GeekWire

AUGUST 30, 2023

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. The nonprofit cut 45% of its workforce in May, impacting about 34 of 76 employees at the time. The organization previously said a lack of internships for its students was due to decreased demand for software development talent.

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MAY 24, 2023

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event on Jan. Jenny Crooks Photo) Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, laid off 45% of its workforce, the nonprofit confirmed to GeekWire Wednesday.

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OCTOBER 23, 2023

OneBusAway Image) OneBusAway , the beloved app that delivers real-time information to public transportation riders, needs help to keep the bus and train data moving on time. The nonprofit adds that additional money would help with new hires and “a long list of enhancements” that they’d love to make to apps and systems.

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MARCH 8, 2021

iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. ” Exposure and access is something Pierott would like more of for herself, for iUrban Teen and for the work the nonprofit has been doing over the years. Photo courtesy of Deena Pierott).

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JANUARY 16, 2024

GMI Photo) A Seattle-area nonprofit helping disadvantaged job seekers around the world is adding generative artificial intelligence to the toolkit for its participants. Browning recognized the potential impact of the AI tools and the team began developing these resources for Global Mentorship Initiative.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Ada Developers Academy graduates at a graduation event Jan. Ada Developers Academy , the Seattle-based tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities, is spinning out from its parent organization and going independent. Jenny Crooks Photo).

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

. “It’s really the start of the journey into cloud regardless of whether they go into a business-side role or tech role,” said Maureen Lonergan , vice president of training and certification for AWS. Maureen Lonergan, vice president of training and certification for AWS. GeekWire Photo / Lisa Stiffler). to 4 p.m.

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JUNE 22, 2020

XPRIZE Rapid Reskilling aims to reinvent job training methods. The 30-month competition, sponsored by a nonprofit venture philanthropy organization called New Profit , kicks off today — just as the national emergency declared due to the coronavirus outbreak is passing the 100-day mark. Bigstock Photo / Rido81).

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Benefits of Salesforce certifications Salesforce jobs range from the technical (architects, developers, implementation experts) to those related to marketing and sales. According to a study by Indeed.com , 70% of Salesforce developers in the US are satisfied with their salaries given the cost of living in their area.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Grant recipients will operate hotlines for appointments with digital navigators, provide internet-capable devices, and offer digital skills training. million: The network’s 21 nonprofit Community Health Centers will provide digital navigation services and devices. Grant recipients are: Equity in Education Coalition, $10.2

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

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. He went into the community and offered people jobs, promising to train them how to repair the computers.

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APRIL 16, 2024

It is a whole new way in which to attract, recruit, onboard, develop, and manage. And they articulated job pathways and training plans, so they can approach recruitment, retention, and job culture holistically. We’re working with [these] organizations, who identify the individuals and partner with us on the foundational training.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2022

Mariya Burrows wanted to make a career change to software development after taking an introductory course on the topic, but the last thing she wanted to do was take out more student loans. Beatrice Tohni found out about the program when a friend texted her a link to Ada Developers Academy saying, “This sounds like the perfect program for you.”

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Washington Research Foundation , a Seattle-based nonprofit that funds research and scholarship in Washington state, awarded more than $1.2 million for entrepreneurship training programs at the University of Washington and Washington State University.

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GeekWire

JULY 6, 2023

They also gain access to training, events, and BECU’s networks. Stakana , based in Seattle, is developing AI-powered analytics tools to help credit unions and community banks segment audience bases, personalize outreach, and identify customer attrition. Last year, four startups outside the Pacific Northwest won the competition.

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GeekWire

JULY 20, 2020

The Digital Bridge program, developed in response to the coronavirus crisis, is designed to provide internet access and other essential tools to Seattle residents looking for work through the Seattle Jobs Initiative (SJI). The first round of refurbished laptops were donated to 20 participants in the program earlier this month.

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GeekWire

MARCH 10, 2023

CodePath says it has trained nearly 20,000 students from a network of 500 colleges — and has active partnerships with 70 colleges and universities across the country, including 13 Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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GeekWire

APRIL 22, 2021

Past winners for this category include the Year Up and Apprenti training programs, the Technology Access Foundation (TAF) and a campaign to end malaria. Ada Developers Academy. Ada Developers Academy is a Seattle-based, tuition-free software development boot camp for women and underrepresented sexual, gender and racial minorities.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 6, 2023

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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CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

When the timing was right, Chavarin honed her skills to do training and coaching work and eventually got her first taste of technology as a member of Synchrony’s intelligent virtual assistant (IVA) team, writing human responses to the text-based questions posed to chatbots.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Minding the workforce gap Supporting women through all stages in their learning and career development can help reduce this gap. Synchrony, for example, partners with Girls Who Code , an international nonprofit organization that helps support and increase the number of women in computer science. Launched a Veterans Leadership Program.

