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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

In San Francisco, sometimes one can feel a bit cynical about the influx of frivolous technology with billion dollar valuations. This breakfast was particularly interesting because a few of the presenters were graduates of the Hackbright Academy , an engineering fellowship for women in the Bay Area. Data Collecting and Mapping.

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CrowdConf 2010 Coming to San Francisco

Tech Soup

CrowdFlower has announced CrowdConf 2010 , a crowdsourcing conference that will take place in San Francisco in October. Presentation submissions are being accepted through next Wednesday, September 1. ( Tags: Event Using the Web and Internet Web 2.0 We've talked a lot on this blog about crowdsourcing.

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Do Keywords Still Make a Difference in Effective Website Search Management?

Byte Technology

And for websites to thrive, keywords were everything: Google once collected data about a site based solely on the keywords that were present on its pages and in corresponding links, and everyone from multinational corporations to mom-and-pop e-tail sites could easily track how they ranked among all similar sites out there.

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What I Learned About Life and Business by Biking Across the Country

Forum One

Over eight weeks in the summer of 2013, my son and I cycled 3,700 miles across the country, from San Francisco back home to Alexandria, Virginia. Over eight weeks in the summer of 2013, Forum One CEO Chris Wolz and his son cycled 3,700 miles across the country, from San Francisco back home to Alexandria, Virginia.

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Nonprofits Live: Great Presentations on August 26

Tech Soup

Are you looking for secrets to giving great presentations? Whether offering a workshop, giving a keynote speech in your community, or persuading funders in a new campaign, nonprofit leaders require strong presentation skills — from designing amazing slides and visuals to listening to your audience as you share your ideas.

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LocalFreeWeb Combines Digital Inclusion with Public Transportation

Tech Soup

I spoke with Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented LocalFreeWeb at the previous breakfast. Joseph first heard of the LocalFreeWeb project a little over a year ago at Hack Night for Code for San Francisco. A Simple Digital Inclusion Tool.

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Improve Your Fundraising Approach and Skills at NetSquared Meetups

Tech Soup

NTEN Presents: Oregon Nonprofit Tech Roundup. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly). San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night (Weekly). San Francisco, California: Social Impact in Tech: Panel Discussion with LinkedIn, Lyft, and Salesforce.