M2 Techcast Monday July 18: Diva Tech Talk, Red Level, Buy Michigan Now, Motor City Connect

On M2 (Squared) Techcast Monday July 18, Diva Tech Talk professional Kathleen Norton-Schock will interview Tracy-Ann Palmer, Regional Manager, Central Enterprise IT Platform, Cisco, who will discuss how the Internet of Things is Changing the World. Returning to the show will be Robert Tessanne, Red Level Vice President of Cloud & Technology Solutions. Plus Lisa Diggs of Buy Michigan Now will discuss an event in August that will celebrate the 10th anniversary of Motor City Connect, a LinkedIn group that has grown to some 10,000 members. Founder Terry Bean will join her.

M2 (Squared) TechCast airs live from 3 to 4 pm each Monday at www.podcastdetroit.com. You can listen to past episodes by clicking on http://www.podcastdetroit.com/artist/mi-tech-cast/

M2 TechCast: Diva Tech Talk’s Lewan Talks Mackinac Policy Conference, Bamboo Detroit, Startup Week Detroit

Amanda Lewan, one of the three Diva Tech Talk podcasters, joins M2 Techcast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush to talk about her coverage of the Mackinac Policy Conference (she is editor of Michipreneur.Com) and some exciting news about her co-working space, Bamboo Detroit. It will be expanding soon.

The Mackinac Policy Conference, hosted by the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, also featured billionaire Dan Gilbert, who shared his thoughts about Detroit and how the city should be thinking bigger, she said. Bamboo Detroit received a grant from the city to pay the expansion.

Startup Week Detroit in late May drew about 5,000 people to downtown Detroit. Bamboo Detroit was a prime organizer of this event, so hat’s off to Amanda.

To listen to this fascinating podcast, click on https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2-episode-38-diva-tech-talk

Mike Brennan and Matt Roush share their media work on This video interview with Comcast Newsmakers Extended

Mike Brennan and Matt Roush provided an update on their many technology-focused media projects on this video interview with Comcast Newsmakers Extended. Mike shared how he has expanded from being the Editor and Publisher of MITechnews.com to a new partnership with Matt Roush, News Director at Lawrence Technological University. Brennan and Roush are the co-hosts of M2 (Squared) TechCast (Podcast) that airs live every Monday at 3 pm on the Podcast Detroit Network (www.podcastdetroit.com).

Brennan talked about MITechNews.Com and all the changes that have been made to expand the content and the way it is delivered. The mediums include the website (www.mitechnews.com), two eNewsletters each week, audio podcasts, the Internet radio show, live on the Internet Advisor on WJR 760 AM and soon video news. Brennan highlighted the Diva Tech Talk team as part of his valued content providers.

Roush discussed M2 TechCast, and his new role at Lawrence Tech University (LTU) where he tells stories that promote the university that trains thousands of tech professionals to move into careers in science, technology, engineering, and math. 

To view this interview, click on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPgP7agS0yQ

M2 Techcast and the Divas talk with Monica Wheat

Diva Tech Talk joined M2 (Squared) TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on this April podcast episode. This podcast is around news makers in Michigan technology, business and politics. It airs live and is one of the many amazing podcast shows featured on the Podcast Detroit Network (www.podcastdetroit.com).

You can catch it live on Mondays form 3 to 4 pm from the Podcast Detroit site or catch all the recordings on their Soundcloud channel. The show covers updates on apps, STEM, Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Women in Technology, and Technology Networking groups.  

On this episode, we recap the latest awesome Diva Tech Talk podcast episodes like the Women of Impact event, Nadine Heinen from Comcast, and Valeria Rogers who is with the Healthcare information and management systems. They also review some of the upcoming hot women in tech local events.

Best of all she is joined with Monica Wheat who was featured on our podcast episode 2 of our show who has done alot for the community and her startup experience. She discusses her journey in tech and how the DAPCEP (http://www.dapcep.org/) STEM focused program helped launch her career into tech. She has had such a great variety of experience with tech companies as well as as few passion projects focused on STEM for young girls like Digerati Girls (http://www.digeratigirls.com/). 

Listen to the full episode here: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit

Divas Check in with the Internet Advisors (WJR) on Latest Tech Activities

Diva Kathleen Norton-Schock visited the WJR radio show studio to discuss the progress that Diva Tech Talk has made over the last 15 months.  She explained the mission of Diva Tech Talk and some of the national events that DT2 was able to support and cover in 2015.

