FaithTech

We're so excited to be attending the Inaugural Bay Area Faith & Work Summit, "AND: Building the Future of Faith, Work & Tech Together" next week, on Saturday November 2nd! The event is hosted by our friends at the Bay Area Center for Faith, Work & Tech! The Summit is intended to help people gain a vision for how their faith can transform their work and build connections to other people and organizations on the same journey. It features an incredible line-up of speakers (Pat Gelsinger, Henry Kaestner, Deb Liu, Victor Ho, and others!) and different organizations leading dynamic breakout sessions and creating fun connection opportunities in the Expo Hall (where you can find us!). If you're in the SF Bay area, we'd love to see you there! Find out all the details and registration at: https://lnkd.in/ecdP5cPm

We are so excited to have a new FaithTech community meeting up in Brisbane, Australia! The local launch event was held last night with a great turnout! 👏 If you're in the area, and want to get connected to our team locally, find out more here: https://lnkd.in/e_QjbKB2

This week we're so excited to re-launch our community meetups in Orange Country, California AND officially launch FaithTech in Brisbane, Australia! If you're in the area, we hope you can join us! Find out the details & see all of our events here: https://lnkd.in/gtPbNYJp

We're so excited to be re-launching our community in Orange County, California! If you're in the area, we'd love to have you come along to our launch event on October 21st as we explore the theology of technology together. We'll be hearing from guest speaker Joseph Lee, Partner and CTO at nimBOLD and our OC Lead Team. Come ready to be challenged, stretched and inspired both in your thinking and your practice. https://lnkd.in/eqFGqmq4

#Brisbane - you're up next! Looking forward to launching our third FaithTech community in #Australia in exactly 2 weeks from today. Interested in being part of this conversation on the theology of technology? Would love to have you join us on the night! We are looking forward to hearing from our esteemed panel - Geoff Pryde, Dave Miers, Christie Gallen & Adrian Sutton. Register here: https://lnkd.in/gnmANV4S

Our New York City Meetup this week features a great talk from FaithTech Director of Labs, Christine Abernathy! Join us as Christine explores the evolution of human communication, from intimate gatherings to global connectivity, and envisions a future where technology enables instant app creation for sharing experiences. As we step into this vision, she'll challenge us to imagine the possibilities and pitfalls of this new frontier. Christine invites Christian innovators to consider how they can be "salt and light" in shaping this future in a redemptive way that enhances human connection and glorifies God. https://lnkd.in/euz4KTNx

Join us online tonight to start a Create journey with us! Tonight we'll focus on the theme of "Discover" where we’ll explore the why, what, and start on the how of the projects we create together at FaithTech! Save your spot here: https://lnkd.in/gA6JJ7FM

🚀 Weekend Recap: My Experience at #HACKVAN2024 🚀 This weekend, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in #HACKVAN2024, a hackathon with a purpose. The event exists to help redemptive organizations leverage tech to accelerate their impact, and I couldn’t be more inspired by the vision and values behind it. I worked on a project for Greater Vancouver Youth Unlimited (YU), focusing on a unique challenge: How can we encourage youth workers to measure statistics while maintaining the dignity of the people they are serving? Our goal was to help YU shine by enabling them to track their impact with precision, allowing them to approach more donors and ultimately serve more at-risk youth in our community. One of the things I loved about this hackathon was how different it felt from traditional ones. Teams were formed randomly on the spot, and project visionaries pitched their ideas, making the experience dynamic and full of surprises. It was amazing to see how faith in technology can drive meaningful change, beyond just profit. A huge shoutout to my incredible team — Jacob (our go-to guy), Siddhartha, Michelle, Simon, and Anthony —who were super collaborative and always open to my input. Together, we built on top of an existing Vue/Node.js prototype, adding features that will hopefully make a real difference for YU. And of course, a big thank you to the hosts, organizers, and volunteers — Winnie, Nathan, Sean, Jane, and Charlene — for keeping us energized with excitement, food and a well-organized event from start to finish. Feeling grateful for this experience and looking forward to seeing how our work will make an impact! FaithTech #FaithTech #Hackathon #TechForGood #VueJS #NodeJS #YouthUnlimited #Teamwork #CommunityImpact #Collaboration

Exciting things are on the horizon for the FaithTech Tampa community. Tonight was #pitchnight and we were honored to hear from Sean Lambert, PMP, Mike Chahinian, and Terry Sisco - the initiatives they pitched have the potential to change the world! If you want to use your skills to truly put people over products and develop technology that helps the marginalized and oppressed and while also spreading love, FaithTech needs you! Everyone has a role to play. Stay tuned to hear about our upcoming project and events…it’s going to be sooo good! Thank you CRES Community for allowing us to use your beautiful space. #redeemingtech #faithtech #womenintech

We all want to integrate our faith into our daily lives, but how does this look practically? Join us next Thursday, August 29, for a special ‘pre-#HACK’ learning session where we’ll talk about practical tools and strategies for integrating your faith with your technical skills. Register now to join us: https://lnkd.in/gbHgaWzV FaithTech Kevin Burgess