Larissa May

We are thrilled to announce that our upcoming TECH WEEK by a16z event is going to be bigger than ever before! We’ve partnered with amazing women-led brands like The Fourth Effect with Breen Sullivan and Katrin de Haën , zant, and 2FIT BRANDS to bring you an unforgettable experience. Furthermore, we're adding two sessions on advancements in #AI and women's health to foster insightful discussions and exchange ideas. Join us for an evening of networking and deep dives into #GenAI during #NYTechWeek, personalized women’s health empowerment, and investment opportunities. We're excited to offer you the opportunity to join two exclusive sessions led by Marina Vieva, an active participant in the Bay Area community and leader in women's health. These sessions are packed with insider information, innovative solutions, and engaging discussions with industry leaders. Don’t miss out—spaces are limited to ensure interactive conversations! Session 1: GenAI Trends, Silicon Valley Vision, Concerns, and Opportunities Get insider access to the latest GenAI trends, visions from Silicon Valley, and the concerns and opportunities shaping the future. Marina Vieva will share her unique insights, and you'll have the chance to engage in a lively discussion with industry players. Session 2: Women's Health Perspective on GenAI and Future Advancements Discover how GenAI can revolutionize women's health. Marina Vieva will present innovative solutions and a forward-looking vision for the future of women's health. Participate in stimulating discussions and connect with market leaders. Sign Up Now! https://lu.ma/6esiktxd Future of AI: New horizons in Digital Health. Discussion, brainstorming, networking. NY #TechWeek · Luma #GenerativeAI #LeadershipInAI #WomenInTech #AIInnovation #FutureOfAI #TechSummit #NYTechWeek #AILeadership #AIConference #AI2024 #WomenInLeadership #AIRevolution #AICommunity #InspireAI #TechTalks #MarinaVieva #FemiSpace #AIEvent #AIInsights #TheForthEffect #Zant #2FITBRANDS

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🌟 Exciting Read Alert for Aspiring Health Tech Entrepreneurs! 📚 I recently had the pleasure of diving into "The Startup Protocol" by Sally Ann Frank, global head of the healthcare startup program at Microsoft for Startups, and let me tell you, it's a game changer for anyone navigating the complex world of health tech startups. Navigating this sector often feels like solving a Rubik's Cube in the dark, but Sally's book lights the way. It’s packed with deep dives into leveraging tech, understanding healthcare regulations, and crafting patient-centric solutions. It’s not just a book; it’s a mentorship in written form. She's brought the strategy of launching a company to a well defined "protocol"! 📘 Why Read "The Startup Protocol"? It offers a comprehensive overview of the business lifecycle in health tech. Provides actionable strategies on funding and team building. Emphasizes the importance of diversity and inclusion in healthcare. Includes practical tools and resources to get your startup off the ground. Sally combines her technical savvy with a profound understanding of the healthcare landscape, making complex topics accessible and engaging. Her insights are invaluable, a true toolkit for anyone ready to make an impact. For more detailed thoughts, check out my review on Amazon, or better yet, grab your copy today and start your journey with the best foot forward! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eqBEZe3N Let's support Sally in keeping up the momentum—share this with your network and help empower the next generation of health tech innovators! #HealthTech #StartupLife #Innovation #DigitalHealth

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🌟 Attn Non-Profits: Let's partner for Authentic & Powerful Storytelling! 🌟 We’re excited to announce a bigger vertical at Scopio, designed to empower nonprofits through the art of storytelling. Scopio has worked with UNEP beat plastics campaign, Photographed the Obama's books with the black community, brought in artists to design the float parade in New York and published a historic book on COVID. We are announcing a bigger push for storytelling. Our mission at Scopio is to elevate underrepresented voices by connecting organizations with diverse and talented graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, and videographers. We believe partnering with larger organizations gives people a microphone they never had before, and new voices shows the world new and impactful ideas/humanizes! Why Partner with Scopio? By partnering with Scopio, your nonprofit can: 1. Hire Diverse Creatives: Access a network of skilled artists from various backgrounds. 2. Elevate Your Story: Share your mission and impact through compelling visual narratives. 3. Include more Underrepresented Voices: Help bring the stories of diverse communities to the forefront. We’re launching this initiative with powerful organizations committed to making a difference. Together, we can amplify the voices that matter and create impactful stories that resonate. Interested in Partnering? We invite nonprofits to reach out and join us in this mission. Let's work together to bring storytellers forward and make a lasting impact. Book a time on my Linked in or contact us here: https://lnkd.in/g7rDYzVA #nonprofits #designers #campaigns #Marketing #NGO

