Research, Talks and Workshops

Popular Presentations and Workshops

• “Networking Keynote for TechWomen Sierra Leone Delegation” in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 27 February 2019 (11 minute video, on YouTube)
• “Sierra Leone: Best Practices for Research, Online Learning & Blogging” June-July 2017, Presentation by Katy Dickinson and Jessica Dickinson Goodman (at Families Without Borders Technology Center, University of Makeni, and Sierra Leone University, in Sierra Leone).
• “How to Blog: Best Practices” 18 January 2017 Presentation by Katy Dickinson (web-based class for Harpswell Foundation and WAKE International, for students in Cambodia)
• “Advent – Mentoring Best Practices” 14 December 2016 Presentation by Katy Dickinson (San Francisco), also presented in February 2017 as part of TechWomen Delegation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
• “Mentoring Best Practices Part I: How to Be a Good Mentor” 10 May 2016 Presentation by Katy Dickinson, Summer Faculty Development Conference, University of Central Florida (Orlando)
• “Mentoring Best Practices Part II: Mentoring for a Diverse Group”  10 May 2016 Presentation by Katy Dickinson, Summer Faculty Development Conference, University of Central Florida (Orlando)
• “First Mentors – What We Learned” by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher, 8 May 2016: baseline report on 72 mentors in 17 countries certified by Mentoring Standard during its first year in business.
• “Mentoring Best Practices Panel Discussion” 10 March 2016 Video, presented by the TechWomen Alumnae Council and Ericsson Women in Leadership. Speakers: Katy Dickinson, Judy Little, Robert Loftis, Myra Nawabi, Manali Rane, Leslie Summerfield. Hosted at Ericsson in San Jose, California, (Silicon Valley) by Audrey Simpson. (1 hour 12 minutes, announced 18 March 2016) Video by John Plocher
• “Crowd Funding the Notable Women in Computing Project on Kickstarter” February 2016 workshop for Gaza Sky Geeks, hosted by MercyCorps (in Gaza City, Palestine), also presented in February 2017 as part of TechWomen Delegation in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
• “Making the Most of Your Mentorship: Being an Effective Mentee” February 2016 workshop for Gaza Sky Geeks, hosted by MercyCorps (in Gaza City, Palestine).
• “Notable Technical Women Project” (History of Women in Computer Science) – presented at Microsoft Research (in Redmond, Washington), 9 June 2015.

Selected Research, Publications, and Videos

(in chronological order)

2017

• “Africa: People, Food, Technology, Business” by Katy Dickinson, presented to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Saratoga, California, 27 August 2017
• Two articles published about bringing mentoring and a theological education program into the Santa Clara County, California, jail system, started in 2015 by Katy Dickinson working with the Correctional Institutions Chaplaincy, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, the Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real, and the University of the South – School of Theology:
  • “Inmates Explore Faith, Life Through Education for Ministry” by Kevin Cummings, Spring 2017, From the Mountain
  • “Education for Ministry at Elmwood Jail” CIC Ministries Newsletter, 4 April 2017

2016

• “Muslim Women in the Tech World” (with TechWomen photos 2011-2016) TechWomen guest blog, 21 October 2016
• “Muslim Women in the Tech World” (with TechWomen photos 2011-2016) Presentation to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Women’s Retreat, 21 May 2016
• “TechWomen Delegations 2016” –  Videos 26 April 2016 TechWomen Alumnae Council reunion reports on Jordan, Zimbabwe, and Kazakhstan Delegations, and side trips to Palestine and Kenya. (11 linked videos, published 16 May 2016 – about an hour) Video by John Plocher
• TechWomen Alumnae Resources web page of recommendations and references to materials to help technical women stuck in place because of politics or personal circumstances. Announced 16 May 2016.
• “Mentoring Best Practices Part I: How to Be a Good Mentor” 10 May 2016 Presentation by Katy Dickinson, Summer Faculty Development Conference, University of Central Florida (Orlando)
• “Mentoring Best Practices Part II: Mentoring for a Diverse Group”  10 May 2016 Presentation by Katy Dickinson, Summer Faculty Development Conference, University of Central Florida (Orlando)

