More Prestigious Awards for Diva Tech Talk; Empowers Women Leaders 

AWC Bestows Sixth/Seventh Honors on Podcast Inspiring Women in Tech 

Bloomfield Hills, and Grand Rapids, Michigan – The Association for Women in Communications (AWC) has just recognized winners of its esteemed 2020 Clarion Awards competition. Technology leaders, Nicole Scheffler (@tech_nicole) and Kathleen Norton-Schock (@katensch), co-founders/co-hosts of 5-year-old Diva Tech Talk, were honored for the sixth and seventh time for communications excellence. Their robust podcast series emphasizes lessons learned and wisdom gained from the lives and careers of established and emerging women tech leaders. Its powerful, timely goal is to drive diversity and accelerate female inclusion in technology leadership roles, at all ages and career stages.

The empowering Diva Tech Talk podcast series received two Clarions for a continuous, mission-driven body of work.  The first recognizes its illuminating coverage of women’s issues; the second is for innovative podcasting. The co-founders’ laser-focus on achieving parity and “extending the voice” of women in tech, has produced a timeless, fascinating library of tech-oriented women’s lives, challenges, and victories.  

For more than 40 years, the AWC Clarion Awards have recognized small business, large corporate, nonprofit, agency and government communication specialists internationally who demonstrate excellence in clear and concise communications. As one of the most prestigious competitions of its kind in the country, the 2020 competition attracted entries from 20 states and two countries, with entries judged by teams of experts from all aspects of the marketing and communications fields. For a complete list of Clarion Award winners this year, please visit: www.womcom.org

About the Association for Women in Communications Founded in 1909, the Association for Women in Communications has members worldwide. AWC champions the advancement of women across all communications disciplines by recognizing excellence, promoting leadership and positioning its members at the forefront of the evolving communications era.

About Diva Tech Talk Inaugurated in 2015, by two experienced women technologists, Diva Tech Talk features periodic interviews celebrating female “techies” at all career stages. The series highlights women’s issues, unique challenges and important trends in the fast-moving technology industry through lively interviews accompanied by text blogs. As women make greater impacts in technology, Diva Tech Talk is there to foster progress, and share their hopes and dreams.  

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