151: RAD Women & Forcelandia with Angela Mahoney

Angela Mahoney is the Executive Director of RAD Women. She also helped found this organization and has played a major part in its growth. Angela is currently assisting with a cool project of teaching Salesforce at a university in Mexico.

In this episode, Angela and I dive into the history behind RAD Women. She shares how it was formed and what they’re doing today. Finally, we discuss the origin of the tech conference Forcelandia.

Show Highlights:

• More about the Salesforce project Angela’s helping out with in Mexico.
• How she got involved with technology at Salesforce.
• Why she wanted to get involved in the Salesforce community.
• The origin story and mission statement of RAD Women.
• What has contributed to RAD Women’s regional growth.
• Why Angela wanted to create a community conference.
• How Forcelandia is distinct from other community events.
• What Angela does outside of RAD Women.

Links:

• Angela on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelamahoneymba/
• Angela on Twitter: https://twitter.com/icloudsf
• Rad Women: http://radwomen.org/
• Forcelandia: http://forcelandia.com/
• Josh's keynote, The Pool at Nowhere: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkXefNpFbOA