Technology for Good

We believe that technology, when thoughtfully and strategically applied, can bring positive, lasting change to people’s lives and communities and benefit the planet. That is why we invest in and partner with global problem solvers who are developing technology solutions.

Link: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/csr/technology-for-good.html

 

Videos from this campaign

Collage of people. "The Power of Connection"
Aerial photo of Kenya
Aerial photo of flooded town
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Shawn Jaacks
A person in warm clothing standing on a shore looking out over open water with chunks of ice and snow floating in it. "Cisco" overlaid.
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Woman walking across a bridge with her two young daughters
Van with the words "#Everyone Eats" on the side
The Dean and a student smiling and talking as they walk through a hall way at the school.

Content from this campaign

Education

Cisco VIDEO | GenYES Helps Students Develop IT and Leadership Skills
GenYES trains students in grades 4 to 12 to provide technology support in their classrooms, helping to move their schools into the 21st century while gaining exposure to IT and STEM careers. Support from the Cisco Foundation enabled GenYES to expand to 30 schools in Yuma, Arizona, which received more than 1500 hours of tech support from students and saved $75K in IT service expenses.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cisco VIDEO | Mobile Surveys Save Millions of Dollars While Saving Lives

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

VIDEO | How Cisco Helps Nonprofits Develop and Scale Tech Solutions
Cisco’s cash and product grant programs help nonprofits apply digital technology to have the broadest impact in some of the most economically underserved parts of the world. Years of working with nonprofits have taught us how mission-based technology initiatives develop and scale. We’ve distilled this insight into a social investment approach that helps new initiatives progress from an innovative idea to a scalable, financially sustainable operation.

Innovation & Technology

Cisco VIDEO | Meet the Global Problem Solver: Good World Solutions
Good World Solutions’s mobile technology allows companies — and consumers — to know what life is like for the thousands of factory workers behind the scenes.

Sustainable Development Goals

Brands Tackle Global Challenges in the Magnitude of Billions
A strategic approach to solving the most critical problems around the world starts with a look at sobering numbers. The World Economic Forum’s 2018 Global Risks Report highlights that 70% of young people live on less than US$3.10 per day, and 90% of the world’s population breathes polluted air. The World Economic Forum has listed economic inequality as one of the most important global trends of our time.

Innovation & Technology

Cisco VIDEO | Ushahidi's Crowdsourcing Software Gives People a Voice in Times of Crisis
When a crisis occurs, the people who are affected can use Ushahidi's open-source platform to report what is happening around them via social media, email, and text. Their reports are compiled into real-time maps, which enable others to reach and help them more quickly.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Cisco's Commitment to End Homelessness in Santa Clara County
Today, Cisco is proud to announce a five-year, $50 million commitment to Destination: Home, a San Jose-based public-private partnership which has demonstrated that providing permanent housing to chronically homeless people gives them the stability they need to change the trajectory of their lives. What’s more, this commitment can help Santa Clara County reduce unnecessary system costs and make better use of public funds.

Innovation & Technology

Cyberheroes: An Opportunity We Can’t Afford to Ignore
Digital innovation is one of the most exciting opportunities of our time. It seems like the futuristic depictions that once felt fictitious are quickly becoming reality. We can video call on our watches, cars can drive themselves, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) help us find victims amidst fire and rubble, and a virtual global office brings colleagues across the world together in a click.

Events, Media & Communications

An Inspiring Conversation with Global Problem Solvers
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Mary Elizabeth McCulloch and Elizabeth Nyeko, two socially minded young women who exemplify the mindset of a Global Problem Solver. They joined me on stage in San Jose at the Women of Impact conference, where we spoke to more than 16,000 global attendees on a day dedicated to the advancement of professional women.

Education

Overcoming the Bravery Deficit
Originally, Girls Who Code was an experiment with a single mission: to close the gender gap in technology. In its first year, we taught a group of 20 girls to code in one classroom in New York City. Fast forward to today, and Girls Who Code is a national movement that will reach 50,000 girls in all 50 U.S. states by early 2018.
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