7:30am – 9:00am Registration and Coffee

9:00am – 9:15am Introductions and Setting up the Day

9:15am – 10:00am Quantitative Findings
Speaker: Elizabeth Clark, Managing Director, Educational Technology Group, Harvard Business School 

In the fall of 2012, a mixed methods research study – a collaboration between a doctoral student/IT professional at Boston College and the EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research – was conducted with higher education CIOs to explore why higher education has been bringing proportionally more women into the ranks of the CIO than the corporate sector. Findings revealed much about the culture of higher education IT, women’s unique experience in it, and organizational factors that are contributing to this trend.

10:00am - 10:30am Interactive Discussion With the Audience

As practice-focused research is always most useful when brought back to the field for further confirmation and discussion, the morning portion of the session will focus on the research findings and what they mean for women working in higher education. Participants will have an opportunity to reflect on how well the findings fit their own reality as higher education IT professionals, and what they mean for their careers.

10:30am – 10:45am Break

10:45am – 11:30am Qualitative Findings and Overall Conclusions Examined

11:30am – 11:50am Interactive Discussion with the Audience

12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch

1:00pm – 2:00pm It’s Not About the Money. Or is it? Negotiating Salary and Compensation Strategies for Women
Speaker: Omaira Roy, Director of Human Resources, Mount Ida College

Women are excellent negotiators - we are masterful when it comes to haggling at a yard sale or selling raffle tickets for our children’s’ sports programs but when it comes to negotiating salary, many women, even very successful women, fall short. In this discussion, we’ll explore the reasons why some women struggle when it comes to negotiating for themselves and we’ll identify some of the common mistakes women make in salary negotiations. In addition, we’ll introduce some strategies to help women become more confident and better prepared in salary negotiations and we’ll share ideas about what to negotiate for besides salary.

2:00pm – 3:00pm Mentoring for Aspiring CIOs and Other Technology Leaders (remote presentation)
Speaker: Melissa Woo, Vice Provost for Information Services & Chief Information Officer, University of Oregon

Mentoring is a crucial element in the professional development and advancement of up-and-coming technology leaders who aspire to senior roles such as that of the CIO. However, mentoring has evolved beyond the traditional long-term, one-on-one style to better suit today’s professionals and available communication venues. There are many different mentoring styles and functions, and each can be leveraged effectively to assist in one's professional development. This session will cover different mentoring styles and functions that can be important to those who aspire to senior technology leadership roles.

3:00pm – 3:30pm Last Q&A and Wrap up

3:30pm End