Focusing on Diversity as the Next Tech PR Innovation

Guest post by Caroline Kawashima of Babel PR.

This is a guest post by Caroline Kawashima, EVP and head of U.S. operations for San Francisco’s Babel PR.

During the first-ever White House Demo Day, President Obama announced a new push to increase diversity in the technology sector that included commitments by some of the leading names in Silicon Valley to focus on hiring and promoting more women and minorities. Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM, Dropbox, Uber and Airbnb are just some of the companies that have a lackluster record for diversity hiring and are now feeling the pressure to focus on new practices that will reduce “unconscious biases” and increase the percentage of women and minority employees.

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