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#new #podcast Today, I get to share a bit about myself and my mission on the @SASIIITalk podcast. Listen and subscribe to SASIII Talk, created by the Stanford Alumni for Social Impact, Innovation, and Investing (SASIII). https://lnkd.in/exmsNRds

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#AI will have expansive implications for how schools function, how teachers work, and how students develop personally and professionally for tomorrow’s world of work. As is so often the case, our young people are leading the adoption and advancement of these new technologies. Seeing youth as experts with real understanding and knowledge can open new and exciting use cases and applications for new technologies like generative AI. The National Center on Education and the Economy's #AI framework, positions today as our "learning phase." https://bit.ly/4cM2rjj

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Grateful for the Incredible Insights at our Bridging the Gap Between Artificial Intelligence and Health Equity Symposium! 🌟 A huge thank you to our esteemed speakers for sharing their expertise and shedding light on the intersection of health equity and AI. Your valuable insights have sparked crucial conversations and paved the way for a more inclusive and innovative healthcare landscape. Special thanks to: 1. Michael Baker for coining the phrase 'Noting about us without us' and the need to understand the nuances of the rural communities that Healthcare organizations serve 2. Maria Caban Alizondo, PhD, RHIT, FAHIMA for highlighting the diversity of data sources and the need to engage stakeholders in AI development selection and use  3. Kim Moss-Linnear, PhD, CHES® for encouraging us to take a deeper look at public health data and how we can ensure that bias is minimized where possible  4. Andrea Dominguez for expressing the impact of culture on how we perceive Health Equity 5. Vikas Chowdhry for reinforcing that Al Algorithms and Bias are impactful areas that need attention 6. David Marc, PhD, CHDA for disseminating this complex information in a simpler way to drive home its importance as well as encouraging us to engage and advocate 7. Sunila Thelma Levi, MBA, BECE leaving up our understanding of machine learning 8. Sanjay Deo for sharing your data and security expertise to help us make connections between AI, training, data sources, and outcomes Your passion and dedication to advancing health equity through AI are truly inspiring. Let's continue working together towards a future where technology empowers inclusivity and better health for all. Thank you for being part of this impactful symposium! 👏💡🌐 #HealthEquity #AI #Innovation #Gratitude #SymposiumSpeakers #Empowerment #DeVry

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Yesterday, I had the honor of meeting Ruby. Ruby is a youth who uses the NYCTeenspace program powered by Talkspace . Her words were so powerful. I am not sure she even realizes how impactful her story is and how her public statement will help so many. I am energized and hopeful for the future of the world with leaders like Ruby! Early program results shared at the press conference: Since the November 15, 2023 launch and April 1, 2024: - 6,800 teenagers signed up for NYCTeenspace. - Nearly 60% of NYC Teenspace users identified as Black or Hispanic.- 80% of users identified as Black, Hispanic, AAPI, bi-racial, or Native Americans. - Teenage girls were more likely to seek help. Almost 70% of users identified as female, compared to roughly 23% who identified as male. -More than half exclusively engaged with their therapist via messaging. #NYCTeenspace #YouthEmpowerment #MentalHealthMatters #InnovativeProgram

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Absolutely essential. When you think you have mastered your own mind and are resilient/bulletproof, that's when you need to re-invest in it - you've become complacent and are vulnerable. You won't win every battle in your startup though; you need to be good at getting back up off the ground. Sustainable resilience is simply your elasticity/refusal to stay down in the face of whatever it is at the time 🤷🏼 Join this ⬇️

