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📣 “We are in a really historic moment right now when it comes to applying the benefits of the technological revolution to creating tools that help…public servants achieve their goals of better service,” said former Tulsa, OK Mayor G.T. Bynum.
November 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📣 “We are in a really historic moment right now when it comes to applying the benefits of the technological revolution to creating tools that help…public servants achieve their goals of better service,” said former Tulsa, OK Mayor G.T. Bynum.
Congrats to Fellow Camille Carlton, policy director at the
@humanetech.bsky.social, for her new co-authored piece: “AI Product Liability: The Light-Touch Law With Heavyweight Impact.” The piece asks: Who is responsible if AI products can emotionally manipulate users or mislead the public?
@humanetech.bsky.social, for her new co-authored piece: “AI Product Liability: The Light-Touch Law With Heavyweight Impact.” The piece asks: Who is responsible if AI products can emotionally manipulate users or mislead the public?
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Congrats to Fellow Camille Carlton, policy director at the
@humanetech.bsky.social, for her new co-authored piece: “AI Product Liability: The Light-Touch Law With Heavyweight Impact.” The piece asks: Who is responsible if AI products can emotionally manipulate users or mislead the public?
@humanetech.bsky.social, for her new co-authored piece: “AI Product Liability: The Light-Touch Law With Heavyweight Impact.” The piece asks: Who is responsible if AI products can emotionally manipulate users or mislead the public?
💡 Nonprofits can be power players in the policy space. Is your organization tapping into this potential? Join our free Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity training course to learn how to build an effective policy strategy and team.
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
💡 Nonprofits can be power players in the policy space. Is your organization tapping into this potential? Join our free Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity training course to learn how to build an effective policy strategy and team.
Our friends at @rstreet.bsky.social recently published an analysis of how AI is making online scams more convincing and widespread. One of the key takeaways is that protecting consumers will take collaboration between policymakers, tech companies, and financial institutions.
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Our friends at @rstreet.bsky.social recently published an analysis of how AI is making online scams more convincing and widespread. One of the key takeaways is that protecting consumers will take collaboration between policymakers, tech companies, and financial institutions.
📰 Last week, our Director @betsycooper.bsky.social was quoted in @npr.org's coverage of the #AmazonWebServices outage that disrupted major websites/services across the internet. Betsy noted that incidents like this display the danger of so many critical systems depending on a few major players.
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
📰 Last week, our Director @betsycooper.bsky.social was quoted in @npr.org's coverage of the #AmazonWebServices outage that disrupted major websites/services across the internet. Betsy noted that incidents like this display the danger of so many critical systems depending on a few major players.
🧠 “There are many ways to create meaningful policy impact for a nonprofit research organization,” said fellowship alum Kelsey Whiting of @thelandinstitute.bsky.social. We’re excited to now offer the virtual Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity course to help other nonprofit leaders.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
🧠 “There are many ways to create meaningful policy impact for a nonprofit research organization,” said fellowship alum Kelsey Whiting of @thelandinstitute.bsky.social. We’re excited to now offer the virtual Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity course to help other nonprofit leaders.
🔎 We’re hiring an entry-level Program Assistant to provide operational, administrative, communications, and event support to our programs. We prefer candidates based in the Bay Area, but remote candidates are also eligible. Learn more and apply here 👉 www.aspeninstitute.org/about/our-ca... #Hiring
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October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
🔎 We’re hiring an entry-level Program Assistant to provide operational, administrative, communications, and event support to our programs. We prefer candidates based in the Bay Area, but remote candidates are also eligible. Learn more and apply here 👉 www.aspeninstitute.org/about/our-ca... #Hiring
📣 We want educators helping shape the future of education policy. That’s why we are excited to announce our new partnership with Teach For America’s Rural School Leadership Academy fellowship! 👇 Learn more about the partnership here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/news/new-par...
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Learn more about our collaboration with Teach For America's Rural School Leadership Academy.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
📣 We want educators helping shape the future of education policy. That’s why we are excited to announce our new partnership with Teach For America’s Rural School Leadership Academy fellowship! 👇 Learn more about the partnership here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/news/new-par...
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🎧 Our Founding Director @betsycooper.bsky.social appeared on the #NonprofitLeadershipPodcast to share how social impact leaders can navigate advocacy: “Many nonprofits focus on service delivery, but lasting impact often requires shaping the policies that define the system itself.”
