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2021 Press Links

• Fast Company – 5 things leaders can do to create a stronger, happier workplace
• Forbes – Divisiveness In Your Workplace? Tips For Bridging The Divides
• Fast Company – How to help employees feel more secure voicing DEI concerns
• TED Ideas – How to be an ally in the workplace: 13 ways to do it
• Fast Company – Watch out for this form of nonverbal bullying that drives employees to quit
• Training Industry – Stronger Together: How To Build Allies in the Workplace
• Code Like A Girl –  Tie Feedback to Business Outcomes, and Other Actions for Allies
• Protocol – Tolerance is not inclusion. Here’s how to get inclusion right.
• bhasin consulting inc. – Do No Harm — 3 Nonverbal Microaggressions to Eliminate
• Protocol – Right place, wrong time: a Black tech exec’s 10-year journey to fight racism in Silicon Valley
• strategy-business – Getting real about DEI means getting personal
• Tech Inclusion Blog – Allyship Is the Key to Workplace Inclusion According to Our Research
• Napa Valley Register – Melinda Epler’s ‘3 Ways to Be a Better Ally in the Workplace’
• CISION PR – Newswire Circa to Host Second Free Virtual Diversity Symposium
• CATALYST – Startup City: Six steps to a healthier startup ecosystem in St. Petersburg
• CIO – Changing the equation on LGBTQ+ equity and inclusion
• Medium – Where does building an equitable product begin?
• InterVision – Allyship in the Workplace
• And She Spoke Podcast – Combatting Tech’s Diversity Deficit with Melinda Briana Epler
• Medium – How Blend is fostering a more equitable and accessible consumer banking ecosystem
• Morning Brew – Pale, Yale, and Male No More: Wall Street Rethinks Recruiting
• Ezvid Wiki Editorial – 5 Organizations Working To Amplify Underrepresented Voices
• Virtasant – Nine Global Organizations that are Making Space for Women in Tech
• Forbes – Eight Finance Pros Share Their Go-To Resources On Impact Investing
• People Matters – The top videos to watch on Women’s Day to move the needle in the right direction
• InHerSight – 9 TED Talks That Will Make You a Better Ally
• raconteur – Why it pays to really get to know your employees

2020 Press Links

• LinkedIn – Emerging Tech Conference Trends
• HELM / Hub for the Essentials of Leadership & Management – Why Diversity Matters
• NYS Society of CPAs – Keynote Speaker at Leadership Forum Says Effective Allies Vital in Fight for Diversity and Inclusion
• Medium – Major Event Cancellations Due to Coronavirus
• The Plug – Black Tech Conferences Canceled, Financial Losses Mound as COVID-19 Fears Spread (LIST)
• Online PM Courses – 40 TED Talks for Project Managers
• The Fetch – Issue 3: What if we only had 60 minutes?
• The Diversity Agenda – Five Top Diversity and Inclusion Ted Talks
• Builtin – Tech Apprenticeships Promise a New Path for Diverse Candidates
• Career Minds – 10 TED Talks to Get Your HR Team Inspired
• Vanderbilt University – PRIDE Month Issue
• Tech Crunch – Black Tech Leaders Issue Call to Action to Fight Racial Injustice in Bay Area
• Feld.com / Feld Thoughts – #BlackLivesMatter and What I’m Doing
• CIPD – 5 Powerful Ted Talks on Ethnic Diversity and Unconscious Bias
• Piktochart Blog – The 100 Best TED Talks and What You Can Learn From Them
• Mind Made Wrong Podcast – Episode 52 – How Artists Can Be Proactive For Anti-Racism 
• Ungender Insights – Diversity And Inclusion: 10 Podcasts Indian Bosses Should Be Listening To
• New York Post – Black Tech Workers Hope Nationwide Protests Will Force Industry to Be More Inclusive 
• Morning Consult – No One’s Accountable’: Why Silicon Valley Struggles to Diversify Its Workforce
• MarketWatch – Black Tech Workers Hope Nationwide Protests Will Force Industry to Be More Inclusive
• Washington State Department of Transportation – Workforce Development Toolkit – Workplace Culture and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• UCSF Office of Career and Professional Development – How Can We Serve as Allies?
• Betts Recruiting – 10 Ted Talks to Have a More Inclusive Workplace
• Youth Ki Awaaz – What India Can Learn From The #BlackLivesMatter Movement
• Covington & Burling – #CovHasPride Spotlight
• Admin Partners Blog – 5 TED Talks on Diversity in the Workplace
• Indeed – 5 Steps to Become a Better Ally at Work 
• Northeastern University D’Amore-McKim School of Business – Guide for Creating a Safe Workplace Free of Abuse & Bullying
• Youth Ki Awaaz via Ungender Legal Advisory – Diversity And Inclusion: 10 Podcasts Indian Bosses Should Be Listening to
• Bizcommunity – Beyond the Hype: How Brands Can Take Concrete Steps to Support the Black Community
• CredPR – 5 Webinars You Should Check Out

