Sentences with phrase «building organizations like»

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So there's been a lot of great work by NASA and other organizations in early exploration of Mars and understanding... what Mars is like, where could we land, what's the composition of the atmosphere, where is there water — water ice, I should say — and so we need to go from these early exploration missions to actually building a city.

«With organizations like Uber dealing with real financial damage, and the consequences of ignoring the importance of an inclusive and diverse workplace, social pressure is building,» Barker, at Qualtrics, observed.

What began as a film - production company blossomed into a full - fledged media organization, with a news platform, RYOT Films and RYOT Creative, which makes videos for paying clients as well as pro bono clients like Pencils of Promise, a nonprofit that builds schools.

Advocacy groups such as Code NL are pushing for coding to be added to the high school curriculum, while organizations like Ladies Learning Code and Lighthouse Labs are building an alternate tech talent pipeline.

Building a healthy and thriving franchise organization is much like exercise.

«By building a first - of - its - kind organization with a mission to focus exclusively on founders working on tough tech, The Engine aims to enable startups like Suono Bio to solve some of the world's most complex challenges, «The Engine CEO and managing partner Katie Rae told Business Insider in an emailed statement.

To build a responsive organization you need to implement an office - networking tool like Yammer, which is what we use at Porch.

Before this study, like many other organizations, Google execs believed that building the best teams meant compiling the best people.

My writing on start - up communities (Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City) and with organizations like the nonprofit UP Global takes me around the world.

«It's a bit dark but it does cover a lot of useful territory on what building an organization is like,» he notes.

Like their peers in North America, Australian content marketers say their organizations are concentrating more on building audiences than they were a year ago.

The Starbucks Foundation's partnership with Malala Fund will build on its ongoing investments in coffee, tea and cocoa growing communities worldwide with organizations like Mercy Corps, Eastern Congo Initiative, and Heifer International which since 2005 have collectively impacted more than 450,000 people.

Why not spearhead something or reach out to local organizations like your Chamber of Commerce to see if other area businesses might be interested in building a community event around shopping local?

Military Family Stores are run by veterans and military spouses and partner with organizations like Blue Star Families, Team Red, White and Blue, The Mission Continues, the USO and others, to offer transition services and build connections between military and civilian communities.

Volunteer organizations like Habitat for Humanity teach woodworking and home building skills that can be invaluable in your daily life.

This approach to AI emulates cognitive functions like perception, abstraction, reasoning, and learning to build machine - accumulated knowledge for organizations.

what you have to realize by comments like that of gerlad (the priest)... the catholic organization is built upon doing....

We are an insider organization that focuses on ourselves, except (or especially) when we try to get outsiders to come to our building and become like us.

Unlike their Scottish brethren, who developed an organization from the top down, the American Presbyterians, like the American government, was built from the bottom up.

Camping, outdoor activities like skateboard and rock climbing, boy's clubs and organizations, martial arts, robotic building groups, computer clubs, math teams, chess teams, groups that collect and play magic cards, mechanic classes, just to name a few.

LINCOLN, MA — Based on its years of experience in designing trails to engage people with disabilities, regional conservation leader Mass Audubon has been chosen to develop guidelines to assist like - minded organizations nationwide in building accessible pathways.

Chicago Children's Museum's volunteer Board of Advisors provide a broad range of expertise to enrich the work of the museum and build meaningful partnerships with like - minded individuals and organizations.

Well, «bribery» of a sort: over the past couple of days, two different organizations have tried an interesting tack to build their Facebook followings, promising to make a donation to a cause if people «like» their Facebook pages.

The response from the District to the news that Francesca has decided to run has been overwhelming and we are well on our way to building an unprecedented grassroots organization capable of overcoming those who would like nothing more than to continue the same old politics.

«This is a person now that has affiliated with radical organizations like Perdana Global, and now they want to build a mosque in the shadow of the worst terrorist attack in American history at a time when they say — if you take them at their word — that they're coming at this to heal divisions and instead they're opening up wounds particularly for the families of the victims of 9/11.»

«Given the significance of this hallowed land, please join me and a growing chorus of organizations like the Anti-Defamation League in our call for maximum transparency on the plans to build a Cordoba Mosque at the sight of the worst terrorist attack in American history.»

