectured in Department of Anthropology at Stanford University


Elisa Camahort Page - BlogHer

• Co-Founder & COO - BlogHer

• Leads events, marketing, public relations and research as well as overseeing all company operations

• Prior to BlogHer, ran WorkerBees - a marketing consultancy that was on leading edge of integrating marketing with social media

• Founding Fellow of Society for New Communications Research


Heather Harde - TechCrunch

• CEO, TechCrunch

• Prior to TechCrunch was on founding team of Fox Interactive Media and was SVP of Mergers & Acquisitions

• Has focused much of career at the crossroad where technology impacts media

• Began her career as investment banker working in New York and Tokyo on corporate advisory & private-equity transactions


Cathy Brooks - Other Than That

• Founder, Other Than That; Exec. Producer/Host, Social Media Hour

• Helps companies & individuals navigate the complexities of persuasive storytelling in business

• Produces & hosts a live, weekly, broadcast focused on the impact of technology on business & society

• Previously has run business development for tech start-ups, headed the talent department for a TV network and curated the content for myriad top tech events.


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Do you consider yourself fierce?YesNo

Do you consider being a woman an asset or a liability in business?AssetLiability

Do you think women should “take back” the dreaded “B” word?YesNo

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