Happy New Year!
Thanks for being a part of the SFTech4Good Meetup!
Want to get the word out about your work to 4,700 tech for good changemakers?
Email us back at san-francisco@netsquared.org and let’s talk about options like sponsored events, dedicated email blasts and more!
- Regina Walton and Katharine Bierce
SFTech4Good Event Producers
P.S. Need community management or events help? Regina is available for contract and part-time opportunities.
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SFTech4Good Events
January 18: NTEN Tech Planning Lab
Get the skills to scope, plan and implement a big tech project at your nonprofit. NTEN is a former sponsor of SFTech4Good so we are featuring their event - if you’re at a nonprofit, don’t miss this!
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
$125 for NTEN members, $250 non-members
The Women’s Building, 3543 18th Street #8, San Francisco, CA 94110, Audre Lorde Room
February 7: Pathways to Purpose - Startup for Good Interactive Workshop
An interactive workshop with social impact intrapreneurs - likely to fill up early, so RSVP if interested!
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Lyft HQ - 185 Berry Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Free
Register
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Other Events
January 8-12: Conscious Business Summit
5 days of sessions on conscious leadership, mission and purpose, workplace and culture, sustainability and CSR, and personal development.
Free livestream + in person at Impact Hub - 1885 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
January 9: There's Another Way: Social Justice Happy Hour
This series aims to build community among equity-focused leaders and reimagine what’s possible.
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
The National Equity Project - 1720 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612
Free
January 10: Community Meeting for SFHC/Impact Hub Transitional Village Pilot
Help shape solutions to homelessness that are community-integrated, humane and cost-effective.
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Impact Hub San Francisco - 1885 Mission St., San Francisco, California 94103
Free
January 11: Talk Data to Me: Women in Data Science
Thought-leaders discuss the possibilities that data brings to life.
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
General Assembly San Francisco - 225 Bush Street San Francisco, CA 94104
Free
January 12: IGNITE Your Inner Superhero
Women are at the forefront of political and social change. Meet four superheroes leading the way.
8:00 AM – 9:30 AM
LinkedIn - 222 Second Street, San Francisco, CA
$25 – $50
January 13 & 14: VetsinTech: The Invasion in Silicon Valley
Panels, workshops and networking with military veterans and tech companies.
January 13, 2018 at 6:00 PM - Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 10:00 PM
Galvanize San Francisco Soma - 44 Tehama Street San Francisco, CA 94105
Free - $500
January 16: Basic Income and Racial Justice
Featured speaker: Dorian Warren, President of the Center for Community Change Action.
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Cubberley Auditorium - 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, California 94305
Free
January 17: Enemy of the State: How Media Are Evolving in a Fact-Free Environment
Meet journalists and social media professionals.
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
The Commonwealth Club - 110 The Embarcadero San Francisco, CA 94105
$0 – $10
January 19: Civic Mornings
Now is the time for civic innovators to come together and paint a new picture of the public sector.
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Impact Hub San Francisco - 1885 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103
Free
January 20: African-American Transgenerational Trauma
If you care about diversity, inclusion, and equity, learn more about intergenerational trauma in this workshop and why it still matters today.
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
California Institute of Integral Studies - 1453 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94103
$256 - $320
January 22: Online Nonprofit Conference
Learn from the best nonprofit trainers in the comfort of your home or office.
$25-100
January 22-24: Cleantech Forum SF
Entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and more gather on sustainable technology.
$2395 before Jan 21
Parc 55, 55 Cyril Magnin St, San Francisco, CA 94102
January 23: Data Science for Fighting Corruption
How data science can help improve transparency, with satellite imagery, anomaly detection for mining.
Free - online
8 am Pacific / 11 am Eastern
January 24: Open Source Technology & the Future of Government
Discussion on the government’s digitalization, which have radically shifted engagement with citizens.
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PST
Exygy - 2601 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
Free
January 25: Solving Homelessness: A Community Workshop
The SF Press hosts a symposium and workshop exploring ideas to address homelessness.
8:30 AM – 6:00 PM PST
Impact Hub San Francisco - 1885 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
$10 - $50
Jan 25: Speaking Truth to Power:; How Russian Journalists Fight Censorship
Hear from visiting journalists and connect with people involved in tech activism, media and journalism.
5:30-7:30 pm
Farella Braun + Martell LLP, Russ Building, 235 Montgomery Street 17th Floor, SF, CA 94104
Free
January 26: Power Not Paranoia: a Discussion About Digital Surveillance
Join a panel presentation about the current state of surveillance.
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
1330 Broadway, Suite 300, Oakland, CA 94612
Free
January 27: TechIntersections: Allies Workshop
Tech Intersections provides a space for the women of color most underrepresented in tech to come together and learn from each other’s successes, challenges, and experiences. We hope our allies will join us at a concurrent allies workshop.
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94613
$150.00
January 31: So You Want to Talk About Race
Working in social innovation? Learn how to be a more effective ally and change agent. Open to all.
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
California Institute of Integral Studies @ 1453 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
$8 - $15
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Resources
$1 Million fund for aspiring women designers & software developers
Nominate someone - this highlights the success of women technologists and their supporters.
Cash awards that help fund women in or entering the field of computing.
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Jobs
Salesforce.org
VP, Product Marketing, Philanthropy Cloud role in San Francisco HQ office. Contact Katharine at kbierce@salesforce.org if you would like a referral!
Fast Forward: Tech nonprofit accelerator jobs
Hiring a variety of roles: Head of Product,Director of Fundraising, or Program Coordinator
Tipping Point Community
Senior Analyst, Impact + Learning Position; "This position is ideal for a data analyst and quantitative thinker who seeks to apply ideas to real-world issues affecting poverty."
#BridgeTheTechGap with Techtonica.org
Do you or any of your friends want to help#BridgeTheTechGap on a daily basis? Then we have great news for you—the Techtonica team has openings! They’re seeking to fill these roles: Apprenticeship Program Facilitator, Business Development Representative, and Board Member. You can read more about these roles and apply here:techtonica.org/openings.
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That’s all for January!
- Regina, Katharine, Ricki, Laura and Yuval
SFTech4Good volunteer event, newsletter & website producers
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