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• Foundation Looks to its own Track Record for Name Change

  by Eric Larson on Tuesday, July 19, 2011

  Tags: certification , Member Connections , Education foundation , Career Development , Fundraising , educational foundation , Careers , IT Workforce , Member News , Tech Workforce , Training , education

  The CompTIA Educational Foundation, which since 1998 has been helping unemployed and other at-risk individuals find careers in information technology, has a new name: the Creating IT Futures Foundation.
  
  The new name will help to distinguish the Foundation from other continuing education and educational programs within CompTIA, while also positioning the Foundation to reach ... Read More

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• Charitable Gifts Help Put a Human Face on IT Industry

  by Eric Larson on Wednesday, June 15, 2011

  Tags: U.K. Channel , MSP Partners , Member Connections , Education foundation , Fundraising , educational foundation , IT Services/Support , Member News , Tech Workforce , education , bkwy11

  The popular perception of the IT industry often conjures images of computers, software, and networking gear — the rudiments of an emotionless, digital world.
  
  But a series of gifts by CompTIA, the IT industry trade association, through its 10 official communities around the globe, is showing that IT is just as much about connecting people ... Read More

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• Planting a Strong STEM

  by Eric Larson on Monday, May 09, 2011

  Tags: Education foundation , Career Development , lenovo , educational foundation , STEM , Careers , IT Workforce , Member News , Tech Workforce , DoE , education

  Even after all these years, Sam Morris still cringes when he hears it. The brutally honest student expression can determine whether or not that student succeeds or fails miserably in the 21^st century global economy.
  
  He’s talking about those dreaded words: “Why bother? I’m never going to use this anyway.”
  
  

  
  
  Morris, a K-12 and ... Read More

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• Out West, IT Teams Get Moving Against Cancer

  by Eric Larson on Friday, April 22, 2011

  Tags: Education foundation , ingram micro , Fundraising , livestrong , educational foundation , Member News , Tech Workforce , cancer , events

  In her job as a dispatcher at an IT company, Verna Matera, 54, spends long stretches at her desk, which makes losing weight a challenge.
  
  But a recent effort by several IT companies to raise money for Lance Armstrong’s cancer-fighting charity got Matera moving – and losing. The grandmother of two began an ambitious walking ... Read More

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• Get People into IT Jobs: How Can You Help

  by Charles Eaton on Thursday, March 10, 2011

  Tags: certification , Member Connections , Education foundation , Career Development , Eaton , Fundraising , educational foundation , Careers , Member News , Tech Workforce , Training , education

  Since last June, the CompTIA Educational Foundation has been focused on becoming a more effective organization in the effort to find underserved populations lasting careers in the IT industry. Through research on our own program’s outcomes and studying the work of other non-profits and government organizations involved in workforce development, we found that our foundation ... Read More

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