It's refreshing to see a conference founder share his success in creating a gender balanced lineup; it offers both inspiration and proof that other conference founders could follow his lead. InnoDay's commitment to a gender balanced lineup resulted in a Hall of Fame gender ratio.
Read MoreSilicon Valley Comic Con organizers have the opportunity to move their event into the Hall of Fame. This is the first year for SV Comic Con and it does not start until March 18th, 2016. That's plenty of time to make a change. How great would it be to show their audience that they value women from the very start by presenting a Hall of Fame gender ratio at the first ever Silicon Valley Comic Con?
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Amazon recently compiled a list of the Top 100 Print Books for 2015 and the Top 100 Kindle Books for 2015. 51% of the top 100 print books and 50% of the top 100 Kindle books were written by women.
Read MoreThe Taste of T has plenty of food, wine, and design. Unfortunately, it also features a noticeable lack of women. Out of 25 Participating Chefs, only seven are women. That's a Hall of Shame gender ratio of just 28% women chefs.
Read MoreWhen there are five available slots for winners, what does it say when every single prize goes to a man?
Read MoreThe Telegraph has already released a Best Books of 2015 list. If this is what we can look forward in this year's batch of year end lists, we can't wait. 48% of the books on The Best Books of 2015 list were written by women, landing The Telegraph in the GA Hall of Fame!
Read MoreWhat's scarier than goblins and ghouls? Conferences and lists that consistently have Hall of Shame gender ratios. For Halloween, we're unmasking a few of repeat offenders from the GA Hall of Shame.
Read MoreInc.com has pretty limited ideas about who is worthy of your time and attention in 2016. Out of 33 entrepreneurs, marketers, and thought leaders, only four are women.
Read MoreWe started tracking unBound London earlier this month, when they first appeared in the GA Hall of Shame with 12% women speakers. Though the conference has added two additional women speakers since their Hall of Shame listing, they have also added 22 additional male speakers. Their speaker gender ratio has dropped from 12% to 10%.
Read MoreSince appearing the GA Hall of Shame last month, Closing the Gap has increased its percentage of women speakers from 14% to 25%.
Read MoreWho doesn't love good news? At GenderAvenger, we're celebrating our first birthday by taking a look back at our original Hall of Famers to see who belongs in the GenderAvenger Super Hall of Fame! These conferences and lists appeared on the GenderAvenger website in 2014 and have since qualified for a second appearance in our Hall of Fame. We're inspired by their commitment to balanced gender ratios, and we hope that their work is an inspiration to our Hall of Shamers to clean up their acts.
Read MoreWIRED Retail is a one day conference that bills itself as "an exploration of the future of retail" and promises "to present the future of retail - with those who are building it."
Apparently conference organizers Valtech and WIRED UK do not see women as a critical part of that future. Out of 13 Main Stage speakers, only two are women. That's 15% women speakers, a dismal gender ratio that has landed WIRED Retail in the GA Hall of Shame.
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