2021 has been productive, inspiring and full of achievements. But it also brought challenges dealing with Covid-19, keeping social distancing, working from home, and taking care of our families. We hope you made the most out of it, and that you’re ready towards 2022. 

A new year is a promise for a fresh start. It’s our goal here at 24me to help you fulfill this promise. So to boost your productivity in the new year, and to make life simpler, we are releasing today a major version of 24me. This new version, which is available to download on the App Store, was made especially for the new year –  with more than 30 new features to get organized and be on top of your new year’s resolutions. 

Here are the main new features you get when you download the new 24me for the New Year:

– Keeper: keep websites you visit as tasks in 24me 

You are probably getting so many notifications throughout the day. They might be about interesting articles that you don’t have the time to read at that moment, or about a website with information you might need for a future project. This is what 24me’s Keeper is for: a new way to keep websites as tasks in 24me. Adding the power of 24me tasks to Keeper gives you the option to set a reminder for the right time to visit that website. Furthermore, you can use 24me labels to label those keeper tasks, and organize them into different topics. We believe that Keeper will allow you to be super organized in the coming year. 

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– Set reminders for specific calendar accounts

You have been asking for this feature for quite some time. With the new version of 24me you can choose which calendar account to get reminders for. That will allow you to be more focused and have better control over your schedule and your reminders. Enabling this features is done via 24me Menu > Visible Calendars.

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– Set the default duration for calendar events 

Some people love to set one hour meetings, some prefer 45 minutes and others like to keep it short and up to 20 minutes. We already know that every one of you has different habits and different preferences for how to manage time. For better ease-of-use we added the ability to configure the default duration for calendar events. Enabling this features is done via 24me Settings > Default event duration.

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– Hide/Show tasks on the calendar 

Another feature for customization and enhanced organization is the ability to define whether to show tasks on the calendar. If you want the calendar screen to show only events, you can do so with the newest 24me version. Tasks are always presented on the Tasks screen. Enabling this features is done via 24me Settings > Show tasks on calendar.

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– Customize repeated events

We are making our support for recurrence even more robust. With this new version you are able to set a weekly recurrence on events, and choose on which days of the week to have the event repeat. For example, you can set a recurring event to repeat every three weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays. 

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– Add multiple labels to tasks

 We know that there are tasks that can be part of multiple projects. That’s why we’ve added the ability to add multiple labels to tasks. For example, “Buy groceries” can be labeled with: ‘household errands’, and ‘shoppings’. Then, once you are using the Label mode on the Tasks screen, you will see that task under both those labels.

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– Split screen support for iPads

We added the ability to use split screens on iPads to enhance your productivity. You can now use 24me together with another app, side by side.

We believe 2022 is going to be a wonderful year. We wish you all to become even more focused, keep the resolutions you had promised yourself at the beginning of the year, build healthy habits, and stay on top of things. We will keep improving 24me to provide you with the best personal assistant experience. 

Wishing you and your families a happy new and productive 2022 ??

With Love ❤️

The 24me team.

We are excited to share articles about 24me that were recently published on the App Store. We are humbled for this opportunity, given to us by Apple, to share our personal story. A story about parents, who decided to build a personal assistant to get life in order and be on top of things. 

We started 24me years ago as an automatic to-do list, which was revolutionary for those days in 2013… Since then, 24me has evolved into a one stop shop for managing everything related to the schedule: One place for all your calendars, to-do lists, notes and personalized reminders.

As parents for young kids, we felt how challenging it can be to juggle work and family all together. That’s why every feature we added into 24me, has been thoughtfully crafted. Every functionality added to 24me came to existence out of a real life challenge we or our team had experienced. We created 24me with lots of love and attention to details, to help people like us be on top of things.

Today, 24me has grown to be so much more to so many different users worldwide. Our team is so proud to have millions of users using 24me as their own personal  assistant.

We are sharing the two articles about us, the founders of 24me, where you can find our personal story about how we grew the app:

This Couple can get you organized

Your 24/7 Personal Assistant

Are you thinking about creating a new business or venture? Do you find yourself thinking about how it’s like to work on your own app? Do you want to know more about how we started?

Feel free to share with us your questions and thoughts in the comments below.

With ❤️

24me.

