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Alexis Raymond

Senior Manager

Chief Sustainability Office

Alexis Raymond is a senior manager within Cisco’s Chief Sustainability Office, working to raise visibility of the impact Cisco's sustainability efforts have on customers, communities, and the planet.

Alexis began her career as a print journalist and still loves developing compelling stories that people like to read and find inspiration in. Before joining Cisco’s CSR team, Alexis was the Director of Communications for RedRover, a U.S. nonprofit organization that provides emergency sheltering and disaster relief for animals, financial assistance for veterinary care, and humane education for elementary-age children. She has also been a writer, editor, project manager, and grammar cop for two universities, a hospital, a graphic design studio, and a Washington, DC-based media consulting firm.

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Cisco Recognized for Support of National Service

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Last night, Cisco received the Corporate Service Award at the 12th-annual Friends of National Service Awards in Washington, DC. The event was hosted by the National Conference on Citizenship and Voices for National Service. Pat Finn, senior vice president for public sector, accepted the award on behalf of Cisco. Cisco has been a strong supporter of the concept […]

Students Glimpse the Future of Technology at Cisco Live! Milan

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Today Cisco held its second-annual Academy Day at the Cisco Live! conference in Milan, Italy. The event is sponsored by the Cisco Networking Academy program, which trains 1 million people worldwide each year in computer networking technology. The theme of Academy Day is Internet of Everything for Social Innovation, and more than 1000 college-age students from […]

Virtual Job Fair Helps Students in Indonesia Launch Careers, Connects Companies to Top IT Talent

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This post was written by guest blogger Emma Reid, marketing manager for Cisco’s Social Innovation Group, Asia-Pacific region  Countries across the Asia Pacific region are facing a broad range of social challenges. Unemployment, widening gaps between rich and poor, urbanisation, insufficient access to quality healthcare and education, to name a few. According to the International Data […]

Cisco Joins Facebook, NetHope, and Others to Expand ICT Support for Ebola Fight in West Africa

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Today, NetHope, a consortium of 42 leading international humanitarian organizations and one of Cisco’s nonprofit Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) partners, announced a partnership with Facebook, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, Cisco, EveryLayer, and Inveneo to expand their support for effective communications capabilities to combat the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and promote sustainable recovery in the region. […]

Cisco Joins Global Problem Solvers at 2015 World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

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This week, the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting will convene 2500 leaders from business, government, academia, and civil society in Davos, Switzerland. There, these global problem solvers will engage in strategic discussions about the political, economic, social, and technological transformations reshaping the world. Cisco has been a WEF strategic partner for 17 years, putting […]

How I Helped Middle School Students Make a Difference in Their Community

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This post was written by guest blogger Stephen Liem, IT Director, Global Quality and Support Services There is no limit to what education can bring. It opens up many opportunities that otherwise may not be available. In the past 10 weeks I‘ve had the privilege of teaching journalism to the middle school students in Joseph-George […]

Blending Learning Pilots Take Off with Citizen Schools and MIND Research Institute

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This blog was originally published on the Citizen Schools inspirED blog and reposted with permission from Citizen Schools. Meeting every student’s academic needs in the classroom can be challenging but is essential to their success. Many of the public middle schools Citizen Schools partners with are reaching students who are academically all over the map, […]

Preparing Texas Students Today for the STEM Jobs of Tomorrow

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This post written by guest blogger Steve Slattery, Vice President of Unified Communications and Customer Engagement, Cisco   Nearly 60 10th graders from the Plano Independent School District STEM Academy came to Cisco’s Richardson, Texas, campus today to gain hands-on experience with the technology of tomorrow. These students, who focus on science, technology, engineering and math – […]

Reimagining Impact at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative

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Globally, 13 percent of young people – nearly 75 million people — are unemployed. In the Middle East and North Africa, this number rises to more than 28 percent. The issue is compounded when you factor in the 127 million unemployed adults worldwide. Meanwhile, 40 percent of employers in the United States, 65 percent in […]

