Impact Stories

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  Fellow(s): Hanan Atallah, Ola Nada

  Country: Egypt, Palestinian Territories

  Region: MENA

  Cohort: 2018

  Project/Action: Fellows collaborate for Google Developer Group’s DevFest

  Policy Area(s): Economic Impact, Professional Growth

  2018 fellows Hanan Atallah of the Palestinian Territories and Ola Nada of Egypt were featured speakers at GDG Ramallah DevFest 2020, a two-day virtual event that invited experts to give sessions on engineering, branding and more. DevFests are community-led developer events hosted by Google Developer Groups (GDGs) that are focused on community building and learning about new technologies.
  Hanan, a DevFest organizer and Google Women Techmakers ambassador, and Ola, a researcher at University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, have remained close friends since TechWomen 2018. When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world, Hanan and her fellow GDG Ramallah members decided to put on an event that would bring people together and spark inspiration. In addition to serving as a DevFest moderator, Hanan led a session on an introduction to microservices architecture. Ola led a session on self branding, sharing best practices and ideas on finding new opportunities during the COVID-19 crisis. At the end of Ola’s session, she and Hanan held a Q&A to take audience questions, including some from TechWomen fellows from the Palestinian Territories and Algeria. “Other TechWomen 2018 fellows joined, and it was like unscheduled reunion,” said Hanan.​

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  Report Date: 10/19/20

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  Fellow(s): Cecile Thirion (mentor)

  Country: United States

  Region: US

  Project/Action: Mentor shares marketing and mentorship experience

  Title: Founder

  Company: Thirion Advisors LLC

  Mentorship Type: Impact, Professional

  Policy Area(s): Education Diplomacy/Mentoring, Entrepreneurship, Professional Growth

  Longtime TechWomen mentor Cecile Thirion was recently interviewed in a YouTube video for Leadtail, a social media agency centered on marketing strategy and best practices. Cecile is the founder of Thirion Advisors, LLC, as well as an advisor for Qwasar, a learning platform that facilitates digital skills training programs.
  In the interview, Cecile shared her expertise on global marketing, speaking about when and why companies should expand globally to increase revenue. She also spoke about mentorship, emphasizing that there are opportunities now more than ever to become a mentor. She reflected on becoming a TechWomen mentor in 2012, and how it changed her perspective on life and work: “I became a better person and a better leader in terms of developing empathy, understanding differences and bringing that back into my company. It shaped my leadership style,” she said. “Giving leads you to uncharted territories and new opportunities you wouldn’t have thought possible. And that’s the power of mentorship.”​

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  Report Date: 10/19/20