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Keeping Libraries Safe, Open & Free
How might we make public libraries safer and prevent violence while keeping them free and open spaces for the community? University of Texas at San Antonio School of Public Health professors Jelena Todic and Ian Johnson presented qualitative and quantitative research. Peter Durand of Alphachimp LLC provided graphic recording and visual note-taking for the Café Conversations for staff and community feedback sessions.
Equity Unplugged
"Equity Unplugged" was an honest conversation about the shifting U.S. workforce. Hosted by Katie Mehnert of ALLY Energy and Xchelsia Jennings of Baker Hughes, this group of professionals from several Houston organizations is interested in making workplaces truly equitable—not simply ticking boxes but creating real change!
Scribing for Children’s Rights & Humanitarian Action
The visual notes behind that spry guy are for the dedicated, hard-working, caring people at UNICEF. This team of humanitarian action heros gathered in NYC to design their 4-year plan to help children survive and thrive in 187 countries. They pursue their mandate to uphold the rights of all children, focusing on those left behind by social and economic progress.
Convening The Entrepreneurship Funders Network in Baltimore
The 2024 EFN Convening in Baltimore galvanized philanthropic funders to support and catalyze change to improve conditions for entrepreneurs and inclusive entrepreneurship, foster innovative mindsets and skill development, and strengthen equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Houston Energy & Climate Week
The energy transition is a marathon and team sport that needs unified action. Achieving Energy 2.0+ is a marathon. However, this race needs an increased pace. We will get there through urgency, teamwork, consistency, continued investment, and collaboration. We also commit ourselves to assessing our collective advancements and setbacks in achieving these goals.
On the road to NetZero
Marriott International, Inc. gathered to engage, educate, and motivate its facilities and engineering directors on internal and external processes, tools, measurements, and behavior change models to transform each of their properties on the road to NetZero by 2050.
Why In-Person Conversations are So Important in the “Era of AI”
This article cites some brilliant experts whose research backs this up. They include neuroscientist Barry Scott Kaufman, who emphasizes the role of collaboration in creativity, MIT social researcher Sherry Turkle, who believes that conversation is our most human way of connecting and Nina Schick, one of the earliest GenAI experts.