San Francisco Women on the Web
Encyclopedia
San Francisco Women on the Web (SFWOW) is a nonprofit organization
based in San Francisco, California
. It works to serve, educate and empower women in technology through professional development, support, and networking opportunities. In 1998, the organization created a nationally recognized awards program called the Top 25 Women on the Web, a program that continued through 2007.
. The volunteers of that chapter broke away in 1998 and formed an independent organization and began discussions and paperwork to achieve nonprofit status, which they did in 2000. In 1998, while still a part of Webgrrls, the San Francisco volunteers created an awards program called the Top 25 Women on the Web, which was held up to 2001 and garnered regular press attention, including national coverage. Membership (non-dues) totaled 1807 in 2007. Volunteer-run, it organized workshops, from HTML to Java, events, monthly meetings, study groups, coffee klatches, and "scrappies" (still continued today) a kind of happy hour networking gathering.
archived SFWOW web site of Top 25 Women on the Web for 1998
archived SFWOW web site of Top 25 Women on the Web for 2000
archived SFWOW web site of Top 25 Women on the Web for 2001
Nonprofit organization
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based in San Francisco, California
California
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. It works to serve, educate and empower women in technology through professional development, support, and networking opportunities. In 1998, the organization created a nationally recognized awards program called the Top 25 Women on the Web, a program that continued through 2007.
History
San Francisco Women on the Web began as a chapter of WebgrrlsAliza Sherman
Aliza Sherman is a new media entrepreneur, author, women's issues activist, and international speaker....
. The volunteers of that chapter broke away in 1998 and formed an independent organization and began discussions and paperwork to achieve nonprofit status, which they did in 2000. In 1998, while still a part of Webgrrls, the San Francisco volunteers created an awards program called the Top 25 Women on the Web, which was held up to 2001 and garnered regular press attention, including national coverage. Membership (non-dues) totaled 1807 in 2007. Volunteer-run, it organized workshops, from HTML to Java, events, monthly meetings, study groups, coffee klatches, and "scrappies" (still continued today) a kind of happy hour networking gathering.
archived SFWOW web site of Top 25 Women on the Web for 1998
archived SFWOW web site of Top 25 Women on the Web for 2000
archived SFWOW web site of Top 25 Women on the Web for 2001
In the news
- "Women Revel at Web Awards", 21 January 1999, Wired.com
- "The San Francisco branch of Women on the Web met Wednesday to recognize the Top 25 Women of the Web", by Ashley Craddock 26 January 1999, ZDNet News
- "Women Who Think Differently", by Kendra Mayfield 24 April 2001, Wired.com
- "25 Top Web Women Honored as Movers, Shapers", by Nancy Schaadt 17 May 2001, WEnews
- "Tech women experience power surge", 15 November 2002, San Francisco Business Times