Tag: SxSW EDU
SxSW EDU: The future of learning and innovation in 2021
The annual SxSW EDU conference is underway. The three-day digital experience features keynotes, panel sessions, screenings, showcases, networking, and exhibitions through Thursday.
The focus, as...
Eliminating barriers to economic opportunity
“Twenty-two percent of those who have lost their jobs since COVID-19 were in poverty before—this was the working poor. These were people who had...
A critical crossroads: The intersection of the future of work and...
We hear a lot of talk about how dramatic advances in technology will disrupt how we work in the future in very fundamental ways....
Seeding small business and job growth
At a time when the nation's headline unemployment rate sits near an all-time low, firms with fewer than 20 employees experienced the largest growth...
Latino entrepreneurs are growing in number
An incredible momentum is building for a sector of entrepreneurs, with little indication of slowing down. It’s great news for Latino business owners; their...
Millions of older adults are choosing work over retirement
Two decades ago, 10 percent of Americans over the age of 65 skipped the traditional retirement age and kept working. Today, that number has...
We’re living longer and working longer
The economy is changing. Rapidly-accelerating innovation in technology is eliminating some jobs and creating new ones. We’re seeing the workforce shifting toward knowledge-based, highly-skilled...
How data analytics is changing sports
There’s nothing new about the use of statistics in sports, whether it’s playing the lefty-righty batter-pitcher percentage when shuffling a lineup in baseball or...
WorkingNation moderates future of work panels at SXSW EDU
More than 7,000 people were in attendance when the ninth annual SXSW EDU conference kicked off in Austin on Monday. The four-day live event...
