Heather Flanagan

It has been another couple weeks of good conversation, feedback, and of course bootstrapped progress on the Digital Science Development Consortium. I want to share some of the recently completed work and work in progress you all can expect to see. ✅ DSDC overview deck can be viewed and downloaded here: https://lnkd.in/gWjR5byJ 🔜 Updates to the website: -The feedback form and financial impact modeling form currently in google forms will be integrated to the site hoping to augment the feedback and financial modeling. -It was pointed out that while the mission and objectives and solutions are easy to find and understand, the problem being solved is not on the website. This will be lifted from the overview above which does include this for those who are not involved in laboratory operations or information (those folks know the pain too well). -Abstracts will be added to the blog entries....I've put out a lot of information already so there is a need to improve the content browsing. 🔝 Feedback to be addressed: ❓ "How can you expect companies to find millions of dollars for something they won't benefit from for 3 years?" 🤔 Working on an article and an offer to identify ways to save 10-15% of current R&D IT OpEx (where licensing and services come from) over a 3 year period in order to divert those funds toward the consortium without budget impact. ❗"I have found that many IT VPs and CIOs need to spend all of their budgets because they will lose their budget if they don't spend it all. Your value proposition is to save tens of millions which they won't want to do. 😧 First, shame on anyone who operates that way. It is frustrating even to provide a response, but I will keep it focused on strategies to spend IT budgets more wisely to benefit the organization...inspired by Marty Cagan's awesome recent book *Transformed*. ❓ -"I think your FPOS architecture is amazing, but won't it be expensive to pay for all of those AWS services?" 😃 This is a good prompt to share more about the deployment model, the cost saving objectives and opportunities at an infrastructure level and what the first instruments and metrics of product discovery will be...of which cost optimization will be one. 📈 Please reach out directly or as a comment if there is anything else...any question, and concern, and support...you can share. Lastly, I am actively looking for lab informatics #serviceproviders to engage in preliminary discussions about the commercial sales and support partner interest. Please reach out.

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The recent findings of the YouGov/Tech Policy Press poll suggest a complex path forward in the regulation and policy development for kidtech and edtech. In the poll, "59% of respondents strongly support legislation that bans data collection used to target advertising to children and teens, 27% somewhat support it, and only 8% oppose it. 5% were not sure." To me, these poll numbers indicate that people are very concerned about children's privacy online and want to protect them from targeted advertising, language learning models, and any other potentially unscrupulous uses of their data. It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the future and what kind of federal legislation (COPPA 2.0, KOSA, APRA?) is ultimately passed. One thing is clear: we need to do a better job of balancing protecting children's rights with allowing them to access and enjoy the benefits of technology. #COPPA #kidtech #minorsafety #policy #edtech

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📣 Artifacts from the Futures of Postsecondary Education is now available in the Open Library! 📣 Use our Toolkit to explore imaginary technologies designed from the patterns of change we see today. #futuresofhighered #postsecondaryeducation #foresight #digitaltransformation

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📣 Deadline for submitting proposals for Advancing Research is EOD Sunday (July 21). 🚨 This is a great opportunity to share and develop the ideas you’ve been playing with. They don’t need to be fully fleshed out. You just need a provocation to advance our field and a willingness to workshop. Looking at the list of themes below, what imagined futures might we realize when we push beyond our current constraints? What is the orthodoxy you want to cast aside? What aren’t people talking about that they should be? Why not take 30 minutes to write it up and submit it? Who knows, maybe you’ll be selected to be a panelist, to workshop your ideas with others who’ve been thinking about the same topics from different perspectives. And if you’re selected for a panel, you get a free ticket to Advancing Research 2025 and possible inclusion as a speaker at the conference (many of the conference speakers will be selected from panelists at these workshops). I hope you’ll take a shot at it. There are precious few opportunities to workshop ideas. And I know you’ve got ideas… More info and submission form linked in the comments.

