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Austin Belisle

No Longer with Cisco

Austin Belisle graduated from San Jose State University in 2014 with a degree in Journalism. Shortly after graduation, he joined Cisco's Corporate Social Responsibility marketing team and served as Content Manager across all of CSR's external channels.

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Giving Tuesday: Save the Children is Changing Lives in Yemen

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This Giving Tuesday, please donate to Save the Children, your favorite nonprofit, or cause at www.brightfunds.org/u/cisco. Every dollar helps.

The Power of Giving, Multiplied: #GivingTuesday at Cisco

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Join us today on #GivingTuesday to help spread the word and let your social networks see how you are “being the bridge.”

Opportunity Hack: Driving Social Impact with Passion and Technology

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From October 28 to November 3, Cisco, in partnership with PayPal, Intuit, and Coding Dojo, sponsored the 5th annual Opportunity Hack.

Supporting and Elevating Talent Around the World

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The Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge is an opportunity to show how the ideas, technologies, and solutions of young innovators can help benefit the economy, society or environment.

Women Rock-IT: Accelerate Your Start-Up with Emotional Technology

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This blog was guest-written by Kathy Xiaosi Gong, CEO and co-founder of WafaGames. She’ll be guest-speaking during the “Social Entrepreneurs Using Tech to Solve Global Problems” session of the Women Rock-IT series on November 16th.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Raissa Constante

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Billy Anglin

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Andrew Giddings

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Stephanie Krusch

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Fred Mpala

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Arturo Javier

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Liliana Gamez

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program.

Celebrating 20 Years of Networking Academy: Meet Rayden Chia

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Cisco Networking Academy has been changing worlds for 20 years. To celebrate this milestone, we are spotlighting some of the 7.8 million students worldwide who have benefited from this IT education and career building program. 

How is Cisco Celebrating Pro Bono Week?

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From engineers to project managers, everyone has the skills to help organizations make an impact. See how Cisco employees are doing just that for Pro Bono Week.

#CiscoChat Recap: Developing Public-Private Partnerships to Achieve Large-Scale Impact

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We’re thrilled that such an experienced and inspiring group of leaders joined us to share their thoughts on public-private partnerships.

Live #CiscoChat September 21st: Developing Public-Private Partnerships to Achieve Large-Scale Impact

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Join us as we discuss public-private partnerships and share insights and strategies for success in our upcoming #CiscoChat, Thursday, September 21st, at 10 a.m. PST.

Taking Steps Toward 1 Billion at Cisco Live US 2017

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Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility's (CSR) goal is to positively impact 1 billion people by 2025 and at last week's Cisco Live US 2017, we took significant steps (literally) to get there!

Be an IT Superhero with Cisco CSR at Cisco Live US 2017

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Cisco Live US 2017 kicks off on June 25, and Cisco's corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives to accelerate global problem solving will be on full display. We will have exciting opportunities for attendees to participate, win prizes, and become IT Superheroes.

Live #CiscoChat on June 21st — How IT is a Superpower for Solving the World’s Problems

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Join us June 21 at 10:30 am PT for a Twitter chat to discuss real-world instances where technology has been an integral part of positive global change

Innovative Thinking and Technology: The Key to Solving Global Problems

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Whether it is a local school, community group, or remote village in an underdeveloped country, smallholder farmers are the ecological gatekeepers to building a more sustainable and equitable food supply.

Tomorrow’s Digital Workforce and a New Generation of Global Problem Solvers

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This year marks 20 years that Cisco Networking Academy has been working to foster the digital and entrepreneurial skills people, educators, and companies need to change the world for the better.

Cisco’s International Volunteers Make a Difference in China

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CAAN's skills-based service trip was the first global give back program within Cisco which offered employees the opportunity to volunteer their time and expertise on an international level.

Solving Global Problems With Data and Diversity

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We’re going to need an increasing army of people with digital skills and creativity to develop inclusive technologies to solve the world’s toughest problems, like climate change.

Girls Power Tech Brings Digital Skills to Life in Berlin

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On April 27, my Cisco Berlin colleagues and I had the pleasure of celebrating International #GirlsInICTDay as a part of Cisco’s Girls Power Tech (GPT) initiative.

How Learning Science Fuels Educational Innovation for the Digital Economy

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By applying learning science insights to IT education, we can create a dynamic, digital, and hands-on learning experience that is tailored, flexible, and relevant to next-gen digital economy talent.

How a Small Sticker Made a Big Impact on Reducing Carton Waste

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Japanese customers have very strong sensibilities about quality, questioning if a product could be damaged if the carton it's in is also damaged. Cisco Japan is the using the EcoPatch to improve relationships with customers while avoiding reboxing.

