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Nobel festivities

– 10 December 2011Posted in: Events

Today is December 10th, which here in Sweden is significant because of the Nobel festivities. Except for the Peace Prize (which is presented in Oslo, Norway), the Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm at the annual Prize Award Ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel’s death. The prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace were first awarded in 1901. After the award ceremony in Sweden, a banquet is held at the Stockholm City Hall, which is attended by the Swedish Royal Family and around 1,300 guests

For all of us who are not of royal blood or a recepient of the prize, we can still follow the event both on TV and online through live web-casts. Considering the strict etiquete which proceeds these events, such as being forced to sit through the tree hour long banquet without being allowed to rise or leave before the king, I much more prefer watching from the comfort of my home.

Looking through the video archive on SVT i found this clip from the 1953 festivities.

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WinIT: Networking event for Women in IT

– 21 November 2011Posted in: Events, Women in IT, Working in IT

Last week I attended a networking event for women in the IT-business called WinIT. Sogeti hosted the brand new network in co-operation with IT-tjej (a Swedish blog-network for Women in IT, where I also blog) 170 participants showed up for a nice evening of mingling and interesting sessions.

Susanne Nee Schill talked about the future, technology and humanity. How we in this very moment actually exist in the future and that it is important to take a concious decision on how we want to approach it. What is your own relation to technology? Are you an early adopter, part of the mainstream group or perhaps you avoid shiny new things as long as possible? Since I love new gadgets, social networks and programs I definately feel at home with the early adopters.

Pingis Hadenius, Publisher at IDG held a very interesting session about courage. Pingis herself has made an eventful career journey in the media business and it was very rewarding to listen to her own experiences. As women we need to get better at taking on new challenges, says Pingis. Thinking that we need to be overqualified to have courage to take that new job/assignment/tasks is a recurring pattern. Courage, courage, courage. This is the key to making your dreams come true!

Pingis also spoke about the importance of maintaining a good balance between all aspects of life: professional, health, economy, ideal and social. Only you can determine what is important in your life and how you should prioritize and divide the 24 hours of each day.

I look forward to initiatives like WinIT and I will definitely be part of this network. Next event is arranged in March 2012 so I will keep you updated on my participation here.

Later this week I will share with you an interview with Pingis Hadenius.

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All set for BlogWorld Expo

– 03 November 2011Posted in: BlogWorldExpo, Events

It’s the night before BlogWorld Expo begins. Twitter is filled with tweets from people arriving to LA getting ready for tomorrow (#BWELA). My own preparations entailed going through the entire schedule and making a preliminary schedule for the first day of the conference. Camera check, laptop check, business cards check, good spirit check! Well, I guess I am all set. Let the fun begin!

 

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BlogWorld and New Media Expo

– 31 October 2011Posted in: BlogWorldExpo, Events

As I am writing this post, many people back home in Sweden are finishing of their day at work. Here in LA it is barely 9 am in the morning and I have just finished breakfast and done some work. On Saturday I travelled to LA in order to attend a large Social Media conference by the name of “BlogWorld and New Media Expo”. Several well known international profiles within the area will attend. Some of them are even the authors of Social Media books in my posession.

This is a conference which I have followed with great interest for several years. Now this year I get to attend myself! Between November 3-5 I will listen to interesting sessions, network and simply be inspired.

For those of you who are interested, you can follow the conference on twitter via #BWELA.

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Los Angeles – here I come!

– 28 October 2011Posted in: BlogWorldExpo, Career, Events, Life, Social Media, Working in IT

I am all packed for my trip across the pond. Tomorrow I am boarding a flight which will take me to Los Angeles via Zurich. The reason for my visit to the States is a large Social Media Conference called “BlogWorld Expo“. I will tell you all about it in the upcoming days. Right now I have to get some sleep as I have to rise bright and early at 5.30 am and go to the airport. See you on the other side!

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Up up and away!

– 24 October 2011Posted in: Career, Events, Social Media, Working in IT

The coming weeks will involve a lot of travelling on my part. On Saturday I will board a plane for Los Angeles and a week of conferencing and networking with well-known profiles in the Social Media community.

But before I take out my sun-glasses I have a few adventures both here at home in Stockholm and abroad. Today I am attending a very interesting course in developing apps for Facebook. No sooner will it end before I have to rush off to the airport on my way to London for a couple of days.

The camera is loaded, the laptop is packed. So take a deep breath, lean back and enjoy the ride. Because here we go!

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Few women at Microsoft TechDays

– 27 March 2011Posted in: Events, Women in IT, Working in IT

Attracting women to tech-oriented events is a real struggle for the organizers. The Swedish magazine “Computer Sweden” talked to a representative from Microsoft who are hosting the upcoming event Microsoft TechDays. In the article we can read that only 80 out of the 1700 attendees are women! Less than 5%! This is a really depressing figure.

I myself attended last years conference and there were not many women then either unfortunately. Personally I love participating in qualitative conferences. It is a perfect opportunity to broaden your knowledge, networking with others in the industry and simply get inspired. The only things that keeps me from participating more in these kinds of conferences is funds and time.

This year I have other engagements during these days, but I hope I can come 2012. Or why not the global conference in the states? :)

 

 

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