GeekWire

MARCH 25, 2024

Coding for Cancer Hanako Osuga, in the background, is the program coordinator leading the Coding for Cancer program at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, an effort designed to expose students to the possibilities of applying computational skills to cancer research.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 30, 2024

Build your network continuously Joe Puglisi, former CIO and now investor, advisor, and board member, leads a weekly call for the Society of Information Management (SIM) Members in Transition program. Contribute posts, comment on others’ posts, join groups, and answer questions on LinkedIn and other social media platforms.

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Vox

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The California-based nonprofit puts out an annual guide for recommended animal charities, and it just released its list for this year. ACE researches and promotes the most high-impact, effective ways to help animals. Disclosure: ACE helped fund some of Future Perfect ’s work in 2020, 2021, and 2022.)

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Kitaboo

JUNE 8, 2021

Due to both internal and external pressure for directing maximum funding to their program work, non-profit associations generally tend to underinvest in technology. Using computers and mobile phones, and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, help in gathering and circulating knowledge and information quite effectively.

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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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Vox

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In recent years, researchers have begun questioning how the philanthropy sector tracks charitable giving. Increasingly, that’s seen as a problem by researchers and by nonprofits scratching their heads at why they’re seeing fewer people donating. That’s the assumption that the nonprofit sector is now reexamining.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide $75 million over the next four years to increase enrollment in post-secondary education programs in Washington state. The endeavor is the new focus of the foundation’s Washington State Initiative, which supports state-specific education programs.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

The goal of this program is to recognize organizations running CDH for the applications you’ve built using Hadoop, and for the impact your project is having on the organization, business, and/or society at large. SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Research VP, Gartner. COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS. Pat Fiorenza.

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CTOvision

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

The goal of this program is to recognize organizations running CDH for the applications you’ve built using Hadoop, and for the impact your project is having on the organization, business, and/or society at large. SOCIAL IMPACT. GOVERNMENT, NONPROFIT, & NGO. Research VP, Gartner. COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS. Pat Fiorenza.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 7, 2023

As a critical part of the governance ecosystem, we impact the economy, social welfare, and all of those people who rely on these organizations to deliver the outcomes they need. Therefore, we have programs to educate all directors on cybersecurity. And it takes time to do that research. The last piece is education.

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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. During the COVID pandemic, it tried to lower the barriers even further, researching and reaching out to recipients with offers of money, skipping the application process and offering multi-year grants.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

And that’s not the only new experiment for Blue Origin’s five-year-old New Shepard flight test program: This 13th test flight will be the first to be flown since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, and the first to include extra COVID-19 safety measures. Both payload flights were funded by NASA’s Flight Opportunities program.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Bank of America recognized that leadership this past summer by selecting Li as one of hundreds of Student Leaders for 2021, a program that helps prepare young people to enter the workforce through hands-on skill- building and leadership development. It appealed to her because she’s on pre-med track and hopes to become a physician.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 16, 2014

Second Annual Awards Program, Presented by Cloudera, Honors Big Data Achievements. Social Impact. ? Government, Nonprofit, & NGO. ? Merv Adrian, Research Vice President, Gartner. ? Merv Adrian, Research Vice President, Gartner. ? Pat Fiorenza, Senior Research Analyst, GovLoop. ? Oct/09/2014. Cloudwick.

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2021

-based company described it as “a vehicle, when the time comes, to help explore potential other initiatives that don’t fit naturally or neatly within the [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s] program areas.”. Experts see tremendous social and economic benefits if French Gates ramps up these efforts. It seems that time may have come.

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Vox

JULY 28, 2023

That’s not just something that startup founders rushing to cash in on the latest fad believe; some very reputable economists are predicting a massive boom in productivity as AI use takes off , buoyed by empirical research showing tools like ChatGPT boost worker output. How much teeth the board has had in practice is debatable.)

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Somewhere along the way, Dogra determined that she could do more with technology to impact the social causes that were important to her. She wasn’t confident that she would even get into the program, or that she even had any interest in computer science. 18-year-old now says she’s planning on studying computer science.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Social media management tool Hootsuite appointed four new board members: Angel investor and HubSpot board member Julie Herendeen , who will serve as board chair. He has been a scientist at the Seattle-based cancer research center for more than a decade. Lisa Wallace joined as VP of program operations. Joe Braidwood.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

. — Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. She was most recently CEO of NetHope, a consortium helping NGOs secure funding and apply technology to their missions.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 19, 2021

New York Public Radio acquiring the website Gothamist was one of nine similar deals in recent years, triggering researchers to document the trend by creating the Public Media Mergers Project. Part of the financial health of public media stations in general involves the financial perks of being a nonprofit.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 12, 2021

. — Lauren Woodman , a former Microsoft general manager, is the new CEO of global nonprofit DataKind. Founded in 2012, DataKind connects organizations with pro bono data science and AI experts to tackle social issues. She was most recently CEO of NetHope, a consortium helping NGOs secure funding and apply technology to their missions.

