Episode 61: Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia

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English - May 08, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 29.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 30 ratings
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Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia
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Guests
Andrew Means (https://twitter.com/meansandrew): Data Analysts 4 Social Good (https://t.co/dWOGuNxRiP), The Good Tech Fest (https://www.goodtechfest.com/), Big Elephant Studios (https://www.bigelephant.io/).
Sean Marcia (https://twitter.com/seanmarcia): Ruby For Good (https://rubyforgood.org/), Code For Good (http://codeforgood.io/).
Summary
Our guests this week are Andrew Means of Data Analysts for Social Good and Sean Marcia of Ruby for Good. Both of them run organizations that are involved with using technology to helping non-profits that could use even some simple software or data assistance. We’ll talk about what kinds of work their organizations do, how non-profits differ from for-profit work, how they try to keep projects running over time, and how you can get involved working with technology for good.
Notes
02:01 - The Shared Mission of Tech For Good Events
- Uptake.org (https://www.uptake.org/)
04:04 - The History and The Why
06:30 - Working with Nonprofits and Vetting Projects
- National Diaper Bank Network (https://nationaldiaperbanknetwork.org/)
- 412 Food Rescue (https://412foodrescue.org/)
- BrightHive (https://brighthive.io/)
- Salesforce (https://www.salesforce.com/)
13:20 - Managing and Maintaining Projects
16:26 - Understanding Nonprofit Problems and Issues
18:54 - For Profit vs Nonprofit
- The Overhead Ratio (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/overhead-ratio.asp)
- Tech Literacy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_literacy)
25:12 - Getting Involved / Recruiting Technologists
- DataKind (https://www.datakind.org/)
26:51 - Using Open Source
- Ruby for Good on GitHub (https://github.com/rubyforgood)
27:34 - Growing and Maturing the Tech For Good Space Special Guests: Andrew Means and Sean Marcia.

Tech For Good With Andrew Means and Sean Marcia

TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email [email protected].

Guests

Andrew Means: Data Analysts 4 Social Good, The Good Tech Fest, Big Elephant Studios.
Sean Marcia: Ruby For Good, Code For Good.

Summary

Our guests this week are Andrew Means of Data Analysts for Social Good and Sean Marcia of Ruby for Good. Both of them run organizations that are involved with using technology to helping non-profits that could use even some simple software or data assistance. We’ll talk about what kinds of work their organizations do, how non-profits differ from for-profit work, how they try to keep projects running over time, and how you can get involved working with technology for good.

Notes

02:01 - The Shared Mission of Tech For Good Events

Uptake.org

04:04 - The History and The Why

06:30 - Working with Nonprofits and Vetting Projects

National Diaper Bank Network
412 Food Rescue
BrightHive
Salesforce

13:20 - Managing and Maintaining Projects

16:26 - Understanding Nonprofit Problems and Issues

18:54 - For Profit vs Nonprofit

The Overhead Ratio
Tech Literacy

25:12 - Getting Involved / Recruiting Technologists

DataKind