Place 24me Widgets On Your Home Screen

iOS 14 is out with redesigned widgets, which offer greater home screen customization. As always, 24me is one of the first apps supporting the new iOS 14 version by Apple, allowing you to enjoy the advancements Apple brings in its latest operating system.

You can download the latest version of 24me on the App Store, supporting widgets for iOS 14. This new version allows you to place 24me widgets anywhere on your home screen, add a new App Library for managing app overload and organization, and be even more efficient with your schedule.

iOS 14 Widgets offered by 24me

How To Use Widgets On iOS 14 On Your iPhones And iPad

1. Touch and hold an empty area on your screen until your apps jiggle and show minus symbols. Alternatively you can tap and hold on any app icon and then choose the Edit Home Screen option to customize the iPhone home screen.

2. Tap the plus button on the top left corner.

3. You will see a menu showing existing widgets.

4. Tap on the widget you want to add. You can then swipe left/right to choose the widget’s size and shape you want.

5. Tap “Add Widget” to select the widget that will be added on your Home screen.

6. To move the widget around the screen or to another screen: long-press it until it starts to jiggle, and then move it to any place you want.

7. If you want to remove a widget: long-press to bring up the ‘remove’ option.

Create a Widget Stack

With iOS 14 you can stack widgets of the same size, on top of each other. You can create a stack of widgets if you want to save space. Once stacked, you can swipe up or down to switch between the widgets.

To create a stack of widgets on your iPhone or iPad follow the steps below:

1. Add a widget as described in the previous section.

2. Drag and drop a widget (same size) on top of an existing one.

3. To change the position of an app in the stack, or to remove it from the stack:

• Long press the stack and select “Edit Stack”.
• Press the lines of each app to change its position in the stack.
• To remove the app from the stack, simply swipe it to the left.

Create a Smart Stack

With iOS 14 you can create a “Smart Stack,” which uses on-device intelligence to show which widget should be on top, depending on your location, time, or what you most often look at.

iOS 14 comes with a pre-built Smart Stack made up of a group of selected apps. You can customize the Smart Stack the way you want, and also change the order of widgets. Here is how to create a smart stack on your device:

• Long press on your home screen and tap the plus icon.
• Scroll down until you see the widget called “Smart Stack”.
• As with the other widgets, scroll left/right to choose the size you want, and then tap “Add Widget”.

As always, we would be happy to hear your feedback about our new widgets for iOS 14. Let us know in the comments below what you think, and if you are happy using 24me widgets on your home screen.

❤️

The 24me team.

Two weeks ago Apple launched their thirteenth major release of the iOS mobile operating system  – iOS 13. These is great news, since iOS 13 brings with it one of the most exciting features so far – Dark Mode!

So first, Welcome iOS 13 ? ?

24me is live on the App Store supporting Dark Mode, which is available for iOS 13.

As always, 24me is one of the first apps supporting the newest iOS 13, allowing you to enjoy the advancements Apple brings in the latest operating system.

Why going dark?

With the new iOS 13, 24me’s dark mode brings better usability. Dark mode serves night owls and visually impaired users. It’s much easier for low-vision users to read light text on a dark background than the traditional dark text on a light background. In addition, Dark mode saves battery power.

To sum up, 24me with dark mode helps with the following:

• Improving readability of text
• Less blue light
• Better contrast
• Saving of battery power

Enabling dark mode

You can enable dark mode in all your apps by going to Settings > Display & Brightness, and then tap the “Dark” option. Then, 24me will automatically switch to dark mode.

Get The Latest Update On The App Store:

The new iOS 13 features are already supported in the latest update of 24me. To use these features, upgrade to the latest Apple iOS 13, and update 24me from the App Store.

We would love to get your feedback about 24me with dark mode. Tell us if you like it, and what is your preferred mode while using your iPhone.

❤️

The 24me team.

We are happy to announce a huge update – 24me version 6. It is focused on ease of use and features new and enhanced calendar views, and multiple features to be more focused when working on your schedule!

We know your time matters, and that’s why we are always focused on creating the best personal assistant experience for you, so you could be more efficient by using 24me.

This is why we are so excited to introduce a huge version update: 24me – Version 6 which was just released. It includes more than 50 unique features focused on ease of use, providing you a perfect way to manage your schedule easily and hassle free!

Here’s What You Get When You Download 24me version 6:

• Calendar events now show the invitees profile pictures.

