We have teams of girls from Alaska to Yemen signing up to learn to code apps and launch companies – and they need mentors! By Dara Olmsted (Director of Development, Iridescent) Technovation Challenge, a 12-week program that teaches high school girls to create phone apps and start businesses, just released an inspiring, short public service [...]
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Mentor A Teenage Girl At Technovation And Give Back!
October 10, 2012 – 9:00 am
When you were a teenager, did you have a female mentor or role model who showed you that girls can grow up to be programmers, entrepreneurs, and leaders? By Dara Olmsted (Director of Development, Iridescent) Help the next generation of girls learn to code and start companies – sign up to be a Technovation Challenge [...]
The Giving Season: Stories Of Leadership, Mentorship (Videos)
December 16, 2011 – 1:00 pm
By Dara Olmsted (Grant Writer & Ethnographer, Iridescent) Did you miss the Technovation Challenge’s Women in Leadership panel at Andreessen Horowitz last month? The science education non-profit that runs the Technovation Challenge, Iridescent, teaches high school girls how to design a mobile phone app prototype, write a business plan, and pitch their plan to a [...]
