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Microsoft’s Erik Arnold merges passion for tech and philanthropy to help nonprofits gain digital success

GeekWire

Arnold spent time at the Gates-owned Corbis, at PATH, which has a close partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and now Microsoft, where Arnold is CTO of the company’s nonprofit-focused Tech for Social Impact. For many nonprofits, it’s not a lack of willingness to modernize, it’s simply not knowing where to start.”

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Deena Pierott works hard for underrepresented youth in STEM, but funding her nonprofit isn’t easy

GeekWire

iUrban Teen founder Deena Pierott, left, received some funding for her nonprofit from Seattle Seahawks player Bobby Wagner, right. The two are pictured with sister and brother Amiya and Clay Brasley, who both attended iUrban Teen programs. “They’re paying them that money to create inclusive programming,” Pierott said.

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Tech Moves: F5 and Esper hires marketing leaders; Workiva exec steps down; YoungTech Seattle grows

GeekWire

The Seattle nonprofit provides other Pacific Northwest nonprofits with expertise in technology, database management, human resources and 30 other services. Stivers worked for Girl Scouts of Western Washington for more than 13 years, leaving the role of chief membership and program officer.

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LinkedIn and Year Up partner for a more diverse IT future

CIO Business Intelligence

LinkedIn is one such company giving IT pros an opportunity to make a difference as part of a longstanding partnership with job training nonprofit Year Up, which began in 2011 when LinkedIn’s first CEO, Jeff Weiner, saw the value in working with the Year Up to open the talent pipeline and to give back.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO Business Intelligence

The BVOP approach helps to develop professionals’ collaboration skills, and candidates for certification not only gain project and product management skills, but also learn to become more people-focused leaders. Program Management Professional (PgMP). Additional project management certificates. Price: $130.

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Meet the startups that just graduated from Creative Destruction Lab’s accelerator in Seattle

GeekWire

CDL Photo) Creative Destruction Lab (CDL), a nonprofit that runs 13 startup accelerators across the world, just graduated another swath of early stage companies from its Seattle program. Back row, from left: Macey McGovern (Seattle), Dhwani Patel (Seattle), Emer Dooley (Seattle), Ramzy Huneidi (Seattle), Carter McDonald (Vancouver).

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Tech Moves: IMDb taps new CEO; Tagboard adds COO; SingleFile gets CFO; and more

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Willow Photo) — Long-time Microsoft product and program manager Bert Van Hoof is now CEO of Willow Technology. The company launched in Australia in 2017 and uses AI-generated digital twins to provide insights into building management to cut energy costs and carbon impacts. . Bert Van Hoof, Willow Technology.

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