There are a number of BDPA chapters taking advantage of the Digital Literacy curriculum provided by Microsoft. This curriculum is provided by Microsoft's Global Corporate Affairs Department. Pamela Passman is vice president of the company's Global Corporate Affairs Department where Microsoft develops partnerships, donates strategically and provides training to broaden access to technology and computing skills to those who need it.
BDPA programs and services are premised on the fact that the United States is falling behind in efforts to equip its workers ... especially African Americans ... with the basic technology and computing skills necessary for them to compete in the global economy.
Just pick up a newspaper, turn on the television or strike up a conversation with business and government leaders. They’ll tell you that while U.S. efforts to ready its workforce have slipped, countries like India, China and Russia have stepped up their IT educational pursuits. These developing countries are hoping to duplicate the economic success the United States has enjoyed in the last three decades, due in large part to its embrace of information and communications technologies.
Passman talked about these issues during a keynote address that she gave for the National Association of Workforce Boards Forum.
BDPA programs and services are premised on the fact that the United States is falling behind in efforts to equip its workers ... especially African Americans ... with the basic technology and computing skills necessary for them to compete in the global economy.
Just pick up a newspaper, turn on the television or strike up a conversation with business and government leaders. They’ll tell you that while U.S. efforts to ready its workforce have slipped, countries like India, China and Russia have stepped up their IT educational pursuits. These developing countries are hoping to duplicate the economic success the United States has enjoyed in the last three decades, due in large part to its embrace of information and communications technologies.
Passman talked about these issues during a keynote address that she gave for the National Association of Workforce Boards Forum.
She also participated in a detailed interview in which she discussed the global IT workforce situation where she talks about Microsoft’s efforts to help U.S. workers flourish in the knowledge economy of today and tomorrow. I thought that BETF-Blog Reader might be interested in these exchanges with Passman.
What do you think? Does she have a point?
What do you think? Does she have a point?
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Any comments on what Passman had to say in her speech?
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