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LinkedIn and Year Up partner for a more diverse IT future

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LinkedIn is one such company giving IT pros an opportunity to make a difference as part of a longstanding partnership with job training nonprofit Year Up, which began in 2011 when LinkedIn’s first CEO, Jeff Weiner, saw the value in working with the Year Up to open the talent pipeline and to give back.

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2021 GeekWire Awards revealed: Big winners, surprise guests, and the best in Pacific NW tech

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They come from universities, public schools and nonprofits, and are working with kids from elementary school into college and supporting fellow teachers as well. A self-described language and math nerd , Kieran Snyder combined those two passions to form Textio in 2014. The honorees are: Lauren Bricker, Paul G.

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Fundraising startup Snap Raise raises $90M as it expands digital platform to aid high school teams

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“There’s a lot of different areas we can get into, but I think holistically what we really want to do is build program management software,” Morgan said. “A lot of what coaches and group leaders are tasked to do is build high school programs. ” Ranked No. Snap Raise has raised $114.8

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

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Njonjo works as Lead Consultant for LongView Consult , a socio-economic research and policy analysis firm that she founded in 2014. The theme of living in the now and listening to nature’s rhythms is explored in her allegorical novel, Grace and the Wind (2014). Twitter: @KristinaDryza. Twitter: @livingarchitect. Twitter: @sahtouris.

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