• Enhanced Month view – allowing to deep dive into days

• Completely redesigned Day view, with a dynamically resizable dates bar, drag and drop events from the all day section to the timeline and vice versa.
• Completely updated List view with a dynamically resizable dates bar.
• Hundreds of new gifts from top-selling vendors, so you can enjoy a better variety of gifts just in time for the wedding season, birthdays, baby showers and other special occasions.

Update 24me and enjoy the latest and greatest personal assistant.

As Always, we would love to hear your reviews and suggestions. Leave us your comments below and let us know what you think about the new version of 24me.

❤️

The 24me Team.

International Women’s Day is a worldwide event that celebrates women’s achievements, and calls for gender equality.

As a product that is built by a female Co-Founder, we believe gender diversity matters. Women were always on our mind, whether it was a new icon we wanted to add or a new feature. Our thoughts were always around helping our community of users, specifically women, and provide them with a personal assistant that saves time.

For this international women’s day, we decided to release a special version of 24me which honors inspiring women worldwide. We chose to highlight inspiring female entrepreneurs from all over the world who are contributing to our world and making it a better place to live in.

Reshma Saujani 

CEO and Founder of Girls Who Code, U.S.A.

Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of​ ​Girls Who Code, the nonprofit organization working to close the gender gap in technology while teaching girls confidence and bravery through coding. A lifelong activist, Saujani was the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress. She is the author of three books, including Brave, Not Perfect, Women Who Don’t Wait In Line and the New York Times Bestseller Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World. Reshma lives in New York City with her husband, Nihal, their son, Shaan, and their bulldog, Stanley.

Baillie Aaron

Founder and CEO, Spark Inside, UK

Baillie Aaron is a social entrepreneur, systems thinker and visionary leader with the ambition to effect global social justice change. She is Founder and CEO of Spark Inside, an award-winning UK charity bringing coaching into prisons, proven to reduce violence and reoffending. Spark Inside has coached over 1,000 prisoners and prison staff, and is now developing a licensing model to scale internationally. In addition, Baillie is the co-curator of the World Economic Forum community of Global Shapers London Hub and on the Advisory Board of Code4000, teaching coding in prisons. She graduated from Harvard and Cambridge universities, and is a JA Boston Business Hall of Fame inductee, Global Good Fund fellow and TEDx speaker. Previously, Baillie founded the US non-profit Venturing Out, providing entrepreneurship education to people in prison.

Rosie Thomas 

Co-founder / Co-CEO PROJECT ROCKIT, Australia

Rosie Thomas is co founder of PROJECT ROCKIT, Australia’s youth-driven movement against bullying, hate and prejudice. Having started the organization straight out of high school, Rosie is committed to providing totally innovative opportunities for young people to realize their potential. Fast forward thirteen years and PROJECT ROCKIT has positively impacted hundreds of thousands of young people with Rosie serving on the safety boards of major social media companies such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Recently Rosie was honored with an Order of Australia medal recognizing her service to young people. Rosie is a driver of innovation and is passionate about using business to solve long-standing social problems. In her spare time, she acts as a business mentor for local change makers and entrepreneurs. 

Liat Krawczyk

Co-Founder and Co-Director, The Jeneba Project 

Liat is co-founder and director of  The Jeneba Project, an organization dedicated to providing Sierra Leonean youth, and especially young women, with high-quality traditional and civic education. The NGO, co-led by Joseph Kaifala, a survivor of the Sierra Leonean civil war, recently launched an all-girls’ excellence academy. The school focuses on promoting the knowledge and skills needed for workforce readiness as well as on developing leaders with a strong sense of civic responsibility who are committed to transforming their society for the better. In addition to her non-profit, Liat has spent almost a decade growing for-profit and social-enterprise ventures and ecosystems in developed and frontier markets with a focus on emerging technologies such as humanitarian-civic tech, real estate tech, fintech and cybersecurity. In her free time, Liat is an avid filmmaker, whose latest documentary “Retracing Jeneba: The Story of a Witness”, has won multiple awards including “Best World Documentary” at the 2018 Harlem International Film Festival.

