Round 2: VOTE NOW for the 2021 Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards: Social Mobility and Human Services Categories

[Jay Cohen]

Hi Parents!

I normally only share information that is strictly educational but I wanted to make a slight exception this time.

I am honored to have been nominated for “The Greater Philadelphia Innovation Awards”. Please take a moment to vote for xSoTec and the other great innovators from the Philadelphia area that are up for nomination. Then, feel free to share this email with all your networks! You can find me in #5 - Education Innovation, Jay Cohen, xSoTec. Voting ends this Friday, December 18th so show your support as soon as you can. Thank you!

Here is the link to the voting form...
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SIAWARDSROUND2

For background...
https://socialinnovationsjournal.org/
https://www.socialinnovationspartners.org/

Also, if you want to know what I've been doing, here it is below. If you know of any school looking to build their own unique student or family technology system (e.g., Grade Book, Attendance, Behavior, Student Agency/Goals, etc..), please let me know.

I built a system for connecting hundreds of Google Spreadsheets together to create innovative student and family educational systems. The systems I build allow teachers and family members to finally have a say in how students are graded, how behavior is handled, or even how attendance works. Over the past few years, small schools around the country have been trying out my educational applications and developing systems that are truly years ahead of the rest of the country!

My company xSoTec is currently working with about a dozen or more schools around the country and it would be great to have more. That said, my ultimate goal is really to eventually use the system I've developed to build a community collaboration system so that we can better organize and solve our own local educational and community issues ourselves. I'm hoping that this award will help me do just that. I'll keep you posted! My website is www.xsotec.com.

-Jay

Jay Cohen
Founder and Executive Director, www.xSoTec.com, LLC

Founder and Executive Director, PhillyParents, LLC
Google Apps Scripting, Development and Training
j...@weisscohen.org (215-768-9957)

