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Technologist Talk is an award-winning podcast produced by Creating IT Futures, CompTIA’s tech workforce charity, featuring conversations with workforce development leaders about shaping the careers of today’s and tomorrow’s technology workers.

26/01/2022

Episode 60 – Talking Horizons: How the Recent Past is Shaping the Organization’s Future

As 2022 begins, Charles Eaton, CEO of Creating IT Futures, joins Randi Parker, senior director for partner engagement, for a conversation about ways the challenging journey of the last couple of years has shaped the organization’s vision and direction for the future.

16 min
21/01/2022

Chapter 69—Tales of Thanks: From Creating IT Futures to All Its Partners

To set the stage for 2022, Colleen Crino, Chief Development Officer for Creating IT Futures, shares stories about the organization’s many partners, who they are and what they do in collaboration with CompTIA’s charitable foundation.

7 min
20/01/2022

Episode 59 – Talking Apprenticeships: Busting Time-Worn Myths about a Time-Tested Technique for Developing Talent

Is there a single workforce development technique that could shrink the nation’s tech skills gap, narrow the technology industry’s gender gap, provide technologists with income while learning, and supply employers with highly trained candidates? Amy Kardel and Stephanie Veck of CompTIA’s Apprenticeships for Tech program believe there is. Listen as they make their case.

13 min
27/12/2021

Episode 58 – Talking Gratitude: How an Attitude of Appreciation Shapes the Creating IT Futures Mission

As 2021 rolls to a close, Charles Eaton, CEO of Creating IT Futures, joins the organization’s Chief Development Officer, Colleen Crino, for a conversation about how feeling gratitude has shaped – and continues to guide – the team’s mission into 2022.

13 min
22/12/2021

Episode 57 – Talking Apprenticeships: How does CompTIA’s Apprenticeships for Tech Program Work

Why is the technology industry buzzing about a technical skills-sharpening technique from the Middle Ages? Listen as Amy Kardel, leader of the CompTIA Apprenticeships for Tech program, and Wendy Brors, senior consultant at Maher & Maher, an affiliate of the American Institutes for Research (AIR), answer this question.

15 min
17/12/2021

Episode 56 – Talking to Volunteers: Why Volunteering May Be the Highest Form of Learning

Ever heard the expression “Teaching is the highest form of learning?” Listen as technologist Amy Cliett, director of TechGirlz, a program of Creating IT Futures, makes the case from her USAToday/MediaPlanet column that volunteering may be the highest form of learning for women in tech. She also argues that volunteers practice higher forms of networking and resumé-building, too.

13 min
12/12/2021

Technologist Tales Miniseries #19: Voices from TechGirlz

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.

41 min
05/11/2021

Chapter 68—Alicia’s Tale: From TechShopz Volunteer to Full-Time TechGirlz Advocate

What do educators and technologists have in common? A passion for problem-solving, a lot of empathy and the organizational skills to translate understanding into action. Listen as Alicia Park, National Outreach Manager for TechGirlz, shares her journey from full-time educator, to full-time technologist. Original Technologist Tales theme music by C. Ezra Lange

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Technologist Talk
Years Active

2018 - 2022
Episodes

90
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Clean
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Technologist Talk

Technologist Talk

Episode 60 – Talking Horizons: How the Recent Past is Shaping the Organization’s Future

Chapter 69—Tales of Thanks: From Creating IT Futures to All Its Partners

Episode 59 – Talking Apprenticeships: Busting Time-Worn Myths about a Time-Tested Technique for Developing Talent

Episode 58 – Talking Gratitude: How an Attitude of Appreciation Shapes the Creating IT Futures Mission

Episode 57 – Talking Apprenticeships: How does CompTIA’s Apprenticeships for Tech Program Work

Episode 56 – Talking to Volunteers: Why Volunteering May Be the Highest Form of Learning

Technologist Tales Miniseries #19: Voices from TechGirlz

Chapter 68—Alicia’s Tale: From TechShopz Volunteer to Full-Time TechGirlz Advocate

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Technologist Talk

Episodes

Episode 60 – Talking Horizons: How the Recent Past is Shaping the Organization’s Future

Chapter 69—Tales of Thanks: From Creating IT Futures to All Its Partners

Episode 59 – Talking Apprenticeships: Busting Time-Worn Myths about a Time-Tested Technique for Developing Talent

Episode 58 – Talking Gratitude: How an Attitude of Appreciation Shapes the Creating IT Futures Mission

Episode 57 – Talking Apprenticeships: How does CompTIA’s Apprenticeships for Tech Program Work

Episode 56 – Talking to Volunteers: Why Volunteering May Be the Highest Form of Learning

Technologist Tales Miniseries #19: Voices from TechGirlz

Chapter 68—Alicia’s Tale: From TechShopz Volunteer to Full-Time TechGirlz Advocate

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