Just for mothers

Sheryl Sandberg Leans In with Eric Schmidt In Silicon Valley

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues If you think you’ve read everything about Sheryl Sandberg and her book “Lean In” think again. Last night, Sandberg joined her ex-boss, Google’s Eric Schmidt in conversation at Silicon Valley’s Computer [...]

Michelle Obama: How big is her green influence?

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues How much influence does First Lady Michelle Obama have on the President and his green policies? I put this question to David Axelrod, President Obama’s chief political strategist and his answer [...]

Girls get geeky at She’s Geeky Conference

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Hundreds of women descended on the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, January 30 and 31st for the second annual Silicon Valley She’s Geeky Conference. I hadn’t heard about it [...]

Heidi Roizen: VC tips for entrepreneurs

By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Heidi Roizen, part two In this second part of Heidi Roizen’s interview, she talks about her Silicon Valley career and her new venture; [...]

Maria Shriver inspires the moms

 On Tue evening, Maria Shriver was in town to promote her new book: Just Who Will You Be? and I was lucky enough to be invited to a private reception in Palo Alto at Books Inc. I [...]

Motherhood and more

Click here for the award-winning siliconmom website Here’s a peek: Must read books for mothers   Do you ever get mad at the Hallmark view of motherhood? Fed up with the media’s soft focus lens? Here’s [...]