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1. Personism»Blog Archive » The List, It’s Hot Says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 2:57 pm

   [...] Who moved my list? It’s now over here, so as better to live on in Google infamy: List of Women Speakers for Your Conference • • • [...]

2. Personism»Blog Archive » A List, To Start Says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 4:14 pm

   [...] A List, To Start Filed under: Style, Art, Magazines, Branding + Identity, Web, Ideas, Film, women, conferences — Jen Bekman @ 10:37 pm Update: Better organized list, with links and everything, is now live: A List of Women Speakers for Your Conference. Please post additions, errors and omissions in the comments over there. Tokion Magazine’s upcoming Creativity Now conference claims to be bringing together the “top figures” across a variety of creative disciplines. Oddly none of the 20-some-odd figures are women. They said they tried but couldn’t find any. We say: try harder. [...]

3. rw Says:
   October 11th, 2006 at 4:40 pm

   It seems absurd to add more names, the list is amazing. But still, someone mentioned graf writers , Claw is a good one I’d forgotten to mention earlier.

   And also, on the fine art front, macarthur winner Kara Walker…

4. Judith Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 2:07 am

   Another MacArthur fellow in visual art: Shazia Sikander

   Design thinkers:
   Jan Abrams [Director of the University of Minnesota Design Institute]
   Elizabeth Goodman [confectious.net]
   Elizabeth Churchill [PARC]
   Rena Tom [designer, owner Rare Device]

5. Marian St. Laurent Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 8:42 am

   MARLENE MCCARTY - political activist, title designer, taught at yale/cooper- visual artist/graphic designer

6. jen bekman news » Blog Archive » Bold Tings Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 10:30 am

   [...] Over on Personism, I’ve been pretty fired up lately about the under-representation of women in tech, in art and um, rather broadly speaking creativity. Rather than pointlessly bluster, I started (you have to start somewhere) with a List of Women Speakers for Your Conference. [...]

7. kpg Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 11:49 am

   How is it possible that neither Meg Hourihan and Mena Trott have links to them or their work? Irony, anyone?

8. Jen Bekman Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 12:00 pm

   It certainly wasn’t intentional. As stated above: the list is a work in progress and there are bound to be errors and omissions. This is why I’ve encouraged people to post corrections and editions in comments. (You could stand to be a little nicer though next time, thanks.)

   Links added for both Mena and Meg.

9. Shane Says:
   October 12th, 2006 at 12:08 pm

   Sally Hogshead - Freelance Creative Director
   http://www.sallyhogshead.com

10. Lydia Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 12:35 pm

    Off the top of my head:
    Carrie Bickner (http://roguelibrarian.com/bio.php)
    Molly E. Holzschlag (http://www.molly.com/)
    Liz Danzico (http://www.boxesandarrows.com/person/lizdanzico)

    Thanks for doing this. Hope it makes a difference.

11. Carla DeSantis Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 1:19 pm

    Hi - I’d like to be included in your list. Job - activist - founder of ROCKRGRL Magazine (1994-2005) and the ROCKRGRL Music Conference (www.rockrgrl.com/conference). E-mail me if you need more info - I do LOTS of lecturing and would like to do more. Your list is amazing! Thanks for thinking this up. Carla

12. Carla DeSantis Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

    Did I send my last comment? I got a phone call and don’t remember - anyhow - I’m the founder of rockrgrl magazine - http://www.rockrgrl.com - which is now defunct but hugely influential (if I may be so bold). Let me know if you have questions.
    Thanks! FANTASTIC IDEA!!

13. upso Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 1:34 pm

    heres another one:
    http://www.jemmahostetler.com

14. Anton Zuiker Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 1:40 pm

    Great, and thanks. Any suggestions for who we can get to speak about science blogging at the NC Science Blogging Conference in January?

15. tomas Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 2:01 pm

    Majora Carter founder of Sustainable South Bronx, gave a great presentation at TED this year.

16. danieli moreira Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 4:41 pm

    jocy de oliveira, brazilian contemporary composer.

17. Paul Schreiber Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    Heather Gold, comedian, emcee, thinker.

18. a. palled Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 8:02 pm

    here’s somemore people:
    Directors Panel
    Kelly Reichart, director, Old Joy
    Floria Sigismondi, video director, photographer
    Magazine Panel
    Laura Genninger, designer, Index/I-D magazine
    Devon Dikeou, editor, Zing magazine
    Heidi Julavits, editor, Believer magazine

    Nightlife Panel
    Danielle Levitt, photographer
    Roxanne Lowitt, photographer

    Television
    Sheila Nevins, HBO executive producer
    Carolyn Strauss, HBO executive producer (Six Feet Under)

    Repackaging the Label
    Katayone Adeli, designer
    Terri Gillis, owner, TG-170
    Emma Fletcher, designer, owner, Lyell
    Jane Mayle, designer, owner

    influential curators for moderators:
    Lia Gangitano, Participant, inc
    Claudia Altman-Siegel, Luhring Augustine
    Lisa Spellman, 303 Gallery
    Laura Hoptman, New Museum, MOMA, Carnegie

19. Steve Gerlach Says:
    October 12th, 2006 at 9:39 pm

    Wow, good idea!

    Don’t forget melbourne illustrator/artist 629W aka MEGAN DELL http://www.629w.com

    and
    MACROMANTICS emcee http://www.macromantics.com

20. Fred Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 3:03 am

    Add Jessamyn West to the list — she’s the first person I thought of when I followed the link from my feedreader.

