FountainBlue was pleased to partner with the Association of Women MBAs to facilitate an interactive panel event in the South Bay: Sphere of Influence: A Discussion on Power and Integrity Scheduled for Tuesday, May 20 6:30 8:30 p.m. At Intel Corporation, SC-12 Auditorium 3600 Juliette Lane, Santa Clara, 95054 Register for $10 at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=159147 or become a member for $50 https://secure2.convio.net/nawmba/site/Donation2?1100.donation=form1&df_id=1100 and get a free admission. In the context for this event, 'Power' is the ability to achieve strategic results and get things done. 'Influence' is the ability to motivate others to achieve those results. And 'Integrity' is the continual alignment of results and objectives with the strategic goals of an organization and its partners, as well as alignment with one's personal moral compass. Hence, leading with power, influence and integrity is not an easy task. For this event, we have assembled a panel of Silicon Valley women who are successfully leading with power, influence and integrity, who will candidly share their barriers to and advice for achieving strategic results in alignment with organizational and personal objectives. Moderator: Linda Holroyd, CEO, Fountain Blue Panelists: Nina Bhatti, Principal Scientist, HP Labs Kim Johnston, VP Global Sales Operations, Symantec Jenny Lundberg, Director of Implementation Services, SAP Jackie Sturm, VP and FES/TMG Controller, Intel Light refreshments will be available. For questions about the event, please contact our event organizers: Melissa Herman, AWM Vice President, melissa@theawm.com Megan Barbier, AWM Board Member, megan@theawm.com The Association of Women MBAs (AWM) is a professional organization in the San Francisco Bay Area with a national network through an affiliation with NAWMBA.
What: FountainBlue's Dare to Dream event When: Tuesday, August 21 from 5 - 7 p.m. Where: EMC, 2831 Mission College Blvd, Santa Clara Speaker: Mitchell Baker, CEO & President, Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation
Invitees: FountainBlue Community Members, EMC and Mozilla staff and guests, ATW members, and Silicon Valley professional women and men interested in the topic. Fees: Free to $25, Corporate package of 10 for $100 Register:http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=135604
FountainBlue's Dare to Dream events are special productions, conducted in partnership with prominent high tech corporate leaders in Silicon Valley, who would like to expose the upwardly-mobile women and men in their organization and the larger Silicon Valley to today's leaders in business and community. We are pleased and proud to collaborate with EMC and the wonderful women and men in their organization for this event.
This event will feature Mitchell Baker, CEO and President of the Mozilla Corporation, a subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation that coordinates development of the open source Mozilla Internet applications, including the Mozilla Firefox web browser and the Mozilla Thunderbird email client.
As the CEO and President of the Mozilla Corporation, Baker coordinates business and policy issues and is responsible for organizing and motivating a massive, worldwide collective of employees and volunteers who are breathing new life into the Internet with the Firefox Web browser. Baker, who is affectionately called "Chief Lizard Wrangler" in the Mozilla community, was critical to the founding of the Mozilla Foundation and the creation of Mozilla Corporation. In 2005, TIME magazine profiled her under "Scientists and Thinkers" in its 2005 TIME 100 list of most influentioal people in the world.
Below are notes from the conversation on August 20, and we invite your questions, comments and insights athttp://fountainblue.pbwiki.com.
On the Mozilla Foundation
a nonprofit, public-benefit organization based on the open-source model, where non-staff members produce about 35% of the development efforts
Provides economic, civil and social value to the internet, complementing for-profit efforts
Support the internet vision of access, interoperability, innovation, participation, etc.,
Supports the new direction - the open web, the web as a platform for displaying information to be publically shared, non-proprietary, open source
Be open to feedback, be thick-skinned enough not to take bad feedback personally, and open-minded enough to consider how the feedback can help you and your organization
Empower others to participate
Seek opportunities for continuous improvement
Define a direction, but not the methods of how, just ensure that progress is made in that direction
Focus on the work at hand
Delegate
Be comfortable when things aren't neat and tidy, or done exactly the way you would do it yourself.
Inspire others to join the collaborative efforts
Work in community
Work with people who can help you keep your passion, your integrity.
Partner/collaborate with others
Grow the community of like-minded, passionate people working toward common goals
Remember, it's more about the people than the tools!
Encourage people to innovate and think outside the box
Expose people to ideas, concepts, products outside their main area
Have areas for thinking outside the box (play areas) but be disciplined about the development process overall
Measure progress and results based on shared goals and vision
Communicate progress (Mozilla might measure the size of the community, who's involved, the number of ideas generated, emotional commitment of those involved, how people are involved, who's building what, overall market trends, etc.,)
Be strategic about who gets which communication and broad-minded on the distribution of information
Things to Think About:
How has your past shaped where you are today?
Where is technology going, and how will that impact you?
How will the open source movement impact the technology development movement?
Who are the leaders in your life?
Who has mentored you? Who are you mentoring?
How can you be more collaborative?
How can we support the development of more women leaders?
Why is diversity important? How would having more women leaders support diversity?
