Sproutly, a software company that innovates at the intersection of business, technology, and
people, is acquiring Prular, a story-based film company. Sproutly empowers businesses and
teams by helping them optimize their technology and empower their people. Sproutly provides
quality software engineering, website development, marketing, media production, and coaching.
According to Sproutly's CEO, Christopher George, "as Prular merges with Sproutly's media
team it brings an even deeper focus on customer communication needs and the capability of
connecting with customer's clients through emotion-driven, image-rich storytelling."
Prular was founded in 2009 by Jefferson Rodrigues who now joins Sproutly as Director of Story-
Driven Media. With a degree in film and years of travel and directing to his name, Jefferson brings his experience, passion, and connections to Sproutly. Prular is a word that came about
when Rodrigues merged two Portuguese words, Prudence and Exemplary. Jefferson brings
exemplary dedication and good judgement to storytelling and the people he works with. He
highly values connecting people and their stories.
Sproutly knows how important images are in encouraging and guiding action and so they are
excited to offer customers and the community advanced ways to connect with their customers
through images, emotions, and stories. Sproutly is proud to have Jefferson and Prular in the
Sproutly family and they look forward to the increased quality and connecting power his videos
bring.
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February 27, 2021 | 1:00 pm
Dr. Nicki Washington, Professor of the Practice at Duke University, will be the speaker for this year's DIGITAL event! Dr. Washington is the author of Unapologetically Dope, and she will be sharing her advice on surviving and thriving in technical fields. Her talk will run 30 minutes and then attendees will have the opportunity to join small breakout discussions. We're excited to facilitate conversations with young women interested in technology and our university students and alumni working in tech fields.
Be one of the first 70 registrants and you'll receive a free copy of Dr. Washington's book, Unapologetically Dope, a short hands-on activity, JMU swag, and a treat!
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March 1, 2021 | 6-8 pm
Voya Financial Chief Security Architect Rich Wickersham will be presenting a free online presentation "Social Media OPSEC, Targeting Analysis and Countermeasures" 6-8 p.m. March 1st. His talk will review the continuing need for employee and corporate operations security (OPSEC) on social media platforms, focusing on LinkedIn.
Wickersham has more than 20 years of experience designing, implementing and securing resilient architectures for both public and private organizations. He has held previous leadership roles at AIG, Fannie Mae, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. His presentation will focus on threats and attacks in the social media age and measures to counter those threats.
This is the first presentation in the Tech Bytes 2021 series, which is partly funded by a gift from the National Center for Women & Information Technology's Learning Circles Program designed to attract more women and minorities to the computer science field. Funding is also coming from Delti Phi, LFCC's chapter of the international technology honor society Epsilon Pi Tau, as an effort to provide networking opportunities to students.
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Do you have a business idea you're excited about, but need help figuring out if you're ready to invest your time and money to bring it to life? The Idea Factory is a fast-paced, 6-week virtual program where you'll learn how to test, improve, and validate your business idea.
Who's it for?
Anyone in the Central Virginia area with a technology-driven or manufacturing-based business idea is welcome to apply. The Idea Factory will provide the training, resources, and support to test your idea and help you decide whether you are ready to take the next steps towards becoming an entrepreneur.
What is the investment?
The program fee is $500, with need-based scholarships available (we don't want cost to be a barrier for any aspiring entrepreneur). Additionally, participants who successfully complete the program, validate their idea, and plan to commit a substantial amount of time to pursuing a new business will be considered for continued support and free resources to help them keep going.
What is the time commitment?
- 10 hours per week for 6 weeks
- Participation in a virtual workshop 1 evening per week
- Attend a weekly office hour with a mentor or experts
- Willingness to talk about your idea with others, including interviewing strangers
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Pharrell Williams, Georgia Tech, and Amazon invite you to engage your students in an inspiring new learning experience that explores the ways music, computer science, and entrepreneurship can be tools to advance racial equity.
Students explore how computer science, music, and entrepreneurship can advance equity. Using Georgia Tech's EarSketch platform, students code a 30 second - 3 minute musical remix using Pharrell's new song "Entrepreneur". Submitted remixes will be judged based on quality of music, code, and messaging by a panel of industry professionals.
Students can compete with their class or on their own from January 15 to June 4, 2021. Five students will win a $5,000 scholarship or grant to start a business, and five teachers will receive $1,000 for above and beyond instruction.
There will be two rounds:
- Round one opens on January 19, 2021 and closes March 12, 2021
- Round two opens on March 15, 2021 and closes June 4, 2021
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April 14 - May 5, 2021 (Wednesdays) | 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm
JMU Ice House, Harrisonburg
Are you creative? Do you love to design? Do you enjoy using computers and machines? Turn your creative fuel into 3D cool in this exciting digital design and 3D printing camp- Juice Works! Each day you'll learn a variety of digital design and technical skills required to complete design-build challenges that result in actual products you can use and take home!
All children will be required to wear a mask, and the camp will be practicing guidelines in keeping with CDC recommendations. Students may not participate unless they are symptom free per CDC guidelines.
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Have a Virtual Technology Event?
We'll Share it in our Newsletter and Calendar!
Are you a local tech meetup/user-group or organization hosting a virtual tech event
within the Shenandoah Valley?
With the recent impacts of COVID-19, we're looking to help promote all of the Valley's technology community events that have now gone digital by adding them to our newsletter and calendar (our publicity).
Click the button below to share your event!
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Shenandoah Valley Open Tech Jobs
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Director of Biotechnology Program, James Madison University | Harrisonburg
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DevOps Engineer, Quantic School of Business and Technology | Remote
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Full-Stack Software Engineer, Quantic School of Business and Tech | Remote
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Full Stack Ruby Engineer, Showcase IDX | Fully Remote
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Principal Software Engineer, Sproutly | New Market
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3D Developer - AR Support, The Scylla Group | Winchester
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Front End Developer, The Scylla Group | Winchester
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Solder Technician, VIRTEX | Waynesboro
GOT ADDITIONAL JOBS THAT SHOULD BE PUBLICIZED? SEND US A NOTE AND WE'LL PUBLICIZE THEM.
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Participate in the local tech conversation: Rocktown Tech (Slack)
Currently there are 18 channels and over 450 members. Sign-up
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