21. Ned Batchelder Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 6:04 am

    Anna Politkovskaya was killed a week ago.

    My wife Susan Senator speaks on disability and autism issues. Would you consider her for the list?

22. mary godwin Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 6:12 am

    Add me to the list… Mary Godwin, English Professor/Teacher, http://www.body2see.blogspot.com

23. Michael Rubin Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 12:21 pm

    I enthusiastically recommend adding Virginia Miracle to your list. She is one of the foremost experts on word of mouth marketing. Formerly with Dell, she now works for Brains on Fire and is a board member for the Word of Mouth Marketing Association.

    http://brainsonfire.com/blog/author/virginia

24. Allison Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 2:05 pm

    Ann Manguson- performance artist
    Anna Deveare-Smith - writer, actor
    Phyllis Nagy - playwright

25. Allison Says:
    October 13th, 2006 at 4:17 pm

    And how could I forget:

    Kembra Pfahler - Performance artist, musician

26. john allspaw Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 7:11 am

    here’s the link to Elizabeth Kairys Design:

    http://elizabethkairys.com

27. DC Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 2:54 pm

    Here’s some links, info, etc.:

    Case, Neko
    http://www.nekocase.com/

    Cervenka, Exene (first name spelled wrong on your list)
    Musician/Author/Artist
    http://www.exenecervenka.com/
    http://www.dcktcontemporary.com/artist/view/287

    Hong-Porretta, Souris
    http://www.hustlerofculture.com/about.html

    And make sure to add Siouxsie Sioux & Nina Hagen!!!

28. rita Says:
    October 14th, 2006 at 11:41 pm

    carrie brownstein

29. plasticsodabag Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 12:41 am

    sylvia kolbowski
    carol bove
    valeska soares

30. plasticsodabag Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 12:52 am

    alison goldfrapp

31. MK Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 4:15 am

    Anne Galloway would be an excellent addition, she regularly lectures at conferences on subjects usually related to pervasive computing, design, ethnography, etc.

    Anne also keeps an excellent list of women involved in technology + culture that you could scoop many more names from, and possibly link to, here: http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org/women_tech_culture.html

32. MK Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 4:23 am

    Whoops - forgot the direct link to Anne (which some of you will no doubt divine from the other link I provided, but here it is anyway…)
    http://www.purselipsquarejaw.org

33. Beating the Conference Blues » Names@Work » Blog Archive Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 12:26 pm

    [...] Her list of women speakers for your tech/media/fashion conference. About time. [...]

34. The Hive » There’s so much for women to celebrate… right? Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 3:46 pm

    [...] I do a fair bit of blog browsing, and discovered through various blogs that the Tokion conference organizers this year were unable to find any women to present. (In the end, and under some pressure, they found a couple.) My first question was: are they serious? I then learned (through further blog trawling) that they were. Jen at Personism started a list to aid these helpless conference programmers, so that they need only refer to this list to find several suitable choices for their content needs. Anne Galloway has also long maintained an excellent list of women researchers in culture and technology that would aid anyone seeking to augment their conference line-up. [...]

35. Kara Canal Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 10:32 pm

    JENNY SAVILLE
    HELEN LEVITT

36. Kara Canal Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 10:41 pm

    MAYA DEREN
    JENNY GAGE

37. Kara Canal Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 10:47 pm

    SHELLEY SPECTOR:
    artist, gallerist, curator and teacher

38. Jen Bekman Says:
    October 15th, 2006 at 11:23 pm

    Marjorie Ingall
    Writer
    http://www.forward.com/authors/marjorie-ingall/

39. Dori Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 6:58 pm

    You should definitely include Kathy Sierra. And if it’s not considered out of line, can I also recommend myself?

40. Kara Canal Says:
    October 16th, 2006 at 9:24 pm

    Tracey Emin, artist
    http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/tracey_emin.htm

    Jeanette Winterson, writer
    http://www.jeanettewinterson.com/

41. marian bantjes Says:
    October 17th, 2006 at 10:20 am

    Debbie Millman - Branding, Design, Writing …
    Noreen Morioka - Designer
    Anne Telford - former Editor-in-Chief of Communication Arts (now Editor at Large)
    Natalie Angier - Science writer for the New York Times
    (the person wanting someone to speak about science blogging might try her)
    Joyce Rutter-Kay - Editor of Print Magazine
    Emily Oberman - Designer
    and, um, yes … myself:
    Marian Bantjes - graphic artist, design writer

42. susie ghahremani Says:
    October 17th, 2006 at 12:19 pm

    a few more for you, mostly art/craft/illustration:

    fawn gehweiler: nocandy.org
    jill bliss (blissen): jillbliss.com
    heidi kenney (my paper crane): mypapercrane.com
    jenny kwok: cutxpaste.com
    caroline hwang: carolinehwang.net
    saelee oh: saeleeoh.com
    jenn armbrust (motel gallery): motelgallery.com
    shea’la finch (tiny showcase): tinyshowcase.com
    jean railla (get crafty): getcrafty.com
    marie kare (the sampler): homeofthesampler.com
    holly becker (decor8): decor8.blogspot.com
    amy ruppel: amyruppel.com
    eleanor grosch: pushmepullyoudesign.com
    twinkie chan: twinkiechan.com
    ert o’hara (photographer/art journalist at juxtapoz.com)
    beci orpin (princess tina): beciorpin.com
    jenny ryan (sew darn cute / creator of felt club craft show): feltclub.com
    kathleen habbley (seamripper / creator of renegade craft show) : seamripper.net
    jen corace: jencorace.com
    carson ellis: carsonellis.com
    evah fan: potatohavetoes.com
    kathleen lolley: lolleyland.com
    junko mizuno: http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~mjdotcom
    sun-min kim (ugly dolls): uglydolls.com
    dame darcy: damedarcy.com
    esther pearl watson: funchicken.com
    melinda beck: melindabeck.com
    oksana badrak: badrak.com
    polly becker: pollybecker.com
    sara varon: chickenopolis.com
    trish grantham: trishgrantham.com
    claire robertson: loobylu.com

