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Networking Academy Students Get Hands-On Experience at Cisco Live in Italy
Cisco Live, our annual training, networking, and education conferences, offer attendees a combination of in-depth technical education and insight from experts and organizations that are setting the agenda for the future of technology and business. This year at Cisco Live in Milan, Italy, it was also…
Cisco Employee Shares How to Pay it Forward
This blog was written by Ricardo Benavidez, a government and community relations manager at Cisco, and originally published by Citizen Schools, one of Cisco’s nonprofit partners. If you walk through my neighborhood of East San Jose you will hear this same story told again and again. The story…
A New Look for Corporate Social Responsibility at Cisco
For years I suppose I was just like you, pretty cynical about the whole concept of “Corporate” social responsibility. Can an organization be truly socially responsible given the bottom line is selling product? Five years ago I left an industry I loved, education technology, and entered into the amor…
Cisco Launches New Corporate Social Responsibility Website
Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has redesigned its external website csr.cisco.com. The new format makes it easy to find and share impact stories that showcase how Cisco CSR is benefiting people, communities, and the planet. Bringing together technology, partnerships, and our expertise ar…
Cisco Nonprofit Partner Featured on 60 Minutes for Efforts to End Chronic Homelessness
Community Solutions, a national nonprofit that Cisco has supported with cash and product grants since 2011, was featured on 60 Minutes this week for its 100,000 Homes Campaign — a collaboration of more than 200 communities working together to collectively house 100,000 chronically homeless peo…
“Academy Day” Opens Doors for Future Architects of the Internet of Everything
This post was written by guest blogger Bernd Überbacher of Austria, a top scorer in the 2013 international Cisco Networking Academy NetRiders competitions. He is currently a Cisco Networking Academy student in Innsbruck, Austria and attended the first-ever “Academy Day” at Cisco Live in Milan, Italy…
Cisco is Among Canada’s 10 “Most Admired Corporate Cultures”
This post was written by guest blogger Nicole Geronimo, who works for Cisco’s Corporate Affairs team in Toronto, Canada. On February 3, Cisco Canada was presented with an award, given by executive search firm Waterstone Human Capital, for being a national winner of Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate…
Annual Contest Honors Videos That Drive Social Change
Cisco is once again sponsoring the DoGooder Video Awards, which recognize the creative and effective use of video in promoting social good. New this year is a category for young do-gooders, aged 12 to 21, who best communicated their thoughts on pressing social issues in a way that inspired others. V…
Annual Employee Giving Campaign Generates Nearly $6 Million for Global Hunger Relief
Christina O’Neill is a manager with Cisco Community Relations based in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, who oversaw Cisco’s 2013 record-breaking Global Hunger Relief Campaign. “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill In its 11th year, Cisco’s…
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