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Meet the Leader in You

Lessons from VerveCon: A new conference for enthusiastic women

My speaker shot at VerveCon

Joining 700 enthusiastic women (and a few men too)

When You Meet the Leader in You Its Powerful

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I recently had the privilege in participating in a new conference for women in tech call VerveCon. The founder, Sudha, was inspired to meet some specific unmet needs of women working in tech in Silicon Valley.

I am neither a women in tech exactly although I have managed and work, who is clearly both and a great speaker working in as a tech evangelist in AWS, asked me if I was interested in participating.

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