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2012 TechWomen Welcome Orientation hosted by Oracle

September 10, 2012 By admin 3 Comments

TechWomen Emerging Leaders from Algeria

On September 6, ambitious and powerful emerging leaders and mentors gathered at Oracle for the 2012 TechWomen Welcome Orientation. Many of the attendees live worlds apart, however, they encompass one vision—to share knowledge and change the way conversations are had.

Trish Tierney, Executive Director at Institute of International Education, and Liz Snyder, VP Human Resources at Oracle, welcomed the participants. Sheila Casey, Deputy Director, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Office of Citizen Exchanges, gave opening remarks and presented the TechWomen with a letter from Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. “This month, we all get to be diplomats,” said Sheila. She went on to emphasize that the TechWomen program pairs Secretary Clinton’s vision of, “smart power diplomacy,” with “ 21st Century Statecraft”. Sheila then went around the room and introduced each of the TechWomen and their Professional and Cultural Mentors to the audience.

Hosted by Oracle Corporation and the Oracle Women’s Leadership (OWL) group, the attendees listened intently as keynote Meg Bear, VP Cloud Social Platform, shared her experience and offered words of wisdom. “Reaching your potential is not an aspiration, it is an obligation,” said Meg. “To build your aspirations, you need to help others.” Meg has been a technology professional for approximately 20-years. She has experience being both a mentor and a mentee. “You achieve the most when you are not comfortable. You have to take risks and accept that failure is part of the journey. Wherever your comfort zone ends is where you should start pushing.”

The TechWomen are doing just that, pushing far beyond their comfort zone to gain both experience and knowledge that they can then communicate with others.

Mimi Hills, Director Software Localization at Research In Motion, has served as a mentor for both the 2011 and 2012 TechWomen program. She said, “The mentorship program is about us providing the TechWomen information and also about us learning from [the TechWomen],” said Mimi. She continued by saying she is happy to be participating in something that is, “changing the world.”

Sheila Casey, U.S. Department of State, speaking at TechWomen Highlights Panel

Sheila Casey, U.S. Department of State, speaking at TechWomen Highlights Panel

TechWomen Emerging Leader Mariam Ouaniem from Morocco

TechWomen Emerging Leader Mariam Ouaniem from Morocco

Oracle Conference Center

Oracle Conference Center

Professional Mentor, Stefanie Pavis Medious

2012 Professional Mentor Stefanie Pavis Medious, Recology

Keynote speaker Meg Bear, VP Cloud Social Platform at Oracle, addressing the audience

Keynote speaker Meg Bear, VP Cloud Social Platform at Oracle, addresses the audience

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Filed Under: 2012 Program, Professional Development Tagged With: Hillary Clinton, Meg Bear, Oracle, Research In Motion, tech conferences, TechWomen

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  1. baya chekired says

    September 10, 2012 at 10:09 pm

    This day was, I am sure, the first one in a wonderful adventure.

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  1. Tunisian TechWomen Arrive in San Francisco! | wesglobal says:
    September 13, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    […] On September 6, ambitious and powerful emerging leaders and mentors gathered at Oracle for the 2012 TechWomen Welcome Orientation. Many of the attendees live worlds apart, however, they encompass one vision—to share knowledge and change the way conversations are had. […]

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  2. Learning to say yes « Meg Bear says:
    December 21, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    […] of this kind to come my way this year.  I had been asked a few months back to do a keynote for the TechWomen visit to Oracle, a last minute request when the “real” keynote speaker they wanted [Safra Catz] had a […]

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