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November 11, 2021 - Great time at the Tech Life Takeover with Tech Life Columbus, Tech Elevator, and Zettabytes.Today!

The Zettabytes.Today team had an absolute blast at the Tech Life Takeover event!

Tech Life Takeover, hosted by 1487 Brewing and Tech Life Columbus, is a monthly event where the bulk of the proceeds go to a specific charitable organization. This month, we supported ACS PanOhioHope Ride and Union County Special Olympics!

It was also incredible getting to see the huge turnout from the Tech community here in Columbus, as well as all Tech Elevator students who are gearing up for graduation!

Bummed you missed out on the fun? Come check out our next event at Land Grant Brewing on December 1st for Vinny Rini Martini hour! Register for the event here:

https://zettabytes.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/zettabytes/event.jsp?event=68

See you there!

October 27, 2021 Tandem and Zettabytes.Today present “Don't break your new things budget: How to push an iOS app with no experience.”

What’s spookier than not having access to reliable childcare? Tandem CoFounders McKenzie Kennelly and Natalie Aimling taught us how Tandem is helping to alleviate that concern with their product, an app that provides the ONLY free marketplace for reliable, vetted childcare.

Vinny and Connor, dressed as Shaggy and Fred from the mystery gang, gave us a humorous cocktail demo for a tasty “Finding Scooby Doo” cocktail. Recipe below!

Then it was time for the main event! Tandem CoFounder McKenzie Kennelly taught us how to create and host an iOS App. She told us their story of launching a MVP (minimum viable product) fast; Then they kept developing to get to where they needed to be.

She heavily recommends having a “new things budget”, where you can use what you know and put aside some funds for learning. They started their journey using Heroku, because that’s what they knew and could get off the ground fast. They advised a mindset of thinking through how you can get off the ground, the “what do you need to know vs what do you know already?”

After some Q&A (there were many questions, get em Rini!) and some spooky monster trivia with Dhruva, Natalie was able to speak to Tandem’s awesome culture! They shared that they believe that they are all active stewards of the environment. That they expect their team to treat each other with respect, vulnerability, and kindness. No matter how long someone has been at the company, all are expected to lead as much as they follow, to learn as much as they teach.

Sounds like an incredibly wonderful and collaborative place to work.

Interested in learning more?

They are hiring! Visit https://www.join-tandem.com/ and reach out about their exciting opportunities!

The Invitation: Here is the invite

The Agenda:

Community Partner: Jaron Terry, President of PFLAG Columbus discussed the history of PFLAG and announce any upcoming events to celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 13, 2021.

Headline: The Ultimate Showdown! Agile versus Lean. Dhruva Vyas of Nationwide representing AGILE versus Rini Das of RD Management Consulting Inc. representing LEAN.

Key Bartender: Connor Pilbeam demonstrated a mocktail/cocktail to celebrate Autumn.

PFLAG -- Jaron Terry

Headliner: Dhruva Vyas and Rini Das

Showdown: Facilitated by Robbin Bowman

National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

Mindy Halasz, Co-Chair of (LGBTQIA+ Brand Employee Group- BRG) of Designer Brands (that includes brands such as DSW), invited us -- aka Vinny Sanfillipo, Lisa Kagy and Rini Das of Zettabytes.Today team and Stacy Drake of PFLAG Columbus to speak at their annual National Coming Out Day Luncheon.

The Leaders of MySELF BRG are:

Mindy Halasz – Co-Chair
Sonya Voronkova – Co-Chair
Erica Melton – Community Committee Chair
Kimberly Hensley – Communications Chair
Margaret Kluk – Business Committee Chair
Todd Roudabush – Talent Committee Chair
Jared Poff ( EVP CFO) – Executive Sponsor

Panel:

We were delighted to speak and we discussed many topics including

Coming out can be a lifelong journey. How do you manage coming out in different situations?
Coming out as "Transgender or Non-binary" at your work-place
How to be an ally for those who are "coming out" at your work-place?
How to support as a parent or a grandparent or relative when a child or grandchild or young relative comes out?
How to support someone in their journey in coming out in a virtual work environment
What resources can we provide?

There were more than seventy globally-dispersed attendees at the virtual event. Some of the attendees and speakers and the MySELF leaders are included in the photo below.

Come out when you are in a safe environment and at your time-table.

#VisibilityMatters
#NationalComingOutDay

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"Coming Out" Resources:

From PFLAG: https://pflag.org/tags/comingout
From Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-out
The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/guide/the-coming-out-handbook/
The GLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/activity/coming-out-resource-lgbtq-students
Matthew Sheppard Foundation: https://www.matthewshepard.org/coming-out-resources/
Coming Out as Trans at Work -- A framework, drawn from the experiences of eight transgender professionals. by Michael Cherny, Shalene Gupta, and Sandra J. Sucher, Harvard Business Review, October 12, 2021
13 Reasons Why You Must Come Out of the Closet By Alexander Cheves

Launch of Zettabytes.Today website and new programs made me think about the most frequently asked question (FAQ)

Zettabytes.Today is shiny and new.

New!! Become a Zetta Star Membership program.
New!! Become a Megabytes, Gigabytes or Zettabytes Sponsor.
Register and attend Events!! via our new platform

Check out our new website:

Welcome Home
Hear Us -- Read and hear.
Meet Us -- Meet all who makes Zettabytes.Today your network
See Us -- Check out upcoming events and all our past news and events
Join Us -- Participate -- darn it!

The Beginnings: Lisa Kagy and I chat about how it all got started in August 2019.

As we launch the new membership, sponsorship and new event management program, let us answer the most FAQ: How did we get started?

August 25, 2021 Olive AI's CTO David Landreman discusses AI in Healthcare and its Ethical Considerations and how it Impacts Queer Community

The Invitation: Here is the invite

The Agenda:

David Landreman, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Olive AI talked about how his team is working to apply artificial intelligence to close gaps and connect disconnected systems in healthcare.