1. Anchorage Programming Workshop Anchorage Maker Faire 7/27/13

2. Who is APW?Who is APW? Founded in March “To empower women (and friends) to learn programming.” “Woman” == female-identified Men are welcome if they are the guest of female participants.

3. Why programming?Why programming? Computers are everywhere. Programming can make our jobs (and lives) easier. > 1.1 million new computing- related jobs by 2018 1

4. But why else programming?But why else programming?

5. And….

6. Why focus on women? 2 US workforce is 51% female; IT is less than 25% Software written only by men works primarily for men. More diverse teams build better software.

7. We borrowed the idea…We borrowed the idea…

8. Mostly-female environmentMostly-female environment Positive female role models. Fixing the confidence differential. Allowing male guests keeps the environment predominantly female, without being exclusionary.

9. Past WorkshopsPast Workshops Introduction to GitHub Web Fundamentals HTML, Part 1 Open Work Session

10. Upcoming WorkshopsUpcoming Workshops GitHub – this Wednesday! Sign up at our booth! More HTML & CSS Python & Ruby Come tell us what you want to learn!

11. Find us!Find us! We have a booth here! anchorageprogramming.org On Facebook: facebook.com/anchorageprogramming Email: hosts@anchorageprogramming.org

12. References 1 – US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2009/11/art5full.pdf 2 – National Center for Women in Information Technology, http://www.ncwit.org/resources/women-it-facts ColorWall Video – Eric Phetteplace, https://vine.co/v/haaMzwHrwFrhttps://vine.co/v/haaMzwHrwFr Various anecdotes: Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing, Margolis & Fischer Unlocking the Clubhouse: Women in Computing http://geekfeminism.org/

13. Questions? This slide deck: Coral Sheldon-Hess & Becky Boone hosts@anchorageprogramming.org