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Ballmer Group gives $38M to bolster Washington state’s ailing mental health services

GeekWire

Ballmer Group Photo). Ballmer Group , an organization created by former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and his wife Connie, is donating $38 million over the next few years to create and strengthen multiple programs that support mental health services. Steve and Connie Ballmer.

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Leverage Supplier Diversity Programs to Unlock Growth

Association of Information Technology Professional

Supplier diversity does this by increasing opportunities for socially or economically disadvantaged groups to participate in the supply chain. Organizations are seeking to expand their supplier network so it more closely represents their customer base.

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GeekWire Awards 2021: Geeks Give Back celebrates groups that better our community

GeekWire

And GeekWire is here to recognize and celebrate a select few of these groups through our Geeks Give Back Award. That includes kids who are Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC); children who struggle socially due to autism, ADHD or other conditions; and women eager to break into technology or entrepreneurial roles. iUrban Teen.

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Nonprofit takes D&D digital to help kids who struggle socially, and to study its own impact

GeekWire

The founders of the nonprofit had gathered heaps of anecdotal evidence that tabletop games such as Dungeons & Dragons could help kids who struggled socially — whether they had autism, ADHD, anxiety or other challenges — learn to more successfully interact with others. Then COVID-19 hit. Game to Grow Photos).

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Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ and other tabletop games help youth build social skills?

GeekWire

(Game to Grow Image) A new whitepaper from two Seattle organizations exhibits research into how tabletop roleplaying games, such as Wizards of the Coast’s Dungeons & Dragons , can be used to help children and teenagers develop their social skills.

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Seattle’s newest unicorn: Rec Room raises $100M as social gaming popularity fuels big growth

GeekWire

We are one of many, and we’re excited to add a consumer social company to that mix.” Year-over-year revenue growth of 566% was fueled in part by the pandemic and trends toward social gatherings online. Gaming company or social company? I think in a lot of ways gaming is the new social.” Rec Room Image).

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How social justice slideshows took over Instagram

Vox

It no longer felt appropriate — even for celebrities and influencers, who tend to exist unfazed by current events — to skip over politics and resume regular programming. The way Hu describes it, in spite of the massive interest toward social justice slideshows, Instagram’s algorithm “actively fights against it.”

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