Bytes of Good Live: Tech for Public Interest

What is technology for public interest? How can I get involved in this space? To learn more, join us at this month’s Bytes of Good Live with Shelly Kurtz!

Shelly Kurtz is the Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Giving Tech Labs, an innovation center for Technology for Public Interest (#Tech4PI) located in Seattle, WA. Recipient of over 50 industry awards, Shelly has led over 200 global campaigns in the tech, media, social impact and entertainment industries. She is an experienced Sales & Marketing Executive for Tech Startups and Fortune 500 companies, including NBCUniversal, Comcast, Make.TV, Giving Compass and VidaNyx. Today, Shelly spends her time focused on X4Impact, a market intelligence platform for social innovation. She also sits on the board of directors of VidaNyx, Inc., a company she co-founded in 2018 to protect child survivors of abuse.

Bytes of Good Live is a monthly speaker series hosted by Hack4Impact, a student-run 501(c)(3) with the goal of inspiring the next generation of technologists, designers, and humanitarians to develop software for social good. This initiative is being hosted by the National Social Impact Committee, with the goal of engaging both Hack4Impact members and the greater community in critical discussions about technology, the role it plays in our society, and career paths in the social good space.