TECH ENABLED COMMUNITY RESILIENCE at the GOOD TECH FEST

Join Teri Garstka and Meaghan Kennedy as they discuss how communities are redefining resilience, repairing social fabric, and driving equity through the use of technology. Technology and innovation at the local level have the power to change community health and well-being outcomes. In this talk, they will demonstrate how social care networks measure the dynamic nature and power of resilient communities. They will discuss precision public health and social service strategies and how resilient communities can leverage these to move the needle on entrenched social problems. Data science and network analyses can be used to simulate the conditions under which communities have the best possible chance to harness the power of distributed social care networks for good. Finally, the talk will touch on possible community-led interventions for systems change (e.g., using technology + adaptive change to build community networks, reimagining and redistributing funding and resources across communities based on alternative equity methods, non-traditional governance structures, and creative public-private-community partnerships (PPCP)).

GOOD TECH FEST

Good Tech Fest is a conference about having an impact with technology. From data science to agile development to mobile applications, technology has the potential to support and scale the efforts of nonprofits, government, philanthropy, and social enterprise. There are risks we must address and mitigate. Skills we must develop. New ways of operating and being that we must design.

If you are looking to use data and technology to make a difference in the world, this is the conference and community for you.

Our sessions are built around topics such as innovation, data science, product management, fundraising, philanthropic & tech company engagement, and leading tech-oriented teams and organizations. We make sure that all our speakers are practitioners who are speaking from experience.

Attendees have a wide range of roles from executive directors, product managers, analysts and data scientists, to program officers, consultants, and researchers. Most attendees work for nonprofits, foundations, government agencies, or technology or service providers working with those customers.