The document summarizes the origins and founding of She's the Geek, a blog and community created by Monique Ross and René Parker to share inspiration and passion for technology among women. It began as a way to promote a conference for empowering women in technology hosted by René Parker and others. The first version of the She's the Geek blog went live to publicize this conference, which over 120 women attended. She's the Geek has since grown into a larger community dedicated to supporting and encouraging women in technology.

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3. There was no name yet or any inclination of what it will become. Monique Ross (then Theron) and René Parker started playing around with a couple of ideas and always have the best brainstorming sessions away from the computer. We like taking walks or sitting around just chatting and inspiration always flows by just bouncing thoughts off one another. We knew this was the beginning of something bigger than us.

4. This is a screen shot of the first version of She’s the Geek blog

5. She’s the Geek blog was firstly created to promote a conference that René Parker and few other ladies of Impact Direct (Teresa Msipha, Franscious Chauhan, Bronwyn Hendricks, Mona Petersen, Sharon Jenneker and Celeste True) were hosting to educate and empower women from all walks of life. Monique was invited as a guest speaker to share about her life and how technology has changed her. There was a turn out of over 120 women across the Western Cape who attended the conference called: Educate, Empower & Conquer: I have the key! This was the first time of She’s the Geek went live.

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