FERNDALE – Kathleen Norton-Schock, one of the three Diva Tech Talk IT professionals, returns Monday March 7 on M2 (Squared) TechCast and brings with her Monica Wheat, founder and executive director of Digerati Girls/Digerati Kids. Also on the show will be Rachele Downs, vice president for entrepreneurial strategies for Inforum. She brings with her Inforum President and CEO Terry Barclay, to help celebrate International Women’s Month in March.
Digerati Girls creates programs and experiential opportunities to increase the number of women, young girls and kids pursuing digital careers (innovation, development, entrepreneurship, marketing).Digerati Girls is also the partner and affiliate for Michigan with Code.org leading Professional Development Computer Science training for K-12 teachers throughout the region. Monica will be discussing all the latest progress made by her organization AND she is also integrally connected with Start-Up Week, Detroit; so we will also discuss that.
inGAGE is Inforum’s strategy to position Michigan as the Midwest hub for high-tech women entrepreneurs. The approach delivers programs to increase the number of women angel investors in Michigan; provides women access to our network of investors and advisors, guides women through the process of commercializing technology and assists emerging second-stage companies in identifying and seizing new market opportunities enabling them to scale.
According to the National Women’s Business Council, women are starting 1,200 businesses a day—20 percent above that national average.
“We’re really excited to be a part of the M2 Tech Cast,” Downs said. “We believe it’s critically important to elevate and celebrate new and different stories about Michigan women entrepreneurs.”
You can listen to M2 TechCast live at www.podcastdetroit.com
The show is broken into segments and available on demand at http://www.podcastdetroit.com/artist/mi-tech-cast/
