LGAW say hola to Latinx Googlers at Google Hola’s event
Passing through the electric revolving doors of Google’s Kings Cross office, Latin Girls At Work, and other Latinx-led charities and organisations, joined Google Hola in celebrating Latinx Heritage month on 5 October 2023. While it was a remarkable day filled with workshops, a bounty of snacks and laughter, what was most impactful was the safe space Google Hola created for a community of Latinxs to speak freely – in English, in Spanish, in Portuguese and a mix-match mixture of all three.
The team over at Latin Girls At Work was overjoyed when we opened up a little email from Cristhian Rodriguez, Google Hola’s standing president and Global Trade Compliance Manager at Google, inviting us to take part in the event they had organized, as part of a series of workshops and events celebrating Latinidad at Google. We rallied our best shirts and smiles, as we collectively recognised the unspoken monumentality of what was happening – we, as Latinx, were being actively celebrated by Google, a cornerstone company in the lives of British citizens.
As part of Google Hola’s initiative to make a positive impact on the Latinx community they have prepared a series of workshops, some we took part in and others that will take place in the coming weeks.
We opened up about ourselves and our achievements in workshops titled #IAmRemarkable and Tell Your Story; where we challenged our collective inability to praise ourselves for our hard work, and to celebrate our achievements. Some of the negative behaviours, formed from generations of hyper-humility may have started to crack in these spaces – as we expressed the ways we are remarkable and told each other about our struggles. I challenge you, the reader, to write down five ways you are remarkable and to continue to find new ways to celebrate your growth as a person and in your professional lives, as the impact of these workshops is something I’m keen to share.
We also learned about the ways AI can improve our productivity and lives, while also discussing AI’s implicit biases and how to avoid making mistakes by fine-tuning the prompts we feed them. We learned about the best tools for summarising large data sets, such as Bard, Chat GPT and Google Scholarly. As well as the best tools for automating tasks, Chatfuel and Botpress, and finally the best tools for transcribing and translating, Google Lens, DeepL and Google Translate. We learned that specificity is key in writing a good prompt which we tested out by running through a series of makeshift marketing ideas for a doggy daycare programme (woof woof!).
Lastly, Latin Girls At Work were given the opportunity to share why we do what we do, by talking about all of you, our amazing community. So it was important for us to connect you with some of these workshops for your benefit.
Starting on 7 November, Google Hola launches a series of virtual courses with the aim to help entrepreneurs build their digital business and marketing skills. Arming its attendees with the tools for success, from learning how to leverage digi-tools such as GoogleMyBusiness, YouTube, as well as Google’s search and analytics tools. Registration for Google’s Hola Entrepreneurs 2023 is open now, via this link.
We are incredibly honoured to have been invited to this event and to be able to share these resources with our community, and are hopeful they are as impactful for you as they were for us.
