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SFTech4Good and Sponsor Events
How can companies be good corporate citizens - even at the startup stage? Learn from several corporate social responsibility (CSR) leaders from small and medium sized companies about how they integrate social impact into their business strategy. Speakers:
- Jeremy Brown - Founder, Startups Give Back
- John Leonard - Program Manager, Optimizely.org
- Dipti Pratt - Social Impact Leader (who was the founding director of Pledge 1%)
- Amy LeBold - Sr. Director, HR and Co-Lead for AdRoll Gives Back Board
Startups Give Back: CSR at Growing Companies
Wednesday, June 8
6:00-8:30 pm
Optimizely
631 Howard St. (at New Montgomery)
San Francisco, CA 94105 (BART: Montgomery)
6:00 doors open
6:30-7:30 presentations
7:30-8:30 networking time
RSVP (it’s free) - http://www.meetup.com...
We are excited to have Optimizely co-sponsoring the event, so try out their A/B testing platform! Whether you’re at a nonprofit, company or government, you can click here for a free Optimizely starter plan.
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Weekly on Wednesdays: Code for SF Civic Hack Night
Interested in helping San Francisco? Excellent! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help! Join a weekly hack (hacking = building) night focused on open government and civic tech in San Francisco.
http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-San-Francisco-Civic-Hack-Night/
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Events we are not hosting, but you might want to know about
June 4: National Day of Civic Hacking with Code for SF
Join Code for San Francisco, CivicMakers, and over 100 community members to translate SF problems into workable, impactful solutions. This year, we’ll be focusing our full attention on users — citizens, residents, community members — and diving deep to discover and define their problems to best understand how we can help. There will also be a range of skill-building activities taught by experts and designed to help civic hackers and their projects be effective and impactful. Non-techies welcome: including City & County staff, community activists, and people on the street who want to improve our neighborhoods.
8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Microsoft Reactor
680 Folsom Street, San Francisco, CA 94107
Tickets: $0-10 http://nationaldayofcivichackingsf2016.eventbrite.com
General info: http://ndoch.codeforsanfrancisco.org
June 4: Lagunitas Creek Bioblitz with Nerds 4 Nature
Picturesque ruins, charismatic fish, a lush creek, multi-year science. All in one day!
The area will be restored by the National Park Service, so this bioblitz (biodiversity hackathon-like event) will provide a baseline for later comparison.
12-8 pm, Free
9255 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Lagunitas, CA 94956
Info: http://www.inaturalist.org/projects/lagunitas-creek-tocaloma-bioblitz
RSVP: www.meetup.com/Nerds-For-Nature/events/231282855
June 5: Deadline to Apply to Mothercoders: Learn to Code (With Childcare!)
Know a mom living in the SF Bay Area who's been wanting to work in tech?
Applications for the MotherCoders part-time tech orientation program are open for Summer and Fall sessions in SF and Oakland/Berkeley. On-site childcare is included!
June 5 - deadline for SF summer program
Aug 10 - deadline for fall programs
More info: http://www.mothercoders.org/blog/2016/5/5/applications-open-for-new-sessions
Questions? Contact Tina Lee: tina@mothercoders.org
June 6: “Enduring Protest” at Thoughtworks
Whether you work in tech or at a nonprofit or are a social activist, privacy and security matter. Check out this art exhibit and workshop at ThoughtWorks called “Enduring Protest.”
$0-7 (No one turned away for lack of funds)
Thoughtworks - 814 Mission St, 5th Floor
San Francisco, California 94103
June 7: Affordable Housing Design Panel
How can design work towards a sustainable solution for affordable housing? Join Exygy’s design team and the SF Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to learn methods and processes towards building the city’s first affordable housing platform and pattern library. Agile design in government is new!
6:30 - 9:00 pm
2601 Mission Street #300, San Francisco
Info/RSVP (free) http://2016.sfdesignw...
June 7: Unconscious Gender Bias and What to Do About It
Join Young Women Social Entrepreneurs and Ellen Hohbach Scheetz in this workshop on Unconscious Gender Bias - what to do about it to achieve more of what you want.
6:30-8:30 pm
The Women's Building
3543 18th St Room A, Second Floor, San Francisco, CA 94110
Free - RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unconscious-gender-bias-what-to-do-about-it-to-achieve-what-you-want-tickets-25270651198
June 8: The Future of Encryption, Housing, and Regulation
Join Data4America and some of the smartest minds in policy and technology: entrepreneur and legendary investor Keith Rabois, interviewed by the President of the Thiel Foundation, Blake Masters. Also hear from California State Senate candidate, Scott Wiener, interviewed by former TechCrunch writer Kim-Mai Cutler.
Tickets: $20 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-encryption-housing-and-regulation-by-data4america-lincoln-tickets-24882458102
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (PDT)
Runway Incubator
1355 Market Street, #488
San Francisco, CA 94103
June 8: SF+Acumen Dinner on Failure as the First Step to Success
Join SF-based social entrepreneurs, Alex Budak (StartSomeGood and The Changemaker Toolkit), Neetal Parekh (Innov8Social), Venture Philanthropist, Alex Sloan (Tides), and the SF+Acumen community on why “the wisdom to admit failure and the courage to start again” is a critical part of the journey to success.
6:30 - 9:00 pm
600 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA 94107
$45 - includes dinner
June 15: Conscious Capitalism Community Gathering and Celebration
Mingle and chat with other conscious capitalism enthusiasts.
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Hanson Bridgett, 425 Market Street, 26th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
RSVP (free): http://sfbayareaconsciouscapitalism.org/events/
June 16: Kiva Father’s Day Pop-Up Shop
Shop sustainably and locally for Father's Day with Bay Area small business owners. Mingle with makers, artists and foodies and support Kiva Zip’s 0% interest loans for small businesses!
6:00 PM to 8:00
Kiva Office, 875 Howard St
San Francisco, CA 94103
Free; includes refreshments
RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kiva-fathers-day-marketplace-tickets-24939514760
June 16: Digital Leaders Awards with Community Technology Network
Community Technology Network provides on-site staff to operate computer centers and teach digital literacy skills to users. Support their work at this fundraiser!
Where: Twitter HQ in San Francisco.
Tickets: $75 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-leaders-awards-tickets-25382409470
June 16: Women Entrepreneurs and New Fundraising Tools with Jenny Kassan
Join fellow female founders for an evening with Jenny Kassan, an attorney with deep expertise in new ways of raising equity. Jenny has has helped her clients raise millions.
Tickets: $7 https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-entrepreneurs-and-new-fundraising-tools-with-jenny-kassan-tickets-23201998803
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm NextSpace Berkeley, 2081 Center Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
June 18: Net Impact(x) SF
Learn from social entrepreneurs and more to get inspired! Like TEDx, on the topics of Food, Social Equality, Transportation, and Climate.
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PDT)
Fort Mason - Cowell Theater, 2 Marina Boulevard
San Francisco, CA 94109
Tickets: $32.50 - $65
Info: http://netimpactsf.org/nix-san-francisco/
RSVP:
June 24-26: Civic Solutions Startup Weekend
Government alone cannot solve all of our civic challenges. "We, the people" best understand our civic needs and must be involved in creating solutions that will last. Ppartner with the public and business sectors to take actionable steps toward addressing the social problems that just aren’t being solved elsewhere. Work with innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, political operatives, government staff members, college students, community organizers and all kinds of people with passion to build programs, services or new businesses to address a common civic challenge.
The Hattery-1776
414 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107
Tickets: $50-100
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/civic-solutions-startup-weekend-sf-tickets-25175904809
June 25: A Juneteeth Celebration Through Dance
Join this uplifting celebration of dance, music, and American history. The event honors the memory of African American musical artists who will inspire us for years to come. The Grown Women Dance Collective’s mission is to make dance accessible and relevant to diverse communities.
2:00 pm and 8:00 pm
Info: www.grownwomendance.org
Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2535435 andhttp://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2537363 or call (800) 838-3006
Oct 21-23: Living the New Economy Convergence
A broad coalition of community leaders and social entrepreneurs committed to advancing radically inclusive economic, racial, and environmental justice solutions in Oakland. This year's convergence is inspired by the #BlackLivesMatter movement and others’ call to overcome systemic racism that to this day deprives Black Americans, indigenous peoples, and others of their inherent dignity and fair share of Oakland’s economic prosperity. Through interactive, participatory activities, we will shine the light on what’s working, what’s not, and what more we can do to build the inclusive, vibrant Oakland of our dreams.
