Innovate Raleigh Summit
Is “IoT” Raleigh’s Silicon Valley?
Innovate Raleigh Summit - Raleigh, NC
Is Raleigh following a Silicon Valley path? In the 1970s and 80s, Silicon Valley combined its region's research, talent, and resources to capitalize on the booming semiconductor industry, leading to some of the earliest successful tech companies and the regional transformation that made Silicon Valley the hub it is today. Does that transformational tale map to what Raleigh is doing today with IoT? Dr. Sarah Glova led this discussion about how 1970’s and 80’s Silicon Valley parallels with today's Triangle ecosystem (and how lessons learned from Silicon Valley's growth could protect Raleigh from negative effects like skyrocketing living costs and inequitable diversity in leadership).
Women’s PitchFest
History of Women’s Entrepreneurship in NC
Women’s PitchFest - Research Triangle Park
To help us kick off the Women’s PitchFest event, Dr. Sarah Glova shared an overview of the history of women’s entrepreneurship in the Research Triangle Park and Triangle region.
RIoT XXXVII – Civic, Military, & Government Tech and IoT
Innovation Ecosystem in DC - Panel Moderator
RIoT XXXVII – Civic, Military, & Government Tech and IoT - Washington DC
RIoT, the largest nonprofit focused on IoT and economic development in the US, hosted an event in DC focused on IoT and how it applies to the cybersecurity space, with a focus on military and government tech. The panel on Innovation Ecosystem was moderated by Dr. Sarah Glova and featured Panelists Tom Snyder, Executive Director of RIoT; Devin Zitelman, Director, Strategic Initiatives at Washington DC Economic Partnership
SelectUSA Summit
A Resource Ecosystem to Support Entrepreneurs
SelectUSA Summit - Washington DC
This session looked at successful examples of entrepreneurial ecosystems in the U.S. and examine why the U.S. continues to be the best choice for startup success. Moderator: Mr. Craig Buerstatte, Director, Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, U.S. Economic Development Administration. Panelists: Dr. Sarah Glova; Ms. Lindsey Cox, Director of Operations & Government Affairs, Launch Tennessee; Ms. Erika Lucas, Co-Founder, StitchCrew; Mr. Josh Mandell, Chief Operating Officer, Halcyon
NC Hearts Gigabit Interactive Summit
Gig Apps Matter: Funding, Partnerships, & Deployment
NC Hearts Gigabit Interactive Summit - Raleigh, NC
Broadband is the difference between world-class experiences and isolated ones. These entrepreneurial gig app developers and the programs that support them illustrate how local leadership drives the integration of technology and economic development policy. Moderator: Dr. Sarah Glova; Participants: Scott Turnbull, US Ignite; Chris Sunde, GoodRoads; Darren Smith, Wilson Innovation Hub
IoT Evolution
Follow the Leaders: Smart Cities, Counties and States panel
IoT Evolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Dr. Sarah Glova moderated the keynote Smart City panel during IoT Evolution about smart city technology. How are IoT leaders developing smart city awareness and driving commitment from critical stakeholders? How do leaders in smart cities, counties, and states achieve success through collaboration and key partnerships? What technology challenges lie ahead, and how are leaders overcoming those challenges and working toward a new generation of smarter infrastructure, sustainability, safety, and citizen services?
Women in Technology Summit
Uncovering the Broad Reach of the IoT Ecosystem
Women in Technology Summit, Durham, NC
The Internet of Things is regarded as the 4th Industrial Revolution, and as such will affect all industries, create new business opportunities and inspire new roles. This panel featured women working across a variety of roles in the IoT space and how each role is important for growing the ecosystem and capturing the opportunities IoT presents for our region and beyond.
International Coaching Federation
eLearning and the Human Element: Why Coaches are MORE Important in Digital Training Spaces
International Coaching Federation
In this session, Dr. Sarah Glova provided an overview of eLearning trends while focusing on hybrid digital training models—ones that match the cutting-edge advantages of eLearning with the human expertise of certified coaches. Topics included 1. What is elearning and what does it look like? 2. Where is elearning going and what trends do I need to be aware of? and 3. Why are coaches more important in the digital training space?
Innovative Women’s Conference
Women & Entrepreneurship panel
Innovative Women’s Conference, NC State University
The Jenkins MBA Women’s Club hosts Innovative Women’s Conferences annually. The 2018 theme was Inspire, Influence, and Impact. On a panel about Women & Entrepreneurship, Dr. Sarah Glova discussed what challenges women face in business that continue to grow, and how to inspire other women to achieve their goals.
Organization of Women in International Trade
Global Entrepreneurship in the Triangle
Organization of Women in International Trade - Raleigh, NC
This event featured in-depth facilitated discussions about why “Going Global” matters to Triangle businesses of all sizes and industries. Participants discussed why global participation and engagement matter for business and how participants can leverage international relationships for better success and tips from global entrepreneurial leaders.
