As organizations looked for ways over the past few months to bolster employee productivity and improve business outcomes during the WFH era, BlueJeans saw a 300% increase in utilization over the pre-COVID-19 average. Almost overnight, it seemed everyone was using video conferencing to stay connected. As you can imagine, this required a rapid scale out on the back end.  Read more...

Using video conferencing for teletherapy can be as impactful as traditional in-person therapy sessions—especially during times like now when health practitioners need to take extra precautions to keep themselves and patients safe. Beyond using video conferencing as a measure to treat existing patients from afar during the shelter-in-place period, many speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are also on the front line of treating COVID-19 patients in their recovery.  Read more...

There is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) crisis in America. The nation already doesn’t have enough well-prepared STEM workers, but the future isn’t looking much better. As a whole, children in the US lag behind students in other countries in the areas of science and math. We also know that we don’t have enough diversity in the STEM field.  Read more...

Lori Spicer Robinson is on a mission to get others to subscribe to joy. “Joy is our essential service in the darkest of times, it’s our resistance in the fight against injustice, and it’s our fuel to seize the possibilities that lie ahead,” she says. As the Chief Joy Maker for Wundher, a new digital and in-the-flesh (ITF) platform designed to encourage women to find their joy, Spicer Robinson believes that focusing on having a ‘joy perspective’ can help people remain intentional in choosing positive outcomes for their life.  Read more...