AMCF Spotlight Award Presentation.

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A North America STEM Initiative
From STEM Education to Careers:
Preparing Students for a Digital World

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Message from the President
We take pride in our societal role in the US
and Canada, where our CSR programs
create an impact in the workplace,
marketplace, community, and environment.
Our company has a distinctive culture of
corporate social responsibility and our
employees play an active role in giving back
to the communities where they work and
live.
Surya Kant
President – North America, UK & Europe
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Our Community Engagement Model
Utilizing our IT core competences to create innovative
solutions to address large-scale societal problems
Volunteering for projects that address the felt need of
communities in which we operate
Partnering with select non-profits, civil society
organizations and other government bodies
Supporting large-scale causes such as disaster relief
and rehabilitation efforts

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U.S. STEM Education Challenge
# The leaky STEM Talent pipeline, a business & societal issue
 Having a solid STEM education foundation can get our
students one of 8 million jobs in the U.S. by 2018
 80% of the fastest growing occupations in U.S. require
STEM skills; with 71% of those STEM jobs in Computing
 According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),
between 2013 and 2023, there will be two jobs available for
every graduate with a Computer Science (CS) degree
– There will be more than 1.4 million jobs created by
2020 that require CS and programming skills, but only
400,000 CS college graduates to fill those jobs
– Today lesser than 2.4% of college students graduate
with a degree in CS, with just 12% of CS degrees
awarded to women
– 9 out of 10 schools don’t even offer computer
programming classes
– In 26 of 50 states CS doesn't count towards high school
graduation math and science requirements
100 High School Graduates
STEM Graduates
39 Enter College
24Graduate four
year college
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2.5 Enter STEM Job

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Canada STEM Education Challenge
 Youth are not choosing ICT careers
 Not seen as fun, viable or profitable
 Unaware of the opportunities available
 Canadian grads lack the right blend of 21st
century skills to compete in the digital
economy
 As of Sept. 2013, youth unemployment at
13.4%, while youth in ICT is 4.0%
* Source: ICTC
 14.3% of young people aged 15 to 24 are
unemployed and 46.9% are only working part-time,
while tech employers are finding it hard to find the
tech-related skills they need.
Source: Statistics Canada (July, 2012)
 Between 2011 and 2014, Canadian employers
will need to hire 106,000 ICT workers
* Source: ICTC

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Our North America STEM Strategy
Our STEM initiative is focused on increasing student awareness, interest, achievement,
accomplishment, and career readiness for jobs in CS and STEM fields.

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STEM Thought Leadership
Providing a Unified Voice of
Corporate America on STEM
Microsite for Analysis & Insights from
100 CEOs in STEM
We used our Connected
Marketing Solution’s Voice of
Customer Analytics (VoCA)
platform to analyze the
responses for trends,
sentiments, predictive and
actionable insights.
Playbook & Roadmap for CS
Education in U.S.
Microsite for Computer Science Education
We created a microsite &
produced a white paper
‘Education & Careers in the U.S.:
The Future of Computer Science’
to serve as a playbook on
effective strategies for supporting
CS education in the U.S.
Strategies to overcome traditional
barriers for Girls & Women
White Paper on Women in STEM
Ourwhite paper on ‘Women in
STEM: Realizing the Potential’
provides key recommendations
& effective strategies to move
the needle for girls & women in
STEM education & careers.
www.millionwomenmentors.org
#WomeninSTEM

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Computer Science
Round Table 1
CS Education &
Careers in the U.S.:
Assessing Progress &
Moving Forward
September 6, 2013
Computer Science
Round Table 2
CS Education in the
U.S.: Effective
Strategies at a State,
City & Local Level
May 16, 2014
Computer Science
Round Table 3
CS Education in the
U.S.: Model Programs,
Schools, Teachers,
Students
TBD
Microsite
Town Hall
White Paper
Microsite
Town Hall
White Paper
STEM Thought Leadership

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STEM 2.0
 We are leading the efforts to create digital fluency among the future workforce in the
U.S. through an innovative public-private partnership effort called STEM 2.0.
 We are collaborating with 36 organizations including industry leaders such as PepsiCo,
Walmart, Cisco, Dow, Monsanto, Sodexo, educators such as Apollo Group, ASU and
Discovery Education, and education nonprofits such as Smithsonian and Teach for
America.

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Founding Leadership Partner
Students of Color, Minorities
and Low-income Youth
President Clinton announcing our commitment
US2020 will match 1 million
STEM mentors with students
at youth-serving nonprofits by
the year 2020, creating moments
of discovery for the next
generation of STEM
professionals, from kindergarten
through college.
Founding Partner
Girls and Young Women
The Firm, STEMconnector leaders at MWM Launch
MWM will engage one million
women (and men) in STEM to
serve as mentors by 2018 to
advance at least one million girls
and young women throughout
the school to work age
continuum, in STEM courses,
degrees, and careers.
National Corp Underwriter
Disadvantaged Young Adults
and Unemployed Veterans
Veterans being trained on tech skills
NPower is focused on bridging
the digital divide, and increasing
STEM education, by unleashing
the power of the tech community
to do workforce development,
training, IT consulting, IT
services, mentoring and
volunteering.
STEM Technology Infrastructure

