Our Hearts and Prayers are with Orlando

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We celebrate diversity in business and life because it leads to innovation, better collaboration, and a vibrant culture where everyone feels welcomed, respected, valued, and heard. In that spirit, we stand in solidarity with the victims in Orlando, their families, friends and entire community.

Cisco @SXSW Interactive: Where Inclusion is the New Innovation

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  In today’s hyper-fast, hyper-competitive digital age, it’s increasingly clear from talking with customers and partners that leading companies must share and leverage each other’s best practices. No single company – no matter how big and successful – can navigate today’s mass digitization of business and society alone. That’s why we at Cisco are finding […]

Creating the Next Generation of Tech Role Models

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Build your career AND serve as a role model for young women who aspire to careers in technology.

Join Us for the Women of Impact 2016 Conference on March 10th

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The Women of Impact Conference is designed for women in IT, to give us a place to network and motivate one another. We unite women from all over the world...

February 17, 2016

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

Carpe Diem – Seize the day! Inspiration from February’s Everyday Heroes of CiscoEWN

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Carpe Diem – Seize the day! Inspiration from Everyday Heroes of the Cisco Empowered Women’s Network (CEWN) The Cisco Empowered Women’s Network provides a forum for women in IT to network, motivate, and empower each other through energizing and engaging events held during Cisco Live and sustained through ongoing events throughout the year. Welcome to Carpe […]

January 29, 2016

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

What’s YOUR Mantra?

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“Put your oxygen mask before others.” I have heard this mantra again and again this year in different women’s conferences and seminars.  And this was the first message from

December 1, 2015

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

Carpe Diem – Seize the day! Inspiration from December’s Everyday Heroes of CiscoEWN

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Welcome to our December edition of Carpe Diem, our monthly segment featuring role models across CiscoEWN. We all make resolutions and set goals to improve ourselves– but somewhere along the way, life interrupts our plans, we find ourselves juggling different priorities and invariably things get dropped. What you will find in this segment are experiences […]

November 24, 2015

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

Preparation, Optimism, Goodness: 3 Pearls of Wisdom + 1 from the Conference for Women (2015) in Philadelphia

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Have you heard the expression, “People don’t remember what you say, they remember how you made them feel?”  Last week, I had the opportunity to participate with more than 8,000 women (80 from Cisco) — in a one-day conference sponsored by Cisco Systems, Inc. and other companies.  There were many amazing speakers who shared their […]

November 18, 2015

INCLUSION AND DIVERSITY

Changing the Equation

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It’s been a little more than a year since we created Cisco’s first Office of Inclusion and Collaboration (OIC).   And it’s been a milestone year.  Today, we’re releasing our annual Corporate Social Responsibility report (CSR), which details Cisco’s high-level priorities for being socially and environmentally responsible, and I’m honored to share the highlights of our […]