2019 Press Links

• Case Foundation – 2019 Inclusive Entrepreneurship Conferences on Our Radar
• The Equal Group – Why Tech Inclusion 2018 Was a Success
• PM Column – 9 NEW Inspiring TED Talks for Project Managers
• SHRM – Workplace Allies Serve as Ambassadors for Change
• NIH – Be an Ally
• epicflow – 5 TED Talks that Lead to a Dream Team
• PRI Leadership – SPEAK UP: How to Gain Visibility for Yourself & Support Visibility for Others
• The Sociable – Cultivating Equality: How New Entrepreneurs Can Grow Diversity from Within
• Diversity Best Practices – Must-Watch TED Talks that Tackle Diversity and Inclusion
• Business Wire – JPMorgan Chase Launches StartupBus 2019: Advancing Black Entrepreneurs
• technical.ly – A StartupBus Is Departing from DC for Its 10th Anniversary
• Black Enterprise – All Aboard the ‘Advancing Black Entrepreneurs’ Bus!
• Spirit of Purpose Podcast – Become an Ally for Marginalized Co-Workers
• The Information – Google Discourages Culture Fit in Hiring With ‘Googleyness’ Update
• Culture Amp – 27+ Diversity and Inclusion Influencers You Should Know
• Forbes – 10 Diversity and Inclusion Trailblazers You Need to Get Familiar with
• Revue – Diversity in Tech Ep. 2/8 | Diversity Workforce Reports
• CIO – 16 Organizations for Women in Tech
• Try Catch – Diversity in Tech Ep. 4/8 | How Diversity Affects the Bottom-Line
• Adweek – Microsoft Makes Strides in Diversity, but There’s Still a Long Way to Go
• Diversity in STEAM – 5th Annual Tech Inclusion Conference and Career Fair
• Global Entrepreneurship Week – Five Things We’ve Learned Building Inclusive Startup Ecosystems
• Thrive Global – Change Catalyst is Proving a Pipeline of Underrepresented Talent in Tech Strong
• New Measures – When to ACT as an Ally and When You NEED an Ally
• Ladders 100+K Club – A Look at Work Management Company Asana (Plus Advice for Getting Hired)

