Disruptive Technologists, Inc. is known for creating events and meetups that attract the most forward-thinking and innovative business leaders, bold entrepreneurs, and groundbreaking technologists in every industry. Even though Covid-19 has shut down in-person meetups, we are still putting on those same energetic and thought-provoking events in an online format. Now you can join us for an ever-growing calendar of Zoom events that will continue to expand the view of technology and its effects on the world today.
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Webinar: Tech Disrupts Education - Ziotagged version with table of contents | Sept 30, 2020
Tech Disrupts Education & Uncovering the Digital Divide
September 30, 2020
Plus Pods, Tools & Tips!
Educators have long known about inequalities in internet and technology among students, disproportionately impacting Black, Hispanic, Native American, and low-income families. But now, as many school districts begin the year with at least some online learning, the students without these resources are at risk of falling farther behind.
These back-to-school tech tips only scratch the surface of the support needed as millions of North American adults and kids juggle remote work, online learning, and hybrid schedules that mix in-person interaction with virtual instruction.
Discussion ideas include If the government made Wi-Fi free for everyone, how that would impact students? Broadband could replace their cell service, thus leveling access.
THE PANELISTS
1. Esther Dyson, Executive Founder, Wellville
2. Rik Willard, Founder & Managing Director, Agentic Group & World Ethical Data Foundation
3. Scott Moss, entrepreneur extraordinaire & Founder, Sidewalk College
4. Jim Williams, Physics & Chemistry High School Teacher, Scarsdale Union Free School District
5. Stan Rosenschein, Founder - SemperCurious & AI Researcher - Stanford University
Moderator: Oliver Christie, Futurist & AI Expert
MC: Sep DiMeglio, Premier Developer Consultant, Microsoft
Interactive Videographer: Jeffrey Paul, Ziotag: advanced deep-tagging.
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** Thanks to our Disruptive Technologists® Think Tank Council & Events Sponsor-Partner: McCarter & English and David Sorin, Partner & Chair - Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Company Practices
** Thanks to Microsoft Reactor #MSFTReactor
** Thanks to Scott Moss
** Thanks to Bernie Leone -
Disruptive Technologists Fireside Chat: Tech Disrupts Charities and Non-Profits | August 5, 2020
Fireside Chat Topic: Tech Disrupts Charities and Non-Profits -
Disruptive Technologists Fireside Chat: Tech Disrupts Goal Setting! | July 1, 2020
This is our July 1, 2020 Fireside Chat on Goal Setting
Goal Setting Techniques:
*Set goals that are "SMART"--specific, measurable, achievable, relevant timely. ...
*Set "HARD" goals. ...
*Involve management and employees in the goal-setting process so they will be more committed to achieving the objectives. ...
*Write it down and spell it out. ...
*Chart your progress.
We discuss how goals and technology can be used to create unity and a sense of community in the workplace? With so many companies scrambling to address disparities and inequities, we will explore how tech can be used to help them reach certain diversity goals and bring people together.
Roadmap to success: Design your future. Share your strategy with the people responsible for delivering it. Create clarity and buy-in. Goals that matter: Align your resources and enable everyone in your organization to focus on the outcomes that matter. Visible achievements: Create accountability and stay on top of progress. See what needs attention. Iterate until you see the desired results.
THE PANELISTS:
1. Ramona Wright, Co-Founder & CEO, WeUp - a social gaming platform for good.
2. Roger Osorio, Intrapreneur, Executive Coach, Educator, IBM
3. Rebecca Costa, The Costa Group, Sociologist & Futurist
4. Alex Romanovich, CMO, tritiumDX & multiple digital health, financial & retail brands
5. Esther Dyson, Executive Founder: Wellville / Square / Credo Ventures / Factual / 6. Voltaire Xodus, Founder: WeUp
Moderator: Bruce Epstein, AEBIS, AI Content Expert MC: Sep DiMeglio, Premier Developer Consultant, Microsoft Interactive Videographers & Directors: Jeffrey Paul & Steve Durham, Ziotag: advanced deep-tagging.
** EXTRA Special Thanks to our Disruptive Technologists® Think Tank Council & Events Sponsor-Partner: McCarter & English and David Sorin, Partner & Chair - Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Company Practices ** Thanks to Microsoft Reactor #MSFTReactor -
Disruptive Techies Webinar: Tech Disrupts Goal Setting - POSSIBLE? | Jun 14, 2020
Disruptive Techies Webinar: Tech Disrupts Goal Setting - POSSIBLE?
