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7 common IT training mistakes to avoid

CIO

What’s not often discussed, however, are the mistakes IT leaders make when establishing and supervising training programs, particularly when training is viewed as little more than an obligatory task. Is your organization giving its teams the training they need to keep pace with the latest industry developments?

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19 organizations advancing women in tech

CIO

Such issues have played a large role in the rise of organizations focused on empowering and supporting women in tech roles. Today’s networking and advocacy landscape finds a growing array of programs and organizations for girls, women, and anyone who identifies as a woman — and plenty are also open to male allies. Change Catalyst.

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17 professional organizations for Black IT pros

CIO

While the onus of change rests in large part on employers to alter their approaches to hiring and inclusivity in the workplace, the following 17 professional organizations are dedicated to advancing the careers of Black IT pros and increasing Black representation in the tech industry through training, networking resources, and more.

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AI2 drops biggest open dataset yet for training language models

TechCrunch

Language models like GPT-4 and Claude are powerful and useful, but the data on which they are trained is a closely guarded secret. Image Credits: AI2 Of course it is these companies’ prerogative, in the context of a fiercely competitive AI landscape, to guard the secrets of their models’ training processes.

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Cybrary secures $25M to grow its platform for cybersecurity training

TechCrunch

But some firms have escaped unscathed, like cybersecurity training platform Cybrary , which today announced that it raised $25 million in a Series C funding round. Studies suggest the global cybersecurity workforce needs to grow 65% to effectively defend organizations’ critical assets. “There are an estimated 3.5 ”

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Authentic leadership: Building an organization that thrives

CIO

Compassion: A key element of authentic leadership is compassion, which shows you are sensitive to the needs of others and want to help everyone thrive and grow in the organization. If employees feel they must stay silent about toxic behavior in the workplace, the consequences to the organization can be significant.

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O’Reilly’s top 20 live online training courses of 2020

O'Reilly Media - Ideas

Around the world, organizations and their workforces have risen to the occasion, recognizing the importance of expanding their knowledge, taking on new tasks, and bettering themselves both personally and professionally. We’ve compiled the top 20 live online training courses of 2020 to shed some light on what those in the know want to know.

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