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Verizon Brings Free STEM Learning to Youth

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Orin Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Institute, centers on four educational tracks: immersive media, smart solutions, digital product innovations and artificial intelligence. Since 2012, the initiative has committed $1 billion in market value to support digital equity, reaching over 7 million students.

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Verizon Innovative Learning Celebrates 10 Years and $1B in Contributions to Education

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DESCRIPTION: What you need to know: Verizon celebrates 10 years of Verizon Innovative Learning and $1 billion in contributions to support digital equity and inclusion, working with nonprofit partners to help students and teachers develop digital skills. million students since its launch in 2012.

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Stanley Black & Decker Announces First Recipients of $25 Million Empower Makers Global Impact Challenge

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With an estimated 650,000 open construction jobs in 2022 1 and 10 million unfilled manufacturing jobs globally 2 , Stanley Black & Decker has made vocational skills training a priority through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) mission. Construction Foundation of BC (2012) Society*. Construction for Change.

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Cisco Networking Academy celebrates 25 years of impact

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In 2012, David Tsulaia earned a college degree in finance, but he was seeking more. million global learners have taken Cisco Networking Academy courses to gain digital skills. Now, Cisco aims to provide digital skills training to 25 million more people over the next 10 years to position them for in-demand jobs. David Tsulaia.

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How this IoT device from charity: water could advance water access for billions

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We started looking into academic patents in 2012, but what we found in our searches were basic proof of concepts with no potential to scale the technology.” That’s why the charity: water team developed a scalable solution that can remotely monitor water usage and health of hand pumps, in real-time, using an IoT-based sensor.

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Aleta Howell champions diversity and the OneTen initiative to increase representation and inclusion

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I joined Cisco in 2012 in learning and development, and later the Office of Inclusion as a program manager. I spent the next few years working at a number of agencies in brand strategy and consulting, and eventually launched my own company, which also focused on strategic planning and communications.

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People Behind CSR at Cisco: Empowering learners through technology and education

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This blog is part of our series that focuses on the people behind Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) at Cisco. In 2012, I received a call from a colleague who invited me to interview for the role of Strategy and Planning Project Manager for Corporate Affairs. million since inception) in 190 countries.