Shimrit Perkol-Finkel

CEO, ECOncrete Tech, Israel

Dr. Shimrit Perkol-Finkel is the co-founder and CEO of ECOncrete Tech Ltd, a world leader in bio-enhancing concrete technologies that provide for the first time both superior strength and ecological benefits. ECOncrete’s trailblazing products help build more resilient ports, waterfronts, breakwaters and piers that are more durable, have a longer life span, and help create thriving marine ecosystems. The patented technology incorporates three proven science-based elements that work in synergy: material composition, surface complexity, and macro designs, bringing concrete to life. The company has deployed its products successfully in 6 counties over 5 seas. Recently, ECOncrete was honored as a #10 most innovative company in its region by Fast Company, and #13 of the top 50 women led companies by Forbes magazine. Shimrit has over 20 years of experience in the field of Marine Biology and Ecology, diving and exploring different environments in over 30 counties. She specializes in sustainable management of urban marine habitats and is considered an expert in ecological engineering and environmentally sensitive designs of man-made coastal and marine infrastructure. She has led several large-scale and long-term projects like the EU funded MarUrbe project in Italy, and a waterfront enhancement scheme in Brooklyn Bridge Park NY.

Victoria Scott

Co-founder WellPower, U.S.A.

Victoria is a passionate engineer and entrepreneur. She co-founded WellPower in 2017 with three Princeton University engineers in her senior year of university because she wanted to have a positive impact on the world, and access to clean water is an increasingly dire problem in rural communities. WellPower is the most sustainable solution ever to the problem of clean water and energy access in off-grid communities. The solution uses upcycled solar panels and repurposed electric vehicle battery packs to power water filtration system that eliminates all biological contaminants. The solar panels and batteries used in WellPower  would have otherwise been discarded, even when they have life left in them. WellPower puts sustainability as their mission. The team conducted a successful pilot program in a rural village in Kenya where they implemented the system to scale. They managed to bring clean water and electricity to over 4000 people. WellPower aims to expand this impact across Kenya, and globally where there is limited access to water and energy.

Natalie Kyriacou OAM

Founder and CEO, My green world, Australia

Natalie Kyriacou OAM is the Founder and CEO of My Green World, the Creator of World of the Wild mobile game app, and the Australian Director of Sri Lankan-based NGO, Dogstar Foundation. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honouree, a recipient of the Medal of the Order of Australia and a Probono Impact 25 Award Recipient. For over ten years, Natalie has been driving positive change worldwide; creating inclusive youth education programs and technologies that increase access to wildlife and environmental conservation and sciences. Her approach has been to spark curiosity among young people by creating entertaining learning technologies that are accessible to all.  Natalie is particularly passionate about ensuring access to education, increasing female participation in science and empowering the next generation of young people to participate in global wildlife and environmental conservation. Natalie has enjoyed a diverse and fascinating career, from engaging with key government and corporate figures, including hosting the Chinese government in 2017 to providing policy recommendations to the Australian government which was included in the 2017 Australian Foreign Policy White Paper. Natalie has represented Australian on a global stage, advocating for wildlife and the environment, young people, education, increased female representation in STEMM and greater diversity and inclusion across corporate and government sectors.

Tzameret Fuerst

Co-Founder of PrePex & Global Speaker

Tzameret is the Co-Founder and former CEO of Circ MedTech, developers of PrePex, an FDA cleared and globally acclaimed medical device for HIV prevention. She led the company from concept to commercialization. She worked with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and US Government to initiate funded pilots in all target African countries and secured historic World Health Organization approval, the first Israeli company to attain this status. The device was publicly endorsed by philanthropist Bill Gates multiple times and hailed by the head of UNAIDS as “a revolution in HIV prevention”. Over 1,500,000 devices sold to date. Presently, is as a global speaker about leadership, entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, innovation and women’s empowerment. She leverages universal insights gained from her entrepreneurial journey to inspire executives, employees, entrepreneurs and students from all levels, industries and disciplines to think BIG and take action. She is particularly passionate about inspiring youth and has spoken before over 10,000 students via the Ministry of Education. Tzameret was a TEDMED 2014 and TEDx 2015 selected speaker. She is a the proud mother of two teenage boys and is a singer and guitar player for her rock band, RESTART.

2018 has been productive, inspiring and full of achievements for all of us. In our mission to boost your productivity and make life simpler, we’ve relied on your feedback and reviews to make 24me even better. Our focus for 2018 was Ease of use – to let you use 24me in the most convenient way possible.