Date: Wednesday, June 24th, 2020
Watch and listen as panelists discuss the practicality of setting up life-changing goals in these challenging times, where the future seems unknown. They offer positive and pragmatic solutions: How specific new technology products can simplify things, can give us the opportunity to address systemic racism, and can overcome challenges in order to differentiate between the individual and the small group thinking. "If people can pursue their purpose in life, the world will become a better place for everyone," said WeUp’s Ramona Wright.
IBM’s Roger Osorio explained that "People can use the technology available and re-focus it on issues that are both urgent and important in the long-term. It’s important to make sure when we are goalsetting and future planning to be aware of the possibility that another Pandemic can occur so that we can be better prepared. In these challenging times, we have the unique opportunity to reach out to people that we never thought possible.”
Panelists:
1. Ramona Wright, Co-Founder & CEO, WeUp - a social gaming platform for good.
2. Roger Osorio, Intrapreneur, Executive Coach, Educator, IBM
3. Rebecca Costa, Sociobiologist & Futurist, The Costa Group
4. Alex Romanovich, CMO/CDO, tritiumDX & multiple digital health, retail & financial brands
5. Esther Dyson, Executive Founder: Wellville / Square / Credo Ventures / Factual /
Moderator: Oliver Christie, Futurist & AI Expert
MC: Sep DiMeglio, Premier Developer Consultant, Microsoft
* EXTRA Special Thanks to our Disruptive Technologists® Think Tank Council & Events Sponsor-Partner: McCarter & English and David Sorin, Partner & Chair - Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Company Practices
** Thanks to Microsoft Reactor #MSFTReactor -
Disruptive Technologists Fireside Chat: Disruptive Diversity/Education Change the World!
Disruptive Technologists Webinar: Disruptive Diversity/Education Change the World!
Date: Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
Fireside Chat Panelists hold a discussion on the challenges and opportunities that emerging tech has for age, race, gender, income, and its ability to further education and inclusion.
Fireside Chat Panelists:
1. Joanna Gilberti, Archemy (AI)
2. Julian Newman, Culture Creative
3. Voltaire Exodus, Founder, WeUp
4. Esther Dyson, Executive Founder, Wellville & Investor Extraordinaire incl. Square
Among the topics discussed:
(1) how cultural diversity spans far wider than ethnicity where technology is concerned
(2) how the generational culture has a definite impact on the use of technology in the workplace, and to some extent, racial and socioeconomic differences
(3) the primary reason racial differences are a factor where technology in the workplace is concerned due to what is called the "digital divide"
Esther Dyson said, “AI has exposed our biases which has made us reflect a lot about inclusion and diversity. However, in tech companies, there are other non-tech jobs needed. Also, there is the misconception that minorities come to AI events when the topic discussed is related to Diversity or Inclusion in AI, and not to other topics like funding AI. So we need to improve the communication.” Julian Newman replied, “If I do not see myself as being a part of the industry, it does not matter to me the invitation or the number of events, I need to see myself -- and minorities need to see themselves --as part of the industry. That is where the connection and the long term approach needs to happen.”
Webinar Director:
Jeffrey Paul, CEO & Co-Founder, Ziotag
Fireside Chat Moderator:
Bruce Epstein, Knowledge Transfer Wizard - leveraging critical info through A.
MC:
Lauren Keyson, Founder, Disruptive Technologists -
Disruptive Techies Webinar Prt 2: Disruptive Diversity/Education Change the World! | May 20, 2020
Webinar: Disruptive Diversity, Education Change the World!
Date: Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
Panelists spoke about the companies and workers that have provided plenty of help for society during the pandemic. Also discussed was how the coronavirus is impacting the LGBTQ community worldwide, and what disruptive technologies for contact tracing can be used to re-open the economy safer and faster. The webinar concluded with the panelists answering questions from the audience regarding what new technologies could compete against the monopoly of big technology companies.
Panelists:
1. Moy Ogilvie, McCarter & English
2. Esther Dyson, Wellville & Square
3. Voltaire X, WeUp
4. Dennis Foley, OuterBuro
Moderator:
Oliver Christie: Futurist: Founder, Foxy Machine; Co-Founder, Moven AI; Data Science Head, Opus AI
Webinar Director:
Jeffrey Paul: Ziotag, advanced deep tagging.
** EXTRA Special Thanks to our Disruptive Technologists® Think Tank Council & Events Sponsor-Partner: McCarter & English and David Sorin, Partner & Chair - Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Company Practices
** Thanks to Microsoft Reactor #MSFTReactor -
Disruptive Techies Webinar Prt 1: Disruptive Diversity/Education Change the World | May 6, 2020
Disruptive Techies Webinar: Disruptive Diversity/Education Change the World!