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Said Alvin Wang Graylin: '..you're going to be more productive, more knowledgeable, healthier and probably happier than any generation that has ever been since the beginning of recorded time.' Listening to this vitally important talk by Alvin Wang Graylin, I am reminded that the rarest of gems often escape the view of those desperately seeking for them. I am now a follower, and recommend that you follow too. Suffice it to say that we at WISDOMS™ are (and have been for many, many years since inception) in 100% concurrence with the sentiments expressed by Alvin. This repost is brought to you by Trevor Nel co- developer of WISDOMS™ DifferenceMakers™ In Every City - https://lnkd.in/dABaNAcv - in collaboration with 1idea™ - https://lnkd.in/dUytHMTj - the digital newsletter that explores the simple idea that just one idea can be all it takes to change YOUR entire life & business. #1idea #ideas #innovation #inspiration #differencemaker #differencemakers #wisdoms #wisdom

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"Multimedia can be a helpful tool to solidify informed consent practices from beginning to end. Tavana’s research teams create videos that outline a research project’s objectives and requirements and emphasize subjects’ right to withdraw at any time. All materials are available in every Pacific Island language, making them more accessible and inclusive." Kudos to Justina Tavana of Brigham Young University for leveraging video and translations in #informedconsent, improving #patientcomprehension, and involving people from Samoan and Pacific Islander communities in their #Alzheimer's research. #Diversity #ClinicalResearch #ClinicalTrials #eConsent https://lnkd.in/eqjAk86n

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How we’re building more #inclusive and #accessible components at GitHub. #DigitalInclusion #DisabilityConfident #DisabilityInclusion #accessibility https://lnkd.in/eUtmn-iS

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#Thankyou #linkedinfam for getting my newest #linkedinnewsletter over 1000 pageviews. This week's issue covers #generativeai #certifications. Plus there's a new Microsoft #CloudSkillsChallenge. Read and subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/gtwEQGWE #newsletter #newsletters #newslettersignup #newslettermarketing #generativeartificialintelligence #aitraining #aicertification #certification #certificationtraining #trainingdevelopment #traininganddevelopment

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Here's what's new for #Copilot in May! One big one is the introduction of job role-based prompts in the Prompt Library of Copilot Lab. Just the very start of what we'll have there. https://lnkd.in/gpUw8ZhP

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I was traveling on Friday and missed posting my usual weekly #climatechange resource. This book was a Pulitzer Prize finalist and winner of the National Outdoor Book Award! The Rising: Dispatches from the New American Shore, by Elizabeth Rush. From the publisher: With every passing day, and every record-breaking hurricane, it grows clearer that climate change is neither imagined nor distant—and that rising seas are transforming the coastline of the United States in irrevocable ways. In Rising, Elizabeth Rush guides readers through some of the places where this change has been most dramatic, from the Gulf Coast to Miami, and from New York City to the Bay Area. For many of the plants, animals, and humans in these places, the options are stark: retreat or perish in place. Weaving firsthand testimonials from those facing this choice—a Staten Islander who lost her father during Sandy, the remaining holdouts of a Native American community on a drowning Isle de Jean Charles, a neighborhood in Pensacola settled by escaped slaves hundreds of years ago—with profiles of wildlife biologists, activists, and other members of these vulnerable communities, Rising privileges the voices of those too often kept at the margins. In a new afterword for the paperback edition, Rush highlights questions of storytelling, adaptability, and how to powerfully shift conversation around ongoing climate change—including the storms of 2017 and 2018: Hurricanes Harvey, Maria, Irma, Florence, and Michael. #ClimateEmergency #GlobalClimateStrike week 214 #SeaLevelRise #ClimateActionNow #Hurricanes #Flooding #Floods #CoastlineErosion #Sustainability

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Michelle Irvine talks about an important aspect in the daily life of #technicalwriters and #technicalcommunicators - the difficulty in conveying the impact of #content in terms of #metrics that convert to #ROI. Watch this recorded #video from the #WritetheDocs Portland conference 2024 to understand how #documents have an extensive and #measurable impact in your #product deliverables ecosystem.

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The amount of BS getting exposed from years of psychology pseudo-scientific theories is growing bigger by the hour. Delay of gratification and adult outcomes: The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning. "Using a preregistered analysis, Marshmallow Test performance was not strongly predictive of adult achievement, health, or behavior. Although modest bivariate associations were detected with educational attainment (r = .17) and body mass index (r = −.17), almost all regression-adjusted coefficients were nonsignificant. No clear pattern of moderation was detected between delay of gratification and either socioeconomic status or sex. Results indicate that Marshmallow Test performance does not reliably predict adult outcomes."

