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Nonprofit takes D&D digital to help kids who struggle socially, and to study its own impact

GeekWire

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. (Brent Roraback Photo). Foundry10 Photos).

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Geeks Give Back at the GeekWire Awards: Meet three groups wielding tech for good causes

GeekWire

The half-day program runs for four weeks in the summer and is virtual so that it can reach a larger geographical area, including rural areas of Washington state. It works with partners to provide conflict mitigation, behavioral support and other social services for renters.

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

GeekWire

based nonprofit organization that supports entrepreneurs with a focus on women and minority founders. “Unfortunately, too many people have just not had exposure, or any reason to meet people outside of their network,” said Johnson, who began her career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs before founding IFEL with her father in 2002.

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CIOs in transition: 5 tips for landing your next IT leadership job

CIO Business Intelligence

They manage networking with other professional development activities such as attending conferences, reading leadership books, and participating in social media. While those are examples, there are other networking practices IT leaders can engage in more consistently through online communities and social media.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

CIO Business Intelligence

LGBTQ in Technology Slack The LGBTQ in Technology Slack is a safe space for LGBTQ+ people in tech to chat, support one another, and connect virtually over a Slack channel. 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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Mark Zuckerberg wants to build a voice assistant that blows Alexa and Siri away

Vox

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, has shifted its long-term strategy away from its social media apps to focus on the metaverse, a virtual world where people wearing augmented/virtual reality headsets can talk to each others’ avatars, play games, hold meetings, and otherwise engage in social activities.

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7-year-old boy saves Seattle from robot invasion — with help from VR engineers and Make-A-Wish

GeekWire

Tarcha talked to the nonprofit Virtual World Society , which put out the request to its network to see who could help. A team of AIE students took on the project, first meeting with Price to better understand what he’d like and to give him an initial experience with VR. . “It screamed innovation and technology.”.