Building Blocks: Connecting People, Places, and Policies is a space for thought-provoking conversations about the current issues, trends, ideas and big questions facing the affordable housing and community development field in the United States. The podcast series is hosted by Laurel Blatchford, former president of Enterprise Community Partners, a proven and powerful nonprofit, creating opportunity for low- and moderate-income people through affordable housing in diverse, thriving communities.
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The Time4AI Show brings you the most important voices and ideas from the global artificial intelligence community. In every episode, top speakers from leading AI conferences and summits condense their presentations into a quick and insightful 5-minute format, making it easy to stay up to date with the latest AI research, tools, and applications. Hosted by Peter Mesarec, an experienced AI consultant at petermesarec.ai, this podcast is designed for professionals, researchers, and enthusiasts w ...
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#7 - Jelena Miodragović - Power Up with Microsoft Power Platform to Build Smarter Business Solutions
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This episode of the Time for AI Podcast features Jelena Miodragović, a freelance software developer and one of the organizers of the Init Conference in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Jelena's conference presentation, "Power Up with Microsoft Power Platform to Build Smarter Business Solutions," focused on introducing the core concepts and demon…
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#6 - Filip Macukić - The unfair AI advantage: Multiply your impact, not your hours
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Filip Macukić, the founder and CEO of Mediartem AI, joined the podcast to discuss his presentation from the AI Weekend conference. His presentation was titled "The Unfair Advantage: Multiply Your Impact, Not Your Hours," which focuses on the distinction between human and machine productivity and the proper use of AI tools. Filip Macukić is the foun…
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#5 - Gael Peigné - Rethinking the Digital Shelf: How AI Is Changing the Game for Brands with Shalion
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In this episode, I host Gael, the VP of Strategic Marketing at Shalion, a company specializing in marketing intelligence that helps brands optimize their e-commerce strategy. We discussed his recent presentation at the ShopTalk Europe conference in Barcelona. Key talking points: The Digital Shelf: We started by defining the "digital shelf," which i…
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#4 - Philip Krenn - Unveiling the Future of Information Retrieval
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In this episode, I welcomee Philipp Krenn, Director of Developer Relations at Elastic, to discuss the evolution of search and information retrieval in the age of AI. Philipp delves into Elastic's pioneering tools like Elasticsearch and Kibana, explaining how they address search challenges in logs, observability data, and security through effective …
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#3 - Fatima Soomro - Will an LLM replace me?
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In this episode, we talk to Fatima Sumroo (Linkedin), a data engineering and analytics consultant at Argusa, about the impact of generative AI, particularly LLMs, on data-related jobs. Fatima shares insights from a systematic study conducted at Argusa, revealing surprising findings about which tasks are most likely to be augmented or replaced by Ge…
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#2 - Giulia Solinas - Exploring Agents in AI
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This episode features Giulia Solinas (linkedin) (the Al a la Carte Newsletter), an AI and Data Science consultant at CROZ, a Croatian company providing business and technology consulting services. Julia discusses her work at CROZ, focusing on programming solutions that enable LLMs to work with business requests. She also talks about her transition …
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#1 - Jason Schemel - Unlocking Marketing Success with AI
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Jason Schemmel, a marketing expert from Get Social Done, joins us to discuss how AI is revolutionizing the marketing landscape. He shares his insights from a recent AI conference presentation, focusing on practical AI tools and tactics businesses can implement to improve operations, increase sales, and decrease costs. Jason emphasizes the power of …
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Enterprise recently announced an exciting new collaboration with the International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) as we prepare the 2020 Green Communities Criteria. At the beginning of our partnership last year, IWBI President Rachel Gutter and I met to discuss our joint efforts. On episode 11 of the Building Blocks podcast we’re talking about our …
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Ep. 10: Atlanta’s Bold Approach to Housing Affordability
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Confronting housing affordability challenges amidst rapid growth, Atlanta has launched one of the most ambitious affordable housing plans in the country. On Episode 10 of Building Blocks, I’m joined in the studio by Terri Lee, Chief Housing Officer for the City of Atlanta, Adam Freed of Bloomberg Associates, and Enterprise’s Southeast Market Leader…
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Ep 9: Healthy Solutions for Affordable Housing
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Recently, Enterprise released a nationwide survey that illustrated how housing costs are undermining the health needs of American renters, many of whom are sacrificing medical care in order to pay rent. Faced with a shortage of affordable, quality, stable housing, low-income renters often lack access to sufficient health care and outdoor spaces, fu…
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Ep 8: Finding a Frame for Affordable Housing
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Across the country, rural and urban communities are feeling the impact of the affordable housing shortage whether that’s due to aging housing stock, community displacement, gentrification, or a lack of investment. And yet, so much work still needs to be done to build public support for affordable housing policies and programs. On this episode of Bu…
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Ep 7: Enterprise Advisors: A Catalyst for Community Success
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Enterprise Advisors, the technical assistance and consulting leg of the Enterprise network, has quickly solidified their place as an industry leader through cross-disciplinary initiatives like disaster recovery and resilience, the National Resource Network, and, most recently, Opportunity Zones. In the years following their creation, the Advisors t…
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Ep 6: Building Back Better - Puerto Rico Update
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Several themes have become clear on the island of Puerto Rico as local and national partners coordinate the delicate process of response, recovery, and reconstruction following Hurricane Maria. Meanwhile, the true impact of the storm and the resulting mass-exodus of the island’s population is still unfolding. As we approach the one-year anniversary…
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Ep 5: Opportunity Zones: Promises and Pitfalls
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The Opportunity Zones Initiative has been considered an exciting, new economic development opportunity by community members and private investors alike. The uncapped tax incentive has the potential to funnel an estimated $6 trillion in unrealized capital gains into qualified low-income census tracts across the United States. However, several questi…
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