In UpSkill pilot, public/private pact eyes IT workforce
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new program by a longtime booster of the regional technology workforce will look to get ’em while they’re young. Website development, an impressive list of…
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No. 536: On workforces, new outbreaks and Sting – and OMG, we’re up for a BOLI
Bad news, good news: The pandemic rages, the NFL season teeters on the brink and so does the republic – but weep not, dear reader, for this taxing workweek…
With COVID reshaping IT, Syosset startups hit stride
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you thought the computer-savvy were in demand before the pandemic, better re-check those spreadsheets: Digitation has soared, and with it the need for skilled coders…
Boot camp rewrites the workforce development code
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re connecting important new dots at the Nebula Academy, where an innovative approach to software development is answering a 21st century workforce challenge. You don’t need…
No. 465: In which Pathways emerge, Qunnect connects, Hoplite hops to it and BNL accelerates, big time
Like magic: Blink and you might have missed it, dear readers, as the first full workweek of 2020 nears its end and we approach an unusually warm winter weekend….
No. 446: In which octogenarians race, future doctors suit up and the Mouse House roars
Middle of the road: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we reach the midpoint of another busy week of socioeconomic innovation. It’s Oct. 16 out there – Boss’s Day…
Bold step has ambitious STEM startup thinking global
By GREGORY ZELLER // A muddled marketing message hasn’t stopped We Connect the Dots from changing lives across Long Island – but sharper marketing could carry its unique STEM-education formula…
No. 414: New Dots digs, a bigly birthday and Father’s Day funnies – plus servant management, from the top
Don’t know how you do it: But you do it, dear reader, and once more you’ve cleared the hurdles of a busy workweek and earned another springtime respite. Well…
New home, new partners for ambitious STEAM startup
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s all coming together for slightly nomadic nonprofit We Connect the Dots, which may have found a permanent home – and has definitely identified some promising…
No: 365: Electrons, hackathons, gadget gifts and yes, America, there is a climate change
Golden mettle: Congratulations, dear reader – you’ve reached the 50th Friday of 2018 (go ahead and count, if you don’t believe us) and the end of another busy week…
No. 274: Out-of-the-Voxx thinking, a literal lightbulb moment, an Amazonian longshot and making waves in Hauppauge
The end of the tunnel (and lights): Welcome to the blessed end of another work week. Today is Jan. 19 and the 135th anniversary of the first-ever electric lighting system…
Homeland Security coming for Westbury hackers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A multistate hacking effort centered in Westbury has attracted the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s attention – and agents are coming. But no arrests are imminent:…
We Connect the Dots’ new STREAM of consciousness
By GREGORY ZELLER // After a “year of growth and great progress,” STEAM-powered Westbury nonprofit We Connect the Dots is already gearing up for a big 2018. Founder and Board…
Westbury allies give Charlotte ‘workforce experience’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A professional alliance assembled at LaunchPad Westbury has joined with the Microsoft Corp. on an ambitious “workforce experience” program. Please do not call it an “internship.”…
New Westbury connections key for STEAM startup
By GREGORY ZELLER // A STEAM-powered nonprofit determined to help educate the next generation of scientists and engineers is going where the action is. We Connect the Dots Inc. will…