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How an Animated Series is Turning Phoenix-area Students and Teachers into Social Entrepreneurs
In May 2019, 10 schools and over 250 students came together in Phoenix, Arizona for the Global Problem Solver Showcase and Competition. The winner? A new type of IoT device that helps to deter drunk driving. The inventors? A team of three middle schoolers. This is all possible through a partnership…
Beyond edtech: Success in the classroom of the future starts with breakfast—and lunch, and dinner
The school buses are on the move. I haven’t had a school-bus rider for some time, but I still feel a tug whenever bus D10 drives down my street. It’s an emotional time of year, and even someone watching from a distance can tell that students are excited and anxious. What’s less visible: one in seven…
Let’s do more good, together
Our goal: Positively impact 1 billion people by 2025 1 billion?! That is a pretty big number to strive for, but it is something Cisco committed to back in 2016. And, as of the end of fiscal year 2018, we’ve already had an impact on a cumulative 445 million people worldwide. “At our core, we have al…
Data Science to Improve Foresight and Decision Making in the Humanitarian Sector
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…
Cisco at ISTE19: Empowering the Next Generation of Problem Solvers
The 2019 International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE19) event convenes this week to bring together a community of educators looking to learn about new technologies that can help solve challenges in the classroom. Having been an educator in a previous life, I am always excited to meet wit…
World Refugee Day: Taking Steps for the Globally Displaced
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…
Inside the 2019 Cisco Live US Dream Team
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…
Bridging the Gap to Economic Vitality
There’s no better place to talk about bridging the gap to economic vitality in Latin America than in Miami, where the 6th annual eMerge Americas conference recently took place. eMerge brings together business and government leaders who are transforming industries, countries, and lives with innovativ…
Giving Back with Time and Paint
One of the great things about Cisco is our spirit of giving back. We have a goal to positively impact 1 billion lives by 2025, and we are all asked to give something of ourselves. Recently, a group of us took this to heart. Leaders from across Cisco’s Service Provider business – including my leaders…