43. susie ghahremani Says:
    October 17th, 2006 at 12:20 pm

    (and me, susie ghahremani: boygirlparty.com

44. Jayn Says:
    October 17th, 2006 at 9:11 pm

    Jen-
    I have been linked to this list on numerous blogs now and I MUST applaud your initiative and uber proactive response to the initial speakers list. As a female designer who faces this on a daily basis I thank you. . .an what an inpiring group of ladies!

45. eva Says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 6:14 pm

    Thank you for this.

46. Hey, Hot Shot! » Blog Archive » Eileen Gittins joins the HHS! Panel Says:
    November 2nd, 2006 at 4:02 pm

    [...] We are thrilled to have the amazing woman that is Eileen Gittins join us and you should be to! And, of course, Eileen is also on The List… [...]

47. The Daily F’log » Blog Archive » The Fotolog Interview: Jen Bekman Says:
    November 10th, 2006 at 2:04 pm

    [...] jb: Yes. My now-famous-in-the-blogosphere List of Women Speakers for Your Conference. I want to show that it’s possible to produce a really smart, provocative, must-attend conference that has a balanced well-rounded roster. I am sick of conferences that claim to have their finger on the pulse of what’s happening which are comprised of speakers and panelists that are all white men. [...]

48. William Drenttel Says:
    December 11th, 2006 at 4:17 pm

    What a great list.

    You should add:

    Lorraine Wild, designer, principle of Green Dragon Design

    Irma Boom, designer, Amsterdam-based book designer

    Nancye Green, designer/strategist, former AIGA president

49. doris Says:
    December 12th, 2006 at 1:05 pm

    This is an amazing list! Thank you!
    You shoud also add:
    Andrea Polli http://www.andreapolli.com
    Artist, Director of the MFA Program in Integrated Media Arts at Hunter College

50. Jen Says:
    December 15th, 2006 at 11:57 pm

    Also:

    Emily Chang (emilychang.com)
    Designer, co-founder of Ideacodes.com, founder of eHub (web 2.0 resource).

51. Adda Says:
    January 3rd, 2007 at 2:44 pm

    Lois Conner, PHOTOGRAPHER

52. Angela Freeman Says:
    January 5th, 2007 at 9:23 pm

    Love the list. Thanks for putting this together. I have a few people to add:

    Jessica Thompson, artist, Glowlab
    http://www.glowlab.com/lab2/artist.php?artist_id=55

    Christina Ray, photographer, founder of Glowlab
    http://www.christinaray.com/

    Kate Armstrong, artist, writer, independent curator
    http://www.katearmstrong.com/

    Michelle Kasprzak, artist and curator
    http://michelle.kasprzak.ca/

    Sal Randolph, audio artist and producer
    http://salrandolph.com/

    Peace,
    Angela

53. amory blaine Says:
    January 9th, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    I would recmmend Lucy Raven, artist, as well as her colaborrator in the audio magazine The Relay Project (and former Spinane) Rebecca Gates.

    www,therelayproject.com

54. Why so few women superstar designers? Says:
    January 26th, 2007 at 11:53 am

    [...] At The Art of the Book event last week, the panel was asked why there were so few female superstar designers. Milton Glaser took a shot at answering the question (many women choose family over work during the crucial superstar career development years) but judging by the reaction afterwards online, his comments were not appreciated by some. To be fair, Glaser’s comments were taken out of context, I think, and what he said is a part of the overall answer to the question. On Design Observer, Michael Beirut, who was the moderator for that evening’s event, takes a closer look at the issue. “The real question was the unspoken one: ‘Why is it that you guys up there are always…guys?’” Oh, and here’s a list of women speakers for your conference. [...]

55. Art Fag City » The Tokion Debate in Stasis Says:
    February 5th, 2007 at 9:28 am

    [...] It has also not gone by unobserved, that barring The Design Observer no male “A list” bloggers have weighed in on the issue. Jen Bekman has compiled a list of over 350 women who could be invited to even out these numbers so I’m sure the conference could find 10 women in that list who would arrange their schedules so they can talk on the panel. I have created a permanent link in my side bar for this post under resources, with the dim hope that conferences will refer to this list in the future, so I won’t have to discuss this any more. [...]

56. Art Fag City » The Best of the Web 2006 Says:
    February 5th, 2007 at 9:31 am

    [...] 7. List of women for your conference [...]

57. Jen Bekman Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 3:36 pm

    Additions suggested by Heidi Voltmer:

    Other women for your list:

    Kelly Goto - Designer and design ethnographer Kelly Goto is principal of gotomedia, LLC, editor of gotomobile.com, and co-author of Web Redesign 2.0: Workflow That Works, a global standard for user-centered design principles.

