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Futureproofing: How a Commitment to Helping Children Turns $1 into $16 (and How You Can Too)

Early Childhood Education
Education
K-12 Education
Women
June 29, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
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How do you pitch giving back as good business? And how do you make a financial services company care—really care—about making a dent in early childhood education, an issue that doesn’t show up anywhere on the balance sheet? These were the questions that the leaders of the PNC Foundation had to answer if PNC was going to play a huge role in improving early childhood education in the communities they serve. The research was clear and irrefutable. The benefits of quality early childhood education are not only social, but economic, with a benefit as high as $16 for every dollar invested. And today’s preschoolers are tomorrow’s workforce.

How to Keep the Learning Energy Going Over the Long Haul

Shelley Osborne, Head of L&D, Udemy
Education
Workforce Training
June 28, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
Keep Learning Going Over the Long Haul
Workplace learning isn’t a one-time event that you can launch and then move onto other things. Like most worthwhile initiatives, it requires ongoing care and maintenance if it’s going to provide lasting value. To make this happen and ensure your learning culture remains vibrant and doesn’t slide into passivity, you’ve got to be proactive and engaged. Here are a few ways to do just that.

Overcoming Employment Barriers Facing Underserved Populations: 3 Lessons

Romke De Haan, i.c.stars
Education
Workforce Training
June 21, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
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Underserved populations face barriers that limit their access to in-demand jobs. Nontraditional talent may not have four year degrees, for example. They also may not have access to professional networks that produce word of mouth job referrals or interviews. Some may have been involved in the justice system, leaving blemishes on their backgrounds that exclude them from the very corporate jobs that bring long-term stability. These barriers reinforce an uphill climb - without the first internship or professional work experience, others are more difficult. 

The Time is Right for Employers, AR/VR to Lead with High-Quality Learning at Scale

Peter E. Raymond, CEO, SolveOS & Principal, The New Bureau
Competitiveness
Education
Emerging Issues
Workforce Training
June 19, 2018
Center for Education and Workforce
The Future of Training at Honeywell
Companies, like those last night at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation reception on Building the Workforce of the Future, understand that within their walls lies a tremendous amount of institutional knowledge and human life experience. Last night we saw two companies, Honeywell and Toyota, who aren’t afraid to dip a toe in the water of the future of training. They are transforming the learning experience for their workforce by leveraging a combination of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR).

PNC Works to Enable Tomorrow’s Success Today for Communities

Shykeia Spinks
Community Improvement
Disaster Response
Economic Growth
Innovation
K-12 Education
June 19, 2018
Corporate Citizenship Center
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At the backbone of PNC’s corporate responsibility efforts is the belief that when communities prosper, their business prospers. PNC supports the communities where it conducts business through job creation, local infrastructure, small business loans, financial education, and sponsorships.

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