The Voices of Nevertheless
Women speakers you need for your next conference
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4 min readNov 30, 2017
Over the seasons of Nevertheless we’ve spoken to some incredible women innovating in teaching and learning through technology. But despite the number of women forming startups and leading Fortune 500 companies, women are still under-represented on the stages of many conferences. Not having balanced representation on your stage is not acceptable.
So if you’re looking for a brilliant speaker for your conference you can hear them in conversation in one of our episodes listed below and contact them via their social media profiles. We’ll update this list as the podcast continues. There’s also a great list here.
Season One
Episode 1: Garbage In. Garbage Out
- Dr Sue Black OBE (Saving Bletchley Park)
- Joanna Bryson (Bath University)
- Jan McSorley (Pearson)
- Carissa Romero (Paradigm)
- Leigh Alexander (The Guardian)
Episode 2: TechNuns, DOLs and Erasing Kittens
- Bethany Koby (Technology Will Save Us)
- Mickey Revenaugh (Pearson)
- Shwetal Shah (Erase All Kittens)
- Rafranz Davies (Lufkin ISD)
- Anjali Ramachandran (Ada’s List/Storythings)
Episode 3: Building The Workplace We Want
- Rose Lukin (UCL Knowledge Lab)
- Gail Firestein (Pearson)
- Malgorzatta Schmidt (Pearson)
- Jillian Weiss (Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund)
- Elizabeth Buie (Sigma)
Episode 4: The Right to Learn
- Rebecca Winthrop (Brookings)
- Emily Musil Church (X-Prize)
- Fathima Dada (Pearson)
- Suha Tutunji (Jusoor)
Episode 5: When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough
- Sanskriti Dawle (Project Mudra)
- Kanika Bahl (Evidence Action)
- Teodora Berkova (Pearson)
- Diana Nucera (Detroit Community Technology Project
Episode 6: Straight Roads Don’t Make Skilful Drivers
- Kate Edwards, Senior Vice President Efficacy & Research at Pearson
Season Two
Episode 1: STEM Role Models
- Kim England, Global Community Director at Pearson
- Anne-Marie Imafidon, CEO of Stemettes
- Dr Sara Thomas, Scotland Programme Coordinator for Wikimedia UK’s Women in Red
- Janneke Niessen, Founder of Inspiring Fifty
- Daljit Kaur, Head of STEM innovation at Loughborough Grammar School
- Stacey Higginbotham, Tech journalist and podcaster
Episode 2: The First Click
- Rajni Sood Laurent, mother from Washington D.C.
- Jill Hodges, Entrepreneur and founder of Fire Tech Camp
- Emily Lai, Pearson’s Vice President of Impact Evaluation
Episode 3: Finding Genius
- Ruth Amos, inventor of Stair Steady and creator of Kids Invent Stuff
- Maggie Philbin OBE, founder of Teen Tech
- Thamima Islam, Teen Tech Student
- Lydia Fairman is development manager for Network Rail
- Zerin Karim, a senior portfolio analyst in tech operations at Pearson
- Eunice Baguma Ball, founder of the Africa Technology Business Network
Episode 4: Heather, Megan and Leonor
- Heather Martin, Teacher, Columbine survivor and founder of The Rebels Project
- Dr. Judy Willis, teacher and neurologist
- Micere Keels, Director Trauma Responsive Educational Practices Project at the University of Chicago
- Leonor Munoz, Student and Parkland Survivor
Episode 5: Imagination — Where Art Meets Science
- Sophia Thakur, award winning poet and writer
- Luisa Gockel, social impact partnerships at Pearson
- Sophie Scott, professor of neuroscience, speech & laughter at UCL
- Jen Wong, head of programming at Science Gallery and co-founder of Guerilla Science
- Kate Mascarenhas, novelist
- Rachel Coldicutt, CEO of Doteveryone
- Mayim Bialik, Actress and Neuroscientist
Episode 6: Straight Roads Don’t Make Skilful Drivers
- Kate Edwards, Senior Vice President Efficacy & Research at Pearson
Episode 7: The Human Factor
- Jyoti Chopra, Senior Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion for Pearson
- Mariana Costa-Checa, co-founder and CEO of Laboratoria
Episode 8: Half the Story
- Larissa May is a former Instagram fashion influencer and founder of non-profit #HalfTheStory.
- Sara Perkins, Senior Manager, Digital & Social Media at Pearson, and mother of two musicians.
Episode 9: Diversity Is What You See, Inclusion Is What You Do
- Anjali Ramachandran is a director of Storythings and the co-founder of Ada’s List, a global community of those who identify as women in tech.
- Tracy Chou is a Software Engineer who has worked at Quora and Pinterest and is well known for her work pushing for diversity in tech. Tracy is now a founding member of Project Include, and is focused on driving solutions in the space.
- Jyoti Chopra is Senior Vice President and Global Leader of Diversity & Inclusion at Pearson. She is a member of the Board of Advisors at Toyota Motor Company, and previously held prominent positions at Deloitte, Merrill Lynch and BNY Mellon.
Episode 10: Student Takeover — “Our Lives and Tech”
- Students of school 21, Hackney, London, UK
- Students of Blue Ridge Virtual Governor’s School, Virginia, United States
- Students of Nova Pioneer, Johannesburg, South Africa
Bonus Episode: Live from BETT 2019
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