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latest edition explores implications around: (1) making sense of the rapid displacement of startups and “the best model” rat race, (2) how “artifacts of humanity” and Content Credentials will become a human flex of sorts… https://lnkd.in/ecGZKMvr

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We’re all reading wrong, Alexandra Moe writes. “We should be doing it out loud, all the time, with everyone we know.”⁠ https://lnkd.in/ga86nWV9 ⁠ “#Reading, while not technically medicine, is a fundamentally wholesome activity. It can prevent cognitive decline, improve sleep, and lower blood pressure,” Moe writes. “People have intuitively understood reading’s benefits for thousands of years … But the ancients read differently than we do today. Until approximately the tenth century … reading was synonymous with reading aloud. Silent reading was terribly strange, and, frankly, missed the point of sharing #words to entertain, educate, and bond.”⁠ ⁠ All #writers and #editors know of the three simple tricks for #proofreading and #editing: 1. Read it aloud. 2. Read it backwards. 3. Read or markup a hard copy. How many of us use these three tips? No. 3 in this list is redundant in ##technicalwriting. What about the other two?

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Excellent op-ed from Taylor Barkley on our collective need to avoid projecting science fiction narratives into the policymaking thinking and activities about #AI and the governance of AI. I'm as big a fan of 'The Terminator' movie series as anyone else, but to recast a famous Mark Twain quote: 'Rumors of the Robot Apocalypse are greatly exaggerated.' The two biggest risks of AI aren't typically found in the popular dialogue: (1) We anthropomorphize AI - i.e., we attribute human/cognitive characteristics in our language and thought to systems that fundamentally aren't intelligent...they're mathematical simulations of it designed to mimic human capabilities, and (2) We incur opportunity cost by not capitalizing on this powerful technology in a trust-enhancing way to help solve the grand challenges of our time. There is a way forward with AI for every institution to get to #TrustedAI. The opportunities and risks involved are dependent on the context, mission, and task the AI system is being asked to perform. Let's focus on the real risks so that together we can write the narrative of history whereby we designed, developed, and deployed AI that focused on human flourishing, not the end of the world. #aigovernance #aipolicy #corporategovernance https://lnkd.in/eEsaVx7G

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While having a sense of urgency, states and governments must be methodical about AI infrastructure building for the future. As Government Operations Agency Secretary Amy Tong emphasized during a state commission meeting, tech leaders must focus on a strategic approach to integrating generative artificial intelligence. Pilot projects are underway with Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, Ignyte Group, INRIX, and SymSoft Solutions involving cutting-edge technologies from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, and other industry players to explore applications in healthcare inspections, traffic safety, business tax processes, and beyond. Do Good. #AI #Technology #Innovation

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Out today! Rendering History: The Women of ACM-W (ACM Books) I’m honoured to have been included in this book of ACM #women 🩵 along with lots of incredible #womenintech The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has more than 100,000 members circling the globe, including trailblazing women who created ACM-W (ACM’s Committee on Women in Computing) in 1993. This book, published in celebration of ACM-W’s 30th birthday, divides the history of ACM-W into three parts. The first section provides a traditional history that details the evolution of ACM-W’s projects. In the next section, Rendering History allows the women of ACM-W to tell their own stories. What motivated them to trade personal time and energy for work that would change the face of computing for women and young girls? Among many others, Sue Black relates a story that spans her escape from two abusive homes to recognition for her computing accomplishments by both the late Queen of England and the current King. Kathy Kleiman describes her contributions to the field, including helping to rescue the wireless spectrum (now used by WiFi) from the (US) Federal Communications Commission’s plan to sell it. Bhavani Thuraisingham writes about her birth in Sri Lanka, an arranged marriage to a man eight years her senior, and cutting-edge research in the integration of cyber security and machine learning. The final section of the book provides an annotated bibliography of the research that launched ACM-W and continued to inform its projects over the next 30 years. ACM-W advocates internationally for the full engagement of women in all aspects of the computing field, providing a wide range of programs and services to ACM members and working in the larger community to advance the contributions of technical women. The main theme of ACM-W’s 30-year history as detailed in this book is the organization’s maturation from a US-centric organization to a global leader in supporting the advancement of women in computer science. https://lnkd.in/eCcjBaSZ

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