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A North America STEM Initiative

From STEM Education to Careers:

Preparing Students for a Digital World

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Message from the President

We take pride in our societal role in the US

and Canada, where our CSR programs

create an impact in the workplace,

marketplace, community, and environment.

Our company has a distinctive culture of

corporate social responsibility and our

employees play an active role in giving back

to the communities where they work and

live.

Surya KantPresident – North America, UK & Europe

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Our Community Engagement Model

Utilizing our IT core competences to create innovative solutions to address large-scale societal problems

Volunteering for projects that address the felt need of communities in which we operate

Partnering with select non-profits, civil society organizations and other government bodies

Supporting large-scale causes such as disaster relief and rehabilitation efforts

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U.S. STEM Education Challenge

# The leaky STEM Talent pipeline, a business & societal issue

Having a solid STEM education foundation can get our

students one of 8 million jobs in the U.S. by 2018

80% of the fastest growing occupations in U.S. require

STEM skills; with 71% of those STEM jobs in Computing

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS),

between 2013 and 2023, there will be two jobs available for

every graduate with a Computer Science (CS) degree

– There will be more than 1.4 million jobs created by

2020 that require CS and programming skills, but only

400,000 CS college graduates to fill those jobs

– Today lesser than 2.4% of college students graduate

with a degree in CS, with just 12% of CS degrees

awarded to women

– 9 out of 10 schools don’t even offer computer

programming classes

– In 26 of 50 states CS doesn't count towards high school

graduation math and science requirements

100 High School Graduates

STEM Graduates

39 Enter College

24Graduate four

year college

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2.5 Enter STEM Job

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Canada STEM Education Challenge

Youth are not choosing ICT careers Not seen as fun, viable or profitable

Unaware of the opportunities available

Canadian grads lack the right blend of 21st

century skills to compete in the digital

economy

As of Sept. 2013, youth unemployment at

13.4%, while youth in ICT is 4.0%* Source: ICTC

14.3% of young people aged 15 to 24 are

unemployed and 46.9% are only working part-time,

while tech employers are finding it hard to find the

tech-related skills they need.

Source: Statistics Canada (July, 2012)

Between 2011 and 2014, Canadian employers

will need to hire 106,000 ICT workers

* Source: ICTC

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Our North America STEM Strategy

Our STEM initiative is focused on increasing student awareness, interest, achievement,

accomplishment, and career readiness for jobs in CS and STEM fields.

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STEM Thought Leadership

Providing a Unified Voice of

Corporate America on STEM

Microsite for Analysis & Insights from100 CEOs in STEM

We used our Connected

Marketing Solution’s Voice of

Customer Analytics (VoCA)

platform to analyze the

responses for trends,

sentiments, predictive and

actionable insights.

Playbook & Roadmap for CS

Education in U.S.

Microsite for Computer Science Education

We created a microsite &

produced a white paper

‘Education & Careers in the U.S.:

The Future of Computer Science’

to serve as a playbook on

effective strategies for supporting

CS education in the U.S.

Strategies to overcome traditional

barriers for Girls & Women

White Paper on Women in STEM

Ourwhite paper on ‘Women in

STEM: Realizing the Potential’

provides key recommendations

& effective strategies to move

the needle for girls & women in

STEM education & careers.

www.millionwomenmentors.org

#WomeninSTEM

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Computer Science

Round Table 1

CS Education &

Careers in the U.S.:

Assessing Progress &

Moving Forward

September 6, 2013

Computer Science

Round Table 2

CS Education in the

U.S.: Effective

Strategies at a State,

City & Local Level

May 16, 2014

Computer Science

Round Table 3

CS Education in the

U.S.: Model Programs,

Schools, Teachers,

Students

TBD

Microsite

Town Hall

White Paper

Microsite

Town Hall

White Paper

STEM Thought Leadership

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STEM 2.0

We are leading the efforts to create digital fluency among the future workforce in the

U.S. through an innovative public-private partnership effort called STEM 2.0.

We are collaborating with 36 organizations including industry leaders such as PepsiCo,

Walmart, Cisco, Dow, Monsanto, Sodexo, educators such as Apollo Group, ASU and

Discovery Education, and education nonprofits such as Smithsonian and Teach for

America.

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Founding Leadership Partner

Students of Color, Minorities

and Low-income Youth

President Clinton announcing our commitment

US2020 will match 1 million

STEM mentors with students

at youth-serving nonprofits by

the year 2020, creating moments

of discovery for the next

generation of STEM

professionals, from kindergarten

through college.

Founding Partner

Girls and Young Women

The Firm, STEMconnector leaders at MWM Launch

MWM will engage one million

women (and men) in STEM to

serve as mentors by 2018 to

advance at least one million girls

and young women throughout

the school to work age

continuum, in STEM courses,

degrees, and careers.

National Corp Underwriter

Disadvantaged Young Adults

and Unemployed Veterans

Veterans being trained on tech skills

NPower is focused on bridging

the digital divide, and increasing

STEM education, by unleashing

the power of the tech community

to do workforce development,

training, IT consulting, IT

services, mentoring and

volunteering.

