A few months ago, I travelled to Washington D.C. to attend the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). In the hotel elevator, I met with two guests who both had a miniature koala attached prominently to their shirts. “Are you from …Read more.
Posted by Steven Song on October 06, 2009 at 09:00AM
Our Pass the Ball site features an ongoing series of webinars about how to share and grow your own ideas to make them better. This Thursday, Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder, Apple Computer Inc., will share how he has taken his ideas …Read more.
Posted by Leanne Schrotzberger on September 22, 2009 at 10:30AM
Cisco Live is an important conference for many reasons: It is the largest gathering of Cisco customers, it provides the training and education our customers need to be successful in their jobs, and it enjoys a strong tradition of loyalty …Read more.
Posted by Colin Smith on June 26, 2009 at 11:05AM
Last week I had the honor of attending the Silicon Valley Education Foundation’s (SVEF) “Pioneers and Purpose” event in San Jose. SVEF is a non-profit organization that provides literacy and academic enrichment programs to public school students in grades pre-K …Read more.
Posted by Robyn Jenkins Blum on June 18, 2009 at 08:00AM
Last week in the beautiful city of Capetown, South Africa, the 19th World Economic Forum on Africa took place. Nine hundred participants from 50 countries participated on this event to candidly discuss the future of the region and its main …Read more.
Posted by Felipe Lamus on June 16, 2009 at 09:18AM
Last week, Cisco Saudi Arabia hosted 18 orphans from Al Hayyat Group, a Saudi based charity initiative, and connected them via Cisco TelePresence with three prominent Saudi bloggers who are currently residing and attending college in the United Kingdom. Yazeed …Read more.
Posted by Samer Costantini on June 11, 2009 at 11:34AM
We had the opportunity to participate in the WEF regional summit for the Middle East in Dead Sea, Jordan (422 meters below sea level and the lowest point on the surface of earth on dry land). The three-day meeting was …Read more.
Posted by Felipe Lamus on May 20, 2009 at 05:05AM
Cisco’s ongoing commitment to transforming education for the 21st century reached a new milestone May 12, 2009 in America’s largest school district. Cisco Global Education, along side of Chancellor Joel Klein from the New York City Department of Education, and …Read more.
Posted by Gene Longo on May 15, 2009 at 02:26PM
The World Economic Forum on Latin America closed last week on a very positive note of optimism for the region. Most attendees were pleased with the positive mood of Rio do Janeiro compared to Davos in January. This shows that …Read more.
Posted by Felipe Lamus on April 21, 2009 at 12:51PM
Really great story out of Indiana about Edgar Spikes, a retiree, who has gone back to school at Purdue University Calumet to learn about computers. “A highlight for Spikes was using Packet Tracer, a simulation tool that enables (Cisco) Networking …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on April 02, 2009 at 12:08PM
Last year, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers partner uber-venture capitalist John Doerr wrote a nice essay on Cisco CEO’s John Chambers passion and focus on collaboration and education for the Time 100 list. This was the first year that Chambers …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on March 31, 2009 at 11:19AM
In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people. – F.D.R., Second Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937 In …Read more.
Posted by Alan Cohen on March 23, 2009 at 09:17AM
In a guest post on GigaOm.com, Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers argues that the U.S. needs “a broadband strategy befitting a country that has long been a technology leader and innovator.” He states, in part, “Now that President Obama …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on March 04, 2009 at 05:00AM
21S is a Cisco initiative that was initially launched to improve educational practices and learning outcomes in several Mississippi and Louisiana school districts that were affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. 21S site states: “Imagine a school where technology is …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on February 19, 2009 at 09:40AM
“Passage of the stimulus package in the Senate sends a message to all Americans that we are investing in the future of our country. From broadband, healthcare information technology, Smart Grid and education, a foundation will be laid to help …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on February 10, 2009 at 11:25AM
Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers contributed a guest column to the Wall Street Journal management page which is now online. In the column he says the current economic downturn gives us “the biggest opportunity of our lifetime” to fundamentally …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on February 09, 2009 at 03:51PM
Posted on behalf of Michael Stevenson, vice president of Global Education, Cisco It’s no good teaching 21st century skills and then testing students on traditional facts and knowledge. During the Learning and Technology World Forum in London this week, Cisco, …Read more.
Posted by Johanna Fry on January 13, 2009 at 12:57PM
I got a ping recently asking me to post more consistent blogs recapping my take on the top five virtual world announcements. The requestor was asking for a weekly recap…to which I replied ‘gulp, how about we start off with …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on November 14, 2008 at 10:00AM
As anyone who has read more than one of my blog posts knows, I am an avid gamer…not very good mind you but I love it. At Cisco we have an internal email alias that folks can subscribe to if …Read more.
Posted by Dannette Veale on October 14, 2008 at 11:10AM
Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco, talks about the globalization of science and technology at WEF’s annual meeting of the new champions 2008 in Tianjin, China. She shares messages on innovation, education and intellectual property protection that she takes away from …Read more.
Posted by Cisco PR on October 10, 2008 at 11:53AM
By Marilyn Nagel Director, Human Resources, Worldwide Diversity and Inclusion Good ideas come from everywhere. It’s a simple idea, but the concepts behind it – diversity and inclusion – are not only close to my heart, but are also a …Read more.
Posted by Ken Lotich on October 06, 2008 at 11:23AM
The education effect of Web 2.0 is creating many ground breaking initiatives in the rapidly growing Virtual World of Second Life. The premier media academy down under, The Australian Film TV and Radio School (AFTRS) offers the only diploma courses …Read more.
Posted by Dennis Mancini on September 23, 2008 at 11:54AM
Education has long been a passion of Cisco. Our CEO often says there are two great equalizers in life: “the Internet and education.” Early Cisco employees started out jumping the fence of a neighboring school to volunteer there (see; Costano …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on August 20, 2008 at 12:25PM
With the recent FCC ruling on elements of Net Neutrality, the dog days of summer are witnesses to yet another chapter unfolding in this ongoing debate. Proponents of both sides will end up dissecting the FCC’s final decision line by …Read more.
Posted by Morgan Elliott on August 18, 2008 at 12:51PM
Tune in tomorrow for Cisco’s special Internet TV broadcast. Representatives from Cisco and Intel will share performance results from extensive testing of 802.11n technologies. And key customers in the healthcare and education markets will discuss their business needs for deploying …Read more.
Posted by Ed Tan on July 28, 2008 at 06:16PM
Earlier this week, the 18th edition of the World Economic Forum on Africa took place in Cape Town, South Africa. More than 700 leaders from the region gathered to discuss the future of Africa. At the opening plenary session five …Read more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on June 13, 2008 at 03:25PM
Yvon Le Roux, Vice President for Africa and Levant, shares some insights about the World Economic Forum (WEF) Middle East in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. He touches on the Egypt Education Initiative (EEI) and more.
Posted by John Earnhardt on May 23, 2008 at 01:25PM
Tae Yoo, Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs, talks about education and CSR and key learnings from the World Economic Forum (WEF), Middle East, Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Posted by John Earnhardt on May 21, 2008 at 12:51PM
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