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Release Date: 03/31/2020
Chapter 71—A Next Step Tale: Why will TechGirlz soon include boys?
Technologist Tales
Why is TechGirlz expanding curriculum to include boys after a decade of successfully inspiring middle-school girls to explore careers working with technology? Amy Cliett, who directs TechGirlz and is a regular Tales guest, explains how her own experience as a parent and accomplished technologist informs her view of whom the organization serves.
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Chapter 70--A Tale of Impact: A Creating IT Futures Journey Like No Other
Technologist Tales
Reflecting on how far you’ve come during a journey is vital for envisioning your next milestone—and how much distance remains between you and that goal. Join , chief development officer at Creating IT Futures, and senior development manager , as they reflect on the most challenging times in the organization’s history that also generated an on its mission.
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Technologist Tales Miniseries #22: Featuring CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech
Technologist Tales
In this Technologist Tales miniseries, we explore how one of the oldest workforce development solutions may be the key to closing the tech skills gap, the tech gender gap and the tech diversity gap. Listen as , , and consultants and explain how the serves employers, technologists and the industry as a whole.
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Chapter 69—Tales of Thanks: From Creating IT Futures to All Its Partners
Technologist Tales
To set the stage for 2022, , Chief Development Officer for , shares stories about the organization’s many partners, who they are and what they do in collaboration with ’s charitable foundation.
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Technologist Tales Miniseries #21: Featuring CompTIA Tech Custom Training
Technologist Tales
Accelerating digital transformation takes trained technologists, in a position to thrive. In this miniseries, we feature insights from Craig Perry, Caleb Bellow, and Dustin Seyfert of international IT solutions provider Logicalis about what makes a great technologist, and how Custom Training from the CompTIA Tech Career Academy supports their ongoing mission.
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Technologist Tales Miniseries #20: Featuring Amy Cliett, Director of TechGirlz
Technologist Tales
In this Technologist Tales miniseries, we hear insights from Amy Cliett, director of TechGirlz. Learn how Amy launched her tech career, how she shepherded TechGirlz through its pandemic pivot, and how Creating IT Futures, CompTIA’s charitable foundation, serves women interested in tech at any stage of their careers.
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Technologist Tales Miniseries #19: Voices from TechGirlz
Technologist Tales
What do a small business owner, an operations manager and a special education teacher have in common? In this miniseries, we hear from Gloria Bell, Amy Cliett, and Alicia Park, three key voices from Creating IT Futures’ TechGirlz team, sharing their journeys to discovering a passion for educating, inspiring and connecting the next generation of women in tech.
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Technologist Tales Miniseries #18: Tales from Grateful Graduates
Technologist Tales
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, this mini-series revisits profiles of four technologists. Each is a graduate of the technical training program developed by Creating IT Futures, now operated by the CompTIA Tech Career Academy. Listen as these grateful graduates explain how support from our organization helped them launch rewarding tech careers.
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Technologist Tales Miniseries #17: Launching Tech Careers from Unexpected Places
Technologist Tales
Not all paths to successful tech careers pass through the computer science departments of 4-year colleges. Listen to this 5-part mini-series as we advocate for greater diversity, equity and inclusion in the tech industry by sharing the journeys of five remarkable technologists – Mariah Sexton, Kelly Stone, Carolyn April, Maddy Martin, and Nancy Hammervik.
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Technologist Tales Mini-Series #16: Pursuing Greater Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in the Post-Pandemic Tech Industry
Technologist Tales
Amidst pandemic-sparked social and economic upheavals, leading technologists are finding opportunities to prioritize greater diversity, equity and inclusion in technology businesses. Listen as Nancy Hammervik, Charles Eaton, Zac Cramer of IT Assurance, Randi Parker, Brittany Barnett of GEM and Amy Cliett of TechGirlz explain how their organizations tackle this challenge.
info_outlineThis Pitchcast explains how the Technologist Talk creative team developed a 3-part series of episodes for Creating IT Futures CEO Charles Eaton, author of the 2017 book “How to Launch Your Teen’s Career in Technology: A Parent’s Guide to the T in STEM Education.” The series of 3 podcasts demonstrated Eaton’s passion for “nurturing the next generation of technology talent” and helped him win an International Latino Book Award from Latino Literacy Now for the book’s Spanish translation.