Talk:The Tech Awards

Third party source problem
This article needs a third-party review of the award. There is press about individual entities getting the award, and almost all the winners make some kind of statement about their receiving the award. Definitely the award has been covered in lots of media.

But the article really needs a WP:RS in which someone writes an article reviewing the award itself, and not a profile of any particular award recipient. Where can I find such a thing? There are some huge names associated with this program, so there must be something somewhere.  Blue Rasberry   (talk)   17:35, 26 June 2011 (UTC)


 * The award was conceived and implemented in association with the Center for Science, Technology, and Society (STS) at Santa Clara University, whose ongoing role included judging the nominations. Here are two references:  The Tech Museum Awards Overview (from The Tech's perspective), and Technology and the Quality of Being Human  (Award origins and significance, from the STS's perspective) Cengelbart (talk) 18:40, 20 January 2023 (UTC)

Needs More Updating: Recent Awards / Laureates
I initially landed here seeking info on the origin of the Award, prompted by revelations in this wonderful Millennium Project Tribute to Peter Yim. Apparently circa 1999 my father Doug Engelbart was briefed by colleague Peter Yim on the amazing UN Millennium Project State of the Future Report, and introduced Doug to its author/program director Jerome Glenn. At the time, Doug sat on the Board of the Center for Science, Technology & Society (STS) at Santa Clara University, and soon briefed the Board about the Millennium Project as a case in point. STS was also in conversation with The Tech (where Doug also enjoyed a relationship) right at the time they were conceiving The Tech Award, and it was decided to use the Millennium Project development goals as the guiding framework for the Award. The Tech was the driving force for the Awards events and outreach, while STS headed up the nomination/judging end of the Program, and Allied Materials became the founding sponsor. They soon announced a welcome partner, the UN Millennium Project itself. Cengelbart (talk) 17:24, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

There is no longer a website for "The Tech Awards", as the program transitioned to an expanded initiative under a new name in 2016. When I came to this Wiki Article, it apparently had not been updated since 2013, and History section made no reference to founding partners. The most comprehensive chronicle of the Award program's origin I found, Technology and the Quality of Being Human, was a 2001 article written by STS Director James Koch, for STS Nexus Magazine, so I referenced that in the opening paragraph of the History Section. Also the previous url to The Tech Awards website listed under External Links was discontinued soon after 2016, changing hands to an unrelated commercial entity, so I changed the External Links accordingly. Cengelbart (talk) 17:09, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

I have unfortunately exceeded my time budget trying to research what's what in the evolution of the Awards program, including what became of it after big shift in 2016 which caused them to drop the Awards website, and with it the chronicle of year-by-year events and laureates. Cengelbart (talk) 17:09, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

So whoever might pick up the reins in updating this Article, here are some resources you might find useful. Cengelbart (talk) 17:09, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

Note: there are Award Laureates, cash prize/category winners, and Global Humanitarian Award Laureates. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cengelbart (talk • contribs) 21:07, 22 January 2023 (UTC)

Overviews
 * 2001 Technology and the Quality of Being Human, by James Koch, STS Nexus Magazine (sts.scu.edu)
 * 2016 The Tech Awards: The First 15 Years (The Tech Interactive youtube channel]
 * 2023 Millennium Project Tribute to Peter Yim (millennium-project.org)

Chronology
 * 2001 The Tech site announces a new Award program (thetech.org)
 * 2001 The Tech site announces update (thetech.org)
 * 2002 The Tech Museum Awards (thetech.org) Specifies partnerships with The Center for Science, Technology, and Society, and the United Nations millennium development initiatives
 * 2006 About The Tech Awards (techawards.org)
 * 2008 About The Tech Awards (techawards.org)
 * 2010 About The Tech Awards (techawards.org)
 * 2011 The Tech Awards official site (thetechawards.thetech.org)
 * 2012 The Tech Awards official site (thetechawards.thetech.org)
 * 2013 The Tech Awards official site (thetechawards.thetech.org)
 * 2014 The Tech Awards official site (thetechawards.thetech.org)
 * 2015 The Tech Awards official site (thetechawards.thetech.org)
 * 2015 The Tech Awards official site (thetech.org/tech-awards-presented-applied-materials)
 * 2016 The Tech Awards 2016 (thetech.org)
 * 2016 Press Release: Tech Museum of Innovation Announces Expansion of The Tech Awards (thetech.org)
 * 2016-2018 Press Releases

Laureates - The Tech Awards
 * 2001-2010 Laureates listings by year with links to details
 * 2001-2008 The Tech Awards Gala
 * 2001 Laureates hotlinked portraits | listed with links to details
 * 2002 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2003 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2004 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2005 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2006 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2007 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2008 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2009 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2010 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2011 Laureates announced | listed with links to details
 * 2012 Laureates announced | listed with links to details | press release
 * 2011-2014 Laureates Detailed
 * 2014 Laureates Listed | Detailed
 * 2015 Laureates Listed | Detailed
 * 2016 Laureates Announced | Listing | Detailed
 * The award morphs into The Tech for Global Good - Highlights - annual awards get fuzzy until 2020
 * 2017 Launch Celebration The Tech for Global Good Celebration
 * 2017 Five organizations dedicated to global good to be honored at The Tech Museum of Innovation | [0:21 / 32:40 2017 Tech for Global Good Celebration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e24wFJZ6xXQ&ab_channel=TheTechInteractive Watch video]
 * 2018 The Tech for Global Good enters its second year with a focus on the environment, honoring author and activist Paul Hawken
 * 2019 The Tech Interactive honors global leaders making our world better with innovation
 * 2020-2022 Laureates Detailed

Laureates - The Global Humanitarian Award
 * 2004-2015 Laureates Listing | Detailed
 * 2004-2022 Laureates Detailed

Misc
 * 2009 New! The Tech Awards Gallery
 * Award Photo - Side View