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
🎧 Our Founding Director @betsycooper.bsky.social appeared on the #NonprofitLeadershipPodcast to share how social impact leaders can navigate advocacy: “Many nonprofits focus on service delivery, but lasting impact often requires shaping the policies that define the system itself.”
Join us for Policy In Action NYC: a free event on Nov 13 featuring former mayors London Breed & G.T. Bynum, policy proposals from Academy Fellows, and networking.📍Betaworks | 🕕 6pm | 🎟 RSVP: forms.gle/RsK7gwXvWw87...
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Policy In Action
The Aspen Policy Academy will be hosting Policy In Action on Thursday, November 13, at Betaworks (29 Little W 12th St., New York, NY 10014) starting at 6pm ET. The event will feature a panel discussio...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Join us for Policy In Action NYC: a free event on Nov 13 featuring former mayors London Breed & G.T. Bynum, policy proposals from Academy Fellows, and networking.📍Betaworks | 🕕 6pm | 🎟 RSVP: forms.gle/RsK7gwXvWw87...
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📢 Applications are open for our Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity course! A free, part-time, virtual program (Dec. 8–12) to help nonprofits build a policy advocacy plan from scratch. Apply by Nov. 16, 11:59pm PT. Details & application here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/program/buil...
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#Opportunity: Our Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity short course is open for application! This free, part-time, virtual course will support nonprofits in developing a policy advocacy strategy.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
📢 Applications are open for our Building Nonprofit Advocacy Capacity course! A free, part-time, virtual program (Dec. 8–12) to help nonprofits build a policy advocacy plan from scratch. Apply by Nov. 16, 11:59pm PT. Details & application here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/program/buil...
🏘️ In a new @invisiblepeople.tv feature, fellows Hannah Somers and Ananthi AI Ramiah share how they worked with Sante Fe, NM to better understand local concerns and identify ways to build support for shelter initiatives.
October 14, 2025 at 12:15 AM
🏘️ In a new @invisiblepeople.tv feature, fellows Hannah Somers and Ananthi AI Ramiah share how they worked with Sante Fe, NM to better understand local concerns and identify ways to build support for shelter initiatives.
🌟 We're thrilled to announce the 21 participants of our Fall 2025 Rising Civic AI Leaders program, hosted in conjunction with @aspendigital.bsky.social. These Leaders are gaining policy impact skills in our immersive 3-month course. Check out their bios here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/news/announc...
Announcing the Fall 2025 Rising Civic AI Leaders Cohort - Aspen Policy Academy
Meet the Rising Civic AI Leaders.
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October 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🌟 We're thrilled to announce the 21 participants of our Fall 2025 Rising Civic AI Leaders program, hosted in conjunction with @aspendigital.bsky.social. These Leaders are gaining policy impact skills in our immersive 3-month course. Check out their bios here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/news/announc...
On dotmed.com, alum Daniel Bardenstein discusses cybersecurity in healthcare procurement.
Questions he recommends hospitals ask:
🚨 What operating system is this device running?
📣 Does it have default passwords?
🙋 How will it be secured over 10-15 years?
Questions he recommends hospitals ask:
🚨 What operating system is this device running?
📣 Does it have default passwords?
🙋 How will it be secured over 10-15 years?
New and Used Medical Equipment, Hospital Equipment, Medical Instrument Auctions, For Sale, and Wanted
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October 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
On dotmed.com, alum Daniel Bardenstein discusses cybersecurity in healthcare procurement.
Questions he recommends hospitals ask:
🚨 What operating system is this device running?
📣 Does it have default passwords?
🙋 How will it be secured over 10-15 years?
Questions he recommends hospitals ask:
🚨 What operating system is this device running?
📣 Does it have default passwords?
🙋 How will it be secured over 10-15 years?
🛡️ Everyone can help protect their communities from cyber threats. Join our #CyberCivicEngagement training, developed with support from craig newmark philanthanthropies. #Take9.
📅 First sessions are Oct 23 & Nov 20 | Free & Virtual
🔗 Register: aspenpolicyacademy.org/cyber-civic-...
📅 First sessions are Oct 23 & Nov 20 | Free & Virtual
🔗 Register: aspenpolicyacademy.org/cyber-civic-...
Cyber Civic Engagement - Aspen Policy Academy
Check out our new training program that transforms individuals into effective cybersecurity policy advocates.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🛡️ Everyone can help protect their communities from cyber threats. Join our #CyberCivicEngagement training, developed with support from craig newmark philanthanthropies. #Take9.
