mentorship
The Power of Inclusive Innovation
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Now more than ever, we need Inclusive Innovation to help solve the most pressing problems we as a society face today. Learn how we are doing just that by role modeling, empowering, and enabling our teams.
Leaves on the Success Tree: Hard Work, Mentorship, and Sponsorship
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Melissa, a Cisco Customer Experience Exec, shares her journey to creating ASCEND to teach and empower young African American and Hispanic collegiate talent entering the corporate world.
What Makes a Good Mentor?
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Emily shares her experience as a mentee in her first professional role at Cisco and what makes a good mentor.
20 Years and 3 Careers – All at Cisco!
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Donald shares why he chose Cisco for 20 years now, and how working together has helped him every step of the way.
What I Learned at Grace Hopper: Collaboration Is Crucial for Improving Gender Diversity in Tech
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In October I had the privilege of attending the Grace Hopper Celebration for the first time. I am truly in awe of how transformative and inspiring this conference is. Grace Hopper is the largest event for women in computing. It’s a place for women to come together and get inspired by other women who are […]
#CiscoChampion Radio S2|Ep 27. Getting Started in I.T.
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#CiscoChampion Radio is a podcast series by Cisco Champions as technologists. Today we’ll be talking about getting started in I.T. with Cisco Champions Rowell Dionicio and Justin Parisi. Our guest hosts this week are Networking Academy members Tim Harmon and Nick Saylor. Listen to the Podcast. Learn about the Cisco Champions Program HERE. See a […]
Mentoring At-Risk Students Good for Our Hearts and Minds
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Last week, I was acknowledged by the Alum Rock Counseling Center for my personal commitment to mentoring at-risk students. As I prepared my thank you remarks, I was reminded how much I value youth mentoring nonprofits such as Alum Rock, Big Brother Big Sisters, and Child Advocates. Through mentor-mentee relationships, students are propelled to learn, to grow, and to […]
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 […]
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 – […]
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