Fast Forward welcomes our new Events & Operations Associate, Summer Kennedy I spent my first two years out of college working as a first grade teacher with Teach for America in West Oakland. In my classroom, I saw firsthand how technology could make a huge
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Fast Forward welcomes our new Social Impact Community Manager, Alicia Baquero. This year, I set out to accomplish one objective: become an advocate for the social causes I’ve always cared about. Today, I am thrilled to be doing just that by joining the Fast Forward
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Fast Forward welcomes our new Content and Communications Associate: Maddy Chung. “I’m fascinated by the intersection of social impact and technology,” I wrote in my LinkedIn bio the summer after graduating college. At least I I thought I was–I knew about a few tech nonprofits,
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Fast Forward welcomes our new Strategic Partnerships Associate: Eli Etzioni. Claremont McKenna College didn’t offer a major in social impact studies, so I did my best to create one. For my senior thesis, I interviewed social entrepreneurs working on everything from a micro-volunteering platform to
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This summer, the Fast Forward Accelerator will host 20 rising entrepreneurs leading 9 solution-focused tech nonprofits. From shedding light on air inequality, to making test prep accessible and almost fun, to building digital bartering systems for informal economies in Latin America, the tech nonprofits in
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2 days. 51 speakers. 500+ attendees. Endless inspiration. Accelerate Good Global (AGG) was a whirlwind of community, connection, and illuminating content. Held at The Midway in SF, the summit focused on the future of technology from a lens that left attendees feeling… hopeful. We’ll
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Meet Giving Tuesday. It’s the one day of the year where the focus is entirely on giving back to the organizations that have done incredible work throughout the year. But when Giving Tuesday rolls around and your inbox is flirting with explosive levels of unread
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Acceptance into an accelerator is cause for big celebration. But once the champagne bottle’s empty and the balloons have deflated, preparation time begins. We partnered with Comcast NBCUniversal to share our top tips on maximizing your accelerator experience, featuring accelerator gurus Brandon Anderson of Raheem,
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Heejae Lim, founder of TalkingPoints (FFWD 2015) embodies what it means to be a global citizen. Born in Seoul, Korea, Heejae and her family immigrated to the UK when she was eight years old. Years later, Heejae moved across the globe to the US. Her
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Fast Forward welcomes Hillary Baker Draper as Partnerships Manager. Below she shares her story: Some might say that I’m a nonprofit super fan. From interning with nonprofits while a student at Tufts University, to participating in an Americorps Year of Service upon graduating, to working for
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