Diversi joins forces with King again for the GDC Scholarship for women/non-binary students.
It is time for Swedens biggest yearly charity game stream - Spelhjälpen
A 26h marathon starting on October 14 at 10:00 AM (CET) with competitions, celebrity guests, previews of upcoming games and more.
This year the benefactors are "Kvinna till kvinna" who describe themselves as such
...'Kvinna till Kvinna literally means ”Woman to Woman”. We strengthen the organisation of women in conflict regions by collaborating with women’s organisations and supporting their work to promote women’s rights and peace. The goal is for women’s power and influence to increase.'
We at Diversi hope Spelhjälpen breaks their previous record of 125'000 SEK and continue being a positive force of gaming culture! 
Read more about Spelhjälpen:
http://Spelhjälpen.nu
Read more about Kvinna till Kvinna
http://kvinnatillkvinna.se/
!['Spelhjälpen ❤️ GRL PWR!
(illustration: @[100000103526205:2048:Anna Nilsson] aka @[121981211212608:274:Ida-Rebecca])'](https://scontent-cdg2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-0/s526x395/21616404_1305625516213285_538818978282875843_n.jpg?oh=6fd4eb5673c69f43c730851533e6dff0&oe=5ADF6AE4)
Diversi shared Respect All, Compete's post.
På lördag släpps boken "Arrangörer och e-sport – En guide till inkluderande LAN och event". Boken har tagits fram för att försöka hjälpa arrangörer att skapa än...nu bättre evenemang som välkomnar ännu fler utanför normen. Du hittar den här för förbeställning: shop.sverok.se/produkt/arrangorer-och-e-sport/
Genom analysfrågor, checklistor och exempel från andra arrangörer vill vi stötta och inspirera ert arbete med att skapa evenemang för fler. Innehållet fokuserar på allt från den fysiska miljön, till marknadsföring och moderering.
Boken kommer bara kosta en tia, men är gratis under hela maj för alla som är intresserade och kommer fortsatt vara gratis digitalt.
Senare i år kommer också en webbkurs där du kommer kunna utbilda hela arrangörsgrupper i att utföra inkluderande evenemang.
Bakom står vi tillsammans med Sverok - Spelhobbyförbundet, och Studiefrämjandet, med hjälp av intervjuer från DreamHack, Female Legends, DHR, Diversi, Malmö e-sport, Team Property, MälarLAN, STHLM e-sport och Keita-Gaming.
"Now in its second year, Oculus Launch Pad provides women, people of color, members of the LGBTQ community, and people from other underrepresented backgrounds funding and resources to ensure diversity of thought in the VR ecosystem. This year, Launch Pad kicks off with a weekend boot camp at Facebook headquarters on June 10 and 11. Creators receive mentoring, hands-on training, and a free Gear VR to playtest their own games and experiences."
"My best GDC moment so far was the panel group of women at King's office this morning where all these awesome professionals shared their valuable insights with us. This was so so inspiring!
Also I got to meet a French women producer yesterday evening who lives in SF. We were supposed to go for a coffee break then ended up having a 3 hours long conversation. We shared our opinions about the industry and she gave me insights about her career and work and how she got to work.
M...eeting this talented and passionate professional was definitely among the most inspiring moments I got to experience as an aspiring woman in games.", Caroline Bitterly Game & Narrative designer
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Diversi added 4 new photos.
Yesterday our scholarship winners had the opportunity to discuss their questions and thoughts directly with a panel of industry veterans! The panel was joined by Laura DeYoung (Riot Games), Zoë Curnoe (The Coalition), Meg Jayanth (Freelance) Anna Kipnis (DoubleFine), Lauren Scott (Hangar 13), Daniela Sjunnesson (Paradox) and Iris Andresdottir (King).
Thank you all so much for joining us and special thanks to King for hosting the panel!
Diversi is at Moscone Center.
We're at GDC!
On Sunday our ten winners of the King & Diversi scholarship for women in games and the Diversi team arrived in San Francisco and since then our schedules have been packed with talks, workshops, breakfast socials, networking and getting stellar advice from industry professionals.
Follow us on Twitter @DiversiSweden and Instagram @Diversi.official to get our play-by-play of GDC17!
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Entries are now closed and so far we have been blown away by the quality of your applications. Thanks to everyone who applied for our GDC17 Scholarship!
Last day to apply is coming up, so don't miss out on the GDC17 Scholarship for aspiring women in games!
Applications are open until 25th of November for all permanent EU residents. To apply head to: http://www.diversi.nu/gdcscholarship/
Did you apply to the GDC Scholarship or are you planning to? Meet Roisin Lally, Campus Recruitment Manager at King and one of our judges on the GDC17 Scholarship for Aspiring Women in Games: http://www.diversi.nu/…/interview-with-roisin-lally-campus…/
Apply here: http://www.diversi.nu/gdcscholarship/
Application deadline: 25th of November
Interested in going to GDC? We have a scholarship for aspiring women in games!
http://www.diversi.nu/gdcscholarship/
Hear from last year's winners:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4OC20GBhw4
We’re thrilled to announce our second run of the GDC Scholarship for Aspiring Women in Games.
