SAN FRANCISCO - Sept. 25 2015 - PRLog -- Two of the tech industry''s most influential speakers and leaders Poornima Vijayashanker and Karen Catlin are set to present at the Anita Borg Institute''s Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) of Women In Computing Conference next month in Houston TX. Poornima and Karen who have just collaborated on a yet-to-be released book on public speaking Present! The Step-by-Step Guide to Public Speaking for Techies will host a workshop on how to give your first lightning talk.''As a woman in tech I''m honored that Karen and I have the opportunity to share our knowledge with other women to help them succeed and achieve their goals. Women are severely underrepresented at tech conferences so hopefully Karen and I can encourage and inspire more of them to get involved'' said Poornima founding engineer ofMint and founder of Femgineer an education company that empowers techies of all backgrounds to build forward-thinking companies and products.In the workshop Poornima and Karen will share their tips and insights on how to extract expertise overcome stage fright identify key takeaways and engage an audience through storytelling.Karen a former executive at Adobe Systems and now founder of Karen Catlin Consulting is an advocate for women in tech a leadership coach and a gender diversity advisor. ''After a successful career working for companies such as Adobe my mission now is to ''pay it forward'' by inspiring and helping the next generation of women in tech'' Karen said.Attendees will have two chances to experience Poornima and Karen''s workshop on Wednesday October 14 at 10:30 am and 1:15 pm. Click here (http://schedule.gracehopper.org/session/showcase-your-wor...) for more information.ABOUT FEMGINEERFemgineer (http://www.femgineer.com) is an education company that empowers tech professionals to build products and companies through in-depth courses books and workshops. Launching in 2007 as a blog founder Poornima Vijayashanker turned her successful blog into business to help tech professionals and entrepreneurs especially women level up their careers. Femgineer has become a premier source for all tech professionals of diverse backgrounds.ABOUT KAREN CATLIN CONSULTINGKaren Catlin Consulting (http://karencatlin.com/) advocates for women in the tech industry by coaching women to be stronger leaders and men who want to be better allies for women and increase diversity at their companies. Founder Karen Catlin speaks across the country about gender diversity leadership and women in tech while catalyzing change through the Male Allies initiative.