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How business intelligence transformed care and efficiency at a Dutch special-needs nonprofit

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Fortunately, a group of technology enthusiasts at Philadelphia – including Manager of Data Delivery and Analytics Jasper Drenth – had already begun to explore the concept of Business Intelligence (BI) as the potential answer. One of our mission statements is to give clients as normal a life as possible,” Drenth says.

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3 nonprofits committed to empowering women in tech

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For IT organizations looking to make a difference on gender diversity, or for women seeking to develop rich IT careers, several nonprofits have been created to empower and uplift those who identify as women in IT, improving gender diversity in the industry, and closing the pay gap between men and women. Here are three of note.

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14 organizations that support LGBTQ+ tech workers

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Maven Youth Maven Youth is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering LGBTQ+ youth to “network, organize, and educate for social change through technology and the tech sector.” The nonprofit was born after IBM sponsored a focus group in 2005 at the Human Rights Campaign headquarters in Washington, D.C.,

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19 organizations advancing women in tech

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Ada Developers Academy is a nonprofit, cost-free coding school for women and gender expansive adults that also prioritizes BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and low-income people. The training program offers a collaborative learning environment as well as individualized support through mentors, tutors, mental health support, and affinity groups.

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17 professional organizations for Black IT pros

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This inherent bias that runs through the industry is what makes groups like BCC so important. Nonprofit organization Blacks in Technology (BIT) aims to “stomp the divide” between Black workers to help “level the playing field through training, education, networking and mentorship with the support of allies, partners and sponsors.”

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NCWIT digitally transforms the DEI journey to help uplift women in IT

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Founded in 2004, NCWIT’s mission has always been to “increase the meaningful and influential participation of women in tech” while respecting intersecting identities, with an overall emphasis on avoiding “treating women as a monolithic group,” says Catherine Ashcraft, a senior research scientist at NCWIT.

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The ‘Great Retraining’: IT upskills for the future

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McCowan’s group has also created IT career ladders that help define required skills for a variety of tracks, which are then supported through a range of self-directed and formal training options.

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