In an effort to further encourage and strengthen the presence of women in the games industry, Diversi in partnership with King will this spring be sending 10 female students to the 2017 Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco.
...The scholarship is open for all female-identifying students with a permanent EU residency and who's pursuing a degree and considering a future in the games industry. We aim to provide them the opportunity to grow their network, exchange ideas and ease the transition from student life to work life.
Apply: Now via our website www.diversi.nu/gdcscholarship
Deadline: 25th of November
Är du mellan 13-24 år, tycker om spel och brinner för mångfald? Kom och lyssna på Diversi på Göteborgs Konstmuseum!
Den 21 september gästar Diversi “Mitt Konstmuseum”, där konstnären/speldesignern Ossian Borén berättar om hur spelskapandet kan kombineras med konsten, och Moa Frithiofsson från Diversis lokalgrupp i Göteborg berättar om nätverket Diversi och de olika initiativ för ökad mångfald inom spelkulturen vi är involverade i. Lokalen är rullstolsanpassad och det kommer ä...ven finnas fika och möjlighet att prata med oss efteråt för de som vill engagera sig i spel, diversitet och konst!
Det är begränsat antal sittplatser så först till kvarn gäller! Vi möts vid entren 17.00.
Om Diversi:
Diversi är ett nätverk som verkar för ökad diversitet inom spelkulturen, med sin bas i Stockholm, men med flera lokala grupper i bland annat Göteborg, Skövde och Malmö.
Om Mitt Konstmuseum:
Är du är mellan 13–24 år och nyfiken på eller kanske redan intresserad av konst? Då är det här platsen för dig! Varannan onsdagskväll är du välkommen till Studion för att prata om konst och undersöka vad det egentligen är utifrån olika teman och de aktuella utställningarna på museet.
Välkomna att skapa spel tillsammans med Diversi!
Tillsammans skapar vi brädspel, kortspel eller digitala spel med samma tema som Skövde Pride: "Gränslös".
Alla är välkomna, oavsett ålder, att under dagen dyka upp för att skapa och spela spel i Kulturiet i Skövde Kulturhus. Man kan arbeta i lag eller ensam.
... Vi står för material så som papper, pennor, saxar och dylikt. Vill du skapa ett digitalt spel behöver du ta med en egen dator!
Vi bjuder även på lättare fika under dagen.
På plats kommer erfarna spelutvecklare handleda och bidra med tips på hur man kan designa spel.
Spelen kommer efter jammet betygsättas av en jury och de bästa bidragen belönas med biopresentkort!
Hello from the new board!
Hi everyone, my name is Samson Wiklund and I have been elected as the new chairperson for Diversi.
During my predecessor’s steady leadership Diversi accomplished wonderful things during 2015 and the first part of 2016. We have had a presence at both Nordic Game Conference and Game Development Conference in San Francisco where, through the help of our great sponsors (Intel and King respectively), we were able to bring women students to these events to... learn, share and network. The Diversi Podcast was launched and a second season is in the making. Stockholm and Gothenburg local groups got the ball rolling and had their first meet-ups with the public.
Just to name a few things.
To say I had big shoes to fill would be an understatement.
I thought I'd introduce myself and where I see Diversi going in the following year.
I am a games journalist, currently writing for Swedish IGN (with some freelancing on the side). I also work as a programmer (albeit not in the games biz) to pay the bills. I am a second generation immigrant in Sweden where I live with my three cats and my fiancée.
As we are moving into the second half of the year we are changing some things in the organization - to grow and to have further reach. Our main new endeavour is that we are opening up for members in a much broader sense. Up until now members were chosen and elected to fill specific roles for operational groups or the board.
We are now accepting memberships from anyone who wants to be involved or show support. Memberships will come with a fee (different tiers depending on situation will be in place) and companies will be able to become official supporters. We will keep you posted on the specifics as soon as we have dotted all the i’s and crossed all t’s.
Operationally we will work to bolster and solidify our local groups/chapters, encouraging the organisation’s overall engagement with local events and self hosted meetups.
On a more general note Diversi will seek to lend greater focus to individual areas of concern (e.g. ethnicity, sexuality, physical access) across the range of its activities and programmed events. We will also place greater scrutiny on the types of projects we become involved with - to make sure we aren’t working on just one diversity area.
2016 is also the year where we will push to broaden our international outreach. Working with similar bodies and assisting those who wish to replicate the Diversi scheme in their home countries.
Well, those are in broad strokes the plan that we are working with during my tenure.
TL;DR: Hi, I am the new chair. Name’s Samson. 2016 we are restructuring for new membership types. We are focusing on working with local groups. We are going to work on more diversity areas. We are actively reaching out internationally now.
Keep in touch!
/Samson
Great response from Riot Games: http://kotaku.com/league-of-legends-champ-designer-gives-so…
An E-Sports Code of Conduct is now available in English. For those who game, parents of those who game and for event organizers. Make sure you check this out!