CSR Partner Good World Solutions Wins Social Entrepreneurship Award

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One of the nonprofits we support through our Corporate Social Responsibility efforts, Good World Solutions, has won a Gratitude Award for its innovative Labor Link mobile platform. LaborLink uses mobile technology to give a voice to global factory workers and farmers, and delivers real-time data to companies like Cisco and Patagonia to align sourcing practices with […]

“Pack It Green” Saves Nearly 2 Million Pounds of Packaging and Over $6 Million

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The growing amount of solid waste being added to landfills from product packaging is an environmental concern to Cisco. To address this, we strive to design packages that protect against shipping damage while minimizing material usage. Our employee-led “Pack It Green” Initiative, which promotes optimized packaging and order fulfillment, is a big part of this commitment. […]

Connections Matter in Mexico’s Northern Border Region

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In Monterrey, Mexico, deep economic and social gaps separate rich from poor, educated from uneducated, legal from illegal. In 2008, the city started experiencing violence related to turf battles between warring drug cartels. Drug use and high murder rates continue to steal the lives of youth, tempting those who lack the skills for traditional jobs […]

Cisco Employees Paddle to Fight Cancer

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This post was written by guest blogger Barbara Chu, Managing Director of Cisco Hong Kong and Macau Under the throbbing beat of the drum and supported by lots of cheering supporters, our devoted Cisco Dragon paddlers dashed to the finish line at the Hong Kong Stanley International Dragon Boat Championship, while achieving the goal of […]

Cisco Executive Volunteers to Help Typhoon Victims

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This blog post was written by guest blogger John Baekelmans, Chief Technology Officer for Cisco’s Smart+Connected Communities organization in the U.K. In the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan, John volunteered in the Province of Samar, in the community of Daram, the Philippines, from May 1 to 17, 2014. I am sure most of you remember the […]

Cisco Nonprofit Partner Provides Jobs That Lift People Out of Poverty

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Today, The Guardian newspaper published an article featuring Cisco partner Digital Divide Data – a nonprofit social enterprise that hires workers for data services jobs in the some of the world’s poorest places, and gives them the education, training, and career counseling they need to rise into the middle class. “Our ultimate mission is to […]

10 Skills The Workforce of the Future Will Need

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This blog was written by Nicholas Enna, Director of Enterprise Applications at Teach For All, and originally appeared on Huffington Post ImpactX. Cisco supports Teach For All with donations of telecommunications infrastructure.  “We are all interested in the future, for that is where we will spend the rest of our lives.” –Plan 9 From Outer Space I find […]

Cisco and Good World Solutions a “Hot Couple” in Sustainability

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Today Sustainable Brands writer Dimitar Vlahov names Cisco and its nonprofit partner Good World Solutions as a Hot Couple in Sustainability for our work to develop and scale the Labor Link mobile platform that improves transparency in global supply chains. Vlahov writes, “What if workers in a global brand’s supply chain could access a free and anonymous channel […]

Cisco to Students: Technology Skills Can Set You Apart

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“Follow your passion. You will shine when you truly love what you are doing.” “Finish something, whether it is a degree or a certification. Nobody can ever take that away from you.” “Be prepared and keep learning. When an opportunity comes you’ll be ready.” This was just some of the advice and knowledge several hundred […]

Networking Academy Students Get Hands-On at Cisco Live

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About ten years ago, Courtney Church was studying to be a personal trainer. Then she realized that “people didn’t want to work out, but they needed their computers fixed.” So she did a 180 on her career, spent 8 years with the Best Buy Geek Squad, then enrolled in a Cisco Networking Academy course at […]

Technology that Helps Humanity

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This article was originally published on Cisco’s internal employee news site, Cisco Employee Connection.  The Internet of Everything is beginning to transform every aspect of our lives. Can we still change this world for the better by connecting people, data, process and things? Corporate Affairs SVP Tae Yoo says, “More than ever.” “As the Internet […]