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Generative AI Assessment offers a unique and interactive way to evaluate candidates. Through engaging in dynamic conversations, role plays, and scenario-based questions, candidates showcase their problem-solving abilities and adaptability. The AI analyzes not just the content but also the candidate's approach and creativity. Unlike traditional exams, this assessment provides personalized feedback based on individual interactions, going beyond a simple pass or fail grade. #AI #Assessment #Recruitment #Innovation https://lnkd.in/e-2q9Wk5

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Short Answer and the Stanford University Graduate School of Education EdClub are excited to share that we’ll be co-hosting a webinar with Dr. Dylan Wiliam on AI and K12 assessment on Thursday, August 1st from 7-8 PM ET! You can learn more and register here: bit.ly/drdylanwiliam. I can think of few people in the world better qualified to speak on this topic than Dr. Wiliam. If you’re not familiar with his work, he and Dr. Paul Black's research (https://bit.ly/3xREAPI) laid the foundation upon which modern K12 formative assessment is built. On a personal level, Embedded Formative Assessment (bit.ly/3zHBaja) was the first professional development book I was ever assigned as a teacher. To this day, it rarely leaves my backpack. It’s incredible how relevant it is to our current angst about AI and assessment. As I see it, the crux of that angst is this: AI can complete, or help complete, most of the tasks K12 teachers might use to elicit student understanding (especially when it comes to writing). AI is now embedded in technology our students use daily. So students effectively have an “easy button” in their pocket for almost any task we throw at them. What the heck do we do now? How we answer that question seems to increasingly fall along ideological lines. Optimists believe AI is a boon to be embraced: Faster feedback cycles, richer assessment, enhanced creativity, etc. etc. AI has rendered traditional approaches to assessment irrelevant, and that’s okay. Those tasks are now analogous to memorizing the roads or using a map. It’s fine, but we have GPS now. And GPS is better. Rather than fight the inevitable, let’s abstract away boring old assessments and instead focus on “durable skills” like problem-solving, critical thinking, or creativity. Instead of an essay on the Civil War, let’s assess students’ chats with an Abraham Lincoln bot. Instead of quizzes, let's have students use AI to complete creative projects, then assess “reflections on their process.” Pessimists will quickly tell you this is absurd: AI is the impending death of critical, independent thought. It’s a societal “easy button” being built by morally bankrupt capitalists with mixed motives and no understanding of learning science. It prioritizes product over process and confuses performance as learning. Students will mostly use AI to think for them or cheat. As such, conversations on AI and assessment should focus on limiting its influence in K12 classrooms rather than embracing it. In our webinar, I hope to cut across this ideological divide with practical, research-based advice. I truly can’t think of a better person to help us do this than Dr. Wiliam. See you on August 1st! Register here: bit.ly/drdylanwiliam

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Finding an apartment in NYC 🗽 can be exciting but also fast-moving, stressful, and complicated—from navigating broker fees to filtering hundreds of listings on StreetEasy, Zillow, & Leasebreak that sometimes get signed within 48h of getting listed 🤯 If you're apartment-hunting in NYC... here's my how-to guide! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gPdHD7-e I'm not an ~expert~, but I just went through the process from start to finish as a newbie, and this doc has everything I learned about: 👉 questions to ask 👉 docs you'll need 👉 how to tour apartments virtually vs. IRL 👉 how renters insurance, brokers fees, and guarantors work 👉 what I wish I'd known before I started looking If you have any questions or things to add to this guide, DM me / comment below! I'd love to co-create this resource with you 🙏

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This will be an enlightening webinar about AI for STEM Educators. Don’t miss it! Educators should or be afraid or skeptical about the usage of AI. Instead, let’s embrace the opportunities that AI presents!