We Can all Be Champions for Environmental Sustainability

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Whether we're volunteering through Citizen Schools or finding ways to be more "green" with our fellow employees, we can all be champions for environmental sustainability.

IT Training Helps Young People Thrive in India’s Digital Economy

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This post was guest-written by Dipak Basu, CEO of the Anudip Foundation, a social entrepreneur who has spent over 30 years employing technology in humanitarian missions worldwide. Anudip Foundation is a nonprofit company working for the economic empowerment of at-risk youth. We believe the key to human progress and sustainability is skill development and financial […]

Leveraging People, Products, and Innovation to Support the Refugee Crisis

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At Cisco, we understand we must leverage core capability to achieve social impact. Since October 2015, we’ve leveraged our people, products, and financial resources to provide over $4 million in support to the refugee crisis.

Sara Chipps Looks Back on Cisco’s International Women’s Day #CiscoChat

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Sara Chipps, CEO of Jewelbots, reflects on Cisco CSR's Twitter Chat from International Women's Day. See how she thinks we can create more opportunities for women in tech.

How Response to Intervention (RTI) Became a National Movement to Support Struggling Learners

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Digitization can broaden access to the best research and expertise, amplify collective efforts around a shared goal, and encourage the growth of the professional community.

March 8 #CiscoChat: Using Technology to Create More Opportunities for Women

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To celebrate diversity on International Women’s Day, the Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team host a #CiscoChat at 9 am PST (12 pm EST) on March 8th.

Share a Tweet, Be a Global Problem Solver for Women

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On March 8 - International Women's Day - Cisco is hosting its first ever Social Sharing Campaign, #BeBoldForChange, to raise up to $25,000 for three of our nonprofit partners.

It’s Time for Women to Shine Like Diamonds in the Digital Economy

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Today’s computers are no longer toys for the wealthy or rich; just about anyone can leverage technology to do amazing things. IT levels the playing field and enables anyone to be a global problem solver, no matter their race, gender or age.

Vote for Cisco in the 2017 Corporate Citizenship Festival

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Each year, the Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship hosts the International Corporate Citizenship Film Festival. Cisco CSR submitted its most recent video, "Leveraging Innovation to Change the World for Good," and is one of 16 "large companies" participating in this year's contest.

Cisco’s Laura Quintana: Empowering through Technology

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This post originally appeared in Latino Leaders Magazine in December 2016. Laura joined Cisco in 1999 and currently leads the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) field operations worldwide. She and her team, based in 40 countries, help shape and drive public-private partnerships to design, implement and operate strategic CSR programs in the areas of IT education and […]

Using the Power of Social Connections to ‘Do Good’ on #GivingTuesday

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This blog post was guest-written by Kimberly Bowman, Marketing and Communications Specialist, Cisco Community Relations. It is the start of the annual...

Bits and Joules – Solving Global Problems Through IoT Solutions

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This blog was guest-written by Tanuja Ganu, Co-Founder and CTO at DataGlen Inc. She’ll be guest-speaking during the “Meet the Amazing Women Using Technology to Change the World” session of the Women Rock-IT series on November 29. For more than 80 years, people have envisioned a world where inanimate objects and animate beings operate together in harmony, […]

Diversity in the IT Industry is Key to Solving Global Problems

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This blog post was guest-written by Nora Ayanian, Assistant Professor and Director of the ACT Lab at USC. She’ll be guest-speaking during the “Meet the Amazing Women Using Technology to Change the World” session of the Women Rock-IT series on November 29. Diversity is crucial when solving challenging problems, whether you work with people, devices, or robots. […]

Service and Social Impact: Cisco’s Global Service Week

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This blog was guest-written by Kelly Petrich, Community Relations Manager at Cisco Service to our communities is part of who we are...

There’s Never Been a Better Time for Women to Shape Asia Pacific’s Future

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This blog was guest-written by Sandy Walsh, Director, Social Innovation Group – Asia Pacific and Japan Cisco Digitization is changing the world. More than ever, there’s a tremendous opportunity to be a global problem solver who can innovate as a technologist, think like an entrepreneur and act as a social change agent. According to the European […]

Celebrating Women in STEM on Ada Lovelace Day

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For every young woman who wants to pursue a career in science, math, engineering, or technology (STEM), look no further than Ada Lovelace. Born in 1815 at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, she gravitated toward the fascinating world of science and mathematics, eventually becoming the world’s first computer programmer. Her lengthy studies connected her […]