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It’s been 13 months since I last met a source for coffee in person. That is, until last week when I nervously waited on the LeStat’s patio in Normal Heights for an acquaintance to arrive.
Coffee meetups and networking events were once the lifeblood of my career. If I wasn’t in the newsroom, there was a good chance I was across the street chatting with a source amidst the buzz of downtown.
But you know the drill. Pandemic. Goodbye, hearty handshakes and awkward hugs with acquaintances, and hello Zoom. Now, in a post-vaccine world, I’m curious if professionals who once relied on networking to do their jobs are dipping their toes back into the social business world.
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Pacific Beach entrepreneur wins 2021 Global Amazon AIexa Skills Challenge to help rescue women from domestic violence San Diego Community News Group
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Danielle Vantini, co-founder of Pacific Beach-based PowerFuel Damas.slideshow
San Diego transplant and Brazil native Danielle Vantini was named the top prize winner at the 2021 Global Innovation Summit for her Alexa voice application prototype aimed at combating domestic violence by discretely helping rescue women from dangerous environments.
Powered by artificial intelligence (AI), the application called Glow Up, Damas was recognized as a technology solution that leverages Amazon Web Services (AWS) to address one of the 17 United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals: gender equality.