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Dataconomy

JULY 27, 2023

” According to Google , here are the core objectives for the Frontier AI Model Forum: Research into AI safety is being pushed forward to encourage the careful creation of cutting-edge models, lessen potential dangers, and pave the way for impartial, standardized assessments of performance and security.

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GeekWire

MAY 18, 2020

The novel coronavirus has brought with it fears of infection, massive job losses, the challenges of teaching kids at home, social isolation, and the list goes on. ’” said Atkins, who is also a research professor at the University of Washington. Mental health tech startup Lyssn is launching its telehealth platform this week.

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GeekWire

JUNE 3, 2020

I don’t mean just giving it to nonprofits that are run by white leaders who have a white savior complex. But when we think about financial disparities, that even exists in the nonprofit industrial complex.” “Many of you have social responsibility programs and employee resource groups. .

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GeekWire

APRIL 16, 2024

The group runs a variety of events and programs for the tech, business, and startup community, including mentorship and networking. Megan Hulsey of Craft3, a nonprofit Community Development Financial Institution. There are downsides to the influx, as well. Joy Tang, CEO of Markable AI.

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CTOvision

MARCH 7, 2014

Formerly research director at the National Security Agency (NSA), Chang joined SMU in fall 2013 as the inaugural Bobby B. Darwin Deason’s gift will support important research and education across a broad spectrum of student involvement,” said Lyle School Dean Marc Christensen. “The Deason was born in Rogers, Ark.

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GeekWire

JULY 6, 2021

To get a sense of where Pacific Northwest companies are starting from, GeekWire researched the board composition of 30 publicly traded technology and biotech corporations in Washington. The initiative has support from major Northwest tech companies and provides a free, six-month training program for “board-ready” Black executives.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

based social media management platform Hootsuite named Tom Keiser as its new CEO. Scott McFarlane, CEO of Avalara, describes Weslock as “a proven human resources leader who has successfully managed and scaled talent programs for some of the world’s most well-known global companies.” GeekWire is a dot.LA Vancouver, B.C.-based

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As outrage and protests spread across the nation and social media after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May, major tech companies issued statements of solidarity , startup founders spoke out about racism and investors announced funds dedicated to entrepreneurs of color. And the giving continues.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 7, 2023

Dice defines a growing tech hub as a city with universities and colleges to recruit from, venture funding opportunities, a strong social scene for networking, and existing companies looking to hire talent. These 10 cities are the fastest growing tech hubs by salary, according to Dice. into its new company headquarters.

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GeekWire

JUNE 18, 2020

In addition to the bar and the loo, Space Perspective plans to provide a solid wireless internet connection to ensure that passengers will be able to share their experiences on social media in real time. “It’s the ultimate Facebook status update,” MacCallum said.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 31, 2024

A new nonprofit, nonpartisan technology organization called TrueMedia is developing an AI-powered tool to detect deepfake videos, photos, and audio, aiming to combat political disinformation in the leadup to the 2024 elections. The plan, in essence, is to use AI to fight AI.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 20, 2022

The rise of local blogs, social media, and now newsletters have chipped away at the audience for major news sites over the past decade. newspapers fell 45% between 2010 and 2020, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Seattlepi.com is far from alone in experiencing this trend.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2022

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has recruited a new vice president and chief data officer: biostatistician and data science educator Jeffrey Leek. He develops tools to help understand massive-scale genomic and biomedical data and has helped generate online learning programs that have enrolled more than 8 million people.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Toth was previously VP of people and policy at Slack and head of privacy and policy for Google social products including Google+. Moore previously held senior human resources roles at Mercedes-Benz’s research and development subsidiary, Apple and Samsung Electronics.

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GeekWire

MAY 7, 2020

Other Seattle-area startups that are ramping up hiring to meet demand include voice tech developer WellSaid Labs ; social support platform Give InKind ; cloud services provider BitTitan ; and more. The computer science education nonprofit is hiring for a wide range of technical and curriculum positions.

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The Verge

JULY 30, 2020

It’s not some subtle game-playing program that can outthink humanity’s finest or a mechanically advanced robot that backflips like an Olympian. No, it’s merely an autocomplete program, like the one in the Google search bar. You start typing and it predicts what comes next. GPT stands for “generative pre-training.”) So far, so simple.

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