• “First Mentors – What We Learned” by Katy Dickinson and John Plocher, 8 May 2016: baseline report on 72 mentors in 17 countries certified by Mentoring Standard during its first year in business.
• “Finding a Mentor, Being a Good Mentee” (Mentoring Standard web page: 25 April 2016). “Being a Good Mentee” was originally published as part of Katy Dickinson’s presentation “Mentors and Role Models – Best Practices in Many Cultures” from the Voices 2015 Global Tech Women conference, March 2015.
• “9 Questions Before Starting a Mentoring Program” (Mentoring Standard web page: 1 April 2016). The base text of this document was originally published in 2014 as part of “Mentoring in a Box”. This is an extended version of that material.
• “Mentoring Best Practices Panel Discussion” Video 10 March 2016, presented by the TechWomen Alumnae Council and Ericsson Women in Leadership. Speakers: Katy Dickinson, Judy Little, Robert Loftis, Myra Nawabi, Manali Rane, Leslie Summerfield. Hosted at Ericsson in San Jose, California, (Silicon Valley) by Audrey Simpson.(1 hour 12 minutes, announced 18 March 2016) Video by John Plocher
• “Crowd Funding the Notable Women in Computing Project on Kickstarter” February 2016 workshop for Gaza Sky Geeks, hosted by MercyCorps (in Gaza City).
• “Making the Most of Your Mentorship: Being an Effective Mentee” February 2016 workshop for Gaza Sky Geeks, hosted by MercyCorps (in Gaza City).
• Mentoring Standard – Company Brochure (29 January 2016)

2015

• “Welcome to Mentoring” short video introduction for mentees and mentors, posted on Katy Dickinson’s YouTube channel: 20 November 2015
• “How to Blog: Best Practices” 23 October 2015 presentation to TechWomen 2015 hosted at Symantec (Mountain View, California)
• “Making the Most of Your Mentorship: Being an Effective Mentee” 30 September 2015 for TechWomen Emerging Leaders, hosted by the Institute of International Education (at Symantec in Mountain View, California).
• “How to Be an Effective Mentor: Best Practices Workshop” for TechWomen 2015 mentors, hosted by Juniper Networks and the International Institute of Education (in the San Francisco Bay Area, September 2015).
• “Benefits of Mentoring” (Mentoring Standard web page: 18 Sep 2015). This document was originally published as part of Katy Dickinson’s presentation “Mentors and Role Models – Best Practices in Many Cultures” from the Voices 2015 Global Tech Women conference, March 2015.
• “Being a Good Mentee” (Mentoring Standard web page: 16 Sep 2015). This document was originally published as part of Katy Dickinson’s presentation “Mentors and Role Models – Best Practices in Many Cultures” from the Voices 2015 Global Tech Women conference, March 2015.
• “Mentor Recruitment” (Mentoring Standard web page: 15 Sep 2015). The base text of this document was originally published in 2014 as part of “Mentoring in a Box”. This is an extended version of that material.
• “Expert Mentoring Advice: Best Practices, Worst Practices” (Mentoring Standard web page: 15 Sep 2015, adapted from “Sun Mentoring: 1996-2009” Sun Microsystems Laboratories 2009 Technical Report, SMLI TR-2009-18, by Katy Dickinson, Tanya Jankot, and Helen Gracon).
• “Mentoring vs. Coaching vs. Sponsorship” (Mentoring Standard web page: 15 Sep 2015). The base text of this document was originally published in 2014 as part of “Mentoring in a Box”. This is an extended version of that material.
• “Microsoft Research Gender Diversity Lecture Series 5: History of Women in Computing and Women Leaders in Computing” Telle Whitney (Anita Borg Institute), Susan Rodger (Duke University), and Katy Dickinson (Mentoring Standard), video 9 June 2015.
• Dickinson Goodman, Jessica “Check it out: TechWomen Emerging Leaders in the Middle East and Africa Cards (An Alumnae Project)” TechWomen guest blog post, April 2015.
• “Mentoring Matters: A mentoring expert shares insights“ (Katy Dickinson interviewed) Outcomes Magazine p.10, Spring 2015.
• Frank, T.A., “10 Ways to Be a Better Mentor, From Those Who’ve Done It” (Katy Dickinson quoted), Drucker Institute, Issue #4, Mar-Apr 2015.
• Dickinson, Katy “Mentors and Role Models – Best Practices in Many Cultures“ Voices 2015 Global Tech Women conference, March 2015 – recorded talk

