Celebrating International Women’s Day with Wisdom from Women in Tech
March 11, 2016
This week we celebrated 2016’s International Women’s Day. Jive’s CEO, Elisa Steele, joined fellow women execs in Houston, Texas, for Pink Petro’s International Women’s Day: A Conversation with the C-Suite event to discuss the women in tech movement, the rise of women in STEM related jobs and their personal thoughts on the future of digital technologies.
In honor of all the amazing and bold women at Jive, and around the world, we have gathered advice from some of the leading ladies in tech to inspire you.
Lisa Stone, @LisaStone
Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of BlogHer. Lisa’s companies have been featured in Forbes Top 100 Websites for Women, along as being named as Fast Company’s 100 Most Creative People in Business.
Heidi Melin, @HeidiMelin
Chief Marketing Officer at Plex Systems, a cloud/SaaS company based in Silicon Valley. Heidi is an outspoken advocate of women in tech and was featured in Rise’s 250 Most Influential Women Leaders.

Katie Mehnert, @KatieMehnert
Chief Executive Officer at Pink Petro, a global online community for women (and men) in the energy industry. As a STEM advocate, Katie encourages women to purse careers in science and technology. Katie also serves on the board of directors for Junior Achievement and is an executive council member for Ellevate Network.

Kim England, @miss_england_19
Global Community Director at Pearson, a leading education company. Kim believes in equal opportunities for education for all people.

Jivers and customers took to the social-sphere to share their thoughts on #IWD2016. Here are some of our favorites:
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