Nika Nour's guest appearances

Nika Nour

ESA Cast

IndieGameBusiness®

The Silva Harapetian Show

Dan Rogers

Yulia Vakhrusheva

Ed Dille

Gregan Dunn

Cory Trese

Elena Lobova

Elliot Callighan

Habib Chams

Andrew Trese

Juney Dijkstra

Alex Golebiowski

Sarah Elmaleh

Paul Arendt

Emre Deniz

Jason Della Rocca

OwlTail

The gaming industry is a 160 Billion dollar industry, larger than the music industry. It is also an industry where women, minorities, women, and people of color have historically been underrepresented. Only 41% of women work in the gaming industry. One woman is on a mission to change the landscape. Nika Nour, an Iranian woman from California is leading the charge as the CEO of the International Game Developers Association where she is a leading voice for diversity, inclusion in the video gaming industry. Silva Harapetian speaks to Nika Nour about being bullied after 911. How gaming saved her and turned her into an advocate for equity, equality, and inclusion.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silva-harapetian/message

The gaming industry is a 160 Billion dollar industry, larger than the music industry. It is also an industry where women, minorities, women, and people of color have historically been underrepresented. Only 41% of women work in the gaming industry. One woman is on a mission to change the landscape. Nika Nour, an Iranian woman from California is leading the charge as the CEO of the International Game Developers Association where she is a leading voice for diversity, inclusion in the video gaming industry. Silva Harapetian speaks to Nika Nour about being bullied after 911. How gaming saved her and turned her into an advocate for equity, equality, and inclusion.--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silva-harapetian/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/silva-harapetian/message</a>

Episode 24 - Nika Nour: Equity and Equality in the Game Development Industry

Nika has spoken in the past at our conference but this was the first time we've had her on the podcast. The pandemic has thoroughly disrupted the work the IGDA Foundation does to help studios and individuals around the world. We spoke on how they have adapted to the change and the new work that's being done for 2021. _________________ To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: powellgroupconsulting.com Watch the official live stream: twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness Watch Indie's live stream: twitch.tv/INDIE Join the Indie Game Business Discord: discord.gg/indiegamebusiness The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: twitter.com/BusinessIndie Powell Group Consulting: twitter.com/PowellGrp Jay: twitter.com/Powell_Jay INDIE: twitter.com/TheRealIndie Donate to Extra Life with our link: extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indiegamebusiness/support

Nika has spoken in the past at our conference but this was the first time we've had her on the podcast. The pandemic has thoroughly disrupted the work the IGDA Foundation does to help studios and individuals around the world. We spoke on how they have adapted to the change and the new work that's being done for 2021. _________________ To learn more about the show or our online business matchmaking events for indie developers visit: indiegame.business Indie Game Business is produced by The Powell Group: <a href="http://powellgroupconsulting.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">powellgroupconsulting.com</a> Watch the official live stream: <a href="http://twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitch.tv/indiegamebusiness</a> Watch Indie's live stream: <a href="http://twitch.tv/INDIE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitch.tv/INDIE</a> Join the Indie Game Business Discord: <a href="http://discord.gg/indiegamebusiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">discord.gg/indiegamebusiness</a> The Twitters to follow - Indie Game Business: <a href="http://twitter.com/BusinessIndie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/BusinessIndie</a> Powell Group Consulting: <a href="http://twitter.com/PowellGrp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/PowellGrp</a> Jay: <a href="http://twitter.com/Powell_Jay" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/Powell_Jay</a> INDIE: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheRealIndie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheRealIndie</a> Donate to Extra Life with our link: <a href="http://extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">extra-life.org/participant/IndieGameBusiness</a> Join the Indie Game Business Extra Life Team: <a href="http://extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">extra-life.org/team/indiegamebusiness</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indiegamebusiness/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indiegamebusiness/support</a>

Interview with Nika Nour, Executive Director of the IGDA Foundation

Chelsea Blasko

Day 3 of E3 2018 is upon us! Reed sits down with ESA's Nika Nour, and Iron Galaxy Studios Chelsea Blasko, to discuss how to capitalize on making new business connections at the show.

E3 Early Access Day 3: Chelsea Blasko and Nika Nour