Tech Foundations 1: Digital Basics

This course  is designed to provide students with foundational digital skills necessary for most jobs these days. Whether working in-person or remotely, at a small company or a global enterprise, nearly every worker - and every well-paid worker - uses a computer. 

Mentor(s) 

Course Schedule:

Starting Tuesday, June 3, 2025 - 1:30pm
Location:
Dutchess One Stop
191 Main St
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
All class dates:
Jun 3, Jun 5, Jun 10, Jun 12, Jun 17

HVTech Reinvigoration

Based on our First HVTech workshop brainstorming on October 6th, we came up with the following:

Purpose (answering the question, "Why is this work important to you and the larger community?") We expressed purposes that included making local technical work and knowledge visible, shared, and part of our everyday life.  People also expressed sentiment about including more people and...

HVTech brainstorming workshop

Intro to Data Analytics

This course prepares students for an entry level Data Analyst position while teaching the essential software and trending programming skills.

 

Prerequisite 

basic MS Excel / GSuite Sheets

Course Schedule:

This course is not currently scheduled. Please sign up if you want to get this course soon.

Techstars Startup Weekend Hudson Valley

An Immersive Three-Day Experience Offers Entrepreneurs Opportunity to Pitch & Launch New Ventures in Front of All-Star cast of Local Investors, Mentors, and Judges (In Person).

Dates: July 9th-11th

The 54-hour event will be held at the Barnfox Work & Retreat Club in the Stockade District, located on 291 Wall St, 4th floor, Kingston, NY 12401.

The kick off on Friday, July 9th at 6pm will feature an industry mixer event bringing the regions investors, mentors, and entrepreneurs together for the first time since the pandemic.

Data Analytics II - course experience

We were so impressed by seeing this  week's team competition for Data Analytics II. Where has the time gone?

Excited to see the course finished with great learning results demonstrated! Amazing growth revealed during the Team competition - you can share our excitedment watching it here: https://youtu.be/UBibf1FbtjM

Saying that, let us summarize the experience.
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Data Driven 102: Decision Making for Small Businesses

Data-Driven 102: Decision Making for Small Businesses

Understanding business analytics is an essential skill for the small business owner or manager. Non-for-profits also need to create transparent, measurable dashboards and set of metrics that could be used for data driven reporting and decision making.

During our previous workshop we introduced a data Driven framework, and reviewed a use case for a local small bakery.

Data Driven 101: Developing a Data-Driven Small Business Culture

Data-Driven 101: Developing a Data-Driven Small Business Culture
Developing a data-driven culture in the small business is a daunting task, especially during this time of economic recovery. In this hands-on workshop, attendees are introduced to a framework for data-driven decision-making. Using a step-by-step approach, the information used in the planning process is used to transformed into an action plan for implementation. A hypothetical case study will be used for demonstration purposes and each attendee will be provided an action plan workbook template.

How Technology Is Changing Education

Pandemic lockdown revealed not only Digital Divide, but challenges with students engagement, curriculum relevance , limited alternatives for high schoolers to finish education and acquire relevant skills. The education industry will change, and COVID is one of the factors pushing it forward. It is not an evolution, but revolution due to long awaited changes needed.

When changes are long awaited,...