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by denalilumma 3256 days ago
Hi There,

I would love to schedule a call with you.

My background, I've been working as a software engineering professional for about 20 years. A few years ago I started volunteering and now sit on the board of Savage Jazz Dance Company (a non-profit offering dance training to underprivileged youth in Oakland). I basically manage all of their technical needs. I rebuilt their website, create a Salesforce account, setup Patreon, etc.

I've also experimented with free app building services for other groups I see value in with out-dated technology. Would be happy to share my learnings from this.

I'm working on a new project myself, designed to run as a non-profit, to replace formal education, recruiting and bootcamps with a new model of knowledge training and knowledge work. It is called 'Bloomguild'.

Bloomguild takes an old approach to knowledge work (apprenticeships in guilds) with cutting edge technology (quantified-self, confidence-based repetition) in a new market framework. Apprentices are paid from the beginning, contribute to the creation of products which have value, and spend time doing project-based learning, as well as topic based learning each session.

More information here: https://app.slidebean.com/p/yHMZfkKzOq/BloomGuild

My contact details are in my profile.

-Denali