    George Oates (yes, this is a woman) - Designer at flickr.com

    Heather Champ - Community Manager at Flickr.com

    Stephanie Sullivan - Client-side Web Developer, Web Standards and Accessibility Consultant, Speaker

    Veerle Pieters - Veerle Pieters is a graphic/web designer based in Deinze, Belgium. Her journal is a popular online source for topics ranging from XHTML/CSS and Expression Engine tutorials to graphic design tips & tricks and personal impressions.

    Erin Kissane - Erin Kissane, editorial director for Happy Cog, is a writer and editorial strategist who focuses on clear and precise business communication as a prerequisite for strong relationships with employees and customers.

    Libby Freligh - Director, Programmer Engagements and Evangelism at Brightcove

58. Jen Bekman Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 3:53 pm

    A quick note:
    If you have additions, please add them in comments below, following these guidelines:

    1- Scan the list the make sure that the woman you’re recommending isn’t already listed.

    2- Please provide a link/website address if possible.

    3- Give us a brief description of what the person’s specialty/field is.

    Perfect suggestion:

    Caterina Fake:
    Entrepreneur, Designer, currently leading Yahoo’s Brickhouse division.

    URLS:
    http://www.flickr.com
    http://www.caterina.net

    Et Voila! Thanks for your input.

59. Mickipedia » Blog Archive » Mike Monteiro is a ladies’ man Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 6:50 pm

    [...] Their defense was that basically, gee, they just don’t know any girls. That’s fair. Girls are intimidating and they smell pretty. So, I pointed them to a list that Jen Bekmen put together for just this kind of thing, hoping that the next year’s set of events would be a little more gender diverse. [...]

60. Personism » Blog Archive » Gender Diversity (Or Lack Thereof) By the Numbers Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 7:38 pm

    [...] Thanks to Jason for running these numbers, and for linking to my List of Women Speakers for Your Conference, which as he notes, is skewed heavily towards the creative fields. We could use input to strengthen the presence of web/tech women on the list, so please post additions in comments on that topic if you have them. [...]

61. Jen Bekman Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 8:16 pm

    Continuing to herd the conversation into just one place, I am reposting Lisa’s comment. (Lisa works at Carson Systems.)

    Well, I really ought to count to ten and be all professional and calm about this but I’m sorry I can’t. I really DO give a SHIT. As do all five of us here at Carson Systems. Oh yes, and here’s a percentage for you - 60% of us are female (I know, CRAZY! And we’re a web company and everything)
    Here’s another fact. In the 9 months I have been editing Vitamin - a site for designers, developers and web entrepreneurs - I have received precisely zero submissions from women who want to get published. In fact the only women who have been published on the site is because they’re among the ones I have specifically gone out and approached.
    We care PASSIONATELY about the industry and would never discriminate against people speaking at our events.
    Never mind the fact that Mr Kottke didn’t know all the facts about who we had/hadn’t asked to speak (which Ryan has now made clear to him), we have just come to the end of 2 days of conference and 1 day of workshops on web application development. Out of an audience of 800 about 20 attendees were women (for the statisticians among you that’s 2.5%. I spoke to lots of them - they had had a great time.
    Frankly I can’t cover off in a comment all my thoughts about why the industry is at it is today (but would be happy to do it over IM) but all I can say is we can’t magic up women developers out of nowhere if they simply don’t exist. I would ask what percentage of your excellent list of women speakers would be appropriate at our web app events? Honestly, we have looked for them in the interests of diversity and because we know that providing role models for the next generation of developers is an important part of redressing the balance, but frankly (and again I refer you back to your list and our attendee statistics) it’s just not easy.
    If women are being held back from positions in the web industry then I would seriously be pissed off about it but I have never felt that this community is anything more than a meritocracy (you’re only as good as your last job) and that is a rare thing (no matter what your gender).
    To compare the FOWA with SXSW (an excellent show which I’m looking forward to attending) is a false exercise. How many women are there talking about PHP, Rails, JavaScript and other development issues? Not many I think you’ll find.
    Our future of web design and future of online advertising have more women simply because there are more of them doing good things in those spheres.
    Maybe it’s true what Tara Hunt once said that women are less likely to want to be out there and publicly pushing the work they’ve done so we don’t get to find out about them. If anyone does know any talented ladies who’ve worked on successful web apps then please add them to the Personism list.

62. ni.vu.ni.connu / Diversité Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 9:35 pm

    [...] Pour contrer la situation, un groupe de femmes américaines a créé une liste de suggestions de noms pour guider les organisateurs de conférences, liste entièrement composée de membres du sexe féminin. Si l’on se fie aux chiffres recensés par Kottke, la liste n’a pas beaucoup servi jusqu’à maintenant… [...]

63. Maggie Mason Says:
    February 22nd, 2007 at 10:19 pm

    This is such an inspired idea, and I’d love to be part of the list, if possible. I’m:

    Margaret Mason, Entrepreneur and Author, Publisher of the award-winning shopping blog Mighty Goods (http://www.mightygoods.com) and author of No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog. My bio is here: http://mightygirl.com/about.

    Thanks! Again, great idea.

64. Lisa Price Says:
    February 23rd, 2007 at 4:33 am

    Ok, well let me start the ball rolling… For our conference specifically (and this is our criteria for choosing all speakers) they need to be a good speaker, an amazing developer (designer, business person) using techniques others want to learn from and/or have worked on a commercially successful web app or web-type business.

