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		<title>TechTest2012 Survivors Breakfast (Updated)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russ Steele The TechTest2012 Survivors Breakfast was held on the 25th of May at Tofinelli’s in Grass Valley.  Students, Parents, Teachers and SESF Board Members gather to celebrate the completion of TechTest2012.  A special guest this year was Joe Fenner who was the top TechTestJr performer, from the Seven Hills Middle School. Here are some <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/05/26/techtest2012-survivors-breakfast-2/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=455&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TechTest2012 Survivors Breakfast</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:24:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike McDaniel&#8217;s reports: The  2012 TechTest Survivor Breakfast is schedule for 8:30 am Friday May 25th at Tofanelli&#8217;s in Grass Valley.  All Survivors are invited to attend. Filed under: TechTest2012<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=445&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russ Steele TechTest2012 Questions with the Answers have been posted under the TechTest navigation button above. Filed under: TechTest2012<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=441&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike McDaniels SESF organized and sponsored a successful inaugural TechTestJr2012 exam for Nevada County 8th graders.  Six Nevada County schools participated in the 1st annual TechTest Jr. fashioned after SESF&#8217;s very successful Nevada County high school merit based scholarship exam called TechTest.   93 Nevada County students, primarily 8th graders, took the TechTest Jr. exam. The <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/04/26/techtestjr2012-huge-sucess/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=433&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Monaghan, County Chief Information Officer had this to say about the TechForum2012: . . . The event was really fantastic and I received all positive feedback from the county executives that attended.  It was like candy to my technical team and  they and Supervisor Scofield greatly enjoyed the 1:1 session afterwards with Rick, that <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/02/28/nevada-county-recognition/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=422&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks you everyone! It was really a blast. It was so well attended. Although Rick was an amazing speaker, he wasn&#8217;t my favorite part of the day. It was when three students came up after his presentation and asked for his autograph and a picture with him. This event changed these kids&#8217; lives!! They will reach <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/02/25/techforum-students/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=413&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TechForm2012 Launch a Huge Success (Updated)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2012 05:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russ Steele George Rebane writing at Ruminations has a summary of events and some photos of the standing room only crowd.  I will post more pictures on this blog when they are available. I want to thank Laura van den Berg for her leadership and incredible energy and her husband Luuk for his support. Other <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/02/24/techform2012-launch-a-huge-success/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=405&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TechForum2012:  Rick Hutley Interview on KNCO</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russ Steele I just listened to the Rita Stevens Interview with Rick Hutley who is our first TechForum Speaker for 2012. The link to the POD Cast is here: http://www.knco.com/podcasts.html   It is listed under Other Podcasts &#8212; KNCO Interviews. CISCO Visionary Rick Hutley on How Technology Shapes Future Cisco&#8217;s VP of Global Innovations Practice and <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/02/23/techforum2012-rick-hutley-interview-on-knco/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=403&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Register for TechForum2012.1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russ Steele Our first speaker will be Rick Hutley, Cisco’s Vice-President of the Global Innovations Practice and one of Cisco’s top technology visionaries.  He will explores technologies that are solving human needs today and technology trends that will change the world, such as 3-D printing and “smart dust” that will connect everything to the internet. <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/01/25/register-for-techforum2012-1/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=337&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TechForum2012.1 Feburary 24, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sierra Economics and Science Foundation will hold it first TechForum on the 24th of February 2012 at the Holiday Express / Gold Miners Inn. The details are in this flier: Rick Hutley TechForum Flier Our speaker will be Rick Hutley, Cisco’s Vice-President of the Global Innovations Practice and one of Cisco’s top technology visionaries. He <a href="http://sesfoundation.org/2012/01/19/techforum2012-1-feburary-24-2012/" class="excerpt-more-link">[&#8230;]</a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sesfoundation.org&#038;blog=28829067&#038;post=300&#038;subd=sierrastudiesfoundation&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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