We have a great turnout at the Women Tech Council Holiday Social this year!  It was great having Pete Ashdown from XMission there to welcome our guests. Sponsors like Xmission make it possible to have these amazing networking opportunities. The venue offered a great opportunity to network with professionals from all over the Salt Lake Valley. A wide variety of industries were represented at the event.

Our Host – The Leonardo
We were excited that this year’s holiday social was hosted at the Leonardo, one of our community partners. The Leonardo was decorated beautifully and several members were able to take advantage of a free tour of the museum.

Our Speaker – Kim Hood, Governor’s Cabinet
We always like to look back and reflect on the changes we have experienced as a state and industry at the end of the year. Kim Hood, Executive Director, Department of Administrative Services from the Governor’s Cabinet will shared with us a look back at the state and industry.

Some highlights included:

• Utah is a great place for businesses to be located, based on the cost of doing business and the talent pool available
• Utah is the most inventive state, we are first in generating patents per capita
• Jobs are expanding in all areas in Utah excluding government
• Income has increased by 5%
• Utah has a higher percentage of home computer use than anywhere in America

Our Charity – YWCA
As is tradition, we helped a local charity during the social. We had a money tree for your donations, all donations will go directly to the charity.  Last year we raised more than $2,000 at the social, this year we wanted to pass that amount for the YWCA. For more than 100 years the YWCA Salt Lake City has been a voice for women, a force for change, and a place for hope in Utah. Our enduring belief is that better lives for women–all women–will lead to stronger families and communities. Since opening the first domestic violence crisis shelter in Utah in 1976, the YWCA has developed an integrated range of program primarily in the area of family violence. The YWCA’s programs address a variety of basic, immediate needs for safety, shelter, food, and clothing, as well as longer term needs for affordable housing, quality child care, economic empowerment, racial justice, emotional health, and physical well-being. Today the YWCA is Utah’s oldest, largest, and most comprehensive provider of shelter, transitional housing, education, and supportive services for women and children who have experienced family violence.

Thank you to everyone that attended! It was a great event.

More photos from the event are available on our Facebook page.

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