Women On Web (WoW) : Highlights of Session 1 | Google Drive

Venue : Virtual Height IT Solutions Pvt Ltd, Ahmedabad
Date & Time : December 12, 2-6 pm
Organized by : Utkarsh Foundation

#HelpWomenGetOnline : As mentioned in the Agenda, here are the highlights from the first session of Women On Web event.

The session was mainly aimed at briefing the participants about the whole initiative and teach them the basics of Google Drive along with the hands on session for the same.

The target audience was the women of age group 30-50 years.

I initiated the session by delivering a hangout talk, briefing them how the whole process was going to be, what are our goals, what are we going to achieve at the end of this project, what should people expect out of this whole initiative.

This was followed by the hands-on session on Google Drive by Dipali Vyas. Here's the link to her Presentation. Dipali explained the participants basic concepts of Google drive along with its different features.

The participants were very curious to know new technology, but at the same time it was a bit challenging for Dipali to introduce an altogether new concept to the participants, out of which, most of them were using internet for the first time ! But kudos to her, she could teach all of them at least the basic sessions, and the follow-up sessions after the workshop played a very important role in clarifying their doubts and difficulties.

Here's a small Piece of experience, wonderfully written by our Speaker, Dipali Vyas.

A big thanks to Rekha ma'am for helping with the co-ordination. Also, Dhruva and Jenny turned out to be a great support throughout the event.

Overall, it was a great start to the initiative. I will update soon on our next session.

Women On Web (WoW) : First WWW Day Celebration at Ahmedabad

Utkarsh Charitable Trust is a registered non-profit organization, established to support the women who wish to meet their full potential in life, but need a helping hand. The mission to assist women in getting the education or training resources they need for career development. Utkarsh is founded and led by Rekha Adhwaryu. Utkarsh organized first ever World Wide Web Day Celebration in Ahmedabad (August 1, 2015), for the women of Ahmedabad city, in order to build up the WoW Tech Ahmedabad (World of Women rising for Technology).

Dr Falguni Vasavda-Oza started the event with a great talk on “Welcome to the Wonderful World of Web”. She is an Associate Professor Marketing Area at MICA - The School of Ideas. She covered the following topics -

• The scope of internet
• Explore your world with Social Media
• Use of Web and Mobile Apps

This was followed by a tech-session on various “Google Technologies” by Vaibhavi Desai, Google Business Group (GBG) Ahmedabad - Women’s City Leader and Google Student Ambassador. She covered the following topics -

• About GBG Women Ahmedabad Community
• Basic training of Google products like Gmail, Google Drive and YouTube
• Monetization through “Blogging” and “Vlogging”

Last but not the least, we had a wonderful session on “eCommerce era for Women to Grow” by Jaidip Parikh, who is an entrepreneur, e-commerce - digital media - social media marketing influencer, CEO of Tej SolPro, a leading Digital Marketing firm in Ahmedabad. He covered the following topics -

• Scope in e-commerce industry for women
• How to sell products on amazon, flipkart, snapdeal etc
• How to promote your online store

The participants were really very much satisfied with the learnings from the event. “Utkarsh” promised them to organize more events on “Women On Web” and “Help Women Get Online” in future also.

After the session, a couple of women were felicitated by the “The WoW factor Award by Utkarsh”, who did some remarkable work for the upliftment and growth of women in society.

Following are some of the coverage of the event in local newspapers.