    Elaine Wherry (developer - http://www.meebo.com/)
    Mary Hodder (Founder http://www.dabble.com)
    Dina Kaplan (co-founder http://www.blip.tv)
    Amy Hoy (developer/designer http://www.slash7.com/)

    In fact, most of these and more are on Tara Hunt’s updated women who risk list. http://horsepigcow.com/blog/2006/12/08/women-who-risk-redux/
    As with this year’s FOWA, we will endeavour to ask as many of these women who are relevant to the event as possible to attend the next one. Incidentally, that will be in the States so that may improve our chances of acceptances greatly.

65. Identity Is a Mashup at Like It Matters Says:
    February 23rd, 2007 at 12:24 pm

    [...] I don’t think Tom Coates would relish being the token gay we slot in to fill that niche. (Although, it would be an excellent strategy to get me to come to your event. I’d buy a plane ticket to hear Tom talk.) Nor would the hard-working women listed here, here or here appreciate being chosen to fill some sort of phantom speaker ratio. I will note that if we are going to persist in this kind of casting, that I am officially stepping forward to offer my services and platoon with Chad Dickerson and Matt Mullenweg in the recurring role of Tech-enabled Southern Cracker. [...]

66. Stephen Says:
    February 24th, 2007 at 12:13 am

    It would be nice to add something about their actual speaking experience (how often, what topics, in front of how large an audience, solo or panel discussion?), their fees and whether travel expenses need to be paid (and from where), topics they have spoken on, and some indication or at least a self-pitch on how much of a draw they might be and how they might help with the conference’s publicity.

67. Man with no blog : » Where are all the Women? - Gary Barber Says:
    February 24th, 2007 at 12:21 am

    [...] Is it a promotional problem. Is it a case of we can’t find the talented female speakers. Dori Smith points out that although the resources and lists of talented women are available, people are still not using them. Can’t speak for the US, but Australia has a major percentage of very talented web people over a wide ranging basis of cultural, gender and ethnic backgrounds. [...]

68. Jen Bekman Says:
    February 25th, 2007 at 3:34 pm

    Some additional names to be added, via Anil Dash’s Essentials post. (I ported the lists without editing, so some names are already on the list)

    * danah boyd: The younger generation of web users have different definitions of “public” and “private” than you do.
    * Mitchell Baker: How to take something from being an interesting technology to being a mainstream tool
    * Caterina Fake: How to get things done even within the constraints of a big company
    * Mena Trott: How to design an application that delights its users, instead of confounding them
    * Liza Sabater: Your project won’t succeed unless you reach people who are different from you
    * Amy Jo Kim: How best practices from game design can make your web applications like crack
    * Linda Stone:What we will be paying attention to in the future
    * Kathy Sierra: How to design products that make your users smarter, sexier and hungry for more
    * Heather Armstrong, Meg Frost, and Gina Trapani: One person can be a successful media outlet
    * Lynne Johnson: How to credibly bring new media to an old-media company
    * Jane Pinckard: Anybody with half a brain could have seen that the Wii was going to win, but you were busy bickering about the Cell processor
    * Meg Hourihan: A real mashup: How to combine technology with something you love
    * Heather Champ: How to manage a web community shitstorm with grace and tact
    * Susannah Fox: You talk about “accessibility”, but what do you know about people who are sick, old, or disabled?
    * LeeAnn Prescott: Everybody talks about traffic and stats — what about someone with actual data?
    * Charlene Li: What are the criteria by which real-world analysts create their make-or-break analyses?

    and also, recommended by Tim O’Reilly in comments on Anil’s site:

    Christine Herron, Omidyar, venture capitalist with a conscience.
    Esther Dyson, independent investor, still winkling out interesting futures.
    Kathy Ku, Stanford, Office of Technology Licensing
    Margo Selzer, Harvard, co-founder of Sleepycat
    Susie Stevens, Oracle Health Care and Life Sciences
    Marissa Mayer, VP Search, Google
    Susan Wojcicki, VP Product Management. Google
    Lili Cheng, Microsoft Research
    Jane McGonigal, game designer and researcher
    CJ Rayhill, CIO O’Reilly, creator of SafariU content remix platform
    Aedhmar Hynes, CEO Text100 International
    Sandy and Elaine, the killer programming team behind Meebo
    Carla Sinclair, editor of our new Craft: magazine
    Lynda Weinman, lynda.com, author, designer, conference promoter
    Xeni Jardin, boingboing, wired etc.

69. Personism » Blog Archive » Sick Day, The Sequel Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 3:15 pm

    [...] of note: I’m still interested in additional input on my List of Women Speakers for Your Conference. Yesterday I reserved listofwomen.com and listofwomenspeakers.com and I’ve got big plans for [...]

70. Kimberly Blessing Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

    Kimberly Blessing: Web developer, tech manager and Web standards evangelist - speaks about creating change in large organizations and trains on Web technologies.

71. Jen Bekman Says:
    February 26th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Stephen, those are all great ideas, but to build something like that calls for resources I just don’t have at the moment.

    I’m looking into moving this list into a database and over to its own URL, but that’s going to take some time and I’ll need help to make it happen.

72. Daniel Schutzsmith Says:
    February 27th, 2007 at 9:10 am

    This list is terrific! Thank you so much for putting it together - a huge help for conference organizers!