Date: Wednesday, May 6th, 2020
This is the first webinar in the Disruptive Techies series on Tech Disrupting of Diversity & Education. It focused on the strength, advantages, and importance of diversity in big technology companies, and why it’s important - even during a pandemic. The featured panelists offered their personal stories along with statistics of how technology companies can have better results from employing a diverse workforce. Furthermore, the panelists discussed how millennials and the new generation of the workforce are attracted to companies (even law firms) that have diverse teams.
MAIN PANELISTS:
1. Moy Ogilvie, McCarter & English
2. Lindsay Sorin, Xandr/AT&T
3. Ginger Dhaliwal, Upflex (AirBnBs for Workspace)
4. Arnell Milhouse - CareerDevs Computer Science Institute
5. Jasmine Greenaway, Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft
Webinar Director: Jeffrey Paul, CEO & Co-Founder, Ziotag
Microsoft Reactor Host & MC:
Sep DiMeglio, User-Experience & Accessibility Developer Consultant, Microsoft
Moderator:
Oliver Christie: Futurist: Founder, Foxy Machine; Co-Founder, Moven AI; Data Science Head, Opus AI
Fireside Chat Moderator:
Bruce Epstein, Knowledge Transfer Wizard - leveraging critical info through AI. -
Webinar: Tech Disrupts Education Sept 30, 2020
Tech Disrupts Education & Uncovering the Digital Divide
September 30, 2020
Plus Pods, Tools & Tips!
Educators have long known about inequalities in internet and technology among students, disproportionately impacting Black, Hispanic, Native American, and low-income families. But now, as many school districts begin the year with at least some online learning, the students without these resources are at risk of falling farther behind.
These back-to-school tech tips only scratch the surface of the support needed as millions of North American adults and kids juggle remote work, online learning, and hybrid schedules that mix in-person interaction with virtual instruction.
Discussion ideas include If the government made Wi-Fi free for everyone, how that would impact students? Broadband could replace their cell service, thus leveling access.
THE PANELISTS
1. Esther Dyson, Executive Founder, Wellville
2. Rik Willard, Founder & Managing Director, Agentic Group & World Ethical Data Foundation
3. Scott Moss, entrepreneur extraordinaire & Founder, Sidewalk College
4. Jim Williams, Physics & Chemistry High School Teacher, Scarsdale Union Free School District
5. Stan Rosenschein, Founder - SemperCurious & AI Researcher - Stanford University
Moderator: Oliver Christie, Futurist & AI Expert
MC: Sep DiMeglio, Premier Developer Consultant, Microsoft
Interactive Videographer: Jeffrey Paul, Ziotag: advanced deep-tagging.
** Thanks to our Disruptive Technologists® Think Tank Council & Events Sponsor-Partner: McCarter & English and David Sorin, Partner & Chair - Venture Capital & Emerging Growth Company Practices
** Thanks to Microsoft Reactor #MSFTReactor
** Thanks to Scott Moss
** Thanks to Bernie Leone -
Webinar: Tech Disrupts Democracy January 13, 2021
Webinar on TECH DISRUPTS DEMOCRACY!
.... With Data & Innovation!
MEET THE PANELISTS
1. Richard Hill, Founder & CEO, VoteOurVoice
2. Micah Sifry, Co-founder & President, Civic Hall
3. Jess Riegel, Founder, Motivote & Social Innovation Fellow, StartingBloc
4. Bruce Bachenheimer, Clinical Professor & Director Entrepreneur Lab, Pace University
5. Tristan Louis, Serial Entrepreneur &
published thought leader on digital innovation.
Outline:
I. Democracy and Tech – How data and technology can help improve democracy
A. What technology innovations can improve the way we engage in our democracy?
B. Voting machine
C. Online voting and apps
1. How do we ensure the integrity of online voting?
2. Does innovation make voting more or less inclusive?
D. How are politicians using tech to influence us? -
Disruptive Technologists Fireside Chat: Tech Disrupts Democracy January 27, 2021
1-Hour Fireside Chat: TECH DISRUPTS DEMOCRACY!
Here we answered questions from our attendees. Catch the conversation with our panelists prior to this discussion:
MEET THE PANELISTS
1. Richard Hill, Founder & CEO, VoteOurVoice
2. Micah Sifry, Co-founder & President, Civic Hall
3. Jess Riegel, Founder, Motivote & Social Innovation Fellow, StartingBloc
4. Bruce Bachenheimer, Clinical Professor & Director Entrepreneur Lab, Pace University
5. Tristan Louis, Serial Entrepreneur & published thought leader on digital innovation.
Our panelists all bring an interesting perspective on improving our democratic processes through technology and we get into a variety of topics such as voting, data, political accountability, and educating voters.
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