Austin Belisle

This post was written by guest blogger Alexa Schmidt, Senior Technology for Impact Program Manager, Mercy Corps. The organization I work for—Mercy Corps—strives to alleviate suffering, poverty, and oppression through economic development and emergency relief programs around the world. This work has…

What if San Francisco was suddenly empty? Or New York City? Or both? Imagine over 9 million people fleeing their homes, families and friends, schools, and jobs—leaving two of the United States’ most populous cities nearly empty. Our world would look different—we would notice and want to know what’s…

This post was written by Sarah Hurd, Content Strategist for Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility marketing team. It takes a special team of people to pull off Cisco Live US (CLUS) each year. As Cisco’s largest customer Cisco Live US attracts 28,000 of the industry’s top talent looking to pr…

In one week we’ll be together at Cisco Live, in person or virtually, fueling our personal and professional growth through keynotes, events, and training focused on Cisco products, solutions, and services. This year’s event continues to celebrate what we can all make possible in this world with visio…

This post was written by guest blogger Meghann Rhynard-Geil, Technology for Development Advisor, Digital Communities, Mercy Corps. She was a speaker during last week’s Women Rock-IT webinar on the power of technology in helping crisis-affected populations. I’ll never forget the moment I reali…

The homelessness challenge may seem enormous, but it is solvable. The first step is to choose to see it. Homelessness is an outcome of severe and growing economic inequality, with factors such as slow wage growth, downsizing of some industries, or skyrocketing rents—anyone can be at risk of becoming…

This post was written by guest blogger Toddy Tu, Supply Chain Manager, Cisco. I am excited to announce on Cisco’s behalf that we recently jumped to number three in the IT industry on the influential Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI)…

This post was written by guest blogger Vicki Batka, Managing Director, Cisco Partner Organization, Asia Pacific & Japan. If you missed Vicki’s presentation as part of Women Rock-IT, you can watch the full replay on Cisco’s Youtube channel. I am so happy to share that I presented at W…

Global e-scrap dumping—it’s a serious environmental and public health issue. To help address this critical concern, Cisco hosts Recycle IT Day every year, and has done so since 2002. Around the world, Cisco locations act as collection points for employees to drop off e-scrap like end-of-life e…