WiV Weekly: The Issue of Many Firsts
May 26th, 2021
Regardless of what hemisphere you’re in, this season is heating up with happenings for Women in Voice. 🔥
We’ve been going through some exciting changes and have modified our newsletter to give you a shorter weekly glance at all things Women in Voice. Look out for updates and announcements on Wednesdays from WiV Weekly, we want to keep you in the haps.
Announcements 🗣️ :
You’ve been waiting for this. It’s finally here. (Drumroll, please…) 🥁
🗣️ Women in Voice will be hosting our first-ever SUMMIT! 🎉
It’s about time for a voice tech summit made for women, by women, don’t you agree?
Expect lively networking discussions, panels, hands-on workshops, and even awards! Our careers all look different, let’s celebrate and demystify the journey together. Whether you’re an industry titan looking to connect with other amazing women, or pivoting into a voice for the first time, this is the event of the summer you won’t want to miss.
You can learn more about the summit and get your tickets here 👉 : https://womeninvoice.org/summit/
Looking for ways to get more involved with the summit? Check out our “get involved” section at the bottom of the newsletter to learn about more opportunities 👇👇👇
🗣️ We’re launching a new pitch series to amplify women-led voice startups because we believe in supporting gender diversity in leadership roles and empowering women in voice founders with more opportunities.
What’s in it for you:
✅ Practice pitching.
✅ Feedback from VCs and Investors to improve your pitch.
✅ The opportunity to learn about other cool emerging voice tech startups.
✅ The opportunity to interact with other founders and feel supported by the WiV community.
Are you a founder? You’d better apply to pitch because we’d love for you to be featured in this series! The first pitch event will be June 17th, 2021 from 11:30 am- 1:15 pm PDT.
The deadline for the first pitch event is this Thursday, May 27th.
The first pitch event is June 17th, 2021 from 11:30 am- 1:15 pm PDT.
Apply here 👉 : https://womeninvoice.org/pitch-application-form/
Get free tickets here 👉 : https://womeninvoice.org/pitch-event-registration/
Amazon Alexa Startups will be sponsoring this event with co-headliner Women 2.0 and featured VCs First Row Partners, M12, and VoicePunch. Want to read about our announcement with Alexa Startups? Read it here.
Upcoming Events 🗓️ :
🗓️ WiV Germany Berufseinstieg im Bereich Conversational AI
Location: Virtual
Date: May 26th, 2021
Language: German
Cost: Free
Description: Obwohl die Kommunikation zwischen Mensch und Maschine uns bereits in Alltäglichem umgibt, fühlt sie sich gleichzeitig nach Science Fiction und Zukunftsmusik an. Computern beizubringen, unsere Sprache zu verstehen, ist eines der interessantesten und vielfältigsten Berufsfelder unserer Zeit. An dieser Schnittstelle zwischen Geistes- und Naturwissenschaften gibt es viel zu tun — und zwar für Absolvent:innen unterschiedlichster Bereiche. Welche Jobs genau auf dich warten und wie du einsteigen kannst, verraten dir unsere Panelistinnen in einem AMA zu Conversational AI.
🗓️ WiV Italy Smart Speaker e Accessibilità
Location: Virtual
Date: May 27th, 2021
Language: Italian
Cost: Free
Description: Celebriamo le giornate dell’accessibilità con un nuovo evento a cui parteciperanno Enrico Maioli, UX Designer & Consultant @Flowing, e Alessandro Violini, UI Developer & Web Accessibility Specialist @Flowing.
Parleremo del concetto di accessibilità e di come le interfacce vocali possano aprire nuove possibilità per tutti coloro che hanno difficoltà visive o motorie.
Enrico e Alessandro ci racconteranno di come abbiano progettato l’interfaccia conversazionale per un software di business intelligence con Alexa. Di some sono partiti con supposizioni di intenti e casi d’uso, che hanno poi convalidato tramite la ricerca con persone aventi disabilità visive.
