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Amazon keeps fueling philanthropic efforts under leadership of former nonprofit executive

GeekWire

Working with a budget, kids could choose clothes, school supplies and books for their home libraries. The event was organized by Amazon in the Community, a philanthropic program within the company. The program specifically addresses needs in education, housing, food security, disaster relief and employee volunteering.

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Per Scholas redefines IT hiring by diversifying the IT talent pipeline

CIO Business Intelligence

To do so, the organization collected retired computers and laptops from companies, fixed them up, and redistributed them back into the community through schools and nonprofits. Today, the once technology recycling program is now a robust nonprofit focused on offering tuition-free IT training to help diversify the tech talent pipeline.

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Book Excerpt: How Microsoft leverages employee giving to build a culture of purpose

GeekWire

When Bill Neukom showed up at Microsoft as its first general counsel in 1985, he made two critical decisions that have since impacted millions of lives over the last thirty-five years and have been instrumental in creating a program that has inspired thousands of employees to become engaged deeply into their communities.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

CIO Business Intelligence

The latest piece in her reinvention story is Synchrony’s new Tech Apprenticeship for Artificial Intelligence, a full-time, 12-month program that balances on-the-job learning with instructor-led training, providing Chavarin with a pathway into one of the most coveted technology spaces despite her very nontraditional IT background.

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How IT nurtures a work-life balance at Baptcare

CIO Business Intelligence

Hall recently spoke with O’Sullivan about the rewards of working in the aged care sector, how the team drives innovation while addressing tech debt, and the benefits a cybersecurity education program. We meet on a monthly basis and celebrate what we’ve achieved individually or as a team throughout the month.

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10 best practices when partnering for strategic skills

CIO Business Intelligence

“For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. There are also leveraging crowdsourcing platforms, direct sourcing agencies, and freelance marketplaces, as well as nonprofit programs with expertise in specific areas such as sustainability.

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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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