2018 Press Links

• Digital Journal – Worldwide Business with kathy ireland® Discusses Diversity and Inclusion with Change Catalyst
• Happify – We All Have the Power to Right the Opportunity Imbalance in the Workplace
• Computer Weekly – ‘Cast the Net Broader’ for Diverse Tech Talent, Says Digital Minister
• HuffPost – Investing in Speed, Hustle & Meritocracy with Hustle Fund Co-Founder Elizabeth Yin
• Computer Weekly – Tech has ‘Disconnect’ Between the Skills Students Are Taught and the Abilities Firms Need
• Vox – Photos: The 2018 Women’s March Weekend Focused on Power and Politics
• Medium – Opening Doors Around the World for People with Disabilities
• Medium – Fundamentals of Effective Allyship
• Tim Noonan  – “I Participate Therefore I am”: Explorations around Voice, Technology, Sexuality and Disability”
• Disability – Tek Great Day at Tech Inclusion Melbourne
• The Sydney Morning Herald – Tech Doesn’t Just Have a Woman Problem
• DHIVE – Reshaping the Discussion‍‍‍
• Blavity – Black Panther’ Inspiration behind New Text Translator That Allows You to Write Messages in Wakandan
• Forbes  – Here I Am, 60 And Gay In Tech: A Technique To Battling Discrimination And Ageism
• Medium blog – Diversity — does it really make a difference?
• Inc. – How Startups Are Using Facebook to Find More Diverse Job Candidates
• Forbes  – A Conference Talk Leads To What’s ‘Next For Me’
• Silicon Republic – The Workplace Advocates: 23 Women Sending the Ladder Back Down
• Silicon Republic – Women Invent 100: Everyday Heroes Taking Steps Towards Progress in 2018
• Medium Blog “Diversity & Inclusion” – Diversity and Inclusion: How To Navigate Conversations About Diversity And Inclusion in Tech
• Femgineer Podcast – Diversity and Inclusion: How To Navigate Conversations About Diversity And Inclusion in Tech
• Nashville Business Journal – Black in Tech: Nashville Group Gets Creative to Connect Talent with Tech Industry
• Medium blog “Own Shares in Hackernoon” – Diversity and Inclusion: Why You Need To Rethink Your Approach to Diversity And Inclusion
• Femgineer Podcast – Diversity and Inclusion: Why You Need To Rethink Your Approach to Diversity And Inclusion
• Black Enterprise – Change Catalyst Co-founder Creates Wakandan Text Translator
• ELearning Inside – Racial Diversity in Edtech: Explore Just Some of the Companies with Black and Latinx Founders
• Nashville Post – High Time to Move the Needle
• Black Enterprise – 6 Must-Read Articles If You’re Struggling with Impostor Syndrome
• Brightline Initiative – TEDNYC: Intersections
• TED Blog – Ideas from the Intersections: A Night of Talks from Ted and Brightline
• Berkeley Engineering – Tech top dogs discuss workplace diversity at ELPP panel
• Diversability – Meet Us at #TechInclusion in NYC on Wednesday, June 27
• Los Angeles Times – Another Sexual Harassment Scandal in the Tech World in Which Alleged Victims Risked Their Careers to Expose It
• Women 2.0 – Anil Dash Talks Culture in Tech, and What Could Make D&I Move Forward
• Clutch – Tech Inclusion New York “Voices of Innovation” Conference
• Fairygodboss – Why We Need to Talk About Making Work Travel Safe for LGBTQ Employees
• Techcrunch – Backstage Capital to Launch an Accelerator in Four Cities to Promote Underrepresented Founders
• Fast Company – Exclusive: Backstage Capital Offers $100k to Diverse Startups for Four-City Accelerator
• Black Tech Unplugged Podcast – Wayne Sutton & Melinda Epler Unplugged
• The Bootstrapped VC Podcast – Wayne Sutton & Melinda Epler 
• TED Talks Daily – 3 Ways to Be a Better Ally in the Workplace
• Fortune – raceAhead: Here’s Some Help for Allies
• MT – TED of the week: Be an Ally in the Workplace
• My Diversability – Tech Inclusion
• Forbes – The Venture Capitalist with a Team as Diverse as Her Investment Portfolio
• Black Enterprise – New Program Connects Entrepreneurs to Investors at Techconnext
• Noteworthy – My Open Source Notes from Tech Inclusion 2018
• Women of Silicon Valley – #WomxnOfTechInclusion
• Diversity Officer Magazine – Diversity Officer Interview Series with Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, CHRO at Symantec
• Black Enterprise – How Twitter Helped Investor Arlan Hamilton Grow Her Business
• theRegistrybayarea.com – Tech Inclusion SF 2018
• Medium Blog – How Can We All Create a Diverse Tech Industry?
• DXW – Conference Perk: Tech Inclusion San Francisco
• Freshdesk Blog – TED Talks Every Customer-facing Employee Should Listen to

