| | | | Happy New Year! As we enter 2022, and approach another virtual MozFest on 7-10 March, we’re exploring what it means to reset, refocus, and refresh. Specifically, we’re: resetting expectations of self and resetting self care needs during the pandemic. refocusing personal and professional goals, knowing many will continue to work online this year. Asking ourselves, “how do we refresh and invigorate our community when we’re all battling virtual meeting fatigue?” As you set new year’s resolutions, short- and long-term goals, or establish your “word” for the year, we encourage you to join us in refocusing and refreshing, both personally and professionally. Pay-what-you-can MozFest early bird tickets are now available and include access to fringe events leading up to the festival in March. These events, and sessions taking place at MozFest, include important and critical work towards Trustworthy AI, alongside moments to reset, refocus, and refresh. Important work will be intertwined between a diversity of sessions (some away from Zoom!), coffee breaks, self care, and tons of fun. Below, you’ll find a sneak peek of a handful of community-designed and -led sessions that breathe life into our festival and include actions you can take to start resetting, refocusing, and refreshing right now. Here’s to 2022, Sarah Allen Mozilla Festival Director | |
| Reset, Refocus, And Refresh With These MozFest Sessions… | | | | | | Let’s make 2022 a year of resetting, refocusing, and refreshing by considering ways we can focus on our wellbeing. Explore a sneak peek of a handful of MozFest sessions that offer ways to do just that, as early as today. Post Pandemic Wellness Hackers to Humanitarians, leverage your tech skills for social good Play, Connect, Relate! Exploring Game Mechanics To Create Meaningful Connections Tales From The Magic Forest (Sustainability) Different Types of Thinking Are Good And Important (Neurodiversity) | |
| Upcoming Virtual Event: Digital Ad Transparency | | | | | | Platforms like Facebook have an outsized influence on individuals and society at large. Yet there’s dangerously little insight into how they operate: who’s paying for political ads, what content receives the most engagement, why their algorithms behave the way they do. In this panel, four experts from civil society will discuss the importance of making platform transparency a reality in 2022 — and the path to get there. | |
| Keep The MozFest Momentum | | | MozFest Opportunities: Check out the MozFest website to stay up to date with all the MozFest opportunities as we ramp up in preparation for the festival. Tweet this: Reset, refocus, and refresh with @mozillafestival this year! | |
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