This has been included a massive version update for 24me with many new additions which are available on the App Store for you to download. 

A new year is a promise for a fresh start. We will keep improving 24me in order to help you keep your New Year’s Resolutions. We wish you a super efficient and productive year!

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Here are our top 7 “Productivity Boosters” recommend by our users:

• Multiple calendar views – With the 5 unique calendar views, you can choose between: Month, Week, 3-Days, Day and List views. With 24me, it is easier to see your schedule for the upcoming months, weeks, and days. Landscape mode for iPhone and iPad is supported, allowing you more flexibility when you are planning long term. 

• Collaboration with the top assistants – 24me had deepened the integrations with Amazon Alexa and Siri, so adding tasks and events when you’re on-the-go or at home – is now easier than ever. It can be done without opening 24me app. This year, We have added support for Siri Shortcuts, which helps automate the to do list even better! 

Today’s Schedule: with 24me and Siri shortcuts, you can check your schedule for today without even opening 24me.

• Booking a hotel from the calendar? you can save more time by booking hotels anywhere around the globe with a single tap from 24me. This can be done by adding a new task for a planned trip, or by using the shortcut bar when adding a new item.

• Hundreds of new gifts from top-selling vendors – 24me reminds you about important events in your life such as birthdays and special occasions, and enables you to purchase and send gifts through the app. In 2018 we’ve added more vendors to our in-app gift shop, where you can automatically send gifts to your family and friends. Gifts can be sent immediately or can scheduled to be sent on a specific day.

• Time zone support – Our users who work globally have found this feature to be one of the most convenient features offered by 24me. Time Zone Support allows for scheduling meetings worldwide while choosing the relevant time zone.

• Single touch task completion – (Still being highly rated by 24me users as one of the top time savers) – the task completion button allows users to complete tasks in one tap through the task itself, from the notification center, or via 24me’s widget.

We are committed to building the best personal assistant and our team is working hard to make 24me the best app to boost your productivity.

Wishing you and your families a happy new and productive 2019 ??

With Love ❤️

The 24me team.

? ? Welcome iOS 12!

24me is live on the App Store supporting Siri Shortcuts and Interactions on Interactive Notifications!

It is one of the first apps supporting the newest iOS 12, allowing you to enjoy the advancements Apple brings in the latest operating system. With the new iOS 12, 24me integrates even more with Siri, so you can get things done even more quickly and on the go using your voice. It also helps accomplish things more easily, with interactive notifications that are now not just reminders, but also a place for you to arrange your schedule and mark things as Done!

24me with Siri Shortcuts

24me gets a boost of productivity now that it can integrate with Apple’s Assistant, Siri. 24me brings all the power and elegance of a smart assistant which provides one place for your schedule: calendar, tasks, notes, personal accounts and iPhone Reminders. It creates a timeline of your personal schedule for the day, with personalized notifications about the things you care about most. 24me helps you be more productive and efficient so you get more out of every moment.

Today’s schedule

With the new Siri shortcuts, you can check your schedule for today with the help of Siri and without opening 24me.

What’s next on your schedule

You can see what’s next on your schedule while you are on the go. 24me will highlight the next event on your schedule so you will never miss a thing.

Interactions on Interactive Notifications

With the new iOS 12, you can interact with your notifications, mark them as ‘Completed’ or snooze them. That makes 24me’s notifications more dynamic and helpful by letting you take control over your schedule easily and hassle free!

Get The Latest Update On The App Store:

The new iOS 12 features are already supported in the latest update of 24me. To use these features, upgrade to the latest Apple iOS 12, and update 24me from the App Store.

❤️

The 24me team.

24me was created to become your true personal assistant. As such, it can transform your life and make it much more productive and efficient. We wanted to write a short blog post with some recommendations about how to start working with 24me. Following these recommendations will ensure you experience 24me’s fullest capabilities.

1. Initial Setup

1. The first step is registration. The benefits of having an account is having a backup of all your tasks and notes which you will have access to, in case your device is damaged or lost. This way you won’t have to worry about losing important stuff. Also, it will allow you to share tasks with other people, send meeting invitations and sync your tasks and notes between all of your devices. 
   

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2. The second step is to sync with your local apps, so you can spend less time managing your schedule and more time enjoying it.  

