Amy Sample Ward

MAY 4, 2009

I’m so excited to see a Mobile Tech 4 Change event coming to London - but super disappointed I can’t be here to participate (I’ll be at N2Y4 Mobile Challenge Conference in San Jose). If you are interested in mobile technology and its application for social change projects, this is definitely an event to check out.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 5, 2021

The idea for this so-called robotic pill came out of a research project around eight years ago from InCube Labs —a life sciences lab operated by Rani Therapeutics Chairman and CEO Mir Imran, who has degrees in electrical and biomedical engineering from Rutgers University.

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TechCrunch

JULY 15, 2021

Cities and local agencies have to quickly approve or deny ADU projects within 60 days of receiving a permit application. The company claims it can deliver an ADU in as little as 30 days in San Jose and Los Angeles thanks to the cities’ pre-approval process. So far, it’s operating in the Bay Area, Los Angeles and Seattle.

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The Verge

MARCH 22, 2022

Lucid released its first EV, the Lucid Air, last year and is already working on a follow-up: a long-range electric SUV code-named Project Gravity. Hyperion is the latest iteration of Nvidia’s Drive platform. It will likely serve as the basis for a conditional hands-free driving feature at some point in the future.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 22, 2012

Our main focus has been our text book image description project. Kelli Lee I recently graduated from Foothill College with an Associated Arts degree in Business Administration and will be attending San Jose State University in the fall. In my spare time, I love biking, going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.

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TechCrunch

MAY 8, 2023

PermitFlow , a San Jose-based startup developing software for developers and general contractors to streamline the construction permit application and management process, secured $5.5 million in seed funding. PermitFlow was in beta testing in 2021 and 2022 before launching a little over a year ago.

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Have Fun - Do Good

MARCH 15, 2007

One of my jobs is as the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that works to help nonprofits and NGOs use the social web for social change. If you, or someone you know, is working on a tech for social impact project, please encourage them to nominate their project for a NetSquared Innovation Fund Award.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 22, 2010

Photo from San Jose Library. This micro-volunteering site offers an iPhone app that lets you work on projects while you're in line at the bank, or waiting for the bus to pick you up. One recent project asked people to tag photos from Haiti in an effort to identify missing people. The Extraodinaries Got a minute?

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The Verge

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Under Uber’s calculations, a two-hour, 12-minute slog from San Francisco to San Jose would become a breezy 15 minutes by flying car. Unlike the dozens of other companies that are currently building electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Joby has kept much of its project under wraps.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 7, 2022

These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . They support artist-driven film and new media storytelling projects (documentary films) that explore aspects of inequality, as well as the organizations and networks that support these documentary projects.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 2, 2007

However, the fellowship does give me much more flexibility: I don't have to justify spending Benetech's funds for something that isn't directly connected to our current projects. Route 66 Literacy Our newest project is Route 66 Literacy, and it includes a demonstration site that anyone can try out.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The changes around these housing units became more visceral for Geary when his father, who was developing a subdivision in San Juan Bautista south of San Jose, was mandated to include 15 ADUs in a neighborhood plan for 45 lots.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 11, 2009

I don't think so, and I think that such projects express a misunderstanding of collective intelligence. Envision San Jose 2040 (There's even a platform to support the virtual charrette called " wiki planning ". I happen to agree with that, which gives me a different perspective on exercises like this exercise in crowdsourcing.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2022

The company began developing its modern data orchestration tools, powered by Apache Airflow, an open source platform for data engineering pipelines, that enables users to build, run and observe pipelines-as-code, and started driving that project in 2018. And, the company is not so scrappy anymore.

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John Kenyon

JUNE 26, 2017

I spent 5 years working with 4 nonprofits on a collaborative technology project. Below I share the lessons we learned, the challenges and the benefits of having nonprofits collaborating on a technology project. This was the project the developed the SafeChat Silicon Valley crisis counseling service.

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Forum One

MARCH 9, 2023

What’s a recent project that illustrates the value of AI or ML to you? What types of projects are well-suited for AI? And, look to projects that fill a void, or provide a service that can’t otherwise be offered. And, look to projects that fill a void, or provide a service that can’t otherwise be offered.

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Google Research AI blog

MARCH 7, 2023

We invite researchers to participate in this challenge and join us in ICDAR 2023 this year in San Jose, CA. Acknowledgements The core contributors to this project are Shangbang Long, Siyang Qin, Dmitry Panteleev, Alessandro Bissacco, Yasuhisa Fujii and Michalis Raptis.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 2, 2023

Giving Circle : I helped co-found and am co-leading the San Jose Business Women for Good Giving Circle. For facilitation projects, I am working on projects with the Gates Foundation Greater Giving Summit and Google.Org. I continue to serve on the advisory board of Leadership Learning Community and Wake.

