Author: Rachel Dougherty
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Building Digital Fluency: Team4Tech’s New Toolkit for Educators and NGOs
Digital fluency is essential for learning, problem-solving, and participation in today’s world. While digital literacy helps individuals access and interpret information, digital fluency goes further—supporting learners in evaluating, synthesizing, and applying digital tools to create meaningful solutions. A Skill for Educational and Future Success Education and workforce development require more than basic technology skills. Digital…
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Team4Tech and GBCE Lead Webinar Discussing How the Corporate Sector Can Support Education for Employability
Team4Tech and the Global Business Coalition for Education (GBCE) co-hosted a live discussion with corporate social impact leaders from the technology sector to explore how companies can advance education for employability through the use of their people, products, and philanthropy. Voices in this panel discussion included: Nicole Johnson, from Cadence Design Systems, spoke about how…
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Inc. Magazine Honors Julie Clugage, Team4Tech’s Co-Founder & Executive Director
Written by Julie Clugage, Team4Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director It was exciting to be recognized this week by Inc. Magazine as a 2025 Top Female Founder. I felt grateful and also reflective as I looked back on our journey over the past 12 years to build Team4Tech into the organization it is today. There have…
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Employee Volunteers Ideate on Digital Platform Engagement Solutions for a Bengaluru-Based NGO
This February, Team4Tech engaged 25 passionate employee volunteers from Guidewire and their Technology Partner, EY, in a 2-day, in-person Design for Impact Workshop supporting our India-based NGO partner Reap Benefit. Volunteers focused on delivering recommendations to improve digital engagement within Reap Benefit’s learner community. Guidewire believes technology education is the key to unlocking global potential.…
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Unlocking Digital Literacy: Team4Tech’s New Toolkit for Educators and NGOs
Digital literacy is more than just a skill set, it is a critical pathway to education, employability, and social equality. As digital technologies continue to shape learning and the future of work, educators and nonprofit organizations need practical, evidence-based tools to ensure learners can access, interpret, synthesize, and disseminate information effectively in digital environments. A…
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Skilled Volunteers Support Learning for NGO Serving Cambodia and Madagascar
In a recent slate of three customized skills-based volunteering projects, Team4Tech connected skilled volunteers from Zendesk with one of our strategic NGO partners, Passerelles Numériques, to develop and improve learning resources for staff and students. Creating Opportunities for Youth Through Digital Education Passerelles Numériques (PN) is a French nonprofit organization working in Cambodia, the Philippines,…
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Skills-Based Volunteering in Brazil Leveraging Digital Literacy and AI
Team4Tech’s collaborative skills-based volunteering programming brought together ten employee volunteers from Cadence Design Systems and staff from our NGO partner Arrastão Project to co-design impactful solutions for learners in a socially vulnerable community in Brazil. This immersive on-site project focused on two critical areas: digital literacy and makerspace innovation. A Community Resource in São Paulo…
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Advancing ICT Education in Ghana: A Collaborative Effort with Barracuda Networks and Africa ICT Right
Over the course of eight weeks, Team4Tech, Barracuda Networks, and Africa ICT Right (AIR) joined forces to create solutions that support education for employability for learners in Ghana. Building Future-Proof STEM Skills for Students and Educators in Ghana Africa ICT Right (AIR), a Ghana-based nonprofit, is dedicated to bridging the digital divide through ICT education.…
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Employee Volunteers Support Brazilian NGO With Security Expertise
This October, which is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Team4Tech engaged 21 employee volunteers from 1Password to collaborate with our Brazil-based NGO partner, Pró-Saber SP, to improve Pró-Saber SP’s security and mitigate cybersecurity risks. Strengthening Education Through Reading and Play There are significant disparities in access to quality education in Brazil, with children in under-resourced communities facing…
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Catalyzing Change Through Capacity Strengthening
A Team4Tech Article by Jody Britten and Elizabeth Schwan-Rosenwald In under-resourced communities, over 250 million children lack access to quality education. This barrier is compounded by the need to strengthen organizational capacity and scale for the NGOs serving these learners. Too often, NGOs across the globe operate with minimal resources and no clear path to…
