May 3rd- SV Gives
On Tuesday, May 3, 2016, Silicon Valley Gives will raise money for local nonprofits through a single online donation platform, providing a simple way to connect donors to the charitable causes they care about most and encourage them to take action. This 24-hour online fundraising effort, hosted by Silicon Valley Community Foundation and lead sponsored by Microsoft, will offer thousands of nonprofits the chance to raise millions of dollars. Donate here: http://bit.ly/26MsoYJ
May 4th – Design Thinking: Processes and Mindsets by Prof. Bernie Roth
Bernie Roth is a founder of Stanford’s d.school and author of The Achievement Habit: how to stop wishing, start doing, and take command of life. Bernie brings to the d.school a wealth of experience in teaching design, an intimate knowledge of the functioning of Stanford University, and a worldwide reputation as a researcher in kinematics and robotics. Together with Doug Wilde and the late Rolf Faste, Bernie developed the concept of a Creativity Workshop. This has been offered to students, faculty and professionals around the world. These same techniques have been made available to d.school students and are described in his book The Achievement Habit.
May 4th (every Wednesday)- Code for San Francisco
Interested in helping San Francisco? You have found the right place! Join neighbors, government employees, designers, coders, students and more! Weekly hack nights focus on civic tech and making government services better in San Francisco. Come out to hack/build and learn together every Wednesday evening. Contribute to the betterment of San Francisco, build your own portfolio of work or work on someone else’s cool project, and meet new (and different!) people.
May 5th & May 26th- Code for San Jose
Join the San Jose Code for America brigade — a volunteer civic innovation organization that welcomes citizens, coders, designers, data geeks, policy wonks and community activists with an interest in solving community problems through the use of technology. Working to help open, improve, and engage local governments in the San Jose area, and to pursue projects that solve real problems in our communities the brigade holds bi-monthly “civic hack nights” in which members work on a range of civic tech projects, such as building tools and services on top of open data. Code for San Jose meets every 2nd and 4th Thursday at The Tech Museum of Innovation from 6:30pm-9:00pm
May 7th – ‘Let’s Get Moving’ Silicon Valley Transportation Choice & Healthy Communities Summit
Come be a part of this gathering of hundreds of community and business leaders, practitioners, policy makers, and advocates from Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties. Whether you’re a planning expert, a student who rides the bus, or someone who cares about the future of this region, there’s a place for you at the Summit. At this year’s Summit, you will:
- Explore the connections between health, equity, environment, economics, land use, and transportation.
- Share research, tools, and strategies for more effective community participation and advocacy.
- Participate hands-on in shaping the future of their communities and the region.
- Meet and build relationships with community leaders, advocates, and public officials.
May 16th- Design Thinking for Data: Integrating User Experience and Data Science
Behind any data display, there’s a chain of decisions that led to what you see. The depth and quality of those considerations can make all the difference for the usefulness and value of the end product. Thinking about the design of interfaces and visualizations for data intensive applications shouldn’t be an afterthought. Applying design thinking to data means drawing from a range of ideas in perception, behavior, reasoning, question formation, decision-making, technology, and ethics – to name a few. This class will present a few examples of how, when it comes to design and data, there’s a lot more than meets the eye.
May 25th – Gadgets, Gizmos and Thingamajigs: Sensors, IoT, Infrastructure
With the growth in autonomously driven vehicles, a parallel development will continue in the growth of the smart driving landscape. As aids to both human drivers and autonomous vehicles, roads, traffic lights, street signs and cars will all be able to communicate to each other and actively warn of dangers or take corrective action. A panel discussion of the latest and greatest applications to come out for vehicles and how they stand to impact the driver’s relationship with her car. Speakers include:
- Scott Mauvais, Microsoft
- Paul Sakamoto, Savari
- Ashok Moghe, Cisco
- Laurence Briggs, Realaug
May 29th – Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for San Jose Training Center
The Genesys Works – Bay Area Board of Directors and San Jose Mayor, Sam Liccardo invite you to the launch of GWBA’s third Bay Area training center in San Jose. Join us in celebrating the expansion of our programs and bringing life-changing opportunities to the youth of San Jose. The event will begin with words from GWBA Alumni and local businesses, followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony, and tours of our brand new training room.