🗓️ WiV Global Book Club Meeting
Location: Virtual
Date: May 28th, 2021
Language: English
Cost: Free
Description: The Book Club is currently reading ‘You Look Like a Thing and I Love you,’ by Janelle Shane. For more details, pop over to the Book Club page.
🗓️ On the Way Up: Elevator Pitch Events Connecting Investors with WiV Founders
Location: Virtual
Date: June 17th, 2021
Language: English
Cost: Free
Description: Female and gender diverse founders in conversational AI/voice startups pitch live to an audience of VCs and angel investors. Hear feedback, build community, and learn about emerging voice tech. (Apply to Pitch Here!)
🗓️ Women Tech Global Conference
Location: Virtual
Date: June 7–11th, 2021
Language: English
Cost: $0 — $99 USD
Description: Learn the latest technology, grow your skills and deliver more value to your organization by attending WomenTech Global Conference (WTGC). Build a network with women in tech communities worldwide.
Location: Virtual
Date: June 16th, 2021
Language: English
Cost: Free
Description: A 24-hour live streaming event featuring 40 interviews providing an inside look at how brands around the world are incorporating voice into their business.
🗓️ Conversation Design Festival
Location: Virtual
Date: June 15th, 2021
Language: English
Cost: $150
Description: At this festival, you will learn from AI Trainers, Conversation Designers, and Conversational Copywriters. They will share their learning journeys and enterprise experiences.
Location: Virtual
Date: June 8th, 2021
Language: English
Cost: Free
Description: Furhat Robotics is pioneering the Social Robotics and Conversational AI Industry by giving a human face to robots. Hear from industry experts that are conducting ground-breaking research with the Furhat platform and connect with others around the world for discussions and knowledge-sharing.
Location: Virtual
Date: June 24–25th, 2021
Language: English
Cost: $50
Description: Virtual conference and exhibition focused on AI designed to host 2500+ industry executives, developers, engineers, and adopters of Speech AI or voice technology. The summit will reflect the latest tendencies and recent application changes in the AI Voice Recognition space in the APAC market. WiV Japan Ambassador Aimi Nakajima is speaking!
🗓️ Women in Voice Inaugural Summit
Location: Virtual
Date: July 20–22nd, 2021
Language: English
Cost: Free
Description: Amplify. Empower. Equip. Our Inaugural (First) Summit is a virtual three-day celebration with hands-on workshops, interactive discussions, brilliant women speakers, dance parties, and everything you need to make waves as a woman in voice — concluding with an awards ceremony!
Get Involved:
- Apply to speak at the Inaugural Summit (or share with others who should speak). Deadline June 10, 2021
- Apply to volunteer at the Inaugural Summit — you will have the opportunity to share in the success of our very first Summit!
- Become a Summit sponsor: does your company want to sponsor the Summit? Let’s talk!
📣 Megaphone 📣 :
📣 While we’ve got voice startups on the brain, check out this deep dive about the voice tech landscape. How much of this analysis from 2017 is still relevant today?
📣 Conversations With Things by Diana Deibel and Rebecca Evanhoe: courtesy of Rosenfeld Media Group, take 30% off with promo code womeninvoice30 before it expires on June 30, 2021!
📣 Buy a WiV mug: For a limited time, we’re offering beautiful branded ceramic mugs to our community at $30 USD (shipping costs included). Show your WiV pride at morning meetings and support us in supporting the WiV community.
📣 WiV New Jersey summarized key learning points from their diverse panel of women in Conversational Design! Check it out.
📣 WiV Brasil celebrated their 1st Birthday on May 6th, 2021. Check out their year in retrospect!
So there you have it, an issue of many firsts, but certainly not the last.
Want to be featured in the next WiV Weekly?
Email us at newsletter@womeninvoice.org by 8 pm PST Sunday, May 30th, 2021 to be featured in next week’s issue.