Networking Academy Competitions Help Students Stand Out

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For students enrolled in Cisco Networking Academy courses, Networking Academy NetRiders Competitions are an amazing way to gain valuable hands-on experience, test their skills under pressure, and expand their network of professional connections. Most of all, winning NetRiders helps students stand out in the job market, as Jesús Israel Nava of Mexico and Csilla Bessenyei […]

Cisco a “World’s Most Ethical Company” for 7th Straight Year

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This post was written by guest blogger Jeremy Wilson, Director, Ethics and Integrity Do companies have good ethics any more? At least one hundred do. Cisco was recently placed on Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical company list for the seventh year in a row. Ethisphere, an independent research center that promotes best practices in corporate ethics and compliance, […]

Delivering Education And Mental Health Care to the Arctic Circle

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This post was written by Willa Black, Director of Corporate Affairs for Cisco Canada, and was originally published on the Huffington Post. The territory of Nunavut, Canada is incredibly cold and remote. It’s roughly a four-hour plane ride north of Toronto, with temperatures well below the freezing mark for eight months of the year, dark […]

Cisco Celebrates International Girls in ICT Day

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Women earn 57% of all U.S. undergraduate degrees but only 18% of undergraduate computer and information sciences degrees, according to the National Center for Women in Technology. Yet...

Cisco Hosts Future Women Leaders from Tunisia

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This post was written by guest blogger Richard Bartmess, a Cisco IT analyst. Inspired by the 2011 Tunisian Revolution and the demand...

NetRiders Competitions Challenge Future Architects of the Internet of Everything

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This post was written by guest blogger Tracy Granlund, a project manager with the Networking Academy Student Advocacy Team Earlier this year, we had the privilege of hosting the 19 winners from the 2013 Cisco Networking Academy International NetRiders competitions on a week-long study trip to Cisco’s headquarters in San Jose, California. What is NetRiders? […]

How Can We Encourage Students Of All Backgrounds To Go Into STEM?

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Today in the Huffington Post, Blair Christie, Cisco Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, and Eric Schwarz, cofounder and CEO of Citizen Schools wrote about our organizations' collective commitment...

DoGooder Video Award Winners Inspire Change

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Congratulations to the winners of the DoGooder Video Awards, who were announced today at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington, D.C.! The DoGooder Awards recognize the creative and effective use of video to promote social good. Cisco sponsored the awards for the third year in a row, providing a cash prize to the winner in the “Best Nonprofit […]

Cisco Employee Volunteers Help Families Become Homeowners

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This post was written by guest blogger Katherine Toch, Senior Marketing Manager, Cisco Corporate Affairs A home, at first thought…seems like a pretty simple concept.  Four walls, some windows, a couple doors and you have a house. But it is more than that, it is a place to put down your roots and become part of […]

Four Secrets of One Woman’s Success in the IT Industry

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This post was written by guest blogger Patrice D'Eramo, who, as Vice President of the Americas Field...

Vote for Videos that Inspire Social Good

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Cisco is proud to sponsor the DoGooder Video Awards for the third year in a row. These awards recognize the creative and effective use of video in promoting social good. The submissions included a wide array of funny, moving, and informative videos that embraced strong storytelling to communicate important messages. It was a difficult task, but […]

Networking Academy Students Get Hands-On Experience at Cisco Live in Italy

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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 an opportunity for 10 Cisco Networking Academy students to […]

Cisco Employee Shares How to Pay it Forward

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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 of men and women who have come to this […]

“Academy Day” Opens Doors for Future Architects of the Internet of Everything

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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, on January 27.  As I’m curious by nature, I […]

Cisco is Among Canada’s 10 “Most Admired Corporate Cultures”

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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 Cultures of 2013. Cisco Canada was among […]

Annual Contest Honors Videos That Drive Social Change

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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. Video submissions will be accepted via the contest […]