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Boulevard
Oakland, CA 94613
Tickets: $25-150
www.eventbrite.com/e/living-the-new-economy-oakland-convergence-tickets-22675286392
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Resources and Volunteering/Job Opportunities
Jobs:
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Be a Data Scientist (New York or San Francisco) with DataKind - work directly with our Head of Labs to improve the financial state of impoverished New Yorkers.http://www.datakind.org/blog/data4good-job-alert-june-2016
Both Khan Academy and Change.org have too many open jobs to list here. Check 'em out.
Looking to hire some of the most talented digital campaigners around? Fill out this form to get connected to staffers leaving the talented distributed digital organizing team behind the Bernie Sanders Campaign
- Nonprofits & Tech Companies - Join Benetech’s CodeAlliance
Nonprofits - need tech volunteers? Tech companies - need well-scoped projects for employees?
Code Alliance from Benetech is “volunteering as a service” that puts together 8-40 hour volunteering projects from weekend to 1 week projects. Beyond one-off hackathons: Code Alliance is creating an ‘ongoing hackathon’ to get social impact organizations more consistent commitments to drive results e.g. on a quarterly basis. More broadly, Code Alliance is an open source consultancy for social impact organizations by bringing together the best minds from the open source, nonprofit, corporate, and individual developer communities. We’d like to build common “operating procedures” around Social Good 2.0.
Learn more and get connected:
Diversity Your Next Panel Discussion with This List of Women Speakers
Dozens of women leaders are here. Don’t let your next panel be all white men!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1eGzEyTVXhdNQKYnj2IeqFtTVAnI2hL_lJr8xPXtHjAA/edit#gid=0
Get More Women Coders with the Silicon Valley Internship Programme
Hire paid interns for a year and get more top female software engineering graduates from around the world in your company.
Contact for questions: Karina Arroyo Vargas, karina.vargas@loopup.com
Nonprofit Resources from NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network)
Download the 2016 Digital Outlook Report
It’s full of tips and trends to help you plan your organization’s digital strategy.http://bit.ly/digitaloutlook16
Take the State of Nonprofit Technology-Based Learning Survey
Take this 10-minute survey to help our sponsor, NTEN, understand how your
organization shares knowledge its community.
http://bit.ly/techlearningsurvey
Ongoing - Giant Global Social Innovation Events Calendar
Conveners.org is a backbone organization building connection, co-operation, and collaboration within the impact ecosystem. Increased coordination provides network benefits and allows us to create tools, resources and products that solve the industry-level challenges we face. This enables the right people, to be in the right places to have the conversations that will change the world. Lots and lots of great events are compiled here:
http://conveners.org/events/list/
Oakland Tech / Social Good events
Share info on / attend cool events in Oakland, via 2.Oakland - info here:
http://twopointoakland.com/events/month/
Philanthropy University
Take free classes that lead to a certificate in Social Impact Leadership from Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. Add your certificate to your LinkedIn to share your accomplishment with colleagues and employers in your professional network. Note that this is a non-degree, diploma or credit granting initiative.
https://philanthropyuniversity.novoed.com/philanthropy-initiative
Join the Beta Test for Adventure Philanthropist
Looking for participants to test the Adventure Philanthropist prototype at the end of June. The online profile will take 3-5 minutes to complete and then you’ll be matched with your giving personality. As a thank you, we’ll be making a donation to a charity – and you get to help choose which one! Sign up here: http://bit.ly/1WEniLl
Gatherwell: Free directory of discounts, resources, and events for social innovators, impact investors and social entrepreneurs
You can learn more and join for free access here.
You can suggest additions or offer a discount here.
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Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
Old Newsletters in our Discussion Forum
If you need to find one of our old newsletters, you can find them here in the Discussion section on our Meetup.com page.
That’s all for June!
SFTech4Good event producers
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