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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

What are the most important lessons that IT leaders and CIOs learned (or should have learned) in 2017? So, what lessons can we learn from 2017? Here are 5 more lessons that CIOs (should have) learned in 2017. We piloted a program where they switched over to a 15″ Chromebook instead of usual device.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. Seattle’s FFA is an organization founded by Leslie Feinzaig in 2017 that supports women and non-binary entrepreneurs.

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2024

Seattle Foundations Photo) An entrepreneur and investor with roots in the defunct Techstars Seattle program plans to launch a new invite-only organization and shared workspace that supports tech founders by surrounding them with fellow entrepreneurs and experienced startup mentors.

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ComputerWorld IT Management

MARCH 17, 2022

Maintaining a diverse culture and achieving its full potential is fundamental to its success, according to the company’s 2020/21 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report. Lenovo’s diversity and inclusion initiative got off the ground in 2017. Lenovo’s global D&I initiative.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

MARCH 17, 2022

Maintaining a diverse culture and achieving its full potential is fundamental to its success, according to the company’s 2020/21 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report. Lenovo’s diversity and inclusion initiative got off the ground in 2017. Lenovo’s global D&I initiative.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 17, 2020

After suspending the program back in 2017, today Twitter announced that it’s bringing back its verification process supported by an updated policy beginning next month in January 2021. Read more.

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GeekWire

JULY 2, 2023

… Read More Microsoft targets AI skills gap with new training program and grant challenge Microsoft is launching a new AI Skills Initiative that includes a global grant challenge, free online courses, and a training toolkit for teachers. 9, 2017, will go down as one of the toughest days in Apptio’s history.

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 11, 2023

They integrate with Slack, Microsoft Messenger, and other chat programs where they read the language you use, then turn on when you type in a trigger phrase. That’s why critics say these programs are always listening; if they weren’t, they’d never know when you need them. Apply the technology to voice and the pool gets even larger.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 12, 2023

A 2017 poll in the Pew Research Center report found that 50% of women said they had experienced gender discrimination at work , while only 19% of men said the same. The program starts with six months of training and educational courses and followed by a paid internship to gain hands-on experience.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Social, Agile, and Transformation. I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 Social, Agile, Transformation Pages. social media. (3).

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GeekWire

JANUARY 23, 2021

Bill and Melinda Gates at the University of Washington in 2017. In all, the Gates Foundation has given nearly $18 million to programs aimed at high- and ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNIs) in the last five years alone. In 2017, ultra-wealthy American families donated just 1.2% GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 29, 2022

Since becoming director of development, Sabrosa has worked to expand the program further, bringing in more mentees and mentors to build a strong community of STEM support for girls and women. As the program grows, so does the alumni network, which has become a useful resource for mentoring young girls and women in STEM.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Somewhere along the way, Dogra determined that she could do more with technology to impact the social causes that were important to her. She wasn’t confident that she would even get into the program, or that she even had any interest in computer science. 18-year-old now says she’s planning on studying computer science.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The Graham & Walker team, from left to right: Amanda Eldridge, vice president of business development; Rohre Titcomb, COO; Leslie Feinzaig, founder & managing director; Es Famojure, program manager; and Divya Kakkad, vice president of marketing. Graham & Walker Photos).

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The roles needed include employees who can tally a company’s numerous sources of carbon emissions; rethink their operations to reduce emissions; implement these programs; and track progress towards carbon goals. The UW Foster School last year recruited Donovan to help develop some of its sustainability programming.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Verification is a challenge for big social media platforms. It paused its verification program in 2017 and relaunched it earlier this year. Twitter has also struggled with the problem. The relaunch has been somewhat bumpy, though, and the company admitted in July that it mistakenly verified a small number of fake accounts.

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2022

But for the last few years, changes at Etsy that she feels hurt sellers were piling up — rising fees, mandatory marketing programs, and an influx of drop shippers — and the marketplace no longer felt like somewhere where artisan products and hand-picked vintage items were prioritized. On top of transaction fees, sellers like D.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In an internal memo announcing the hire, Gupta said Fulay’s experience building communications and social products at Google and Facebook “will be invaluable for us to build a world-class TfL product and turbocharge our consumer-oriented thinking across all of Microsoft.”

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

Since 2017, the foundation has been developing and implementing digital initiatives such as the ASEAN Data Science Explorers, ASEAN Digital Innovation Programme, ASEAN Online Safety Academy, ASEAN Cybersecurity Skilling Programme, and ASEAN Digital Literacy Programme. ASEAN Seeds for the Future: Bridging the Digital Skills Gap in the Region.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The Possible Finance team, before social distancing. Founded in 2017, Possible offers loans of up to $500 and is similar to payday lenders, but with some differences. It implemented a hardship program for customers who needed more help, and let people delay payments without additional costs or blemishes on their credit reports.