73. Amie Gillingham Says:
    February 28th, 2007 at 10:27 am

    May I throw my hat in the ring? Amie Gillingham, Pittsburgh-based artist and co-founder of EBSQ

74. Sandy Kemsley Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 10:29 am

    I’d be honoured to be included on your list. I’ve work primarily in the technology side of business process management as an industry analyst and systems architect, and I write a blog about BPM, Enterprise 2.0 and related topics at http://www.column2.com. I speak at conferences a few times a year, the last being last September at the BPMG conference in London on BPM and Web 2.0, and the next one on a similar topic at the Shared Insights portals and collaboration conference in Las Vegas in May. I also host online webinars and panels.

75. Astred Hicks Says:
    March 4th, 2007 at 10:41 pm

    I run an online community website created to promote and inspire female designers and have had a number of experiences with conference organisers. We’ve had organisers come to us for suggestions for women speakers and then we’ve had other organiers give the same response as Tokion but instead of taking on board our suggestions we’ve been met with “why don’t you put on your own conference then!”
    This list has turned into an amazing resource, thank you Jen and all your readers for making such an amazing effort!

76. Rebecca Blood Says:
    March 6th, 2007 at 8:45 pm

    What an impressive list! I’d appreciate being included as well. I’m the author of the Weblog Handbook, have been blogging since 1999, and lately have been speaking about the emergence of Participatory Culture.

    Here are my bio and my speaking page.

77. Clarissa Donlevy Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 2:32 am

    Brilliant broadcast designer/director, now based in Sydney

78. Natasha Hammond Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 2:39 am

    This list is such a fabulous idea!!! I’m a designer with experience in branding/print/motion/environmental graphics and more.

    There’s so many women coming up with hot designs. We make up half of the design community. It would be fantastic to see us better represented in the future!

79. Off Topic :: Playing in your walled wurstgarten Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 9:34 am

    [...] white guys choose only white guys as speakers as tech conferences. Lots of people are seeing the problem, and trying to do something about it. Just not the group of white guys who are organizing [...]

80. Off Topic :: 2007 :: March Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 9:49 am

    [...] white guys choose only white guys as speakers as tech conferences. Lots of people are seeing the problem, and trying to do something about it. Just not the group of white guys who are organizing [...]

81. Ruminate » Blog Archive » Conference Diversity Says:
    March 8th, 2007 at 10:08 pm

    [...] that Web 2.0 is supposed to be against. By all means, select from the lists compiled by Anil and Jens, but how about also culling from the other 80% (or 99.5%) of the web for speakers and presenters [...]

82. betsbillabong Says:
    March 10th, 2007 at 9:51 am

    I can probably come up with a bunch more, just off my head:

    Pauline Oliveros: pioneering electronic musician, accordionist, improviser and deep listener

83. Jen Bekman Says:
    March 10th, 2007 at 7:08 pm

    Natalia Ilyin http://www.nataliailyin.net/ designer, critic, writer

84. Art Fag City » The Tokion Debate in Stasis Says:
    March 11th, 2007 at 2:41 pm

    [...] male “A list” bloggers have weighed in on the issue. Jen Bekman has compiled a list of over 350 women who could be invited to even out these numbers so I’m sure the conference could find 10 women [...]

85. Art Fag City » The New Yorker Conference: New Speakers, The Same Problems Says:
    March 11th, 2007 at 3:24 pm

    [...] but I will cite the following example to support this statement: Personism’s List of Women Speakers for Your Conferences, has been linked to on several occasions by Internet celebrities such as Kottke.org, and the Design [...]

86. lauren’s library blog » Blog Archive » links for 2007-03-21 Says:
    March 21st, 2007 at 1:33 am

    [...] Personism » Blog Archive » List of Women Speakers for Your Conference A list of potential women bloggers for conferences. Neat!! We’ve been talking in COSWL about getting more women in more active/visible/leadership positions. A resource like this might be a good tool. Worth blogging about for the COSWL Cause. (tags: cowsl blogging todo) [...]

87. Travis Says:
    May 17th, 2007 at 12:40 pm

    How about Susannah Gardner, author of Buzz Marketing with Blogs for Dummies, speaking about online marketing, starting a business and blog design? http://www.hopstudios.com

88. daily writing » gender diversity at web conferences Says:
    June 5th, 2007 at 3:13 pm

    [...] http://www.personism.com/2006/10/11/list-of-women-speakers-for-your-conference/ [...]

89. Burningbird » Where are the Jobs? Where are the Opportunities? Says:
    June 18th, 2007 at 6:49 pm

    [...] typical "where are the women" these discussions always break down to. How many times do we have to do this? And in how many places? Are these genuine questions? Or just a convenient way to put the burden on [...]

90. Null is Love » Blog Archive » Where are all the women? Says:
    June 19th, 2007 at 1:55 pm

    [...] planning a conference, event or featuring people who work in technology, be sure to check out the “List of Women Speakers for Your Conference” compiled by Jen [...]

91. SHANE LAVALETTE / JOURNAL » Blog Archive » Jen Bekman Explains It All Says:
    June 28th, 2007 at 1:13 pm

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92. jen bekman news » Blog Archive » Jen Bekman Explains It All Says:
    June 28th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    [...] show, the gallery, her new 20×200 project, Hey, Hot Shot!, Personism, blogs in general, her List of Women Speakers for Your Conference, plus a whole lot [...]