Host Foster Braun noted that Diva Tech Talk is a unique podcast — founded by women, hosted by women, and focused on women’s journeys in the technology arena. Kathleen talked about the collaborative nature of the three founding Divas and how their diverse backgrounds and skills strengthen the project.

Common themes among the DT2’s interviewees include circuitous personal career/mission evolutions, using technology to be creative, balancing career and family, and the need to have mentors.  A surprise to the Divas has been that a growing percentage of our listeners are “male.” Kathleen attributed that to the fact that male leaders are recognizing that the cultivation of women for technology roles is paramount to achieving growth and innovation in their organizations.

Kathleen also gave a glimpse of the next 3 female leader podcasts including the President of Fastswitch, the CIO of Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan, and the Senior Vice President of Jabil Circuit; and ended by giving a “shout out” to the Midwest Technology Leaders Conference where DT2 will be podcasting on April 21st 2016, and to the Michigan Council of Women In Technology’s Executive Connection Summit coming up on May 12th, 2016.

Listen to the full episode here:  http://internetadvisor.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1615-KNS-Diva-Tech-Talk.mp3

Diva Tech Talk Celebrates International Women's Day on M2 Techcast

Diva Tech Talk celebrated International Women’s Month on the “live” M2 Podcast in March. Diva Kathleen Norton-Schock shared cogent statistics outlining women’s status in the technology field, dating back to the 1980’s through 2016. Her overview highlighted the current low number of women (less than 24%) holding key roles in the technology industry.  The discussion went on to address the problems with unconscious bias, the low percentage of female venture capitalists, and how a number of organizations are trying to make a difference to change this situation.  Kathleen was aided by Inforum’s Rachele Downs, Vice President of Entrepreneurial Strategy, and Terry Barclay, Inforum’s CEO, who offered their observations on ways this can be corrected, with a lot of help from forward-thinking corporations and nonprofits, as well as enlightened investors.

Kathleen went on to share the good news about Detroit, with an increase in tech jobs up to 33% over the last 3 year, and the fact that 45% of them are being held by women. According to a recent study, Detroit is third only to the District of Columbia, and Kansas in terms of being a great place for women technologists to work since in Detroit, salary parity has often been achieved here.   

Kathleen also recapped some of Diva Tech Talk’s major podcasts focused on both budding technology leaders and entrepreneurs as examples of how women can and do achieve great things in tech.

The segment ended with a review of the good work being done by The Michigan Council of Women In Technology.  Kathleen discussed how that organization is increasing the number of girls entering the technology field through its many programs including summer camps focused on 4th through 7th grade girls, the annual girl high school Website development competition, and the scholarship programs for college and post-graduate girls/women pursuing technology degrees.  She also touches on some of the upcoming MCWT events imminently coming up.

Take a listen here: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-25

M2 Techcast Features Diva Interview with Christina Mathes and LTU

Diva Tech Talk joined M2 (Squared) TechCast co-hosts Mike Brennan and Matt Roush on the Feb. 1 edition the Internet radio show. Amanda Lewan and Nicole Johnson Schefler interviewed Christina Mathes, vice president of Client Experience/Mousetap at Ricket Fiber.

Also on the show was Matt’s new boss, Bruce J. Annett Jr., Associate Vice President for Marketing and Public Affairs at Lawrence Technological University. Matt will head up the News operations for LTU. But LTU will partner with Matt’s former employer, the Engineering Society of Detroit, on ESD’s Technology Century news blog.

To Listen, click here: https://soundcloud.com/podcastdetroit/m2techcast-episode-20?in=podcastdetroit/sets/m2techcast-on-podcastdetroit#t=0:00

M2 Techcast Welcomes the Divas on the First 2016 Show

Two of the three Diva Tech Talk ladies joined M2 TechTalk co-hosts Matt Roush and Mike Brennan on the Jan. 4 show. Kathleen Norton-Schock and Amanda Lewan discussed the first 16 episodes during 2015 and where Diva Tech Talk is headed this year. 

In this podcast, Matt and Mike also talk about the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this week and the upcoming NAIAS (Detroit Auto Show)where automakers will be debuting connected vehicles, autonomous vehicles, and cool consumer electronic gadgets that connect with new cars and trucks.

To listen, click on http://mitechnews.com/podcasts/diva-tech-talk-joins-m2-techcast-to-talk-future-of-women-focused-show/