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The Verge

JULY 26, 2021

A cross-platform counterterrorism program will start targeting white supremacist and far-right militia material, flagging content for moderation on Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, and several other services. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Protocol offers more detail on what’s being added, describing the expansion as “modest.”

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Cloud Musings

MAY 31, 2017

BlackBerry , in fact, has just become the first cloud-based crisis communication service to receive a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) authorization from the United States Government for its AtHoc Alert and AtHoc Connect services. Jackson 2017 ) Follow me at [link]. Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 17, 2021

Founded in 2017, TrovaTrip runs a marketplace that matches travel group hosts with travelers. The “Hosts” include content creators on social media who use TrovaTrip to generate revenue from their followers; the company lets them set their own trip prices. Elevate Capital and Oregon Venture Fund also invested.

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GeekWire

JULY 12, 2021

DreamBox Learning’s K-8 digital math program is personalized for each student using adaptive technology. She has been an associate vice provost for research since 2017. Badshah is a former Microsoft manager and was most recently vice president at Catalytic Innovators Group, a social impact consulting practice.

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GeekWire

APRIL 19, 2021

The Seattle-based startup, which spun out of Pioneer Square Labs (PSL) in 2017, also closely follows evolving immigration policies and publishes guides to help navigate a notoriously complicated process. Tagboard Producer allows for remote production and the incorporation of graphics, social content and audience engagement.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 4, 2022

The women we admit to our degree programs, and women we hire to our faculty, are every bit as qualified as the men,” he said. 2017-2018, and 23% of doctorates, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. “It’s the law.” That’s only begun to rise i n the last few years. Women in STEM jobs. (

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 16, 2023

higher [in 2022] than in 2017.” Because transactions are transparent, blockchain has the potential to increase trust and enable new types of disruptive applications and services, such as decentralized financial systems, marketplaces, and social networks.

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GeekWire

MARCH 1, 2023

Five years after its acquisition by Amazon, smart doorbell and home security technology company Ring named a new CEO: Elizabeth (Liz) Hamren, a former executive in Meta’s Oculus division and Microsoft’s Xbox business, who was most recently chief operating officer for social messaging platform Discord.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Social media management tool Hootsuite appointed four new board members: Angel investor and HubSpot board member Julie Herendeen , who will serve as board chair. Founded in 2017, A-Alpha Bio closed a $20 million Series A round in September. Lisa Wallace joined as VP of program operations. Joe Braidwood. TraceMe Photo).

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GeekWire

MAY 18, 2020

The novel coronavirus has brought with it fears of infection, massive job losses, the challenges of teaching kids at home, social isolation, and the list goes on. In 2017, the team officially launched Lyssn. The startup has a dozen customers, primarily university programs that train counselors and therapists. Lyssn Image).

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GeekWire

MAY 14, 2020

Seattle pioneered dockless bike-share in the United States with its novel 2017 pilot. LimeBike, Spin, and Ofo bikes in Seattle in 2017. The program is in the environmental impact review process awaiting a decision from a city hearing examiner before it can move forward. A micro-mobility test lab. permanently.

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GeekWire

MAY 17, 2021

Melinda French Gates speaking at the University of Washington in December 2017, with long-time computer science professor Ed Lazowska in the background. Experts see tremendous social and economic benefits if French Gates ramps up these efforts. One of her early programs to get computers into U.S. GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota).

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GeekWire

AUGUST 14, 2020

Ekin Yasin was named director of the University of Washington’s Communication Leadership graduate program. Yasin joined the UW faculty in 2013 and served as co-director of the “Comm Lead” program during the 2019-20 school year. “I He took a young professional Master’s program with potential and led it to greatness.

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GeekWire

JULY 9, 2020

based social media management platform Hootsuite named Tom Keiser as its new CEO. Scott McFarlane, CEO of Avalara, describes Weslock as “a proven human resources leader who has successfully managed and scaled talent programs for some of the world’s most well-known global companies.” GeekWire is a dot.LA Vancouver, B.C.-based

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The Accidental Successful CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

In Santa Cruz, CA the police department stopped using AI software in 2017. The LAPD and Chicago Police Department have also halted programs to predict potential repeat offenders. There may be an opportunity to use predictive software to help target social work and mental-health services for high-risk areas.

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Unfair and hostile work environments A study from The Kapor Center for Social Impact and The Ford Foundation found unfair treatment to be the top driver of employee turnover, in particular for employees from underrepresented groups. Evaluate your sponsorship programs to make sure they work for everyone.

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The Verge

AUGUST 3, 2021

per month, builds on a beta program that launched earlier this year. That said, publicity could be helpful to some subscribers: Citizen promotes its ability to spread the word about lost people and pets, for instance, crediting the app with 20 rescues since its 2017 launch. Protect, which costs $19.99

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