VOTING CLOSES: 12/20/2020

VOTE NOW   GREATER PHILADELPHIA INNOVATORS  2021 SOCIAL MOBILITY: Workforce Development, Education Entrepreneurship, and Small Business Development.  HUMAN SERVICES: Housing and Community Development and Behavioral Health Services.  by VOTING you are    Increasing awareness and building a  culture for social innovation; Promoting a culture of bold thinking and problem solving; Increasing Social Impact investments by Social Sector Funders and Investors   VOTING CLOSES: December 21, 2021 LEARN MORE HERE VOTE HERE THANK YOU SPONSORS! AWARD CATEGORIES and FINALISTS INNOVATIONS IN DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTOR IMPACT Dominque Goss, TD Charitable Foundation Molly de Aguiar, Independence Public Media Foundation Tiffany Tavarez, Wells Fargo Foundation Candace Matthews Bass, Philabundance NOT FOR PROFIT SOCIAL IMPACT Jeff Hornstein, The Economy League of Greater Philadelphia Rev. Jay S. Gardner, Science Education Academy (SEA) Natalie Levkovitch, The Health Federation of Philadelphia Tara Chauhan, Merakey Shaleea Shields, Merakey COMMUNITY IMPACT Roberto C. Ramos, Physics Wonder Girls- University of the Sciences Carolina Cabrera DiGiorgio, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc Uva Coles, Inclusiva Global Danica Pascavage-Saydam, TechGirlz Dr. Philip Scribano, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia   INNOVATIONS IN HEALTHY LIVING COVID-19 INNOVATIONS Ala Stanford, Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium Judith Emmons, Congreso de Latinos Unidos George Fernandez, Latino Connections. Betty Boyd, Merakey Dawn Diamond, Woods Services HEALTHY WORKFORCE AND FOOD ACCESS Thoai Nguyen, SEAMAAC Barbara Wilhelmy, Pottstown Cluster of Religious Communities Karen Wilkins, Tabor Services Joseph Riddle, Neurodiversity in the Workplace (NITW) SpArc Services, SpArc Philadelphia, The Arc of Philadelphia Syona Arora, Philadelphia Community Fridge HEALTHY COMMUNITIES Mark Switaj, Roundtrip Health James Nixon, Community Council Health Systems Dave Malloy, Merakey Laura Murray, Raymond Bobb, Jena Fisher, Josh Vigderman, Frank Johnson, Lori Gabert, Tamika Nared, Kimberly Malayter, and Joanne Wolfe, Merakey Chris Tjoa, Community Behavioral Health 2021 SOCIAL INNOVATION AWARDS "ACHIEVING A MORE JUST SOCIETY" The 2021 Greater Philadelphia Social Innovations Awards celebrates Greater Philadelphia Social Innovators. We are driven by the belief that the potential for good ideas to inspire more good ideas cannot be underestimated. We inspire leaders and organizations to dream; create spaces for leaders to tap into their own creativity to innovate; endow leaders with the tools and knowledge to launch and grow their ideas; challenge leaders to become better versions of themselves, and transforms leaders and their organizations into Changemakers. The theme of the 2021 awards, “Achieving a More Just Society,” recognizes organic leadership re-envisioning the challenges communities face and finding solutions by innovating ideas to reshape communities through innovated programs, policies, and disrupting the political landscape to revolutionize realities to bring us all forward to a more equitable and inclusive tomorrow -- today. The 2021 awards are framed within the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) which are the world’s blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all.  The Social Innovation Awards symbolize that the success of the social sector depends upon us embracing both tried-and-true traditional practices while stepping out of the box to grow new ideas into new innovative practices. These awards honor our region’s most passionate social innovators, entrepreneurs and changemakers whose work and social impact too often goes unacknowledged, yet their efforts are what makes our communities across Greater Philadelphia the thriving region of innovation and opportunity they are for all people. HOSTS Lorina Marshall-Blake, President, Independence Blue Cross Foundation Tine Hansen-Turton, Co-Founder, Social Innovations Journal Nicholas Torres, Co-Founder Social Innovations Journal HOST COMMITTEE Michael Barton, Sr. Advisor to the CEO, Merakey Malik Brown, Executive Director, Graduate! Philadelphia, The Graduate! Network, Inc. Vanessa Briggs, President and CEO, Brandywine Health Foundation Evan Cantiello, Senior Foundation Program Specialist David Castro, CEO, I-LEAD H. Patrick Clancy, President and CEO, Philadelphia Works Brendan Colin, Chief Program Officer, Congreso de Latinos Unidos Kevin Dougher, Vice President and Partner, Johnson Kendall Johnson Heather Falck, Manager, Independence Blue Cross Foundation Sylvie Gallier Howard, Acting Commerce Director, City of Philadelphia Michael Golden, Executive Director and Senior Fellow, Catalyst@Penn Graduate School of Education William Green, CEO, Homestead Smart Health Plans Bill Golderer, President and CEO, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Chrissy Kind, Trustee, Patricia Kind Family Foundation Loree D. Jones, CEO, Philabundance Nijah Newton-Famous, Senior Engagement Manager, Benefits Data Trust Nikia Owens, Managing Director, Financial Empowerment, United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey Alana O’Reilly, Chief Scientific Officer, Executive Director, eCLOSE Institute Jessica Richards, Director of Program Operations & Planning, William Penn Foundation Dara Ruiz-Whalen, Chief Learning Officer, Executive Director, eCLOSE Institute Staci Scott, Executive Director, Health Partners Foundation Lori Shuster, CEO and President, Throw Like a Woman, Social Impact Services INQUIRIES NICHOLAS TORRES NI...@SOCIALINNOVATIONSPARTNERS.ORG 215-718-4250 Copyright © 2017 Social Innovations Journal, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for our mailing list. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

This email was sent to torres...@gmail.com why did I get this?    unsubscribe from this list    update subscription preferences Social Innovations Journal · 970 Sproul Road · Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 · USA