GeekWire

DECEMBER 10, 2022

A pilot program to help orca whales in Puget Sound by asking commercial vessels to slow down saw 61% participation in its first month, reported program leaders at an event Friday at the Seattle Aquarium. The pilot program lasts from Oct. Ultimately, the group would like to link hydrophone data to the new app. ” Gov.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 22, 2020

The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. Dungeons & Dragons dice come in odd shapes and sizes.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 18, 2022

Feeding America is a nonprofit that behaves like most for-profits,” says Maryann Byrdak, chief information technology officer of Feeding America. “We The nonprofit brought her onboard with a mandate to build a roadmap to drive innovation and modernize the organization’s IT footprint. We didn’t have basic things like a data warehouse.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Editor’s note: Last night Cloudera held the 2014 Data Impact Awards. But I don’t care now, I’ve been on the stage in the big data community version of that gala. 2014 Finalists Announced for Data Impact Awards. Second Annual Awards Program, Presented by Cloudera, Honors Big Data Achievements.

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GeekWire

MAY 24, 2023

(Jenny Crooks Photo) Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid off 45% of its workforce, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire Wednesday. “But we are no strangers to being knocked down or kept out of the industry.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. Today, the once technology recycling program is now a robust nonprofit focused on offering tuition-free IT training to help diversify the tech talent pipeline.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

LGBTQ Tech LGBTQ Tech offers programs and resources to support LGBTQ+ communities and works to “educate organizations and policy makers on the unique needs LGBTQ+ individuals face when it comes to tech.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

If you are in or know people in government, non-profits or NGO’s that have leveraged Hadoop in service to missions please nominate them for recognition as part of the 2014 Data Impact Awards presented by Cloudera. 2014 Data Impact Awards. That’s precisely what the annual Data Impact Awards, presented by Cloudera, are for.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The 2014 Data Impact award, presented by Cloudera, is a great way of helping the community learn best practices by highlighting mission-focused solutions. 2014 Data Impact Awards. That’s precisely what the annual Data Impact Awards, presented by Cloudera, are for. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. By Bob Gourley.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 11, 2022

The programs are based in underserved communities and 130 kids are enrolled in Washington, according to a November interview with Mike Abello, the nonprofit’s head of education. He also owns a 300,000 acre ranch in the area, and his company’s rocket engine testing program is located nearby. low-income,?

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Despite public and internal corporate support programs, and increased awareness of male/female disparities in the workplace in terms of positions and salaries, women still come up short of equity in tech job placements. to help students of all ages gain real-world skills in AI, data science, and other emerging technologies.

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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Often, this data captures only a small glimpse of total giving, and it typically spotlights big donors, like billionaires, while overlooking the ways that many Americans give. Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. But the rest of it?

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Washington State University this week launched a new $125 million program to collect and analyze animal viruses with the aim of preventing the next pandemic. The program is funded with an award from the U.S. Louis and the nonprofit FHI 360. The project is expected to yield 8,000 to 12,000 novel viruses for analysis.

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GeekWire

APRIL 3, 2024

Bryan Copley , CEO and co-founder of Seattle real estate data startup CityBldr , is now a planning commissioner for the City of Redmond. Techstars announced one month later that it was shutting down the Seattle program. Adaptive previously hired Goldman Sachs to explore “strategic alternatives” for the businesses.

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CTOvision

APRIL 24, 2014

Editor’s note: Hudson Hollister is the executive director of the data transparency coalition. Sweeping change and open data are dawning for U.S. Senate passed the DATA Act — unanimously. Mark Warner (D-VA) first introduced it , we now know what the final DATA Act will look like. federal spending.

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GeekWire

MAY 15, 2023

A Way Home Washington The Anchor Community Initiative team with A Way Home Washington captured their reaction to Spokane’s significant decline in youth and young adult homelessness, as revealed through their data analysis. (A Providing local organizations with technical expertise to better use their data around homelessness.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 2, 2022

Can you deliver meaningful results on a data project within one or two quarters? That’s a requirement for nearly any initiative undertaken by Petco Chief Data and Analytics Officer Rakesh Srinivasan, who invests the talent and resources to achieve results quickly.

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Kitaboo

JULY 14, 2020

Training evaluation refers to an attempt to obtain relevant information on the effects of a training program. The primary objective of evaluating any training program is to develop an understanding of whether it has achieved its stated objectives. Collect the post-training data. Isolate the effects of a training program.