STEM Technology Infrastructure

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STEM e-Learning App Optimization for SAAS

STEM Pro-bono Technology Projects

IT Consulting for Non Profits

ILP Community Projects

• As part of the initial

onboarding and training

process, 300+ U.S campus

hires have participated in

skills based volunteering

projects, providing IT

consulting and advisory

services to 62 nonprofits.

• Projects allowed them to work

in teams and utilize their IT

skills for social good, while

understanding what it means

to be a consultant serving a

client.

• The goal of the project is to

provide nonprofits with

actionable recommendations

for improving their current IT

infrastructure and needs.

Connecting 1 million men and

women mentors to serve Girls and

Young Women

We built MWM website driving mentor pledge campaign

• We are the Founding Sponsor and Lead Technology Partner for MWM.

• Our Digital Enterprise team developed and launched the first phase of the online platform.

• MWM has built a network of 42 nonprofit partners, who represent over 26 million girls.

• Over 172,980 mentors have already pledged through the platform.

Connecting 1 million mentors to serve

Students of Color, Minorities and Low-

income Youth

• We are the Lead Technology Partner for US2020. Our Digital Enterprise team provided consulting advisory on technology assessment and product assessment.

• US2020 has served over 500 organizations, including more than 200 nonprofits, 62 school districts.

• Through the city competitions, nine of the ten largest cities in the country and 29 different states have started creating their 5-year STEM plans.

• Learning Blade® is a web-based e-Learning application designed to promote career awareness and interest in STEM. Our media and information services team is supporting optimization for a Software-as-a-Service model.

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Student Technology Program

Through goIT, we provide career awareness, hands-on technology education, teacher

training, and parent orientation, free of cost to middle and high school students through

in-school, after-school and out-of-school formats.

• The program teaches students how to collaborate in team activities, participate in technical

workshops with IT professionals, discover career opportunities, and compete in robot challenges.

• Each employee volunteer completes extensive training, covering youth psychology, education

systems and goIT CS programming, to aid their preparation as a mentor to students.

• Targeted at students from low income groups, underserved minorities, and girls; with limited access

to CS curriculum.

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Learning technology can be fun!

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goIT Expansion in US and Canada - 2014

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goIT Expansion in US and Canada - 2014

100

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Students reported increased interest in STEM disciplines

(2009-date)

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Increase in high school students choosing STEM

disciplines in college for goIT schools (2009-date)

Volunteers would recommend mentoring opportunity to a

colleague (2014)

Volunteers feel prepared to lead next goIT program in their

market (2014)

80

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goIT Expansion in US

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goIT Expansion in Canada

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Our NA STEM Initiative: Customer Feedback

It is an honor to applaud the leadership of [the Firm] working with STEMconnector®. What has been

accomplished in less than one year many would say –miraculous and we can say, outstanding. Together we

are mission driven about leadership and performance and that takes focus. As we worked together we set

several goals as we built the projects, partnerships, produce major reports and build metrics for each. Our

team is driven to drive change and we do that together with partners and the essence of that partnership is

our work with [the Firm].

Edie Fraser, CEO STEMconnector

When I think of companies who are leading the way on the topic of STEM in the US, I immediately think of [the

Firm]. [The Firm] is a thought leader driving research and convening the important players from every sector

whether it be corporate, nonprofit, government or education. [The Firm] is also developing and rolling out

creative solutions, like its goIT program, demonstrating that corporate involvement can really make a difference

when it comes to filling the STEM talent gap. Best of all, [the Firm] dedication to the effort starts at the top with

its senior leaders and cascades to include all its employees volunteering and getting involved in communities

across the country. [The Firm] is a best in class example of corporate community involvement and leadership

and we here at NPower are honored and proud to be partnering with them.

Stephanie Cuskley, CEO NPower

The necessary growth of America's STEM workforce is significantly inhibited by the fact that too few

underrepresented groups -- in particular lower income children, children of color, and girls -- know STEM

professionals, know what they do, or have had the moments of discovery that can inspire unfamiliar career

paths. We are excited to partner with [the Firm], a proven leader in STEM education, who continues to innovate

with programs like goIT, to help inspire the next generation of technologists and engineers. We are also looking

forward to working closely with [the Firm], as a leader in IT, to help US2020 develop our state of the art online

volunteer matching platform.

Eric Schwarz, Executive Chairman US2020 and CEO, Citizen Schools

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Awards & Recognition for the Firm’s NA STEM Initiative

Our STEM Initiative recognized by US Chamber of Commerce in

2014 Leaders and Laggards National Education Report

Winner, Community Corps’ Corporate Champions Award

from Lumity

We won the Gold Stevie Award for CSR at the 2014 American

Business Awards

Winner, 2014 Diversity & Inclusion DANDI Awards

Best Corporate Steward Award Honoree, US Chamber of

Commerce Foundation, BCLC 2013 Citizen Awards

Employee Volunteering Program Honorable Mention Award at the

2013 PR News CSR Awards

NPower 2014 TCC Volunteer Team of the Year Award

United States won [the Firm’s] Maitree Overseas Geography of

the Year Award for External Community Initiatives