Goodby, Silverstein & Partners announce digital fellowship for African-American students
Goodby, Silverstein & Partners have announced “The Goodby, Silverstein & Partners Digital Fellowship for 2011 – 2012. This is a scholarship fund for African- American students, developed in partnership with Hyper Island to help increase diversity within the advertising industry. Through the fund, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners will subsidize full tuition fees for two students [...]
Read MoreTechies-in-Training: Microsoft Sends Young Girls to Camp
The unemployment rate continues to maintain a steady hover at approximately nine percent. Despite the dismal figure, the tech industry is enjoying a relatively healthy growth according to USA Today which means translates into more jobs. And while this is great news, it is tempered with the fact that a serious gap remains between the [...]
Read MoreIs Your Social Networking Profile a Tool for Job Discrimination?
As the employment outlook slowly improves, jobseekers and potential employers are increasingly turning to social networking to search for the ideal opportunity. And while social networking can be a great tool in the job/employee hunt, PC World, is reporting that social networking may be fast becoming the new method of discrimination. In an interview with [...]
Read MoreWomen of Color in Tech: How Can We Encourage Them?
At an event I attended this week, called Alley to the Valley, at the overpriced Rosewood Sand Hill Hotel in Menlo Park, I discussed this subject with 50 very successful women. Half of the attendees were from the east coast, and half were from the west coast. We agreed that the best way of supplying [...]
Read MoreLeshell Hatley Uplifts Youth With Tech
As technology continue to integrate itself into our everyday lives, it is vital that blacks become tech providers instead of consumers, especially when it comes to the next generation. The problem, however, becomes how to ensure that our kids are exposed to the classes, mentors and equipment necessary to sow the seeds of inspiration. If [...]
Read MoreMinorities Like Me: the Minority-Led Startup Gap and What It Means for Our Future
For the past two years, I’ve been spreading the message that people of color are missing out on the technology start-up revolution. In an era where young companies can surpass the market-caps of companies that have been in existence for decades and can go on to raise millions in funding — creating jobs and opportunities [...]
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