Technologist Tales

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How to Win a Podcasting Award for Helping Inspire the Next Generation of Technologists Apr 01, 2020

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This Pitchcast explains why the Technologist Talk creative team developed the podcast profile series Technologist Tales. Through conversations with successful people from students to chief executives, this batch of seven Technologist Tales helped Creating IT Futures encourage the next generation of technology talent – from teens in middle and high school to adults in career transitions – to envision themselves working in tech jobs.

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

How to Win a Podcasting Award for Helping Your Organization Fill the Tech Skills Gap Mar 31, 2020

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This Pitchcast explains how the Technologist Talk creative team developed seven podcasts that helped listeners answer the question, "Who is a Technologist?" The batch of podcasts elaborated and illustrated through conversations with Creating IT Futures CEO Charles Eaton and CompTIA CEO Todd Thibodeaux why aspiring technologists will play a pivotal role in narrowing our nation's tech skills gap.

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

How to Win a Podcasting Award for Helping Your CEO Become an Award-Winning Author Mar 31, 2020

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This Pitchcast explains how the Technologist Talk creative team developed a 3-part series of episodes for Creating IT Futures CEO Charles Eaton, author of the 2017 book "How to Launch Your Teen's Career in Technology: A Parent's Guide to the T in STEM Education." The series of 3 podcasts demonstrated Eaton's passion for "nurturing the next generation of technology talent" and helped him win an International Latino Book Award from Latino Literacy Now for the book's Spanish translation.

How to Win a Podcasting Award for Helping Your Organization Win a Workforce Award Mar 31, 2020

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This Pitchcast explains how the Technologist Talk creative team assembled a special group of seven podcasts to showcase the work of the Creating IT Futures IT-Ready Technical Support team in Minnesota. The focused batch of episodes helped the Twin Cities office win recognition from the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA) – a 2019 Tekne Award in the Workforce category.

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

Technologist Talk Mini-Series #3: 5 Technologist Tales about Closing the Gender Gap in the Tech Workforce Mar 20, 2020

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In honor of Women's History Month, this Technologist Talk mini-series features five episodes about women working to close the gender gap in the tech workforce by blazing trails, rejecting bias and inspiring peers. Listen as Cristina Martin Greysman, Sarah Johnson, Amy Kardel, Tracey Welson-Rossman and Joan Matz share technologist tales about discovering their own tech careers and, now, helping others do the same.

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

Technologist Talk Mini-Series #2: Discussing Diversity & Inclusion in the Tech Workforce in the Twin Cities Mar 02, 2020

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This Technologist Talk mini-series features five episodes captured at an IT-Ready Technical Support Employer's Breakfast in Minneapolis. Fostering this sort of dialog and collaboration around diversity and inclusion in the tech workforce is one reason the Creating IT Futures team in the Twin Cities won a 2019 Tekne Award from the Minnesota High Tech Association (MHTA).

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

Chapter 33 -- Your Community Library: Where Aspiring Technologists Go to Grow (Part 3) Feb 14, 2020

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How do you make failure feel fun? How about treating failure like the cure for boredom? Producer Celine Dirkes learns this technique from Chelsea Woods-Turner, a librarian at the New Brunswick (NJ) Free Public Library. Our third conversation with Chelsea convincing us community librarians may be walking definitions of Creating IT Futures CEO Charles Eaton's "5 Traits of a Technologist."

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

Chapter 32 -- Your Community Library: Where Aspiring Technologists Go to Grow (Part 2) Feb 14, 2020

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What is a "Tech Petting Zoo?" And how does one help technologists close what's often called the "Digital Divide?" Producer Celine Dirkes hears the answer from Chelsea Woods-Turner, a librarian at the New Brunswick (NJ) Free Public Library. Our second conversation with Chelsea suggesting community librarians may be walking definitions of Creating IT Futures CEO Charles Eaton's "5 Traits of a Technologist."

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

Chapter 31-- Your Community Library: Where Aspiring Technologists Go to Grow (Part 1) Feb 08, 2020

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Where would you go to find a bunch of aspiring technologists working in one place? How about your community library? Producer Celine Dirkes visits with Chelsea Woods-Turner, a librarian at the New Brunswick (NJ) Free Public Library and discovers that community librarians may be walking definitions of Creating IT Futures CEO Charles Eaton's "5 Traits of a Technologist."

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

Technologist Talk Mini-Series #1: Diversity & Inclusion in the Tech Workforce Feb 06, 2020

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This Technologist Talk mini-series features three conversations with Ulysses Smith, Founder & CEO of Archetype D&I consulting, a featured speaker at CompTIA's Communities & Councils Forum (CCF) and an advisor to CompTIA's Advancing Diversity in Technology Community (ADIT).

Original Technologist Talk Radio theme music by C. Ezra Lange

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