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Deena Pierott works hard for underrepresented youth in STEM, but funding her nonprofit isn’t easy

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iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. The two are pictured with sister and brother Amiya and Clay Brasley, who both attended iUrban Teen programs. “They’re paying them that money to create inclusive programming,” Pierott said.

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

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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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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

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Growing up as one of the only Black students in his schools, Peter Beasley felt accepted by his peers and didn’t experience a sense of being different as he set his own course for advancement. Behaviors to exclude me would happen in corporate [workplaces] and even in nonprofits where I volunteered, and I wasn’t prepared for them coming.”

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Top 15 project management certifications

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The Associate in Project Management (APM) certification offered by The Global Association for Quality Management (GAQM) is an entry-level project management certification to validate your fundamental knowledge of the Project Management Framework. BVOP Certified Project Manager. Price: $175. Price: $130.

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

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Chung developed the curriculum and conducted training for the government’s in-house futures course, Futurecraft. She has helped to design courses on futurism at several universities in Turkey, as well as being President of the Turkish Futurists Association from 2009 to 2012. Twitter: @DrWendyDE. Bridgette Engeler.

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