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Let’s Innovate for Vegas

Innovate for Vegas Foundation

Our audio program about the Innovate for Vegas Foundation, our volunteers, our projects, our ideas, and how what we are working on will ideally impact our communities in and around Las Vegas in positive ways, while at the same time empowering our volunteers to make a difference, for their friends and neighbors and for themselves.

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Episode 0032: Talking TrashAI

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2023/09/29

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Guest: Mary C Norris Summary: Mary knows a thing or two about civic volunteerism, civic volunteers, and getting projects from ideation to implementation… for example, TrashAI. Can we do that more? Produced with Ennuicastr at https://ecastr.com for free, as the Innovate for Vegas Foundation is a public charity AND a fellow developer and supporter of Open Source, Thanks

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00:36:09

Episode 0031: Our Business Model

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2023/09/22

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: We are sometimes asked about tech stacks or whether we are looking for any particular talent for our projects, not to mention questions about civic volunteerism. Let us address these these and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lets-innovate-for-vegas/message

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00:56:01

Episode 0030: Name Change and Outreach and Elevation

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2023/09/15

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Name change official with the NV SoS, Innovation Culture in need of intense effort and participation, Hacktoberfest and outreach to Former Brigades through ProjectACT is the next attempt at collaboration. Links - https://hacktoberfest.com - https://www.lvcva.com - https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/locations/las-vegas-nv - https://innovateforvegas.org --- Send in a voice message:

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00:42:30

Episode 0029: Hacktoberfest and ISAC and MORE

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2023/09/08

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Hacktoberfest 2023 is less than a month away and we intend to participate this year… along with facilitating the International Space Apps Challenge, the Congressional App Challenge, our local media project and its components, and a few other cool things. So what are you up to? Hacktoberfest this year Last year we were still getting booted up, this year we have plenty to do As we reach out beyond Nevada for project collaboration and

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00:22:27

Episode 0028: Challengers

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2023/09/01

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: There are various challenges that happen at scale, with prizes and one-shot project focus, maybe even a hackathon. Could this be the path to building innovation culture in Greater Vegas? Hackathons and Projects Today We already do these, don´t we? Well, nobody shows up… Our projects are ongoing community elevation projects intended up improve our communities and develop job skills like project participation, ideation,

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00:22:47

Episode 0027: International Space Apps Challenge 2023...

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2023/08/25

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: October 7 fast approaches, the details of the 2023 NASA International Space Apps Challenge are coming together, will Las Vegas have enough participation to hold our event? Quick History The last time ISAC had a Las Vegas event was 2021, with 28 participants Projects were submitted by 4 teams, made up of 12 of the 28 people Where did those 12 people go? One still remains in Las Vegas, maybe… The Challenges There are 31

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02:04:58

Episode 0026: Just Innovate!

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2023/08/18

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Guest: Alex Just Summary: Do Comedy and Innovation go together? Just ask Alex Just… slated to be the Designated Humor Technician during our upcoming Local Edition of The Largest Hackathon in The World, The NASA Space Apps Challenge on October 7 and 8, 2023! We chat at length about humor, innovation, and doing it rather than merely thinking about it. Produced with Ennuicastr at https://ecastr.com for free, as the Innovate for Vegas Foundation

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00:47:25

Episode 0025: To a Smarter Smart City

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2023/08/11

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: From our reboot in early 2022, one of our main foci, in fact our first Capstone Project, was and is the Virtual Vegas platform, all as part of an effort to Make our Smart City Smarter. We are going to need a bigger boat. What is a Smart City anyway? Connection Communication Compassion Compute How About a Smarter Smart City? Informed Consent with Transparency (Open Source, Public Visibility) Local Innovation Open Access (Open

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00:52:19

Episode 0024: Making News

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2023/08/04

Show notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Some of our existing projects were already designed with this notion in mind, as we extend invitations beyond Nevada to participate in our various endeavors, we are taking aim at open source municipal-scale information sharing! Social Meets News Meets Social - There has been a separation of News and Social, so that News appears on Social Networks - Community or crowd-sourced news (eg Patch) works, but barely - Algorithms are driving awareness, and

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00:20:44

Episode 0023: International Space Apps Challenge 2023...

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2023/07/28

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: As we switch on the mandatory weekly local lead meetings, the details of the upcoming hackathon on 7 and 8 October will become more clear. Or less. The tl;dr - Sign up today for the hackathon which begins 9am Pacific Time 7 October 2023 - Visit our [Local Event Page](https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/2023/locations/las-vegas-nv/) on the [NASA Portal ](https://spaceappschallenge.org) to sign up or to learn more about the Big Event! - Our event will

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01:29:16

Episode 0022: Going Big

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2023/07/21

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Guest: Mary Norris - Summary: Mary has joined our Board of Directors to help us reach out beyond Nevada for civic volunteers looking to make a difference and to Innovate! - Produced with Ennuicastr at https://ecastr.com for free, as the Innovate for Vegas Foundation is a public charity AND a fellow developer and supporter of Open Source, Thanks Ennuicastr! First things First, Brigades - What was a brigade? - The substantial change to the Code for America

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00:19:48

Episode 0021: International Space Apps Challenge 2023...