93. mark Says:
    July 20th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Please add Sandra Magsamen, artist, author of many books includig most recent, Living Artfully. Sandra is also a designer of gift products and childrens clothing, oh and she’s gorgeous! http://www.sandramagsamen.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Magsamen

94. Martha Rich Says:
    September 4th, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    This is great. I am in the process of planning a conference in NYC and this is a great resource!!

95. Eleanor D. Says:
    September 7th, 2007 at 2:56 pm

    Melissa Kirsch, author of “The Girl’s Guide to Absolutely Everything,” speaks about women’s issues esp. good for women just out of college. http://www.melissakirsch.com

96. Stephanie Booth Says:
    September 23rd, 2007 at 9:45 am

    Not sure exactly if there is a narrower focus here than “women speakers”, but try (off the top of my head, and maybe a bit more “european”):

    - Suw Charman
    - Lilia Efimova
    - Anastasia Goodstein
    - Beth Krasna
    - Leisa Reichelt
    - yours truly

97. Amy B. Says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 8:49 am

    What about Emily Oster, the Chicago economist who talks about AIDS? And Erin McKean, the dictionary editor? you may not think a dictionary editor is slam-dunk speaker but you should check out her TED talk http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/161.

98. colson Says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 10:35 am

    How about experts on Global South? Should include Merlyna Lim, an expert of ICT/cyber-activism in Southeast Asia/developing countries into the list. Check her interview here: http://dialogue.media-culture.org.au/node/20 a

99. Christina Wodtke Says:
    September 28th, 2007 at 7:27 pm

    I do a lot of talks, and happy to do more. may I be listified?
    me: http://linkedin.com/in/christinawodtke
    talks: http://www.slideshare.net/cwodtke

100. Marie Says:
     October 8th, 2007 at 12:27 pm

     Good list

101. Jörn Says:
     October 18th, 2007 at 1:46 pm

     It has also not gone by unobserved, that barring The Design Observer no male “A list” bloggers have weighed in on the issue. Jen Bekman has compiled a list of over 350 women who could be invited to even out these numbers so I’m sure the conference could find 10 women in that list who would arrange their schedules so they can talk on the panel. I have created a permanent link in my side bar for this post under resources, with the dim hope that conferences will refer to this list in the future, so I won’t have to discuss this any more.

102. Klingeltöne Says:
     October 25th, 2007 at 8:47 am

     wow! what a great list.

103. Allen Says:
     October 26th, 2007 at 5:43 am

     This is great. I am in the process of planning a conference in NYC and this is a great resource!!

104. klimatyzacja Says:
     November 26th, 2007 at 7:36 am

     thanks for a list.

105. Jaime Says:
     November 26th, 2007 at 1:57 pm

     Nice list. Thanks

106. Stephanie Sullivan Says:
     January 5th, 2008 at 2:56 am

     Thanks for compiling such a great resource. I see my name was mentioned above — but without a link or information about what I speak on. I’d like to throw my hat into the ring if I may:

     Stephanie Sullivan
     Consultant - W3Conversions LLC
     http://www.w3conversions.com

     I do a lot of speaking at web conferences. I typically speak on topics related to CSS/XHTML, accessibility and Dreamweaver. I’ll be doing a panel at SXSW called “What Women Need to Succeed”… I’m speaking at An Event Apart, HOW Design Conference, NAB, along with other dates (a full list is available on my site). I’d love to be included in your list if you’re still adding us.

107. oyun Says:
     January 22nd, 2008 at 9:24 pm

     Thanks for compiling such a great resource.Thanks

108. Sabrina Dent Says:
     January 27th, 2008 at 4:55 am

     Would also suggest adding Marissa Mayer:

     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marissa_Mayer

     She is the Vice President of Search Product and User Experience at Google, one of their first 20 employees and their first female engineer. She’s speaks frequently at heavy hitting tech conferences, and also decides what Google feature you see next

109. Michael Says:
     February 1st, 2008 at 7:21 pm

     What a great list.

     You should add:

     Lorraine Wild, designer, principle of Green Dragon Design

     Irma Boom, designer, Amsterdam-based book designer

     Nancye Green, designer/strategist, former AIGA president

110. Lucy David Says:
     February 5th, 2008 at 7:37 am

     I just got to hear of this list. Can I suggest that you add the inspiring speaker:

     Krishna De
     http://www.bizgrowthnews.com
     Expert in brand engagement, social media and personal branding

     I heard her speak recently at a conference for a Fortune 500 top 10 company and she was amazing. You can access her audios on her website and hear her for yourself.

111. kız oyunları Says:
     February 16th, 2008 at 9:49 pm

     It seems absurd to add more names, the list is amazing. But still, someone mentioned graf writers , Claw is a good one I’d forgotten to mention earlier

112. Oyun Says:
     February 22nd, 2008 at 1:01 pm

     Irma Boom, designer, Amsterdam-based book designer
     oyun
     Nancye Green, designer/strategist, former AIGA president

113. Restaurant Says:
     February 25th, 2008 at 5:41 am

     Did I send my last comment? I got a phone call and don’t remember - anyhow - I’m the founder of rockrgrl magazine - http://www.rockrgrl.com - which is now defunct but hugely influential (if I may be so bold). Let me know if you have questions.
     Thanks! FANTASTIC IDEA!!

114. cortador jamon Says:
     April 1st, 2008 at 1:19 pm

     What a list!
     Thanks

115. simone Says:
     April 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm

     I am actually writing a series on female heroes for thenextweb.org. I have compiled a databse of 200 female CEO, founders and investors in the internet industry. Who has names in Skandinavia, Spain, Israel?

