What's more fun than playing with Legos? The neat thing about Legos is that if you ask ten people to build something, you'll often get ten very different results. They allow one to apply creativity to the building process, and they make building fun! Well the LEGO® Serious Play Program (LSP) is teaming up with Microsoft to put together an event that incorporates Legos into promoting Women in Technology. If you happen to be at the MSDN Developer Conference during the next few months, be sure to look for an exciting event called WomenBuild. " What is WomenBuild?" you might ask. From the MDC Website, WomenBuild is:

1. Designed to address how do we attract and grow Women in Technology through creative out-of-the-box thinking
2. A place to brainstorm solutions on how we can make technology and a career in technology more accessible to women
3. Combines personal interaction and networking with the use of LEGO® Bricks as a conceptual modeling tool, part of the LEGO® Serious Play Program (LSP)
4. A great way to build bridges to solutions with a passionate and creative community of people who care to "pay it forward"

The WomenBuild program incorporates a hands-on process that draws on the power of creative thinking to shift group conversation from talking heads to focused minds. Each team will be run as a facilitated conversation with physical Lego brick constructions that will powerfully shift a group to more productive outcomes by accomplishing a deeper mining of the diverse wisdom within the group and a clearer shared conclusion on inspirational career paths for women in the technical field. Through this workshop, attendees will share real life experiences, discuss challenges, network & build on-going relationships with other women who are attending the conference. Ultimately, attendees of this workshop will find ways to unleash their creative thinking and transform ideas into concrete concepts.

As a bonus, you will have the opportunity to meet senior executives within varying fields in Microsoft who will share their thoughts the power of software to empower women– from career choices to education to your daily routine and lifestyle, software can make a huge & positive difference in all walks of life.

You can take a look HERE at Laura Foy's Channel 10 Report from WomenBuild at PDC this year.

Doesn't that sound fun and exciting? I love it that Microsoft is reaching out to women in the developer community. Make sure to check out the Facebook Group for WomenBuild too! It's an excellent place to get your feedback heard with regards to ways we can reach more women in technology.

You can Register for WomenBuild HERE - *use RSVP code "MDCWIT"

And on December 16th, I'll be helping to facilitate WomenBuild at the Atlanta MDC event, so be sure to look for me and say hello!