March 14, 2018
Karen Delivering Keynote at Gender and IT Conference
Karen is delighted to be the keynote speaker at the GEWINN Gender and IT conference in Heilbronn, Germany.
View Karen’s Keynote and Panel
Cloud Foundry Summit
Watch Karen introduce the Women in Tech project, followed by a panel discussing the Action Framework and interventions.
Watch Karen’s
Women in Tech Presentation
In this recording of a YouTube Live Event, Karen covered the latest from the Women in High Tech Retention (WIT-R) Project. She introduced the key retention factors, and then shared some of the interventions, along with some exercises you can try out.
Watch Karen’s CHI Story:
A Personal Journey in
High Tech
In "One Woman’s Journey in High Tech: Passion and Partnership" Karen shares her personal journey and the role of Guides, Partners, Coaches, and Supporters throughout the arc of her life.
Article in “Networking Computing”
Women in Tech: Keys to Retention
Karen's article in Network Computing outlines the critical factors companies should focus on in order to retain women working in IT. The article is a great introduction to work being done by the Women in Tech Project.
International Women’s Day: Call to Action
Karen reflects on the lessons learned from how grassroots efforts transformed user-centered design and how the @Work Action Framework gives us ways to now make grassroots changes for Women in Technology.
Contextual Design 2nd Edition — Now Available
You have been waiting a long time — now it's here! After 18 years, the classic Contextual Design book is being retired and the new edition — Contextual Design Second Edtion: Design for Life — is available!
The Women in Tech Project
While there are many reasons, research indicates that workplace factors, along with the realities of what they want for their lives, contribute most significantly to women leaving tech. Learn about the project and how to get involved.
Creating Dynamic, Valuing Teams
In this blog, Karen discussed one of the key dimensions of the Women in Tech Framework that defines the critical aspects of daily life necessary to help women thrive and succeed in the high technology industry.
April 15
UXDC 2017
Karen is especially pleased to be speaking in her new hometown: Washington, DC. "Fixing the Leaky Pipeline: Retaining High Tech Women Once They’re in the Door" shares the latest from the Women in Tech project.