Development & management
ada:flow
Developing and managing IT training programmes with support to get back to work, mainly for women and +40 years old.
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Since 2021, 4 classes:
- 65% women;
- 60% refugees and migrants;
- 20% atypical profiles;
- 75% success in finding a professional opportunity;
- Training partners: EPFL and AWS.
Website: www.adaflow.ch
Powerhouse
Developing and managing a coworking and empowerment space opposite Lausanne train station.
Creating a supportive ecosystem to support people in developing their ability to influence what is important to them.
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Since 2020, 300m2 space opposite Lausanne train station:
- Community of +130 people;
- +20 high-impact organisations regularly using the space;
- Network of +70 organisations (fields: entrepreneurship, women, tech, asylum).
Website: www.powerhouse-lausanne.ch
Nodia
Developing and managing consulting for companies to support them in discovering unsuspected talents and in improving their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
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Supporting companies in:
- Revealing the talents present in their organisation to retain and help them thrive;
- Innovating to find suitable profiles;
- Encouraging creativity and empowerment in the service of its mission.
Website: www.nodia-impact.com
Basic IT training sessions
Developing and managing weekly basic IT sessions for people with little use of digital tools. Making it evolve into an IT support tandem initiative.
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Weekly IT support sessions:
- +50 afternoons since 2021;
- +15 one-off and regular volunteers;
- +40 people supported.
IT training pairs:
- Since 2022;
Collaboration with association PAIRES (Projet pour l’Aide à l’Inclusion des Réfugié-e-s en Suisse). - Webpage of the initiative : https://powerhouse-lausanne.ch/soutien-informatique/
Tech training programs
Managing various training programmes in IT, cybersecurity and digital trust. Leading workshops and facilitation work.
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2022-2023 – for Trust Valley/ Foundation EPFL Innovation Park:
- Managing of the Trust4SMEs pilot, a 9-month programme supporting SMEs in cybersecurity and digital trust;
- Monitoring and coordinating 25 companies and more than 30 partners and stakeholders;
- Facilitating discussion circles.
2019-2021 – for NGO Powercoders :
- Managing coding bootcamps for refugees in French-speaking Switzerland;
- Developing a network of over 50 partners and facilitating over 50 professional opportunities.
Festins sans Frontières
Developing and managing cooking workshops led by refugees.
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2 workshops on Eritrean cuisine, March 2019 and March 2020.
Organisation & animation
Discussion circles and panels
Leading and moderating discussion circles and panels on inclusion and tech.
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- September 2022: organising and leading 3 discussion circles as part of the Assises Egalité de Genre et Transition Numérique 2022 on the topic of “inclusion and tech”: “Women in tech: from words to deeds”, “Diversifying tech: a major challenge”, “Digitalisation as a factor of exclusion”;
- September 2023: moderating panel on “Women in tech: attracting and keeping them!” during the Assises Egalité de Genre et Transition Numérique 2023.
Women in tech
Organising events on the careers of women in tech to inspire other women interested in a career in IT.
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2021-2022 – Three events in collaboration with the association découvrir, including one event in partnership with Nexthink.
Introduction to programming workshops
Organising introduction workshops on coding for women.
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2021-2022 – Two workshops in partnership with les Génies du Code.
Facilitation & connecting
Complex web redesign project
Managing project of the EPFL’s websites redesign. Managing change and bringing support for EPFL webmasters and editors.
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2015-2019 :
- Managing the project to change the EPFL’s web graphic guidelines in tight collaboration with IT;
- Supporting webmasters in regrouping more than 800 EPFL websites into a single information structure;
- Supporting and assisting the IT department with the CMS migration project;
- Developing an editorial guidlines;
- Setting up training classes and running presentations and hotlines to support 1,000 people through the changes.
Women supporting women
Organising an online meeting and presentations with NGOs supporting women.
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Online event in October 2020 with a presentation of 10 NGOs from French-speaking Switzerland supporting women and working for a more inclusive society. Sharing needs and contacts.
Career guidance and recruitment
Career guidance for people looking for a new career opportunity, especially women who want to get back to work, refugees, and people over 40 years old.
Facilitating and supporting companies in the recruitment and of atypical profiles.
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Since 2016 :
- Career guidance for women, refugees and asylum seekers, as well as people over 40 years old;
- Facilitating recruitment of talents with a migrant background and atypical profiles;
- Liaising with (para-)public partners to facilitate specific situations.
Fundraising & crowdfunding
Crowdfunding for a traditional dancing project
Leading a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for dancing workshops on traditional dances.
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February-March 2024:
- CHF 11’440 raised via Heros Locaux Raiffeisen platform
- For the theater group l’Instant d’un Espace
Crowdfunding for IT training programs
Leading a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds to develop a project to give access to IT training programs to jobless people.
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February-March 2021:
- CHF 15’800 raised on We Make It
- For non-profit organisation Powerhouse
Raising funds for various organisations
Fundraising for non-profit organisations.
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Since 2016 :
- Developing fundraising projects to support projects with a social impact
- Raising funds from public and private organisations.
Recognition
Invitation among other experts to take part in the Digital Xchange Forum 2022 in Berne, to discuss the topic “From digital divide to digital inclusion”.
Woman Entrepreneur Award, Club Zonta de Morges 2022
Speaker at the “Journée de l’Entreprenariat au Féminin 2021” on the theme of “Biz & Tech”.
Hidden Figures Award 2021 nomination for the Powerhouse project.
Powerhouse association nominated for the Prix de l’Egalité du CLAFVD 2021
Interview for Le Temps on les lacunes et le retard de la Suisse en termes de mutation numérique
Appearance on émission RTS le Forum des idées for the “Resilience Project”, campaign to launch the ada:flow initiative.
Speaker at the round table organised by EPFL and RTS on Engagement au Temps du Numérique
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