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Method Communications Introduces New Leadership Structure to Accelerate Momentum

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024
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SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Method Communications today introduced a new leadership structure to accelerate agency growth. The company promoted seasoned tech PR leader Matt Stewart to West Coast General Manager, expanded co-founder Jacob Moon's role to Midwest General Manager, and created a standalone research team headed by VP Kelsey White.

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  • Leading tech PR agency promotes Matt Stewart to West Coast General Manager, adds executive team focus areas
    SAN FRANCISCO, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Method Communications today introduced a new leadership structure to accelerate agency growth.
  • The new structure comes as Method has won a number of marquee clients including Deel, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Informatica, Socure, Coinfund, Tipalti, and several others.
  • "Method has built a strong footprint in Silicon Valley over the past decade, and our new structure will help us build on our momentum with focused expertise and deeper resources," said Heather England, Method COO.
  • Together, we'll build on this strong foundation to create exciting new opportunities for Method, our team and our clients."

NEA Appoints Lila Tretikov Partner, Head of AI Strategy

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024
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New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) announced today that Lila Tretikov has joined the firm as Partner, Head of AI Strategy.

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  • New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) announced today that Lila Tretikov has joined the firm as Partner, Head of AI Strategy.
  • In her newly created role at NEA, Tretikov will spearhead the firm’s strategy to advance AI innovation, adoption and implementation across its portfolio and investing practices, as well as pursue new investment opportunities.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240313803759/en/
    NEA Appoints Lila Tretikov Partner, Head of AI Strategy (Photo: Business Wire)
    “Lila is a leading global AI expert with an extraordinary depth of knowledge, from the most esoteric technical details to productization to its sweeping impact on humanity.
  • Earlier in her career, Tretikov founded several companies in the U.S. and Europe that went public or were successfully acquired.

"Workplacely" Launches to Revolutionize HR with AI-driven Insights, Transforming Workplaces into 'Most Loved Workplaces®'

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today marks the launch of Workplacely, a revolutionary HR SaaS product offering deep insights and action plans into the core of organizational culture - employees' emotions, sentiments, behaviors, and feelings. Workplacely is the first HR SaaS feedback and coaching tool that allows business leaders to measure employees' love of their company and take immediate action to improve culture, employee engagement, and company and employer brand. It is a cutting-edge SaaS tool that harnesses love analytics to inspire employee-driven action. Designed to create Most Loved Workplaces®, Workplacely empowers employees and leadership teams to foster workplaces where passion meets productivity.

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  • Designed to create Most Loved Workplaces®, Workplacely empowers employees and leadership teams to foster workplaces where passion meets productivity.
  • The product has enormous demand because of its unique ability to measure employees' love for their workplaces.
  • Help Workplaces Become Most Loved Workplaces®: Most Loved Workplaces experience a 10% increase in customer satisfaction, 23% higher profitability, and 43% lower turnover.
  • 'We're excited to see organizations transform into Most Loved Workplaces®, where passion, productivity, and purpose converge.'

OpenJS Foundation Warns Consumer Privacy and Security at Risk in Three-Quarters of a Billion Websites

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Global web infrastructure is in a precarious position based on new research by the OpenJS Foundation thanks to an Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) grant.

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  • Due to the size of the problem, the OpenJS Foundation suggests that a behavioral change to web security is required.
  • The business damage from security incidents is severe with 28% reporting loss of customers and 29% reporting loss of revenue.
  • "We applaud the OpenJS Foundation for making the web more secure through the OpenJS Healthy Web checkup."
  • The OpenJS Healthy Web checkup tool is currently in beta and limited for use by technical evaluators and OpenJS members.

Flickr Foundation and Wikimedia Foundation Partner to Develop New Solution for Seamless Creative Commons Image Sharing from Flickr to Wikimedia Commons

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Thursday, September 21, 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Flickr is thrilled to announce a new partnership between the Flickr Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation to develop a new software tool for streamlined sharing of CC-licensed images from Flickr to Wikimedia Commons.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Flickr is thrilled to announce a new partnership between the Flickr Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation to develop a new software tool for streamlined sharing of CC-licensed images from Flickr to Wikimedia Commons.
  • In bridging Flickr and Wikimedia Commons, this collaboration extends the great work already done via the Flickr2Commons tool, developed by Wikimedia community member Magnus Manske.
  • George Oates, Executive Director of the Flickr Foundation, initiated "The Commons" as a solution for cultural institutions to share historical photograph collections with the Flickr community.
  • Launched with the Library of Congress in 2008, Flickr embarked on the Flickr Commons program, archiving historical images with two core objectives.

