North Seattle Tech Talks

**WHAT IS IT ABOUT?** Technology for Good: Designing Software for Positive Social Change 1. How do you design and build software that helps bring about social justice and change? (Think: anti-racism, accessibility, open government, etc.) 2. What have you and your organization tried that worked? What didn't work? 3. What are key resources for developers / designers / product managers wanting to learn more? 4. Where can someone work and/or volunteer to help right now? **WHAT IS THE FORMAT?** We'll have a quick introduction followed by guest speakers covering the questions above. Then we'll switch over to moderated Q&A. **WHO IS PRESENTING?** We will have 3-4 presenters / panelists announced in the coming weeks. Our first panelist is: Mark Frischmuth Executive Director @ DemocracyLab https://www.linkedin.com/in/markfrischmuth ... Please keep checking back for our complete list! **DO I HAVE TO BE AN EXPERT? A STUDENT?** No and no. This Meetup is open to all who are interested and is meant to be an introduction to the topic. **WHO IS SPONSORING?** We have two main sponsors for this event: 1. North Seattle College's Application Development BAS Degree Program: https://northseattle.edu/programs/bas-application-development 2. Seattle Tech4Good: https://www.meetup.com/SeaTech4Good **HOW DO I ATTEND?** This will be a virtual Meetup event. We will post information about our Zoom Meeting location. You'll need to download the appropriate software for your computer, tablet, or mobile device. Questions for the Q&A will be handled via the Zoom chat functionality, with instructions presented during the Meetup.