South By Southwest Interactive 2010 - Vote for Brilliant Life
Part of what I've been doing since changing jobs back in October 2008 is helping my boss move forward with a non-profit that he's been working on for the last few years. The name of the organization is Brilliant Life, and the goal of the organization is to improve lives and change technology by providing technology training and careers to individuals who aren't being given a chance to pursue those careers today. That includes juvenile and adult offenders, the homeless, displaced workers, etc. It's a great organization and I'm excited for the vision and what we know will come of it.
We're a young organization, but we've had success in CO already. In July, I moved to Austin with my family to both open the Texas branch of the consulting company at which I work (Thought Ascent) and to expand Brilliant Life into Texas. Part of that expansion is a push to get the word out, which is where South By Southwest (SXSW) and this post come in. SXSW is a music, film and interactive festival that takes place in Austin each year. The Interactive portion of the festival draws thousands of tech professionals to hear about subjects from social media to emerging technology to how technology is being used to make the world a better place (that’s us).
What's more, the public is given a role in helping to select the sessions that will be offered for each track.
This is where you come in. We need your vote. We have submitted a session for SXSW under the title: "Turning Criminals into Coders: The Brilliant Life Story." Here's the abstract:
Voting is open to the public, and we've had a pretty good response so far. But we need your vote as well. So, please take a moment to go to the link below and vote for our session. You will have to register, but SXSW doesn't spam, so sign right up.
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4435
And leave a comment for us if you can.
Thanks for your support!
P.S. If you're interested in knowing more about Brilliant Life and what you can do to help, email me a brandon.satrom AT brilliantlife DOT org.
We're a young organization, but we've had success in CO already. In July, I moved to Austin with my family to both open the Texas branch of the consulting company at which I work (Thought Ascent) and to expand Brilliant Life into Texas. Part of that expansion is a push to get the word out, which is where South By Southwest (SXSW) and this post come in. SXSW is a music, film and interactive festival that takes place in Austin each year. The Interactive portion of the festival draws thousands of tech professionals to hear about subjects from social media to emerging technology to how technology is being used to make the world a better place (that’s us).
What's more, the public is given a role in helping to select the sessions that will be offered for each track.
This is where you come in. We need your vote. We have submitted a session for SXSW under the title: "Turning Criminals into Coders: The Brilliant Life Story." Here's the abstract:
"Can coding literally save someone's life? Can it change America's broken prison system? The non-profit, Brilliant Life, will discuss how they're teaching juvenile delinquents to code, how to work on a software development team, as well as how they’re providing opportunities to work after their prison time ends."
Voting is open to the public, and we've had a pretty good response so far. But we need your vote as well. So, please take a moment to go to the link below and vote for our session. You will have to register, but SXSW doesn't spam, so sign right up.
http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/4435
And leave a comment for us if you can.
Thanks for your support!
P.S. If you're interested in knowing more about Brilliant Life and what you can do to help, email me a brandon.satrom AT brilliantlife DOT org.
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