• Connect your Calendar, to automatically  add your events to 24me. You can hide any calendar account you want by going to the 24me settings screen, and choosing “visible calendars”. Read more about the calendar setting in 24me here.
• With Notifications, you will get notified for the events and tasks you choose. 24me makes sure you will never miss these important events.
• Sync your Contacts to use advanced functionalities of 24me. You will be able to complete tasks right from within 24me such as  calling, texting and emailing people from your contacts. 24me adds the completion buttons next to these tasks, and with one tap you can complete it. In addition, connecting with your Contacts will allow you to easily share your tasks and events with your contacts.
• By allowing 24me access to your Location, it will be able to tell you the time to meetings with traffic alerts, notify you about weather conditions and give you the forecast – so you can plan ahead your schedule.

Sync with your local apps to spend less time managing your schedule

2. Syncing With Your Calendar And Email Accounts

Once you allow 24me to connect to your calendar as part of the initial setup, it syncs with any calendar account you have on your device. In case one of your accounts is missing, add it under your iOS Settings app > Accounts & Passwords > Add Account.

To add a calendar account go to iOS settings > Accounts & Passwords and add your account

3. Disabling Double Notifications

Notifications are great when you receive them once, and at the right time. Multiple notifications takes away your attention, distract you, and reduces your productivity. To avoid double notifications from 24me and the Apple calendar app, or any other calendar related app on your device, we highly recommend to disable notifications from those other apps.

This is the way to avoid multiple notifications and stay productive:

1. Open iOS Settings app
2. Go to Notifications
3. Go to the Apple calendar icon
4. Turn OFF notifications.

Disabling Double Notifications

To learn more about 24me go to 24me Knowledge Center, and get the best our of your new personal assistant!

We are always here to help. For any questions, leave us comments below or send an email to support@twentyfour.me

With ❤️

The 24me team.

International Women’s Day is a worldwide event that celebrates women’s achievements, and calls for gender equality. This day is special for us as 24me was created by a female Co-Founder. Women were always on our mind, whether it was a new icon we wanted to add, or a new feature. Our thoughts were always around helping our community of users, and specifically women, and providing a personal assistant experience that makes you much more efficient.

For this international women’s day, we decided to release a new version of 24me which honors inspiring women worldwide.

We chose to highlight female-entrepreneurs from all over the world: Guatemala, Australia, UK, Thailand and the U.S, who are contributing to our world and trying to make it a better place to live in. We believe women like Reshma Saujani, Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon, Rosie Thomas, Shivani Siroya, Natalie Kyriacou, Joy Pecoraro, Jude Ower, Rebecca Frankie and Catherine Hoke light the way for many other people, to follow their steps in making this world a better place to live in.

Reshma Saujani 

CEO and Founder of Girls Who Code, U.S.A.

Photo: Adrian Kinloch

Reshma Saujani is the Founder and CEO of​ ​Girls Who Code, a national​ ​non-profit​ ​organization working​ ​to​ ​close​ ​the​ ​gender​ ​gap​ ​in​ ​technology​ ​and​ ​change​ ​the​ ​image​ ​of​ ​what​ ​a​ ​programmer looks​ ​like​ ​and​ ​does.​ With their 7-week Summer Immersion Program, 2-week specialized Campus Program, after school Clubs, and a 13-book New York Times best-selling series, they are leading the movement to inspire, educate, and equip young women with the computing skills to pursue 21st century opportunities. By the end of the 2018 academic year, Girls Who Code will have reached over 50 thousand girls in all 50 states and several US territories. The results speak for themselves: 88% of alumni have declared a CS major/minor or are more interested in Computer Science because of Girls Who Code.

Reshma​ ​began​ ​her​ ​career​ ​as​ ​an​ ​attorney​ ​and​ ​activist.​ ​In​ ​2010,​ ​she​ ​surged​ ​onto​ ​the​ ​political scene​ ​as​ ​the​ ​first​ ​Indian​ ​American​ ​woman​ ​to​ ​run​ ​for​ ​U.S.​ Congress.​ ​During​ ​the​ ​race,​ ​Reshma visited​ ​local​ ​schools​ ​and​ ​saw​ ​the​ ​gender​ ​gap​ ​in​ ​computing​ ​classes​ ​firsthand,​ ​which​ ​led​ ​her​ ​to start​ ​Girls​ ​Who​ ​Code.​ ​She​ ​has​ ​also​ ​served​ ​as​ ​Deputy​ ​Public​ ​Advocate​ ​for​ ​New​ ​York​ ​City​ ​and ran​ ​a​ ​spirited​ ​campaign​ ​for​ ​Public​ ​Advocate​ ​in​ ​2013.