2017 Press Links

• Los Angeles Times –  Lyft’s first diversity report shows it — like many tech companies — is mostly white and male
• Forbes –  Make 2017 Your Year to Launch: Smart Tips from Silicon Valley CEOs
• The Mercury News  – Jesse Jackson wants Uber to share diversity numbers
• USA Today –  Erica Baker leaves Slack for Kickstarter
• WIRED – Celebrating Black History Month: the men and women blazing a trail in STEM and modern culture
• CGVentures –  TECH INCLUSION LONDON RECAP
• SiliconHills  – Ten SXSW Interactive Events Highlighting the Austin Tech Community
• Silicon Jungle Labs –  A Night of #TechInclusion in ATX
• Expansion/CNN – UN COWORKING ALISTA UN PLAN DE RETORNO PARA LOS ‘DREAMERS’ MEXICANOS
• San Francisco Chronicle –  Tech execs pop Bay Area bubble on road trips to heart of America
• XConomy – Seattle Week in Review: The A.I. Driver/Psychiatrist Will See You Now
• Geek Wire – If you’re a minority in technology, your own success is a form of social activism, says tech investor
• Tech.co –  Seattle’s Rapid Tech Growth Highlights the City’s Need for Inclusivity
• Tech.co – Seattle 4 Ways Startups Can Structure Job Interviews to Avoid Bias
• TechCrunch –  Sessions: Justice 2017
• Los Angeles Times – Another sexual harassment scandal in the tech world in which alleged victims risked their careers to expose it
• Women Who Code – Tech Inclusion Seattle 2017 Event Reflections
• The Mercury News  – 500 Startups founder resigns after apologizing for being ‘a creep’
• Nation Swell – 10 WAYS TO BREAK DOWN BARRIERS FOR ENTREPRENEURS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
• USA Today –  Sexism and Silicon Valley: Women can’t raise cash and now we have one more reason why
• Sydney Morning Herald/USA Today –  There hasn’t been a female Mark Zuckerberg. Here’s one more reason why
• Geek Wire – Seattle dad aims to bring African American and Latino boys into tech, with inspiration from sports
• Los Angeles Times – Google employee’s memo triggers another crisis for a tech industry struggling to diversify
• Business Wire  – Viacom to Host 2017 Tech Inclusion New York Conference
• Fortune – Could Labor Unions Be The Answer To The Diversity In Tech Problem?
• Fortune – What Generation Z Wishes Employers Knew And How These Experts Are Acting On It
• Twitter Moment Twitter Moment – Highlights from #TechInclusion #NYC. Learning tons from this community!
• Black Tech Women (Medium) –  Our Perspectives from Tech Inclusion NY
• San Francisco Business Times – General Assembly teams up with nonprofit for workforce diversity push
• Chief Executive Officer – What´s to learn from Tech Inclusion New York
• Tennessean – For diversity in tech, leaders must be intentional, tech community says
• Nashville PRIDE  – Tech Inclusion Nashville Forum
• Twisted Paths: A Disability Journey (Bloglovin’) – #TechInclusion 2017: My First Tech Conference
• Vator – Startup competitions seeking minority founders
• Chicago Now  – Tech Inclusion Chicago: Wrap Up
• HuffPost –  12 Black Startup and Tech Conferences you must attend this Fall
• Belmont University – Belmont Hosts, Sponsors Tech Inclusion Nashville Forum
• Mission Local  – Diverse candidates crowd SF tech job fair, but tradition may clog pipeline
• SFGate –  Diverse candidates crowd SF tech job fair, but tradition may clog pipeline
• Diversability  – Reid Davenport on This Year’s #TechInclusion in SF
• LinkedIn Blog –  Expanding the View of Diversity and Inclusion
• Noteworthy (Medium) –  Tech Inclusion SF 2017
• Learning English –  Making Tech Inclusion a Thing for All
• Entrepreneur –  5 Organizations Helping Minority Startup Founders Succeed
• Moms Can Code – My experience at Tech Inclusion 2017
• Skillz – SKILLZ EXECUTIVE MIRIAM AGUIRRE SPEAKS AT TECH INCLUSION 2017 AND THE ALUMNI SOCIETY’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT!
• Medium blog –  The Tech World and the ‘D’ Word
• Black Enterprise –  DERAY MCKESSON: EQUITY VS. EQUALITY IN TECH. WHICH IS FAIR?
• Black Enterprise – WHAT HAPPENS WHEN COMPANIES CREATE A DIVERSE WORKFORCE?
• USA Today  – Russia exploited race divisions on Facebook. More black staffers, diversity could have have helped.
• Ogunte – 12 essential ways to weave inclusion into the fabric of your social venture or investment fund
• HuffPost –  Is It Racism? Sexism? The Number Of African-Americans And Women Working In Tech Is Appalling
• Black Enterprise – CHANGE CATALYST CO-FOUNDER TALKS DEPRESSION AND IMPOSTER SYNDROME
• Smart Company – LaunchVic to bring international Tech Inclusion Conference to Australia for the first time
• Technology Decisions – Melbourne to host Tech Inclusion Conference
• The Times – Silicon Valley needs an urgent reboot to fix diversity problem
• Capgemini blog – Change Catalyst’s Tech Inclusion event
• The Next Web – If diversity were a product, it would be considered a failure

