A TALK 7/23 Briefing: News From Schools, COVID-19 Updates & Virtual Events

A TALK Briefing | July 23, 2020

TALK COVID-19 Updates

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Also, read us on Linked In, and Facebook at Technology Association of Louisville Kentucky plus Twitter @talklou! Stay safe and enjoy your summer!

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Upcoming Virtual Events

Tues., July 28. 1 PM. Deliberate Dancing: Close the Marketing & Sales Gap ( A TALK Panel Discussion--Bring Business Back Series event.) Panelists: Dawn Yankeelov, Aspectx; Lee Ann Lyle, LAL Computers; and Biggs Tabler, Golf Marketing By Biggs. Now FREE.

Weds., July 29. 5 PM. 5 Across Pitch Competition for Entrepreneurs Awesome Inc.

Thurs., July 30. 3 PM. Kentucky Comeback: A Discussion with Central Kentucky Leaders. KY Chamber.

July 31st at 11:30 AM ET. Louisville Microsoft Users Group: Latency for Dummies. LouMug Microsoft Users Group. FREE.

News You Can Use

Phase II results of Co-Immunity Project Show Higher-than-Expected Rates of Exposure to Novel Coronavirus in Jefferson County

Pfizer, BioNTech get $1.95B from HHS to supply Covid-19 vaccine

New Travel Advisory, Group Limits in Kentucky

Indiana joins Kentucky in Mandating Mask-Wearing

JCPS to Begin 2020-2021 School Year with Virtual Instruction

5 Apps for Cleaning and Speeding up Your PC

CISA Turns to Security Experts with Street Cred to Protect Health Sector

JCPS Enlists Help From St. Vincent de Paul to Prepare Students to Resume Online Learning

Here’s How Covid-19 Has Affected Funding, Development in Infectious Diseases

5 Essential Job Search Apps

HHS Unveils New Public Coronavirus Data System

What Businesses Need to Know about the Families First Coronavirus Response Act

NEW: Tech Report: Lane Report's Louisville Market Review 2020

Emerging Cloud Vendors To Know In 2020

Scientists Publish Largest 3D Map of the Universe Ever Created

Remaining Free Tween Summer Tech-Centric Class--TALK & TechGirlz Program

-- FREE- Register Now --

Get your middle school daughter signed up! Participants come from all over the US and any zip code is welcome! Here are the ones next up! In a hurry?

One permission form only -- Bypass Eventbrite and just fill this link out for registration for all sessions. Free.

July 30 & 31, 4 PM to 5 PM

Designing a Mobile App, Part I

Designing a Mobile App, Part II

Students will work in teams to design a mobile app. They will select an app idea, develop a prototype, and present their final product to the class. Find a buddy to do this class with you. This is a two-part series.

COVID-19 Resources:

Backontrack.in.gov

healthyatwork.ky.gov

KY COVID-19 Hotline (800) 722-5725

For Questions.

kycovid19.ky.gov

Find a COVID-19 Testing Location

By County

JCPS Website Preparing for School 2020-21

KentuckianaWorks Career Services

People who witness dangerous non-compliance with coronavirus mandates, including requirements for mask wearing, social distancing and sanitation, are encouraged to call the COVID-19 reporting hotline at 833-KY SAFER (833-597-2337). KY Labor Cabinet personnel will monitor the hotline from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT. To file a complaint online, click here .

KY G ov. Beshear announced that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services has issued a new order t hat pulls back on guidance covering social, non-commercial mass gatherings. KY has returned to the guidance to allow only for such gatherings of 10 or fewer people. The guidance, which does not apply to weddings, restaurants, retail or other public venues, went into effect on July 20 at 5 p.m.

2020 Call for Code - Global Challenge

July 31st which is the last day to submit your code. Join the fight. Form a team. Impact the world. Submit by July 31st.

COVID-19 has revealed limits of the systems we take for granted, compromising our health, our planet, and our survival. We’ve expanded the 2020 Call for Code Global Challenge to take on COVID-19, while we remain committed to combating climate change. Developers and problem solvers, submit your open source solutions by July 31.

Join the fight. Form a team. Impact the world. Submit by July 31st. Register here:

https://developer.ibm.com/callforcode/