Underrepresented in Tech

In this episode, Michelle chats with young tech professional Olivia Bissett about her experience working in the industry, bringing people into WordPress, and finding and building community.

Show Notes: Webinar Sponsorship Interest Form New handbook page for WordCamp Organizers: WordCamp Speaker Selection (for content AND diversity) All Podcast Sponsors: Bet Hannon Design TLC Go WP Human Made Lockedown SEO MasterWP Ninja Forms/Saturday Drive Stellar WP The Blogsmith WP Wallet Yikes Inc. Yoast SEO

In this episode, Allie and Michelle try to dig into what makes a community a community, as opposed to being a clique or worse. They use their own personal experiences to determine that communities need to be much more intentionally inclusive in order to keep them from becoming toxic.

In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss the importance of women supporting, uplifting, and advocating for other women in tech. They list some methods and practices you can prioritize in order to make sure that everyone gets a seat at the table.

In this episode Allie speaks with Lindsey Miller, owner and CEO of Content Journey. Lindsey has a unique approach to content marketing that truly puts people first Visit Content Journey

In this episode, Michelle chats with Marieke van de Rakt about her new venture - Emilia Capital - and how important it is to invest in women founders and business owners.

In this episode, Allie chats with Sima Parekh, the Executive Director of 48in48 - an organization which holds annual events focused on launching 48 websites for 48 nonprofits in 48 hours. Allie and Sima discuss Sima's history with the organization, how this build-a-thon works, and the impact that it's had so far.  Check out 48in48's website to learn more about their events and how you could volunt...

This topic has been such a long time coming! Today, Allie and Michelle take the time to discuss how event organizers - in tech, WordPress, and beyond - can ensure that the people they invite to speak as well as the people they select are diverse. Building a diverse, equitable, balanced, and inclusive program of content isn't an overnight process, but can be achieved through intentional planning an...

June is Pride Month - and while we love to see rainbow merch, there are ways that companies can honor Pride both in great and not-so-great ways. In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss examples of how to be a fantastic ally during Pride, as well as some ways to avoid performative marketing.

Show Notes: https://make.wordpress.org/core/2023/04/07/preparing-for-the-next-women-nonbinary-release-squad/ https://twitter.com/karmatosed   https://twitter.com/michelleames  

In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss the social linguistic phenomenon of code switching, as well as the variety of not-quite-code-switching-but-basically-code-switching that underrepresented people do to fit in, feel respected, and feel safe.

A safe space can be a Slack group, an event, or even a person. In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss the importance of safe spaces and how you can make them worthwhile for the people they benefit. Important Links: BlackPress Slack WP Women of Color Slack Big Orange Heart

Your small business stack can inclued all the tools, resources and websites you use on a regular basis to make your business run smoothly. When you're starting out, you want to look for free or low-cost tools. Allie and Michelle provide their suggestions and recommendations for building out your stack!

In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss AI imagery and writing. Diversity is often a huge concern with this content since rarely are these things coded without biases of some kind. 

It's harder than ever for minority businesses to get funding from venture capitalists and investors. Allie and Michelle discuss why and how this happens, as well as some "magic wand" solutions for how it could be resolved.  Episode Links Venture Capital for Black Entrepreneurs Plummted 45% in 2022 For Black Entrepreneurs, the Racial Wealth Gap Makes Finding Funding Nearly Impossible Main Street's...

In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss why you shouldn't claim that people are lucky to have all teh things they work so hard to achieve!

In this week's episode, Allie chats with Oneal Rosero: Community Manager, WCAsia speakers team organizer, Training Team faculty Admin, and facilitator for #WPDiversity APAC. Oneal and Allie spent time at the Community table during Contributor Day at WCAsia talking all things diversity in WordPress and in this episode, take a look at how the event accomodated a diverse set of attendees.

Allie and Michelle were both fortunate enough to be selected to speak at WordCamp Asia 2023! They recorded a live episode during Contributor Day in Thailand about how great the event already was!

In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss how the recent boom of tech layoffs can disproportionately affect underrepresented people and cause a unique set of struggles for them.

In this episode Allie and Michelle talk about the fine line between being inclusive with your marketing efforts, and being performative. Hint: it's all about intention and thought!

In this episode, Michelle meets up with Michele Butcher-Jones to discuss the challenges of dealing with food at WordCamps and other conferences. Namely, the issue of not being able to eat an event due to food allergens, culural concerns, etc. 

In this episode, Allie and Michelle coach you through the do's and don'ts of submitting a fantastic speaker application request.  Check out Allie's post on How to Apply to Speak at an Event here

In this episode, Allie and Michelle identify how allyship is just as much about unlearning certain thoughts, behaviors, and mindsets as it is about learning new ones.

In this episode, Allie and Michelle provide you with 8 resolutions you can commit to in 2023. Each one will help you move make this year much more focused on diversity, equity and inclusion! Show Notes: Enough with the woke stuff: and other racist speech you can unlearn (Nyasha Green, MasterWP) A Diverse WordPress Twitter list Harmful Language You May Be Using The New Yoast Inclusivity Feature (ft...

In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss the discussion around moving the WordPress community from Twitter to another platform.   Check out Nyasha Green's post about exploring Mastodon. And Michelle's Twitter poll.