One year as a Tech Women Moldova Ambassador: Highlights and Lessons Learned

Do you know the story about the builder’s house that is never finished? If you are a content marketing fellow, you might have found yourself in this situation several times. We help customers build their brands through content, but when it comes to our own channels, they are often unfinished and not consistent at all. 

It just so happened that it has been over a year since I launched this blog and since I last posted on it. I wished I had posted on a regular basis, but I didn’t. I will try to be consistent from now on. 

The thing is that a couple of days after starting this blog, I applied to become an Ambassador at Tech Women Moldova, an amazing community that aims to empower and support women willing to pursue careers in tech. And I was accepted, along with 9 other inspiring women.

All the time that I have missed here, I embraced my role as an Ambassador, which involved, among many others, creating content for Tech Women Moldova’s social media. Shortly, here is an overview of what this year was about:

  • Participated in organizing 17 events, reaching over 1200 people
  • Coordinated the organization of the Graduation event for our annual Mentoring Program 
  • Moderated Tech Women Summit 2024 – the biggest annual event held by Tech Women Moldova, gathering hundreds of participants
  • Contributed to the organization of the Mentoring Program
  • Created social media content for Facebook, Instagram (in Romanian) and LinkedIn (in English)
  • Managed social media channels
  • Switched our LinkedIn page to English (it was in Romanian until 2024) 
  • Since July, became the ‘paparazzi’ capturing moments for Instagram stories
  • Mentored and provided feedback to the team on social media content writing
  • Delivered a workshop on content writing for social media

Stay with me to dig deeper into this experience, and learn more about Tech Women Moldova.

What is Tech Women Moldova?

Tech Women Moldova is an initiative dedicated to attracting, supporting, and promoting women in the tech industry. Year after year, a team of proactive women pursuing careers in the field are elected as Ambassadors to support the community in its mission of empowering women to develop in the tech sector.

What is a Tech Women Ambassador?

Since 2018, when Tech Women Moldova was created, more than 60 Ambassadors have contributed to the development of a platform where women can find various resources to grow as professionals. Workshops, meetups, tech-related brunches, an annual networking event, summit and mentoring program, are just some of the actions aiming to inspire, motivate and enhance knowledge exchange. 

What exactly does a Tech Women Ambassador do?

You might ask yourself what exactly is the role of a Tech Women Ambassador and how more precisely do we contribute to Tech Women Moldova’s mission. In order to put into practice all of the actions above, you need a team of professionals who are willing to volunteer their time, effort and energy and who have an understanding of the industry and its challenges.  

There is a lot of work behind every project that sees the light:

  • Brainstorming and creating concepts 
  • Planning
  • Looking for partners
  • Handling budgets and service providers (catering, photos, print etc.)
  • People management (if you coordinate the organization of an event)
  • Taking care of events logistics
  • Welcoming participants to the events
  • Creating designs for visuals and print materials
  • Writing content
  • Managing social media
  • Moderating events
  • Processing applications (e.g. for the mentoring program)
  • Answering questions and providing support when needed

The list can continue, because every event and program comes with its own details and sometimes unexpected turn of actions. One thing is for sure, Ambassadors are there to make the magic happen.

How did this year shape me?

Being a Tech Women Ambassador was beautiful, challenging, controversial, surprising, and sometimes overwhelming. But it changed me. The many hours and energy dedicated into crafting worthy experiences for our community, required resilience, empathy, strength to go the extra mile even in times when you would rather hide from the world than go upfront, courage to step out of my comfort zone, and commitment, lots and lots of commitment.

It was not easy, but it was definitely worth all the effort. I believe that these kinds of experiences make us stronger and better and refine our understanding of the world. I look retrospectively and I can’t believe how much we have managed to accomplish.

To the team of Ambassadors who worked with determination and persistence along the past year, THANK YOU. I’m grateful for all the lessons I have learned from each of you and for making me understand, once again, how people around us can influence who we are and who we become.   

Thank you, Tech Women Moldova! I tried my best to contribute to your growth, while you quietly were contributing to mine. Stay strong and confident for all the women out there looking for support and inspiration.