July 27, 2022 - "Ask Us Anything - IRL"

We told them they could ask us anything... and they DID !!

We had a great time last night at the "Ask Me Anything" IRL event, where our Rini Das, Vinny Sanfillipo, Lisa Kagy and Robbin Bowman were panelists ! The event, held at Rev1 Labs, the innovation center of Rev1 Ventures, was co-sponsored by Zettabytes.Today and Tech Elevator.

Participants engaged us on various topics over pizza and beer, like: starting a successful career in tech; landing and crushing that big interview; gauging a company's culture; and contributing to workplace diversity initiatives.

            You won't want to miss our next event!! 

June 2022 — Lesbians Who Tech Pride Summit

We did it again!

We (Zettabytes.Today) attending another awesome Virtual Tech Summit presented by Lesbians Who Tech: Queer. Inclusive. BadAss !! The June Summit was perfectly timed to celebrate Pride Month. 🌈🌈

Lesbians Who Tech, the largest Tech group in the world, holds Virtual Tech Summits featuring lectures by world renown tech leaders, networking events, and career fairs held by the biggest tech companies in the world. 

The group's goals are:

~ to bring more visibility to LGBTQ people in tech

~ to bring visibility to others

~ to get more women, POC and LGBTQ folks involved in tech

~ to connect our communities to organizations and companies doing great work !!

Straight allies are always welcome to present and participate.

photo ~ Lesbians Who Tech

December 1st, 2021 “Vinny-Rini-Martini” Happy Hour held at Land-Grant Brewing Company

Our Zettabytes.today Martini Happy Hour was a smashing success! We had a nice turn out at Land-Grant Brewing Company in the Franklinton District and got to mingle with a very interesting and diverse group - from tech professionals to tech students and everyone in-between!

While we’ve had several virtual events this year, this was our first live, in-person event since the Pandemic brought everything to a screeching halt.

After a few martinis and samplings of Land Grant’s best (the “Tinsel” Holiday brew was my favorite), we ventured across the way to Strongwater Food and Spirits for dinner.

We had a GREAT time! 

You will NOT want to miss our next event, featuring Jyllian Spikes of Black out and Proud and Scott Kirkendall, “Go Be You” coach.

Register here:

https://zettabytes.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/zettabytes/event.jsp?event=118&

National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

Mindy Halasz, Co-Chair of  (LGBTQIA+ Brand Employee Group- BRG) of Designer Brands (that includes brands such as DSW), invited us -- aka Vinny Sanfillipo, Lisa Kagy and Rini Das of  Zettabytes.Today team and Stacy Drake of PFLAG Columbus to speak at their annual National Coming Out Day Luncheon.

The Leaders of MySELF BRG are:

• Mindy Halasz  – Co-Chair
• Sonya Voronkova – Co-Chair
• Erica Melton – Community Committee Chair
• Kimberly Hensley – Communications Chair
• Margaret Kluk – Business Committee Chair
• Todd Roudabush – Talent Committee Chair
• Jared Poff ( EVP CFO) – Executive Sponsor

Panel:

We were delighted to speak and we discussed many topics including

• Coming out can be a lifelong journey. How do you manage coming out in different situations? 
• Coming out as "Transgender or Non-binary" at your work-place
• How to be an ally for those who are "coming out" at your work-place?
• How to support as a parent or a grandparent or relative when a child or grandchild or young relative comes out?
• How to support someone in their journey in coming out in a virtual work environment
• What resources can we provide?

There were more than seventy globally-dispersed attendees at the virtual event. Some of the attendees and speakers and the MySELF leaders are included in the photo below.

 

Come out when you are in a safe environment and at your time-table.

#VisibilityMatters
#NationalComingOutDay

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"Coming Out" Resources:

1. From PFLAG: https://pflag.org/tags/comingout
2. From Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-out
3. The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/guide/the-coming-out-handbook/
4. The GLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/activity/coming-out-resource-lgbtq-students  
5. Matthew Sheppard Foundation: https://www.matthewshepard.org/coming-out-resources/
6. Coming Out as Trans at Work -- A framework, drawn from the experiences of eight transgender professionals. by Michael Cherny, Shalene Gupta, and Sandra J. Sucher, Harvard Business Review, October 12, 2021
7. 13 Reasons Why You Must Come Out of the Closet By Alexander Cheves