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Why Should Associations Invest In Technology?

Kitaboo

Using computers and mobile phones, and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, help in gathering and circulating knowledge and information quite effectively. Technology assists associations by helping them create a greater social impact as well as taking forward their social mission as a whole. Financial accounting.

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Meet 6 women of color-led startups that pitched their businesses in Seattle

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(GeekWire Photo / Nate Bek) Open up your networks. based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on women and minority founders. LinkedIn Photo) Henny Damian is the founder of Joola , a Seattle savings and rewards app for friends and family to build access to capital and gain financial wisdom.

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Paul G. Allen Family Foundation giving $1.4M in COVID-19 relief aimed at underserved communities

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“We cannot overlook communities that are disproportionately burdened by the economic and social impacts of this pandemic,” Jody Allen, chair of the Allen Family Foundation, said in a news release. The foundation cited federal data being analyzed by the Washington Office of Financial Management, which has found up to 1.8

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Meet Seattle’s ‘Climate Papa’ – an entrepreneur turned investor, podcaster, climate action apostle

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Eidelson’s focus isn’t on creating a social networking group, but he was glad for the chance to meet in person with like-minded people. He is seeking partners not just with financial means, but also with pertinent expertise to share with the ventures they back. The Climate Papa logo.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Meanwhile, the 2022 State of Tech Diversity: The Black Tech Ecosystem report from the NAACP and Kapor Center, a nonprofit addressing racial inequities in STEM education and the tech industry, found that the proportion of Black students receiving bachelor’s degrees in computer science decreased between 2016 and 2020, going from 9% to 8%.

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Sam Altman’s ouster puts a new twist into OpenAI’s complicated relationship with Microsoft

GeekWire

Reports overnight indicate that a conflict between Altman’s ambitions for OpenAI and the mission of the nonprofit were at the core of the board’s decision to oust him as CEO and remove OpenAI co-founder and President Greg Brockman as chairman. At the event, on Nov. The developer day was an issue.

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Gates Foundation commits $75M to support post-secondary education in Washington state

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At the same time, state financial aid programs like the Washington College Grant are among the most generous in the country. Early next year, the initiative will invite regional organizations to apply to a “learning network” that will explore why students don’t enroll in post-secondary programs and consider solutions.