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GeekWire

APRIL 4, 2024

Kennedy to enter an Air Force flight training program that was regarded as a pathway to NASA’s astronaut corps, and went on to win an Air Force recommendation to join NASA. Hess , a software engineer and entrepreneur who developed the Family Tree Maker product line in the 1990s. ” In 1961, he was chosen by President John F.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 15, 2023

RELATED STORY Bill Gates: AI will be ‘as good a tutor as any human,’ but payoffs in education will take time Khan Academy, the online education nonprofit based in Mountain View, Calif., ” Khan Academy is developing its own AI tool, Khanmigo , which uses generative artificial intelligence to tutor students and assist teachers.

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GeekWire

APRIL 2, 2021

The City of Seattle has announced the recipients of the 2021 Technology Matching Fund , which provides aid to community-led projects increasing access to technology and providing digital skills training for underserved communities. Multimedia Resources & Training Institute, Bridging the Divide through Digital Navigators.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

— Seattle-based Ada Developers Academy, a non-profit, tuition free coding school for women and gender-diverse adults, added four new board members in its quest to expand its impact on the tech industry: Clockwise from top left: Jeffrey Spector, Michele Broderick, Melina Garcia and Justin Beals. Ada Developers Academy Photos).

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CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While the onus of change rests in large part on employers to alter their approaches to hiring and inclusivity in the workplace, the following 17 professional organizations are dedicated to advancing the careers of Black IT pros and increasing Black representation in the tech industry through training, networking resources, and more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 22, 2022

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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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

students in foundational computer courses are female, according to a new annual report out Wednesday from the educational nonprofit Code.org. Seattle-based Code.org, which provides computer science curriculum and teacher training for free, is pushing for all states to adopt the grad requirement. “It Only 31% of U.S.

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GeekWire

JUNE 30, 2020

Microsoft is on an extraordinary philanthropic marathon, announcing a new plan Tuesday to train 25 million people around the globe in the skills of the future. Previously: Microsoft unveils sweeping job training initiative to teach digital skills to 25M impacted by pandemic. Employers need to invest in more employee training.

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JANUARY 28, 2016

Even though employee error is the most common reason for a breach, fewer than half of in-house counsel reported that mandatory training exists at their companies. PPL forms program for nonprofit groups (republicanherald.com). PPL forms program for nonprofit groups (republicanherald.com). About the ACC Foundation.

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Kitaboo

DECEMBER 26, 2019

This has brought about a sea of change in the process of collection development, their organization, and accessibility, and organizations are increasingly trying to capitalize on this development for business purposes. Here are 6 Reasons Why Associations & Nonprofits Need a Digital Archive. Trained resources for online help.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

AllianceBernstein works directly with job training nonprofit Year Up , which connects the global asset management corporation with tech talent from underserved populations. Students are given training on hard and soft skills to prepare them for IT careers, along with hands-on experience in their desired field.

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GeekWire

DECEMBER 26, 2023

The Earth Species Project (ESP) is partnering with researchers to develop new tools for understanding animal vocalizations to help save wildlife. A nonprofit called Earth Species Project , or ESP, is on a trajectory to talk with animals — but with a much higher purpose than my intended goals with Roxy.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

Many CIOs don’t know where to start,” says Brian Kirkland, CIO at Choice Hotels and founding board member for SustainableIT.org, a nonprofit launched to help create frameworks and standards around sustainability. CIO Wetmur is taking things a step further at Morgan Stanley with a more sustainable approach to application development.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Agency for International Development and includes researchers at the University of Washington and the Seattle-based nonprofit PATH. Part of this will be developing some of those algorithms and the data analysis to try and be more predictive about those that have potential for spillover into the human population,” said Kawula.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 8, 2024

The organization, which started with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and about four or five employees, has since grown into a global nonprofit with more than 1,500 change leaders, universities, companies, nonprofits, and government organizations on board.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 23, 2023

OpenAI has landed billions of dollars more funding from Microsoft to continue its development of generative artificial intelligence tools such as Dall-E 2 and ChatGPT. And as an investor it can expect some return on its capital, although this will be limited by OpenAI’s status as a capped-profit company governed by a nonprofit.

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