2016 Press Links

• Inc – What Google and AirBnB Say About Making Your Company More Inclusive
• TechStars – Diversity in Entrepreneurship: Chance Catalyst
• Uncorked Studios – How to Create Inclusive Environments in Tech: Lessons Learned from the 2016 Tech Inclusion Conference
• My Diversability – Tech Inclusion 2016: In A Word, Welcoming #TechInclusion16
• Forbes – Richard Branson Supports People With Disabilities — Here Are Six Ways You Can Do It, Too
• USA Today – Tech diversity confab lands Google support
• TechCrunch – Google For Entrepreneurs Backs Diversity Organization Tech Inclusion
• CNN – To improve diversity, go outside Silicon Valley
• Innov8 Social – Live From Tech Inclusion 2016 In San Francisco, Championing Inclusive Innovation
• Attendee – Learning from the Deaf Community at #TechInclusion16
• Attendee – 3 Business Cases for Tech Diversity via #TechInclusion16
• ustwo – Jules Ehrhardt talks diversity and inclusion: TechInclusion16
• Attendee – Conference Seeks to Empower Minorities In Technology
• Verizon – For learning to scale, time needs to be fluid
• Lesbians Who Tech – How to fix the pipeline and change the game
• Attendee – Silicon Valley Is Not The Meritocracy You Think It Is
• Attendee – You have to have inclusion every step of the way
• Huffington Post – The I-Thou in Building an Inclusive Tech Ecosystem

2015 Press Links

• International Business Times – Tech Diversity Gets Another Conference: Tech Inclusion 2015 Brings Google, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest
• AL DIA News – Tech diversity: Not just gender and race
• Engine.is – Not your typical tech event: what we learned at the Tech Inclusion conference
• Wome Who Code Blog – EVERYONE!
• Miami Herald The Starting Gate – Tech Inclusion Conference: Miami is the Model
• Women Of Color In Tech – “We can’t find any women of color in tech!” A guide to this weekend’s Tech Inclusion Conference
• Tech.co – My Date With Diversity at the Tech Inclusion Conference
• WordPress.com – Sponsor – Field Notes: Tech Inclusion 2015
• Mandela Schumacher-Hodge / The Startup Couch – 10 Ways #TechInclusion15 Schooled Us All on Diversity & Inclusion in Tech
• San Francisco Chronicle – Mommy Pod helps techies who need to pump breast milk
• ALEXANDROS MATHOPOULOS – Delphix Blog – Confronting the Tech Diversity Issue by Getting out of the Office
• Mid Market News – Tech Companies Look To Bolster Gender, Racial Diversity