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9 November 2017

Our CEO speaks at Web Summit in Portugal on “Hacking the gender divide in investing and company leadership”

Next47’s Susana Quintana-Plaza, Crunchbase’s Alexandra Mack, Girl Geek Academy’s Sarah Moran & People Matters Media’s Ester Martinez: Tech is male-dominated. It shouldn’t be. Let’s hear from the people hacking the gender imbalance. Continue Reading

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5 July 2017

Girl Geek Academy partners with STEM.I.AM for NAIDOC Week

As part of NAIDOC week, CEO Sarah Moran and Helen Sultana headed to Brisbane to run MissMakesCode with STEM.I.AM. Continue Reading

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4 July 2017

CEO Sarah Moran and Helen Sultana cast in Common Sense!

Our own Sarah Moran and Helen Sultana have been cast in Common Sense! Tune in! Computer coding at six years old?! Now that takes more than just some good old fashioned common sense!  #CommonSenseAU pic.twitter.com/8NAEPnuQht— Common Sense (@CommonSenseAU) July 1, 2017 Continue Reading

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13 June 2017

Girl Geek Academy opens up #SheHacks to corporate Australia

Do you know some amazing women in your workplace, but rarely get the chance to work with them directly? #SheHacks is happening July 14-16, and you’re invited to make the most of this unique professional development experience – shehacks.com.au We’re pleased to announce that we’ve introduced a first of its kind corporate program into our #SheHacks initiative, aiming to help companies connect women… Continue Reading

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5 May 2017

Girl Geek Academy wins the Australian Director’s Guild Innovation Award

CEO Sarah Moran attending this years Australian Director’s Guild to accept the Innovation Award for our work on SheMakesGames! Tonight I felt blessed to accept the Australian Director's Guild @ADGdirectors Innovation Award for @GirlGeekAcademy. I ♥️ Women in Screen pic.twitter.com/oDb5LV2daz — Sarah Moran (@SarahMoran) May 5, 2017 Continue Reading

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2 May 2017

Co-Founder Lisy Kane Named MCV Pacific’s Outstanding Achiever of the Year for 2017

For 2017, Lisy Kane was awarded the MCV Pacific 2017 Outstanding Achiever of the Year. While she was not able to attend the inaugural event, CEO Sarah Moran was able to accept the award on her behalf. Congratulations to all the other incredible women making a different in the Australia game development industry. .@lisyk may be in the U.K., but… Continue Reading

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10 April 2017

Girl Geek Academy and NAB create partnership

NAB has recruited their first “girl geek in residence” in the form of Girl Geek Academy CEO Sarah Moran. This partnership is to part of a NAB initiative to encourage more women to take on technology roles. Sarah will be working on implementing Girl Geek Academy founded events like #SheHacks and #SheMakes within the NAB workforce. Continue Reading

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31 March 2017

#SheHacksVIC Kicks Off in Warragul!

#SheHacksVic boot camps kick off in Warrugul. Check out WIN News’ feature of this incredible event! Fabulous founders Sarah & Amanda of @GirlGeekAcademy starting w intros for the #Warragul #SheHacks bootcamp! ☕😄💻👩 pic.twitter.com/tvKgPe8GhQ — GippsTech (@GippsTech) March 31, 2017 awesome ladies at the reg table for @GirlGeekAcademy #hackathon bootcamp in warragul! fantastic energy this morning! Co-founder Lisy Kane receives Film… Continue Reading

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25 March 2017

CEO Sarah Moran talks with LaunchVIC CEO Dr. Kate Cornick

Girl Geek Academy CEO Sarah Moran talks with CEO Dr. Kate Cornick about why #SheHacks is important for women across Victoria. https://web.archive.org/web/20200928211222if_/https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fgirlgeekacademy%2Fvideos%2F781124045383954%2F&show_text=0&width=560 Continue Reading

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21 February 2017

Welcome Tresna Lee to the Girl Geek Academy Team!

We are so excited to welcome Tresna Lee to the Girl Geek Academy team! Tresna will be developing our partner relationships as well as creating incredible experiences for women and girls at our events in 2017. If you’re yet to experience one of her events, then keep your eyes peeled and be sure to score a ticket when we announce… Continue Reading

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