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The Verge

APRIL 30, 2021

But his excitement quickly faded after he received an email from Tesla informing him that the original estimate for the 10.58kW project would be increasing to $53,649 from $34,743 — a 54 percent jump. In early March, everything was going well for Amr Kader, an OB-GYN from East Greenwich, RI, and his solar roof project.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 18, 2013

communication, project management, and marketing. Panelists included: Danielle Siembieda, former community engagement and special projects manager for ZERO1: The Art & Technology Network in San Jose, CA. Carly Severn, digital engagement associate at the San Francisco Ballet in San Francisco, CA.

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The Verge

MARCH 15, 2021

Cameron headed the startup’s open-source self-driving project before launching his own venture. Sebastian Thrun, Udacity’s chairman and one of the founders of Google’s self-driving car project, was briefly chairman of Voyage before a conflict forced him to step down.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. Here's a quick snapshot of some of the projects they're working on now: Case studies: Amy Sample Ward has posted the first in a series of NetSquared case studies on their site.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The Mobile4All project also sees mobile phones as a key to open the door to recovery and self-sufficiency. However, the San Jose-based nonprofit, Community Technology Alliance (CTA), had a hunch that cellphones might be a surprisingly good place to start getting employment and becoming self-sufficient. into the workplace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 4, 2017

This year I facilitated several labs, including several for the Knight Foundation Arts Program to learn about the local arts ecosystem in four cities, including Philadelphia, San Jose, Charlotte, and Macon.

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Have Fun - Do Good

JULY 3, 2006

If you would like to support any of these projects, just click HERE , or click on the "donate to my challenge" button on the sidebar of this blog. According to DonorsChoose: "low income" refers to the percentage of students at a given school who qualify for free lunch, which is considered a measure of economic need.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 10, 2014

This San Jose, CA-based organization provides technology and services to agencies that work directly with the homeless in their community. The goal of the project, called ConnectSCC , is to come up with a sustainable model for a mobile plan for homeless and low income people. An Opportunity to Learn.

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Kindful

AUGUST 12, 2021

These organizations are currently offering grant and funding opportunities and/or accepting letters of inquiry or project ideas. . They support artist-driven film and new media storytelling projects (documentary films) that explore aspects of inequality, as well as the organizations and networks that support these documentary projects.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 13, 2008

GlobalGiving is very much a social enterprise - we run it like a company with monthly goals and metrics - all with the goal of attracting as many donors to support great projects around the world. I recently noticed that you had a project from New Orleans, can you tell me about it? Do you typically fund American projects?

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Have Fun - Do Good

AUGUST 1, 2006

Courtney Macavinta, coauthor of RESPECT: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Your Line is Crossed , talks about her experience as a GFC mentor on her blog : One of the most amazing experiences I get to have week after week is coaching Girls For A Change Team 13 at Overfelt High School in San Jose.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Check out our newest groups: NetSquared Chepe in San Jose, Costa Rica. NetSquared Honduras in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We held our first NetSquared Camp in China and co-organizer Matt Jung reports on innovative Chinese tech for good projects. So give your local organizer a hug next time you see them!

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Have Fun - Do Good

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

As some of you know, part of my work is being the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that facilitates the adoption of social web tools by nonprofits and NGOs. You don't need to have tech expertise to submit a project to the Challenge, just an idea for a change you want to make that could be facilitated by a mashup.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 13, 2006

When I graduated in 2003, I moved out here to California and worked with the San Jose Museum of Art before getting a job with Linden Labs. I learned a lot from San Jose Art Museum. I'm working on a project (Second Life) that is really pushing the boundaries on what is possible and I have a direct role in what happens.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 5, 2020

The Census Bureau (2012) also projects that by 2043, the United States will be a majority-minority nation and, by 2060, the non-Hispanic white population will make up only 40 percent of the total population. in History from San Jose State University in 2017. He earned a B.A.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Boynton High School in San Jose, CA uses stop-motion animation to tackle water conservation. December is Human Rights Month, and it inspired some great work. Check out some of the recent entries: The American Indian Foundation takes you on a tour of India’s slums. Employee Engagement.

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Tech Soup

JULY 14, 2015

With lines of code projected on a screen, these children listen intently in a conference room at the Mountain View Public Library, as part of a four-week course on programming. Although it started initially as a high school project, MathAndCoding is now a full-fledged program and a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

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NTEN

MAY 18, 2015

It's that time again to start the process of gathering session proposals from the NTEN Community to help inform the program for the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference (16NTC) in San Jose, California on March 23-25.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

The 2009 N2Y4 Conference showcased the Featured Projects from NetSquared's Global Challenge focused on mobile technology. There were 14 great teams pitching their Projects at the Conference, but only 3 voted as prize winners. There were many excellent ideas (check out the Project Gallery !) VozMob: Mobile Voices/Voces Moviles.

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