Liberal activists from organizations like New York Communities for Change and Make the Road New York shouted «slow it down» at Mr. de Blasio as he entered City Hall this morning, calling for him to pump the brakes on his plan to rezone 15 neighborhoods across the city to allow for more building density and, in turn, more affordable housing.

Having had a fellowship or internship at an organization like the FDA (here's another example) is one way to build your credentials.

As my responsibilities have changed, I have come to realize that professional membership organizations like AAAS (the publisher of Science and ScienceCareers.org) and the American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)-- the organization I direct — provide among the most effective networking opportunities that you can find, leading more often than you might imagine to new professional opportunities, as well as building a strong and lasting sense of community.

The solid products can be used in various applications including building materials like bricks and pavers, according to Mineral Carbonation International, the organization behind the process.

But when it comes to move from science to its implications for diplomacy and foreign policy, it's something where governments, or larger organizations such as academies like TWAS and associations like AAAS, proving their capacity to build bridges through science.

Given the recent Supreme Court ruling, I can only hope that the work of organizations like the HRC contributed to building advocacy for marriage equality and that we may have helped in a small way towards helping them achieve that goal.

Or would you like to build more productive teams and organizations?».

This proposal builds on some of the lessons learned from the charter school movement and would allow effective charter networks like Green Dot, KIPP, and North Star to operate as school support organizations on a level playing field with districts, with equal funding and authority.

The effort builds momentum by working with expert organizations dedicated to collaboration like TakingITGlobal and iEARN's Connect All Schools initiative.

Walcott promised to borrow instructional methods from successful middle school charters with this initiative, but even charter organizations like KIPP, which began by serving middle school kids, are having second thoughts about the challenges such isolation from other children create, and has been building «clusters» of schools that include early grades and high schoolers.

We would like to reach out to the community of teachers, digital resource holders, organizations, and corporations to build on the previous success of PrimaryAccess and create an ecosystem to support these documentaries.

Csar Chvezs social workers collaborate with community organizations like Southwest Solutions, Open Arms, and the Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation to help students build the skills they need to resist pressure to try gangs or drugs.

While reaching out to fellow Democrats, choice proponents in the minority community have sought to build alliances with Republicans and with libertarian organizations like the Institute for Justice, which has represented poor parents in every voucher case that has come before the courts in the past dozen years, including Zelman.

If your organization is like most, the asset costs and technical expertise that is required to build and manage cutting - edge cloud hosting is financially crippling.

High - performing organizations are that way precisely because they build cultures where no one feels like they get a pass.

Sociologist and digital learning expert Diana Rhoten founded the New Youth City Learning Network to help organizations like museums and libraries design digitally - enabled learning activities built to tap into kids» interests and teach 21st - century skills.

In addition to the Afterschool Alliance, organizations like the YMCA of the USA and the Collaborative to Build After School Systems (CBASS) reached out to Senate HELP Committee members to express concern over this language and the diminished role of community - based organizations as partners in 21st CCLC programs.

Building on the medical residency model, teacher residencies offered in districts like San Francisco and Los Angeles and charter school organizations like Aspire provide an alternative pathway to teacher certification grounded in deep clinical training.

«Public charter schools nationally have an opportunity to demonstrate what «coopetition» looks like at its best, and many of these charter school organizations are building on their successes to ensure that many more students have access to a quality public school education.»

Recognizing the contributions of pioneers in ed - tech and digital learning, Digital Promise — an independent nonprofit organization committed to spurring innovation in education — launched a series of awards showcasing examples of how companies like DreamBox use and conduct research to build better products and services in three categories: Learning Sciences, User Research, and Evaluation Research.

But I feel like the organization has this tension built into it.

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In partnership with IDE, NYCLA has worked with nine local education agencies and organizations like the School Administrators of Iowa to design the TLC Administrator Support Program and to build the capacity of facilitators and coaches across the state to support program implementation.

There are literally hundreds of other efforts too, including activities in local school buildings by organizations like Up For Learning in Vermont, school district programs like New York City's Student Voice Collaborative, and individual educators like Donnan Stoicovy in Pennsylvania (McGarry & Stoicovy, 2014; Dzur, 2013) and Nelson Beaudoin in Maine.