SOPHiA GENETICS Reports Financial Results for the Second Quarter of Fiscal 2023

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Tuesday, August 8, 2023
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Gross margin was 67% for the second quarter of 2023 compared with 65% for the second quarter of 2022.

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  • Gross margin was 67% for the second quarter of 2023 compared with 65% for the second quarter of 2022.
  • Adjusted gross margin was 70% for the second quarter of 2023 compared to 67% for the second quarter of 2022.
  • R&D expenses for the second quarter of 2023 were $8.9 million compared to $9.0 million for the second quarter of 2022.
  • Operating loss for the second quarter of 2023 was $20.0 million compared to $24.1 million in the second quarter of 2022.

Donors who feel upbeat are more likely to give to charity – new research

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Friday, July 14, 2023
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The big idea

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  • The big idea
    When people feel happier, they’re more likely to donate to charity.
  • These tools assigned a score to each tweet to indicate how positive or negative the mood was for each tweet.
  • Donors tended to be in especially good moods before making their gifts, but they regressed quickly to their more typical mood afterward.
  • Our study offers new evidence that feeling happy before they’re asked to make a donation makes people more likely to give.

Tumult Labs Helps Wikimedia Foundation Ensure Privacy of Detailed Data Usage Metrics

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Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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By leveraging Tumult Labs’ differential privacy solution, the Wikimedia Foundation can share and analyze sensitive data without risking user privacy.

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  • By leveraging Tumult Labs’ differential privacy solution, the Wikimedia Foundation can share and analyze sensitive data without risking user privacy.
  • An emerging data privacy paradigm, differential privacy is a standard for computations on data that limits the personal information that could be revealed.
  • This is especially vital as sophisticated data privacy attacks are becoming more common and data privacy regulations evolve globally.
  • The Wikimedia Foundation conducted an in-depth comparison of available open-source differential privacy tools and selected Tumult Labs and the Tumult Analytics platform.

HealingMaps Announces New Advisory Board and Team Members, Participation in MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference

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Friday, June 16, 2023
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Miami, Florida--(Newsfile Corp. - June 16, 2023) - HealingMaps Inc. ("HealingMaps") the world's most informative and trusted psychedelic therapy search site, is pleased to announce the addition of renowned members to its advisory board and team and its participation in the highly anticipated MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference.

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  • Miami, Florida--(Newsfile Corp. - June 16, 2023) - HealingMaps Inc. ("HealingMaps") the world's most informative and trusted psychedelic therapy search site, is pleased to announce the addition of renowned members to its advisory board and team and its participation in the highly anticipated MAPS Psychedelic Science Conference.
  • HealingMaps is excited to welcome Toby Negrin to its advisory board.
  • HealingMaps is pleased to announce its involvement in Psychedelic Science 2023, the breakthrough conference hosted by Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).
  • "I'm thrilled to introduce our new team members as we gear up for Psychedelic Science 2023 and beyond," said HealingMaps CEO, Cory Jones.

SOPHiA GENETICS Announces Nomination of Lila Tretikov to Board of Directors

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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
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BOSTON and LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native software company in the healthcare space and a leader in data-driven medicine, today announced the nomination of Lila Tretikov to its Board of Directors. The Board of Directors has proposed the appointment of Tretikov as a member of the board at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of SOPHiA GENETICS SA on June 26, 2023.

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  • BOSTON and LAUSANNE, Switzerland, May 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH), a cloud-native software company in the healthcare space and a leader in data-driven medicine, today announced the nomination of Lila Tretikov to its Board of Directors.
  • The Board of Directors has proposed the appointment of Tretikov as a member of the board at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of SOPHiA GENETICS SA on June 26, 2023.
  • Artificial intelligence has the potential to create positive change for humanity, and especially in medicine and biology," said Lila Tretikov.
  • For more information on SOPHiA GENETICS, visit SOPHiAGENETICS.COM , or connect on Twitter , LinkedIn , Facebook , and Instagram .