WE Do! Women Entrepreneurs for the Greater Good Conference
Women in Entrepreneurship Panel at 2018 conference
WE Do! Women Entrepreneurs for the Greater Good Conference, Elon University
This annual conference, sponsored by Elon University, is designed to promote a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem and development for all individuals and help them build their capacity to launch and grow their startups. Dr. Sarah Glova spoke on the Women Entrepreneurs panel, discussing today’s business climate for women entrepreneurs, networking and community building, and how to power through the inevitable challenges in entrepreneurship
Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference (SBSI)
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Panel
Sustainable Business and Social Impact Conference (SBSI), Duke University
The panel focused on how diversity, equity and inclusion is everyone's job, sharing ways organizations can challenge themselves to have a shared meaning of diversity, wherein this language is embraced by leadership. Dr. Sarah Glova shared strategies for "amplifying" other groups’ voices in a meeting -- the idea of repeating the ideas of underrepresented colleagues and give them credit for their ideas, then see how the room changes. The group also discussed how crucial DEI assessments can be to an organization's health.
Disrupt HR
Unlimited Vacation: Dare To Try It. Or Else?
Disrupt HR - Durham, NC
Dr. Sarah Glova spoke at Disrupt HR, sharing Reify Media’s vacation policy and other employee-focused company policies from Reify Media. The presentation was a passionate call-to-action for why firms should support flexible, virtual, and empowering workforce solutions.
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day / Women’s Innovation Day events
Women Entrepreneurs Happy Hour event, Women’s Innovation Day events
Women’s Entrepreneurship Day / Women’s Innovation Day events (2017 - 2018), North Carolina
In November, women across the globe celebrate Women’s Entrepreneurship Day (or WED), which launched in 2014. The Triangle community created an inaugural Women’s Entrepreneurship Happy Hour to help honor and celebrate the occasion. This inaugural event, hosted by HQ’s Cannon Room, was incredibly well attended, with a waitlist of more than 40 people (and with coordinators receiving calls throughout the day from people trying to get tickets). Dr. Sarah Glova was one of a team of eight women entrepreneurs who created, organized, and facilitated the event, which included cafe-style roundtable discussions. Since, Sarah has continued to support the event through semi-annual Women’s Innovation Day events.
Magna Publications Teaching with Technology Conference
“Teaching Strategies and Technology Tools to Engage Students in Online, Flipped, and Blended Courses”
Magna Publications Teaching with Technology Conference - Baltimore, MD
Dr. Sarah Glova co-facilitated this session with Dr. Barbi Honeycutt, founder of Flip It Consulting. Their workshop, entitled “Teaching Strategies and Technology Tools to Engage Students in Online, Flipped, and Blended Courses”, was a hands-on opportunity for teaching faculty to explore the tools that can support alternative class structures and active learning pedagogy.
RTP-180 - Women & Business in RTP
Thanks for Going First - Women & Business in RTP
RTP-180 - Durham, NC
In 1987, female business owners could be required to have a male relative cosign for loans. Even if she was the 100% owner of her business. Things are different now, so what changed? Well, as Dr. Sarah Glova shares in this unique talk, in 1988 H.R. 5050 passed which was the Women’s Business Ownership Act, which removed the requirement for women to have male relative cosigners on a loan. The group behind making this possible was called National Association Women Business Owners (NAWBO), and there were many active chapters around our country, made up of women advocating for change. This talk was an opportunity for attendees to learn more about some of these female entrepreneur advocates.
Training session at the Economic Development Partnership of NC (EDPNC)
Audience and Presentation Design presentation
Economic Development Partnership of NC (EDPNC) - Raleigh, NC
In this two-part workshop series, Dr. Sarah Glova and the team at Reify Media facilitated advanced workshop sessions about audience analysis, written and oral communication, presentation strategy with the team at EDPNC. The interactive, hands-on sessions invited the EDPNC team to consider new ways to adapt their messaging and presentation design to their target audience.
All Things Open
All Things Open, Raleigh, NC
Dr. Sarah Glova discussed ways that organizations could leverage the power of WordPress for online courses. Typically Moodle is the preferred open-source tool, but WordPress is a technology that can also be applied to some educational-focused digital project spaces.
Workplace Learning Conference, Association for Talent Development (ATD)
WordPress Powered Learning Solutions for Training & Development
Workplace Learning Conference, Association for Talent Development (ATD) - Puget Sound, WA
WordPress can be a great solution to achieve learning and development goals and overcome deployment challenges in a user-friendly design. In this conference session, Dr. Sarah Glova facilitated a hands-on activity with the audience group that was followed by examples of how WordPress has been used to meet a client's learning goals. The group also explored how WordPress supports some of the most talked-about learning trends: mobile learning, just-in-time training and performance support systems, and learner-designed branching in online learning.
Enhancement of Geographic Literacy
"Putting Social Studies in its Place: Using GIS to Enhance the Social Studies Classroom"
The grant-winning ‘Putting Social Studies in its Place: Using GIS to Enhance the Social Studies Classroom’ proposal from the Virginia Geographic Alliance and Charlottesville City Schools envisioned enhancing the geographic literacy of teachers and students at the classroom, district, and statewide levels by developing and implementing a 5-week online course focused on incorporating GIS in the social studies classroom. Project Team included Chris Bunin – Virginia Geographic Alliance, Albemarle High School and Piedmont Virginia Community College; Sarah Glova – President and Owner, Reify Media; Andy Mink –President and Founder – Mink’ED; www.minked.org; Julie Stavitski – Virginia Geographic Alliance, Jack Jouett Middle School, Charlottesville VA
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