Reshma’s​ ​TED​ ​talk,​ ​“Teach​ ​girls,​ ​bravery​ ​not​ ​perfection,”​ ​has​ ​more​ ​than​ ​three​ ​million​ ​views​ ​and has​ ​sparked​ ​a​ ​national​ ​conversation​ ​about​ ​how​ ​we’re​ ​raising​ ​our​ ​girls.​ ​She​ ​is​ ​the​ ​author​ ​of​ ​two books,​ ​​Girls​ ​Who​ ​Code:​ ​Learn​ ​to​ ​Code​ ​and​ ​Change​ ​the​ ​World,​ ​ ​the​ ​first​ ​in​ ​a​ ​13-book​ ​series about​ ​girls​ ​and​ ​coding​ ​which​ ​debuted​ ​as​ ​a​ ​​New​ ​York​ ​Times​ ​​bestseller,​ ​and​ ​​Women​ ​Who​ ​Don’t Wait​ ​In​ ​Line,​ ​in​ ​which​ ​she​ ​advocates​ ​for​ ​a​ ​new​ ​model​ ​of​ ​female​ ​leadership​ ​focused​ ​on embracing​ ​risk​ ​and​ ​failure,​ ​promoting​ ​mentorship​ ​and​ ​sponsorship,​ ​and​ ​boldly​ ​charting​ ​your own​ ​course​ – personally​ ​and​ ​professionally.

Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE

Head Stemette and CEO, Stemettes, United Kingdom

Dr. Anne-Marie Imafidon is a prodigy in every sense of the word. Aged 11, she was the youngest girl ever to pass A-level computing, and was just 20 years old when she received her Master’s Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Oxford. Since then, she has forged an enviable CV, including positions at Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard and Deutsche Bank. Then there are the Honorary Doctorates from Open University & Glasgow Caledonian University and an Honorary Fellowship at Keble College, Oxford.

It is this wealth of experience and pioneering spirit that led her to co-found the Stemettes, an award-winning social enterprise working across the UK & Ireland and beyond to inspire and support young women into Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths careers (known collectively as STEM). Since its inception 5 years ago, it has exposed more than 17,500 girls across Europe to Anne-Marie’s vision for a more diverse and balanced science and tech community.

Rosie Thomas 

Co-founder / Co-CEO PROJECT ROCKIT, Australia

Empowerpreneur, social justice junkie and co-founder of PROJECT ROCKIT, Rosie is considered one of Australia’s best and brightest emerging change makers and social innovators. Having built then grown PROJECT ROCKIT straight out of high school, Rosie is committed to providing totally innovative opportunities for young people to realize their potential.

PROJECT ROCKIT is an Australia’s youth-driven movement against bullying, hate and prejudice. For over 10 Years PROJECT ROCKIT has been empowering school students to stand up to hate instead of standing by watching. through the lens of (Cyber)Bullying, their workshops explore themes of diversity, belonging, respectful relationships, values and ethics, while building student voice, leadership and empathy.

Rosie loves helping her audience realize their unique purpose. She is a dynamic and seasoned speaker, having personally presented to over a hundred thousand young people as well as to thousands of grown ups on a range of national and international stages. As a youth and cyber safety expert, Rosie also appears in a number of media outlets, including Sunrise and The Project.

Shivani Siroya

CEO and Founder, Tala, U.S.A.

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Shivani is the founder and CEO of Tala, a mobile technology and data science company that is opening up financial access for underserved people globally. Tala’s smartphone app uses alternative data to deliver instant credit and help customers build their financial identities. In 2016, Fast Company ranked Tala as one of its top 10 companies in Money, and Forbes named Tala as one of the top 50 FinTech companies in the world. Prior to founding Tala, Shivani held a variety of positions in global health, microfinance, and investment banking, including with the United Nations Population Fund, Health Net, Citigroup and UBS. Shivani is an Aspen Institute Finance Leader Fellow, a WEF Young Global Leader, Senior TED Fellow and Ashoka Fellow. She is also on the board of Stellar.org. She holds a M.P.H from Columbia University and a B.A. from Wesleyan University.