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Exciting research reveals how adolescents' aspirations evolve into adulthood, impacting their educational and career outcomes. A study tracking Icelandic youth found that high goals in education and prestige during adolescence predict higher income, job complexity, and occupational prestige over twelve years. This longitudinal study underscores the importance of nurturing focused educational and career aspirations from a young age. While some dreams may change, goals centered on education and career success often lead to significant life achievements. https://lnkd.in/gnwjxzpa Let's empower our youth with meaningful aspirations! mybrainware.com #TeenGoals #CareerSuccess #EducationMatters #FutureLeaders #GoalSetting #YouthDevelopment #CareerGoals #SuccessStory #Aspirations #LifeGoals

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Last month I shared that I teamed up with a STANFORD researcher to co-create a framework that seeks to advance health equity through community-centered AI 🤯🤯🤯 And in case there was any confusion- science was technically my WORST subject in high school… So how did I literally collaborate with a GENIUS in her field to develop a framework that was deemed worthy to be published in one of the most prestigious MEDICAL JOURNALS in the 🌎- without being a researcher myself or having a medical background?! Because I don’t need to know someone’s content. (The people I PARTNER with are the industry experts- not me.) I know MY content…which is signature framework development, intellectual capital creation AND proprietary method monetization. My role is to help my clients extract their core promise, paradigm and process, and then advise them on how to translate these into the repeatable process for delivering reliable client results that then lead to recurring revenue… Then I show them how this can all get embedded into a sales system, which is sparked by the marketing collateral that integrates the framework. I have TWO spots left for a FORTUNE Framework Audit in July, TWO in August and ONE in September! (So even if you know you’re not ready this second but have me on your “to do/buy list,” you can take advantage of the below deal!) And because my 7 year EIN anniversary was last Wednesday (May 22nd), and I forgot to share that here on LinkedIn, I’m going to sell up to SEVEN of my Audits for $2222 through the end of the month. (That’s a savings of $1111 😎) So I guess I’ll conclude this post with: “If I’m good enough for a top global researcher who represents one of the top schools, I feel pretty confident I should pass your “authenticity & authority” tests! 😉 Let’s get you greater influence, income and impact so you enter the second half of 2024 equipped to make it your BEST yet! 🙏🏽❤️🤓 🔗 is in the comments

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Looking back on my journey through Yale University's Master's program in Strategic Leadership and Management, I'm excited to share three game-changing lessons I've picked up along the way: Dream Big, Lead Bold: From day one, Yale instilled in me the power of visionary leadership. It's not just about managing the present, but painting a vivid picture of the future and rallying teams to make it a reality. Think big, lead boldly—that's the mantra! Roll with the Punches: In the fast-paced world of business, adaptability is everything. Yale taught me to thrive in uncertainty, embracing change and turning challenges into opportunities. From crisis simulations to real-world case studies, I've mastered the art of agile leadership. Lead with Integrity: At Yale, integrity isn't just a buzzword—it's a way of life. I've learned that true leadership isn't just about hitting targets; it's about doing so with integrity, empathy, and a deep sense of responsibility. Grateful for the transformative experience at Yale, I'm fired up to put these lessons into action and make a real difference in the world. Let's make some waves! 🎓 💼✨ #YaleLeadership #DreamBig #LeadWithIntegrity"

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Our team has been working tirelessly to get information out about Educational Equity and the impact it has on students, teachers, and communities. If you've ever been curious about what we do, how we do it, and why... Take a peep at the data and informational materials our team put together. This e-book can help begin to shine a clear light on the educational inequity that exists in our school districts and the long-term effects. But what's more important...It can also shed some light on how we are working to address these issues as a company by partnering with teachers, administrators, and school districts. These partnerships are crucial in the fight to even the playing field and bring students the best teachers no matter where they are located in the country! Partnering with districts to close the learning gaps and fight educational inequity is why I started Proximity. And, I was lucky enough to find others just as passionate about this mission. We are gearing up for another amazing year providing students with the teachers and learning they need to be successful. Can't stop - Won't Stop! We are taking it to the next level! #EducationalEquity #CeoLife #BigGoals #DreamBig #Equityfor1MillionStudents

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