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GeekWire

JULY 13, 2021

Seattle-based health data company Truveta today announced $95 million in fresh funding and the addition of three new participating healthcare systems, bringing its total to 17. Truveta last year began an ambitious mission to aggregate medical records data from its partner institutions to link treatments with outcomes and underlying health.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

Today’s networking and advocacy landscape finds a growing array of programs and organizations for girls, women, and anyone who identifies as a woman — and plenty are also open to male allies. Such issues have played a large role in the rise of organizations focused on empowering and supporting women in tech roles. Black Girls Code.

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GeekWire

APRIL 25, 2021

Key contributors to PATH’s COVID-19 diagnostics platform, from left to right: Lorraine Lillis, scientific program officer for diagnostics; Neha Agarwal, associate director for diagnostics, and Olivia Halas, program coordinator for diagnostics. PATH Photos). and California variants each make up roughly one-third of infections.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. On-prem data centers have an outsized impact on carbon emissions and waste. Now is no time for sideline sitting, however.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2024

The organization, which started with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and about four or five employees, has since grown into a global nonprofit with more than 1,500 change leaders, universities, companies, nonprofits, and government organizations on board.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Black Data Processing Associates The Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA) is an international organization founded in 1975 as a network for underrepresented minorities working in the IT and computer science fields.

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GeekWire

MARCH 26, 2024

And the finalists for Next Tech Titan are … MotherDuck , a serverless data analytics platform built on the open-source platform DuckDB, an in-process online analytical processing database, or OLAP. Submittable , a social impact platform that helps corporations, governments, and nonprofits manage programs focused on social good.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

times higher cash flow per employee and three in four job seekers and workers prefer diverse companies, according to data from a 2022 BuiltIn report. Through internship programs, apprenticeships, returnships, and other unique talent and upskilling programs, these examples can help inspire the right DEI strategy for your organization.

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CTOvision

JANUARY 28, 2016

Even though half of the in-house counsel report that their companies have increased their spending on cybersecurity, the report shows that many organizations are not taking basic precautions to prevent a data breach. The State of Cyber Security Report addresses: One-third of in-house counsel have experienced a data breach.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Digital libraries are the result of the commingling of several disciplines, including data management, document management, library science, image processing, information systems, AI, and human-computer interaction. Nonprofits have tremendous amounts of sensitive data exclusive to member communities, financial information, and more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Business analysts (BAs) are responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the business using data analytics to assess processes, determine requirements, and deliver data-driven recommendations and reports to executives and stakeholders. PayScale offers data on similar job titles that fall under the category of business analyst.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 26, 2022

That’s just one major drive under way by the nonprofit golf association, which is also delivering myriad tournaments and events, special services, and classes to its 28,000 members, a roster including celebrities, national golf pros, golf coaches, amateur players, and people who work in the golf industry, says PGA of America CTO Kevin Scott.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 3, 2023

This is a significant problem because sharing data between clinical systems and providing patients with easy access to their information enables them to make better-informed decisions and, subsequently, supports improving the quality and timeliness of care. Improving interoperability and eliminating roadblocks, however, is not an easy task.

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GeekWire

MAY 25, 2021

The nonprofit sea.citi recently convened a panel of Seattle tech leaders to talk about DEI efforts. The foundation also allows for anecdotal evidence to demonstrate that the money is being well spent, versus hard data. ”

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

Sequoia Capital and former Stripe exec Lachy Groom led the Series A round, which will fuel growth for the company’s technology that helps product manufacturers send data from their physical assets to cloud-based apps over cellular networks. Developers use the JSON programming language and two lines of code to make it all work.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Microsoft announced a scholarship program for U.S. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and vice chair, cited the growing threat of ransomware and other cybersecurity attacks in a virtual news conference announcing the initiative alongside educational and nonprofit leaders Thursday morning. Microsoft President Brad Smith.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

“The Initiative for Molecular and Genomic Evaluation of Cancer”: The initiative will focus on the collection and analysis of genetic, clinical and molecular data to better understand tumors at a cellular level. Swedish has appointed Douglas Kieper as interim program director.

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GeekWire

JULY 28, 2020

According to CNBC, UW Bothell, located north of Seattle, offers roughly 55 degree programs and enrolls 5,364 undergraduate students. CNBC Make It findings were calculated using data from Tuition Tracker , a tool created by education-focused nonprofit news organization The Hechinger Report. Bothell moved up from No.

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