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4 nonprofits fostering diversity and career advancement in IT

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Nonprofit NPower is working to change that by fostering opportunity for those outside traditional IT pipelines through its tuition-free Tech Fundamentals program , which has helped young adults from underserved communities, as well as military members, military spouses, and veterans, forge new careers in IT for over 20 years.

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What is a Scrum master? A key role for project success

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Scrum is a powerful framework for implementing agile processes in software development and other projects. The Scrum master is the leader of a Scrum team and is responsible for championing a project, providing guidance to the team and product owner, and ensuring all agile practices are followed by team members. Others do not.

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How we’re driving sustainable impact for business and society

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Supported 123 nonprofits on their digital transformation journeys, keeping us on track for our goal to help 1000 nonprofit partners by 2030. In the upcoming year, we will maintain agility, responsiveness, and rigor in our efforts, and explore new partnerships and actions to accelerate both business and societal impact.

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Turning the tide in STEM career roadblocks at Synchrony

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Synchrony, for example, partners with Girls Who Code , an international nonprofit organization that helps support and increase the number of women in computer science. It’s important to remember that confidence starts young. I have been our Executive Sponsor for the past two years.

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What is a business analyst? A key role for business-IT efficiency

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The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), a nonprofit professional association, considers the business analyst “an agent of change,” writing that business analysis “is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.”

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Experts from Front, Mural and WorkBoard discuss how to manage a distributed workforce at Disrupt

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Paknad works with senior leadership at some of the world’s largest companies — including AstraZeneca, Ford, Humana, Walmart and Zendesk — to clarify, align and drive strategic priorities with greater speed and agility. Student, government and nonprofit passes are available for just $195. Early action equals bigger savings.

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Aerospace’s Steve Isakowitz to speak at TC Sessions: Space 2020

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Isakowitz is the president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, a national nonprofit corporation that operates a federally funded research and development center. It addresses complex problems across the space enterprise focused on agility, innovation and objective technical leadership.