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STEM e-Learning App Optimization for SAAS
STEM Pro-bono Technology Projects
IT Consulting for Non Profits
ILP Community Projects
• As part of the initial
onboarding and training
process, 300+ U.S campus
hires have participated in
skills based volunteering
projects, providing IT
consulting and advisory
services to 62 nonprofits.
• Projects allowed them to work
in teams and utilize their IT
skills for social good, while
understanding what it means
to be a consultant serving a
client.
• The goal of the project is to
provide nonprofits with
actionable recommendations
for improving their current IT
infrastructure and needs.
Connecting 1 million men and
women mentors to serve Girls and
Young Women
We built MWM website driving mentor pledge campaign
• We are the Founding Sponsor and
Lead Technology Partner for MWM.
• Our Digital Enterprise team developed
and launched the first phase of the
online platform.
• MWM has built a network of 42
nonprofit partners, who represent over
26 million girls.
• Over 172,980 mentors have already
pledged through the platform.
Connecting 1 million mentors to serve
Students of Color, Minorities and Low-
income Youth
• We are the Lead Technology Partner
for US2020. Our Digital Enterprise
team provided consulting advisory on
technology assessment and product
assessment.
• US2020 has served over 500
organizations, including more than
200 nonprofits, 62 school districts.
• Through the city competitions, nine of
the ten largest cities in the country
and 29 different states have started
creating their 5-year STEM plans.
• Learning Blade® is a web-based e-Learning application designed to promote
career awareness and interest in STEM. Our media and information services
team is supporting optimization for a Software-as-a-Service model.

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Student Technology Program
Through goIT, we provide career awareness, hands-on technology education, teacher
training, and parent orientation, free of cost to middle and high school students through
in-school, after-school and out-of-school formats.
• The program teaches students how to collaborate in team activities, participate in technical
workshops with IT professionals, discover career opportunities, and compete in robot challenges.
• Each employee volunteer completes extensive training, covering youth psychology, education
systems and goIT CS programming, to aid their preparation as a mentor to students.
• Targeted at students from low income groups, underserved minorities, and girls; with limited access
to CS curriculum.

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Learning technology can be fun!

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goIT Expansion in US and Canada - 2014

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goIT Expansion in US and Canada - 2014
100
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Students reported increased
interest in STEM disciplines
(2009-date)
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Increase in high school
students choosing STEM
disciplines in college for goIT
schools (2009-date)
Volunteers would recommend
mentoring opportunity to a
colleague (2014)
Volunteers feel prepared to
lead next goIT program in their
market (2014)
80

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Our NA STEM Initiative: Customer Feedback
It is an honor to applaud the leadership of [the Firm] working with STEMconnector®. What has been
accomplished in less than one year many would say –miraculous and we can say, outstanding. Together we
are mission driven about leadership and performance and that takes focus. As we worked together we set
several goals as we built the projects, partnerships, produce major reports and build metrics for each. Our
team is driven to drive change and we do that together with partners and the essence of that partnership is
our work with [the Firm].
Edie Fraser, CEO STEMconnector
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When I think of companies who are leading the way on the topic of STEM in the US, I immediately think of [the
Firm]. [The Firm] is a thought leader driving research and convening the important players from every sector
whether it be corporate, nonprofit, government or education. [The Firm] is also developing and rolling out
creative solutions, like its goIT program, demonstrating that corporate involvement can really make a difference
when it comes to filling the STEM talent gap. Best of all, [the Firm] dedication to the effort starts at the top with
its senior leaders and cascades to include all its employees volunteering and getting involved in communities
across the country. [The Firm] is a best in class example of corporate community involvement and leadership
and we here at NPower are honored and proud to be partnering with them.
Stephanie Cuskley, CEO NPower
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The necessary growth of America's STEM workforce is significantly inhibited by the fact that too few
underrepresented groups -- in particular lower income children, children of color, and girls -- know STEM
professionals, know what they do, or have had the moments of discovery that can inspire unfamiliar career
paths. We are excited to partner with [the Firm], a proven leader in STEM education, who continues to innovate
with programs like goIT, to help inspire the next generation of technologists and engineers. We are also looking
forward to working closely with [the Firm], as a leader in IT, to help US2020 develop our state of the art online
volunteer matching platform.
Eric Schwarz, Executive Chairman US2020 and CEO, Citizen Schools
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Awards & Recognition for the Firm’s NA STEM Initiative
Our STEM Initiative recognized
by US Chamber of Commerce in
2014 Leaders and Laggards
National Education Report
Winner, Community Corps’
Corporate Champions Award
from Lumity
We won the Gold Stevie Award
for CSR at the 2014 American
Business Awards
Winner, 2014 Diversity &
Inclusion DANDI Awards
Best Corporate Steward Award
Honoree, US Chamber of
Commerce Foundation, BCLC
2013 Citizen Awards
Employee Volunteering Program
Honorable Mention Award at the
2013 PR News CSR Awards
NPower 2014 TCC Volunteer
Team of the Year Award
United States won [the Firm’s]
Maitree Overseas Geography of
the Year Award for External
Community Initiatives

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