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What Younger Employees Want: The Chance To Do Good in the World

3BL Media

Meanwhile, two years into her tenure as a digital content producer at HP, Gen Zer Bianca Tamura and her team spent a day away from their PCs and out in their community. today, we try to engage employees on an even deeper level.” - Hilary Smith, executive vice president, corporate social responsibility, NBCUniversal. “I

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More than two million Women Rock-IT

Cisco CSR

This is why, in 2014, we introduced the Women Rock-IT initiative. Networking Academy’s global reach is amazing, with Academies in over 190 countries, offering over 30 courses in up to 27 languages. But making the program available is only half the challenge: making the demand inclusive is another matter.

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Cisco Networking Academy: Innovating to make education accessible and equitable for all

Cisco CSR

The Royal National College for the Blind in the United Kingdom became a Networking Academy in 2014. When I joined the Cisco Networking Academy, the practical approach they had in their digital courses made my learning experience so much easier,” he says. Juan , from Peru, had an interest in computers from a young age.

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IT’s Game On! International Girls in ICT Day April 28, 2022

Cisco CSR

Since its launch in 2014, our Women Rock-IT program has seen 1.8 In consultation with girls and young women, ITU identified challenges they may face as they begin their journey in the digital environment and possible solutions to these challenges. Our Speakers. For 2022, our Women Rock-IT program promises more impact than ever.

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People Behind CSR at Cisco: Empowering learners through technology and education

Cisco CSR

This blog is part of our series that focuses on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. In 2012, I received a call from a colleague who invited me to interview for the role of Strategy and Planning Project Manager for Corporate Affairs. By 2014, I made my return to Networking Academy.

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KoboToolbox: Transforming humanitarian work through voice capture and translation

Cisco CSR

Cisco began supporting KoboToolbox in 2014, to launch v1.0, making the tool publicly available to humanitarian response organizations. The KoboToolbox platform has been used in every conflict or large-scale natural disaster setting around the world since 2014. COVID + Kobo’s speech recognition. On the Kobo horizon.

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Beyond Illumination: An Off-Grid Energy Provider in Indonesia Innovates to Maximize the Impact of Solar Home Systems

James Militzer

As a pioneering provider in the field, founded in 2014 with an initial focus on the sub-Saharan African market, we believe this approach offers a glimmer of hope for Indonesia’s underserved communities. SHS is a game-changing technology that sidesteps the need for extensive electrical infrastructure by utilizing solar power.