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2023/07/14

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Another update as the International Space Apps Challenge participant sign-up portal is almost ready for prime time! A quick recap on ISAC 2023 from part 1 - A Global hackathon taking place October 7 and 8, 2023 - All about Space, but not necessarily all about Apps. Non-technical participation is essential! - Our event is hybrid, with in-person and remote participation Mid-July Countdown Continues - The sign-up portal for individual participants

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00:21:24

Episode 0020: Participation Reach vs Grasp

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2023/07/07

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Civic volunteerism is not for everyone. The question is whether to accept that, or seek participation where we might find it… Civic Volunteerism - Simply put, doing things for your city and the people in it - Ideally motivated by one´s personal ethos - A great opportunity to be a part of one´s community with observable ROI Local Innovation by Local Innovators - Since our inception, we have endeavored to encourage and enable civic volunteers

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00:17:50

Episode 0019: International Space Apps Challenge 2023...

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2023/06/30

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: The International Space Apps Challenge fast approaches, we begin to ramp up outreach and planning for a great, hybrid in-person and virtual event! What is the Space Apps Challenge? - NASA-sponsored global event - Vegas last fielded a Local Lead in 2019 - This is NOT an Innovate for Vegas event, we are facilitating with others (hint hint) Early Days - Local Lead meetings have commenced! - Event pages are early-stage-buggy, that is normal -

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00:24:09

Episode 0018: Welcome to My Vegas!

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2023/06/22

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Welcome to My Vegas, two projects that go great together! What are these Projects? - My Vegas is aimed at locals and people who spend enough time in Greater Vegas to be mostly-local (maybe even vLocal…) - Welcome is similar, but aimed at those who visit Greater Vegas now and then, for fun, work, conferences, sporting events… the list is long. - These will likely operate very closely with Open Data and will ideally appear in different forms in other

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00:23:22

Episode 0017: One Year Already

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2023/06/16

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: One year since our nonprofit formed, today is our Birthday! Let us talk about it… The Bad - Code for America C&D - Complete lack of support from many parts of City of Las Vegas government - Complete mismatch in our initial governance - Essentially zero participation The Good - Don Jacobson and the IIC, our Home away from Home (unless and until…) - Supportive people and orgs like Tech Alley (Josh Leavitt), few but essential - Real

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00:27:43

Episode 0016: The V in vLocal

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2023/06/09

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: The v in vLocal could stand for Vegas, it could stand for Virtual, or like a qbit it may stand for both at the same time… What is a Local anyway? - Got a state ID? You´re in! - The finer points, native vs just-got-here - Me? Almost 10 years… Locals Discounts - Some free stuff, some not-as-free stuff - The locals paradox (living next to the Empire State Building) - Does not apply to visitors, family, friends Estonia - Wait, what? -

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00:37:47

Episode 0015: Smart Social

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2023/06/03

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Smart Social is our project intended to enable a Smarter Smart City to Communicate with Itself! You would think after all these years with the internets and social media that we humans would know how to do this, perhaps this has never been less true… The Project - Smart Calendar to start - Smart Contacts, Content, and More - Innovation and Implementation, also Integration - Let us avoid Conway´s Law! Old Standards Like New Again - CalDAV and

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Episode 0014: Building talks dot vegas

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2023/05/26

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Guest: Josh Leavitt - Summary: In our Innovation Hub that is Greater Vegas, it is actually possible to have an idea and try it out, if you are lucky enough to know at least one of Josh Leavitt and Jamie Schwartz. Today we explore a collaboration with Tech Alley to launch… talks dot vegas. - Produced with Ennuicastr at https://ecastr.com for free, as the Innovate for Vegas Foundation is a public charity AND a fellow developer and supporter of Open Source, Thanks

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00:33:08

Episode 0013: Hackathons and Projects and Stuff

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2023/05/19

Show Notes - Host: Dan Hugo - Summary: Solo show today with a rundown on upcoming hackathons, ongoing and new projects for volunteers to work on, and more! Hackathons! - Due May 31: TechFashion Design Challenge 2023! - Summer Time: Becker Tech Center! - October 7 and 8: Global Space Apps Challenge! Projects! - Ongoing projects like Open Transit and Smart Social are gaining in importance, but not volunteer participation. - New projects on the horizon will focus on volunteerism and

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