Natalie Kyriacou

Founder and CEO, My green world, Australia

Natalie Kyriacou is the Founder and CEO of My Green World and the Creator of World of the Wild mobile game app. In an effort to engage young people in wildlife and environmental conservation, Natalie created My Green World, a social enterprise pioneering youth education and technology programs that enhance the efforts of conservation efforts worldwide.

Natalie has worked with a range of nonprofits around the world with a particular focus on wildlife conservation, environmental protection, animal welfare and community development.

Natalie is a sitting member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Australian Director of Sri Lankan NGO, Dogstar Foundation and was previously a member of the University of Melbourne’s Animal Ethics Committee for the Department of Veterinary Sciences. In 2015, Natalie was responsible for the global ban on elephant rides by Australia’s largest travel wholesaler, Tempo Holidays.

Joy Pecoraro

Founder of WOWW Campaign, Guatemala

Joy Pecoraro is the founder of WOWW Campaign – a bilingual online platform aimed at inspiring women around the world. Joy interviews women on The WOWW Campaign Podcast and writes about life lessons, mental health, entrepreneurship, and many other topics related to personal development.

Joy Pecoraro created WOWW Campaign so women across the globe would feel less lonely. Joy believes that life is sweeter when you have a support group or someone willing to lift you up when you fall. Inspirational podcast interviews posted on The WOWW Campaign Podcast are created to help women realize that if someone else can overcome a challenging circumstance, so can they.

Jude Ower

Founder and CEO of Playmob, United Kingdom

Jude Ower

Jude Ower, has long had a passion to support global causes via gaming. She has spent 12 years in the games industry, creating impactful and educational games for corporate, education and government. This led her to start Playmob, a gaming for good platform. Playmob connects brands and NGOs to millions of gamers to improve lives and the planet. The platform works through existing hit mobile titles, inserting mini games for good and delivering tangible tracked impact while understanding what people care about. Playmob’s vision is that the games we play everyday can solve some of the world’s most pressing issues. Over the next three years, Playmob aims to generate further impact and raise $1billion for global causes.

Rebecca Frankie

Social Change Entrepreneur, Thailand

Rebecca is a leading social change communication specialist in the Asia Pacific region, hailing from a successful career in broadcast television in Australia. She is passionate about creating robust, evidence-based approaches in developing behaviour change strategies and creative content across a range of challenging social issues. As co-founder of Love Frankie, a Bangkok-based social change communications agency, Rebecca believes that compelling content combined with targeted audience insights has the power to shift attitudes and influence perceptions around complex issues. As the previous Head of Creative and Content for MTV EXIT, Rebecca produced a vast range of on-air and digital content outputs including award-winning documentary series, drama series, PSAs, music videos, animation and live events in collaboration with high-profile influencers and media partners.

Catherine Hoke

Founder and CEO of Defy Ventures, U.S.A.

After being given a second chance of her own, Catherine Hoke founded Defy Ventures, a national nonprofit organization that “transforms the hustle” of currently and formerly incarcerated people. Defy Ventures offers intensive personal and leadership development, competition-based entrepreneurship training, executive mentoring, financial investment, and business incubation. We harness the natural talents of currently and formerly incarcerated men, women, and youth and redirect them toward the creation of legal business ventures and careers. By engaging top corporate executives, investors, and entrepreneurs, Defy catalyzes personal and economic opportunities for people with criminal histories, and shatters perceptions of one of the most stigmatized and overlooked populations in America.Defy has produced groundbreaking results, including a recidivism rate of less than 5 percent.  Defy’s vision is to end mass incarceration by using entrepreneurship as a tool to transform legacies and human potential.

Cat was named a #MakeTechHuman Agent of Change by WIRED and Nokia for being one of “17 Global Influencers Expanding Human Possibility Through Technology.” She has received the MDC Partners Humanitarian Award on behalf of Defy Ventures, and was included in Forbes’ 40 Women to Watch over 40. She was also named by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business and is an Ashoka Fellow.

Cat is the author of A Second Chance: For You, for Me, and for the Rest of Us, a book about new starts, forgiveness, shame, and the power of possibility.