Happy New Year to you and all our tech council participants! As the new year begins,
TA
LK wants to take a moment to reflect on the memories of industry engagement,
as well as youth programming, and express our thanks for the support of our loyal TALK attendees and members. We wouldn't be here without you!
Cheers to another great year!
Look what networking and dialogues came from TALKers in 2017:
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Jan. 2017--Ryder Timberlake of Salesforce spoke to us about "Pair Programming: Agile Software Development Works."
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Feb. 2017
- TALK advocacy and connections in DC for the state paid off with the finalization and announcement of the state's new Cyber Engineering Pathway with NICERC for 9-12th graders. The first rollout in 2017 was in Jefferson County Public Schools.
- Dr. Rado Kotorov of Information Builders addressed us on the "analytics culture" in Industry 4.0, and brought everyone a copy of his new book. And, TALK was represented and provided advocacy in DC at the CompTIA Tech Flyin regarding pending tech legislation.
- TALK held a Rad Science Skateboard Build for teens and parents to give participants a chance to experience success in engineering principles.
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April 2017
- David Galownia of Slingshot presented on "The Lean Startup," giving us tips and tricks.
- The Mayor Summerworks program and TEGNA sponsored a skateboard build at Louisville Central Community Center for West Louisville youth. Everyone took their finished skateboard home!
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May 2017. Jefferson Cty. High School teachers and college-age leaders were trained by NICERC to oversee robots and programming in our 4-weeks of Summer Cyber Camps in West Louisville at the Neighborhood House and Louisville Central Community Center. The thanks goes to UPS!
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June 2017. TALK held its first annual CyberSecurity Summit, welcoming two federal players (from NICERC and NICE) as speakers and many industry leaders, along with our KY Lt. Governor.
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August 2017. TALK opened Techfest 2017,a two-day look at emerging tech, with a Blockchain panel. Speakers came from Finland, DC, and all points in-between!
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Sept. 2017. TALK participated in the state's first Apprenticeship Summit in Louisville. Talks are underway via TALK with KY state govt., foundations, and corporations to launch a registered IT apprenticeship program for mid-career adults called Apprenti for our state in late 2018-early 2019.
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Nov. 2017. TALK participated in the new
2017 Veterans Support Service Awards Gala
organized by TALK board member, William Mansfield, and the Mansfield Institute for Public Policy and Social Change.
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Dec. 2017. TALK held its Holiday party at Noosh Nosh in Louisville for more networking and fun tech talk.
A special thanks to all our TALK sponsors, especially those from Techfest 2017 listed below, for making these activities possible!!!
Sincerely, TALK Executive Director and President of Aspectx Dawn Yankeelov and Your TALK Board
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