Archive for month: August, 2021
On June 18th, 2021, Google partnered with Women in Cloud to host the âFortune 100 Lunch and Learn Seriesâ. This event connected female founders and entrepreneurs of cloud-based companies with key leaders from the industryâwhile placing an emphasis on inclusivity and empowerment. Through a power panel, cloud solution showcase, and roundtable experience with Google advisors, attendees learned how to conduct business with Fortune 100 companies.
Google has a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. In March, they announced partnerships with several organizationsâincluding Women In Cloudâto support the rise of women in the technology industry. Googleâs role in these partnerships is to host educational events, supply technical content for training programs, mentor, provide financial support, and provide Google Cloud developers who will speak at conferences. They made strides towards these goals when they sponsored the #CloudJobs Recruitment Lounge at the Women in Cloud International Womenâs Day Summit and co-hosted the #ChooseToChallenge Power Panel. The Lunch and Learn series aimed to build on these foundations by assisting entrepreneurs in their journey to create economic impact.
In addition to their external efforts, Google employees demonstrate the companyâs internal commitment to supporting women entrepreneurs. Jeana Jorgensenâsenior director and product marketer at Google Cloudâis a pioneer for the empowerment of women in tech. As the power talk panelist at the âFortune 100 Lunch and Learn Seriesâ, Jorgenson facilitated access by sharing the âTrifecta Approach to Building Strategic Relationships with Googleâ.
According to the World Economic Forum, addressing gender inequality post-pandemic will be substantially more difficult than it is today. Intervention in the present is more pressing than everâwhich is why companies must ensure that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key pillars in their plans for recovering from COVID-19. Googleâs pledge to this movement comes at a crucial time and serves as a role model for other corporationâs role in the empowerment of women in technology.
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#WICxFortune100 Lunch & Learn Series is an intimate and curated networking experience designed to open the doors for leading fortune companies and brands to connect with technology business builders. This intimate learning series offers a space to learn about how to do business with Fortune companies, understand their company culture, and get access to decision-makers and procurement officers.