📅 First sessions are Oct 23 & Nov 20 | Free & Virtual
🔗 Register: aspenpolicyacademy.org/cyber-civic-...
📅 First sessions are Oct 23 & Nov 20 | Free & Virtual
🔗 Register: aspenpolicyacademy.org/cyber-civic-...
🌿 A big thank you to everyone who applied to the hashtag#EnvironmentalPolicyAccelerator!
This 6-week program is one of several opportunities we offer each year to help individuals and teams strengthen early-stage policy ideas and turn them into actionable solutions.
This 6-week program is one of several opportunities we offer each year to help individuals and teams strengthen early-stage policy ideas and turn them into actionable solutions.
September 27, 2025 at 2:55 AM
🌿 A big thank you to everyone who applied to the hashtag#EnvironmentalPolicyAccelerator!
This 6-week program is one of several opportunities we offer each year to help individuals and teams strengthen early-stage policy ideas and turn them into actionable solutions.
This 6-week program is one of several opportunities we offer each year to help individuals and teams strengthen early-stage policy ideas and turn them into actionable solutions.
🗞️ @techpolicypress.bsky.social featured our Nonprofit and Public Interest Fellowship alum @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social on why cloud computing should be considered a public utility.
🔎 Read the full article here: techpolicy.press/why-the-clou...
🔎 Read the full article here: techpolicy.press/why-the-clou...
Why The Cloud Should Be a Public Utility | TechPolicy.Press
Given that cloud computing has become such a central part of our lives, it should be regulated as a public utility, Michelle Nie and others write.
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September 27, 2025 at 2:52 AM
🗞️ @techpolicypress.bsky.social featured our Nonprofit and Public Interest Fellowship alum @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social on why cloud computing should be considered a public utility.
🔎 Read the full article here: techpolicy.press/why-the-clou...
🔎 Read the full article here: techpolicy.press/why-the-clou...
Join Aspen Policy Academy’s free webinar, “How to Tell Governments What You Think,” on Sept 24 at 9am PT / 12pm ET.
This one-hour session will teach you how to communicate effectively with Congress.
Register here: aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CivicEngagement #Policy #AspenInstitute
This one-hour session will teach you how to communicate effectively with Congress.
Register here: aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CivicEngagement #Policy #AspenInstitute
Welcome! You are invited to join The Aspen Institute Webinar: How to Tell Governments What You Think. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Because governments work for the people, it’s important for government officials to hear from ordinary citizens what we think about what they are doing. Yet most of us don’t know how to effectively sh...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Join Aspen Policy Academy’s free webinar, “How to Tell Governments What You Think,” on Sept 24 at 9am PT / 12pm ET.
This one-hour session will teach you how to communicate effectively with Congress.
Register here: aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CivicEngagement #Policy #AspenInstitute
This one-hour session will teach you how to communicate effectively with Congress.
Register here: aspeninstitute.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CivicEngagement #Policy #AspenInstitute
🎙️ Podcast Feature! Our founding director @betsycooper.bsky.social joined
Forcepoint's #TothePointCybersecurity podcast to discuss cybersecurity through a civic engagement & policy lens. The episode makes the case for why your voice matters in shaping a resilient digital future.
Forcepoint's #TothePointCybersecurity podcast to discuss cybersecurity through a civic engagement & policy lens. The episode makes the case for why your voice matters in shaping a resilient digital future.
September 22, 2025 at 9:43 PM
🎙️ Podcast Feature! Our founding director @betsycooper.bsky.social joined
Forcepoint's #TothePointCybersecurity podcast to discuss cybersecurity through a civic engagement & policy lens. The episode makes the case for why your voice matters in shaping a resilient digital future.
Forcepoint's #TothePointCybersecurity podcast to discuss cybersecurity through a civic engagement & policy lens. The episode makes the case for why your voice matters in shaping a resilient digital future.
🗣️ Your voice can spark change! One participant in our #HowtoTellGovernmentsWhatYouThink webinar shared:
💬 “Because of this webinar, I feel empowered to talk to my government and advocate for change in my community… it was the perfect bridge for me.”
💬 “Because of this webinar, I feel empowered to talk to my government and advocate for change in my community… it was the perfect bridge for me.”
September 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🗣️ Your voice can spark change! One participant in our #HowtoTellGovernmentsWhatYouThink webinar shared:
💬 “Because of this webinar, I feel empowered to talk to my government and advocate for change in my community… it was the perfect bridge for me.”
