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Telle Whitney of the Anita Borg Institute on the push to get more women onto the boards of major technology companies.
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The demand to get women on the FaceBook -- is not going away and you continue to sound off on the topic on FaceBook and Twitter.
Joining us now is telling Whitney with Anita Borg institute now -- job is to get -- women into Silicon Valley.
-- welcome back good to see again they -- stay there.
May I point out that FaceBook.
Has a woman who actually runs the company channel -- and she's very end changed she has decided to talk about.
How important it is to have women in technology yes and -- -- -- I mean obviously this is a talented woman who knows what she's doing as she is running this gigantic company on a day to day basis that's so why do we need to appoint.
Women because -- women to the things -- all.
Well there's a lot of social science that says that there's a better return for investors.
If there are women on board -- -- I've seen those stuff some non of them say.
That there is a better return for investment because.
When federal mobile and they say there is a better return for investors coincidentally.
With women on the -- right.
Yes I know that they don't -- -- and that I.
But if you think about -- -- customers IR somewhat there's a lot of women so what what I want and a company is to be profitable dynamic.
Best products lowest prices -- -- -- to do with that.
I would tell you that innovation is important to have a diverse set of people at the table -- better innovation.
-- team productivity.
And having forward.
That half of diverse perspective is going to be important for faith -- future digit women have anything to do with the innovation that brought FaceBook into the world.
-- show December is there so yeah of course you came after the event after the innovation that created thanks.
Yes but -- I mean so a lot of innovation is that not only the ideas.
But making it real he's the person that wrote that the world nothing but.
Yeah yeah I'm saying that's the right way to go about things get women in on the basis of that.
Talent and their ability I mean humble -- obviously everybody's in favor of that because that produces the best company.
But again you have to return to -- do you really want to appoint a woman to the bullet because she's a woman.
Q okay so you want to find great board members.
FaceBook would benefit by finding some great women to augment that their current board there's no question.
Why they're going public.
Is to open themselves up to investors and the -- that investors are -- question that's part of the process.
What a great thing that they're asking for more women a because India and these suggestions on which women could be appointed to face -- -- -- real contribution to a social network.
Well I think that I mean.
So who should they be asking for their board -- I don't know I think come up with some ideas that show ever that's one of them obviously but and Meg Whitman coliseum arena for -- absolutely.
Absolutely.
Can we put a name forces.
What -- that's I will tell him.
Mark is up about a bird yes that would -- yes so I think you are you an agreement with me on those you saying that women should be appointed and I want.
Are you so -- OK so -- I think that when -- putting together a board of directors.
That it's important to have great board of director members I think that there are some talented women that could be one of those directors but no he can't -- this to somebody part.
Just the fact that there.
Excellent tactic to -- Yeah.
But -- to audio Whitney we thank you very much for joining us as always is a great pleasure thank you.
