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CEO’s Update: Fall 2014

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Then I’ll share the latest stories on the impact of our tech volunteerism and human rights tech efforts as well our new tech leadership. Consider third grade student Brennan Draves. In fact, his reading skills are above average and he is on track to be an honor roll student.

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ITWorks: Your Support Changes Lives

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Our students are unemployed or underemployed. Here’s how your generous tax-deductible contribution can go directly to work, helping those students to succeed: $50 purchases the tools a student needs for the course. 160 ensures one student can complete the A+ certification. He has since been promoted. Donate this.

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ITWorks: Changing Lives In 16 Weeks

TechImpact

Tech Impact’s ITWorks is a free and demanding 16-week IT training program that is working to permanently change the lives of young adults. Of the students that are accepted into the ITWorks program: 100% of students work an internship upon graduation. 100% of students earn the Cisco IT Essential Professional Certification.

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ITWorks & SAP America: Connecting Young Adults To Bright Futures

TechImpact

14 students from the ITWorks program in the Philadelphia area visited SAP America last week for Career Day this year. The ITWorks program , created by Tech Impact, is a program open to vulnerable young adults that helps them develop strong leadership and community skills while becoming certified in IT.

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How the Bridge School Uses Tech to Educate Students Who Have Impairments

Tech Soup

Casella, who has worked in special education for 50 years, discussed the different kinds of technology the Bridge School uses with its students. The goal of the program is to develop a sense of independence within the students by giving them as many tools as they need. The Bridge School's work and research has global reach.

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Extra Crunch roundup: Z?m CEO interview, Cisco’s M&A ethos, neoinsurance bad romance

TechCrunch

m with her two brothers in 2016 to disrupt student transportation, a space that hasn’t seen much innovation since pupils began finding their way to and from little red schoolhouses. How Cisco keeps its startup acquisition engine humming. Derek Idemoto, SVP for corporate development and Cisco investments. Since then, Z?m

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Campus Party H4SB — Hacking for Something Better Coming to US in 2012

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And that’s why it’s critical that all those young geeks have the best, geekiest time that ever they had because happy, fulfilled Campuseros translates into positive brand identification for Movistar, Microsoft, The Mexican government, Ibm, HP, Asus, Nokia, Motorola, Nec, Opera, Noiselab, Volaris, Cisco, Oracle, Zte.

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