2014

• Katy Dickinson with the Everwise team created “Mentoring in a Box”, 14 documents on best practices for small mentoring programs, November 2014. Some of the component documents have since been extended – updated versions are linked above.
• 2014 TechWomen Emerging Leaders Mai Temraz (Palestine) and Seham Al Jaafreh (Jordan) and Katy Dickinson worked together to record seven videos about mentoring in Arabic, posted on Katy Dickinson’s YouTube channel:
  • • “Mentoring in Arab Culture”, Featuring Seham Al Jaafreh.
    • “Mentoring Feedback”, Featuring Mai Temraz.
    • “Mentoring Recommendations and Resources”, Featuring Mai Temraz.
    • “Questions for Your Mentor?“, Featuring Mai Temraz.
    • “Mentoring Introductions”, Featuring Mai Termaz.
    • “Why Be a Mentor?”, Featuring Seham Al Jaafreh.
    • “Why Mentoring?”, Featuring Seham Al Jaafreh.
• Dickinson, Katy, Susan Rodger (Professor of the Practice,Duke University – Computer Science), and Jessica Dickinson Goodman: “Notable Women in Computing” Grace Hopper Conference poster and playing cards, and associated Kickstarter crowd funding project (October-November 2014). Now available for sale on Notable Women in Tech Cards. Follow the project on Facebook: Notable Technical Women – Community.
• Dickinson, Katy, “Leveraging Technology to Create a Mentoring Program in a Global Diaspora Context” People to People Conference Poster (September 2014).
• Dickinson, Katy, and Ian Gover, “Why Emerging Leaders Need Mentors Webinar”, 9 September 2014
• “Webinar – A Mentoria (reinventada) Para Empreendedores” (video interview of Katy Dickinson and Felipe Gasko by Rafael Campos) by InovAtiva Brazil, July 2014.
• Goodwin, Shanarae, “An Interview with Katy Dickinson, Everwise Vice President of Mentoring” 15 July 2014
• “People to People Radio: US Ambassador to Ethiopia Patricia M. Haslach, Interview by Katy Dickinson“, video posted to YouTube 28 May 2014.

2013

• Dickinson, Katy. “Lifetime Value of Mentoring“ poster presented at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, October 2013.
• Dickinson, Katy, Ravishankar Gundlapalli. “Professional Mentoring – Fostering Triangular Partnership” Chapter in Triangular Partnership: the Power of the Diaspora book by Enawgaw Mehari MD, Kinfe Gebeyehu MD, Katy Dickinson and Matt Watts (People to People – Ethiopia: 2013).
• Wallace, Rachel. “National Mentoring Month: 3 Tips from a Guru” interview with Katy Dickinson by the American Association of University Women, January 17, 2013. AAUW Mentoring Word Cloud – 2013

2012

• Dickinson Goodman, Jessica. “3 Tactics for Being a Good Mentee”, (on the Carnegie Mellon University – Dietrich College Career Mentoring Program), January 21, 2012.
• Katy Dickinson and ABI Advisory Board, “Famous Women in Computer Science” web resource of the Anita Borg Institute (8 March 2012) – no longer available.

2011 

• “TechWomen Mentors in their Own Words” 2011 (Katy interviewed on video by TechWomen).
• “What is TechWomen?“ 2011 (Katy interviewed on video by TechWomen).
• Gammal, Denise, Katy Dickinson “Mentor Guide” TechWomen 2011 Program – Anita Borg Institute and Institute of International Education – training, resources, and reference materials for mentors and mentees for the TechWomen U.S. State Department mentoring program for women in the Middle East and North Africa (May 2011) – no longer available.

2010 and Earlier – Selected

• Katy Dickinson and ABI Advisory Board, “Award Winning Career Timelines in Computer Science and Engineering” web resource of the Anita Borg Institute (13 September 2010) – no longer available.
• Dickinson, Katy, Tanya Jankot and Helen Gracon. Sun Laboratories Technical Report “Sun Mentoring: 1996-2009″, TR-2009-185, August 2009. Also available free from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): ACM Digital Library
• Dickinson, Katy. “SEED: Sun Engineering Enrichment & Development” Research Disclosure: May 17, 2004 – Research Disclosure Database Number 482013, defensive publication of mentoring program process flows and description.
• Dickinson, Katherine V.G., Jos Marlowe, and James Gosling “Method and apparatus for automatically archiving and clearing intellectual property” US Patent Application 20030055848 (20 March 2003) – about Sun Laboratories Archivist system.
• Gandel, Deborah E., Katherine V.G. Dickinson, et alia, “Method and apparatus for implementing electronic software distribution” US Patent 6,167,568 (26 December 2000). Referenced by 50 later patents.