Vanessa Davis

Global Community Impact. Sustainability Advocate. Dreamer. Divergent Thinker. Humanist. Feminist. Minimalist. Sun Devil. Views posted here are my own.

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Check out this song! https://t.co/hpQSuk3x8h

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Join me today and ask FERC to deny Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate's request for an extension! #StopMVP https://t.co/NHXD0I0vuh

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@POTUS I would feel exactly the same. Kids today are smarter, more compassionate, and more trustworthy than most 'grown-ups' out there today. We can learn a lot by listening to them and including them in our processes (think: citizen science and citizen decision making).

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This nugget from Google’s Sustainability lead @adamelman is worth shouting from the rooftops:

“Our world needs climate action on all fronts: everything, everywhere, all at once.”

No more of this ‘hurry up and wait’ or incremental change BS.

Troops: A…https://t.co/Dr8i39TkBK

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Here is one of many ways Octo is helping the federal government to serve citizens more quickly and efficiently.

Who doesn’t love getting their tax return faster?! A win for everyone!

#octoproud #OctoIBM #techforgood https://t.co/tkO6CuPaQr

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It was a fun experience being interviewed for this piece by the amazing Joann Lublin for The Wall Street Journal. Check out the new Workplace Report below.

Octo is featured for our creative approaches that lean into philantech to engage employees in wor…https://t.co/Zi3tSjgN6o

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Exciting news from Octo!

Joining IBM means we can achieve greater impact together.

Looking forward to the new year and what comes next.

#acquisitions #digitaltransformation #bettertogether #ITnews #jumpthetechnologycurve https://t.co/U2KT7HjCt7

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I am proud to work at Octo where seva (serving a greater purpose) is a core value we help employees lean into.

Check out this article about recent recognition Octo received, making the NVTC Tech 100 list for our community work.

Many thanks to Easterse…https://t.co/4UAYguRisX

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Us 'grownups' can take a lesson from these kiddos.

It's a great example of creating practices that support inclusion and belonging.

I attended 14 different schools growing up and was often 'the new kid', mostly in elementary. I can think of many occas…https://t.co/9ygAZ1mLGb

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Outside of your normal day job, you may have interests and hobbies that you could leverage to support the community causes you care most deeply about.

My friend @4ContentSuccess loves to write poetry and children’s books in her spare time. She has chan…https://t.co/gHD0JBTnL1

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In our latest edition of our Meet the Volunteers article series, we introduce you to the amazing Eswari. She is a Sr. Data Engineer at Octo who is also very active in CSR activities and volunteering in the community. Thanks for being you, Eswari!

#meett…https://t.co/dYm6g0Ttbq

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For our most recent STEAM Show and Share with Easterseals DC MD VA’s Child Development Center in DC, we also invited a preschool classroom from Whittier Education Campus in DC. We connected preschool teachers from Easterseals with preschool teachers from…https://t.co/pn2PsSZswP

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Great paid training/internship opportunity for young adults in Prince George’s County in Maryland who are eager to break into IT careers.

If you know others 18-24 years old in that area who may be interested, please share.

Thanks,
Vanessa https://t.co/EhB929qzds

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Join me this Wednesday 10/26 to hear about the power of employee resource groups (ERGs) to engage and activate your workforce.

Thank you to WeSpire CEO @huntstevens for inviting me to share best practices we’ve picked up along the way during our ERG jou…https://t.co/q3N8KI7q4J

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I had a great time attending the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals annual conference for the first time this week. It brought me joy to engage with other corporate citizenship professionals to share ideas... like these 8 tips I shared spe…https://t.co/pv2toLhs2e

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��👉Myth
Burnout is not one person's problem
Burnout is everyone's problem”

Read the other four myths in the post below, where @sharonaneja busts five myths about burnout.

Sharon is an expert on staff engagement and I follow her because she always offe…https://t.co/FVrBuIQhb9

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We had an awesome time at this year’s plane pull event! Team Octo pulled a United airplane 12 feet in 6.7 seconds placing 11th among 30 teams. We love supporting Special Olympics VA! https://t.co/6A7XfdPTBn

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This was such a fun activity... with Octo-oLabs' very first group of student visitors, a group of neurodiverse high schoolers interested in STEM careers.

The STEMSkills summer program that brought them to us rocks! The program, led by Eric Duer brought…https://t.co/9cYXkxJ2Vp

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Earlier this year, Octo proudly sponsored a new STEAM program for The Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Child Development Center in DC (https://t.co/VnRZOiTgDG).

I was in town last week and had the pleasure of visiting the center and seeing the learning in-acti…https://t.co/BJ4ln2lwaB

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If anyone in the DC Metro area is looking for a great hands-on group volunteer activity, I definitely recommend reaching out to Fields 4 Valor Farms Inc.! It’s a great way to serve local veterans in-need. https://t.co/ywMvD87g7A