116. Kelly Says:
     May 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 am

     I’d suggest Kaira Sturdivant Rouda. She’s the president of Real Living, the first women-focused real estate brand in the U.S., and author of Real You Incorporated: 8 Essentials for Women Entrepreneurs.

     She speaks frequently about women in business, personal branding and marketing trends.

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     June 3rd, 2008 at 4:44 am

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118. Meg Says:
     June 11th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

     Jennifer Dotson - Executive Director of Alive Magazine
     Lauren Melcher - Managing Editor of Alive Magazine

119. qi peng Says:
     June 23rd, 2008 at 4:26 pm

     Add Trish Donnelly, ARTIST. Awesome person to watch in the future

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     July 12th, 2008 at 12:09 am

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121. Joanna, CKO » Blog Archive » The face of Canadian UX Says:
     August 7th, 2008 at 4:27 am

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122. David Cabianca Says:
     September 5th, 2008 at 4:03 pm

     Zuzana Licko, Designer
     Denise Gonzales Crisp, Designer
     Louise Sandhaus, Designer
     Denise Scott Brown, Architect, Urban Designer, Author
     Gail Swanlund, Designer
     Lorraine Wild, Designer

123. ask siirleri Says:
     September 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pm

     Add Trish Donnelly, ARTIST. Awesome person to watch in the future

124. There are hundreds of women… | SoftSpot Says:
     September 22nd, 2008 at 12:33 pm

     [...] considerably been well rounded and diverse. But, what I did find more interesting was that there is a list of “hundreds of women available for speaking at your conference”. Just [...]

125. Sumana Harihareswara Says:
     October 10th, 2008 at 11:12 am

     I recommend:

     Heather Gold, comedian and new media/communities expert; star of The Law Project and I Look Like An Egg, But I Identify As A Cookie: subvert.com
     Mel Chua, One Laptop Per Child hacker and engineering education expert: http://www.geekspeakr.com/speaker/mel-chua
     Elisa DeCarlo, comedian and vintage/plus-size fashion expert: author of the Mad Fashionista blog: http://diaryofamadfashionista.blogspot.com/
     Rachel Chalmers, Research Director on Infrastructure Management and expert on virtualization and cloud computing: http://the451group.com/about/bio_detail.php?eid=121

126. rolo Says:
     October 26th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

     And another:

     Lucille Tenazas — fantastic designer, solid thinker, fascinating speaker: http://tenazasdesign.com/

127. Jessica Jefferson Says:
     November 10th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

     Hello, What is the process for submitting someone to be included on your list. Please add Motivational Speaker specializing in women’s issues: Jessica Jefferson of Motivation Speaks!

128. Jessica Jefferson Says:
     November 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

     Website for Motivation Speaks is: http://www.shespeaksmotivation.com

129. andrew@sayitbetter.com Says:
     December 4th, 2008 at 11:54 pm

     Communicate to Collaborate pundit, Obama campaign staffer,
     Emmy-winning former Wall Street Journal and NBC reporter, Kare Anderson
     is a speaker and the author of SmartPartnering, Resolving Conflict Sooner,
     Getting What You Want, Walk Your Talk, Beauty Inside Out and LikeAbility.
     She’s the publisher of two newsletters+blogs, Moving From Me to We
     and Say it Better, collectively serving 42,000 subscribers in 26 countries.

     She speaks and writes on becoming higher-performing and happier with others.
     Her clients are as diverse as Pfizer, google, Human Rights Watch, Venrock,
     National League of Cities and Nordstrom.
     Said David Rockefeller,
     “Kare forever changes how you see yourself and your world.”

     http://www.sayitbetter.com
     http://www.movingfrommetowe.com/
     http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better
     http://www.linkedin.com/in/sayitbetter

130. msnek Says:
     January 4th, 2009 at 2:12 am

     nice

131. Success Says:
     January 4th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

     I HIGHLY recommend motivational speaker and Olympic Gold medalist, Nikki Stone (www.NikkiStone.com). Nikki was the first American to win a Gold medal in the sport of aerial skiing and this was AFTER coming back from a spinal injury in which 10 doctors told her that she’d never ski again. She is a powerful, dynamic, and effective speaker. I’ve never seen a women captivate a room like Nikki Stone does.

132. Aja West Says:
     February 18th, 2009 at 11:40 pm

     Amazing.

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134. Rahel Anne Bailie Says:
     March 2nd, 2009 at 12:48 am

     Would love to join your list. I speak on topics including content strategy, content management, and content convergence.
     http://www.linkedin.com/in/rahelannebailie
     A few of my presentations are here:
     http://www.slideshare.net/rahelab

135. Simone Brummelhuis Says:
     March 17th, 2009 at 8:30 am

     We have build a database of 500 women leading, investing or founding internet companies, be in the ecommerce, arts, technology, media etc. We publish daily 2 articles about women in the internet industry. http://www.thenextwomen.com

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137. sikis izle Says:
     April 25th, 2009 at 1:50 pm

     500 women leading, investing or founding internet companies, be in the ecommerce, arts, technology

138. Barbara Gilhooly Says:
     April 28th, 2009 at 7:23 pm

     Jen and the all the previous replys,

     I’m impressed and can’t wait to get back to NYC to see the gallery in person.
     Thank you for having the vision and ambition for art and women speakers!

     Rock on!
     Barbara Gilhooly

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