💬 “Because of this webinar, I feel empowered to talk to my government and advocate for change in my community… it was the perfect bridge for me.”
📚✏️ Back-to-school season is for everyone! Who says learning stops after graduation? We believe it’s never too late to build new skills and engage with policy in meaningful ways.
🔗 Learn about our free, virtual webinars and register here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/webinars/
🔗 Learn about our free, virtual webinars and register here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/webinars/
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Policy 101 Our Policy 101 webinars are conducted regularly to introduce new audiences to the basics of the policy process. This program teaches participants how to think about policy expansively, and ...
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September 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
📚✏️ Back-to-school season is for everyone! Who says learning stops after graduation? We believe it’s never too late to build new skills and engage with policy in meaningful ways.
🔗 Learn about our free, virtual webinars and register here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/webinars/
🔗 Learn about our free, virtual webinars and register here: aspenpolicyacademy.org/webinars/
👏 NPR recently featured Tim Pappa, our 2025 #PolicyPrimer cohort alum, in a piece about how a small Vermont town is defending its water systems against hackers.
💬 As Tim shared, projects like this bring people together to pair community operators with cybersecurity experts.
💬 As Tim shared, projects like this bring people together to pair community operators with cybersecurity experts.
September 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
👏 NPR recently featured Tim Pappa, our 2025 #PolicyPrimer cohort alum, in a piece about how a small Vermont town is defending its water systems against hackers.
💬 As Tim shared, projects like this bring people together to pair community operators with cybersecurity experts.
💬 As Tim shared, projects like this bring people together to pair community operators with cybersecurity experts.
🌟 Alumni Impact Spotlight 🌟
We’re proud to celebrate alum Rebecca Kilberg for her recent policy contribution now moving through US Congress.
💡 Her proposal emphasizes incorporating #PowerUsageEffectiveness (PUE) and #waterconsumptiondata into federal data center planning.
We’re proud to celebrate alum Rebecca Kilberg for her recent policy contribution now moving through US Congress.
💡 Her proposal emphasizes incorporating #PowerUsageEffectiveness (PUE) and #waterconsumptiondata into federal data center planning.
September 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🌟 Alumni Impact Spotlight 🌟
We’re proud to celebrate alum Rebecca Kilberg for her recent policy contribution now moving through US Congress.
💡 Her proposal emphasizes incorporating #PowerUsageEffectiveness (PUE) and #waterconsumptiondata into federal data center planning.
We’re proud to celebrate alum Rebecca Kilberg for her recent policy contribution now moving through US Congress.
💡 Her proposal emphasizes incorporating #PowerUsageEffectiveness (PUE) and #waterconsumptiondata into federal data center planning.
Here’s what Jayvee Del Rosario, a participant in our #PolicyImpactforEmergingClimateLeaders program, had to say:
💬 “The program equipped me with the tools to navigate policy discussions, engage key stakeholders, and drive impactful change in the areas of sustainability and climate finance.”
💬 “The program equipped me with the tools to navigate policy discussions, engage key stakeholders, and drive impactful change in the areas of sustainability and climate finance.”
September 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Here’s what Jayvee Del Rosario, a participant in our #PolicyImpactforEmergingClimateLeaders program, had to say:
💬 “The program equipped me with the tools to navigate policy discussions, engage key stakeholders, and drive impactful change in the areas of sustainability and climate finance.”
💬 “The program equipped me with the tools to navigate policy discussions, engage key stakeholders, and drive impactful change in the areas of sustainability and climate finance.”
✨ What sets our EPA program apart? It's built for action:
- Converting early-stage environmental improvement ideas into policy solutions
- Collaborative workshops with peers & seasoned policy experts
- Creating strategic advocacy plans that connect your work to decision-makers
- Converting early-stage environmental improvement ideas into policy solutions
- Collaborative workshops with peers & seasoned policy experts
- Creating strategic advocacy plans that connect your work to decision-makers
September 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
✨ What sets our EPA program apart? It's built for action:
- Converting early-stage environmental improvement ideas into policy solutions
- Collaborative workshops with peers & seasoned policy experts
- Creating strategic advocacy plans that connect your work to decision-makers
- Converting early-stage environmental improvement ideas into policy solutions
- Collaborative workshops with peers & seasoned policy experts
- Creating strategic advocacy plans that connect your work to decision-makers