Second-Annual Pluralsight One Impact Book Showcases Another Year of Social Impact
March 26 2020 - 2:00PM
Pluralsight, Inc. (NASDAQ: PS), the enterprise technology skills
platform, today released the annual Pluralsight One Impact Book.
The second-annual edition captures the company’s major impact
milestones in 2019 through its social enterprise, Pluralsight One,
including momentum to advance computer science education in Utah
and nationally, and launching significant multi-year partnerships
with some of the world’s leading nonprofit organizations.
“It’s incredible to see that what began as a simple idea just a
few short years ago has now blossomed to produce such incredible
impact for the world,” said Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of
Pluralsight. “We put our foot on the gas in 2019 to create lasting
impact for the world through our efforts to advance computer
science education to K-12 students and the formation of multi-year
partnerships with some of the world’s leading nonprofits to scale
their impact through technology. I’m grateful for the commitment of
the Pluralsight One team and all their hard work to bring our
vision to reality to create positive change for the world.”
Believing technology has the power to create freedom, equality
and opportunity around the globe, Pluralsight co-founder and CEO
Aaron Skonnard launched Pluralsight One in 2017 as a social
enterprise to embed social impact into the fabric of the company
and to lead the company's global social impact strategy in support
of the company’s mission to democratize technology skills.
Pluralsight One leads all global social investments, volunteer
strategies, advances advocacy efforts around Computer Science
education, and the strategy, development and ongoing management of
the Pluralsight One product suite.
“Pluralsight One is laser focused on our mission to democratize
technology skills around the globe, and our accomplishments over
the last year put us many steps closer to realizing our mission,”
said Lindsey Kneuven, Chief Impact Officer at Pluralsight and
Executive Director of Pluralsight One. “Over the course of 2019, we
made significant investments designed to achieve depth of impact at
scale. We are thrilled to share our learnings, progress and
milestones with the world and intent on eradicating more barriers
to opportunity over the coming years.”
Key Milestones in 2019
- Pluralsight One and Malala Fund partner to advance the
right to education for women and girls. On International
Women's Day in March, Pluralsight One announced a partnership with
Malala Fund to provide full platform access to Malala Fund staff,
in-country team members and Malala FundChampions. Pluralsight One
is supporting the development and implementation of a technology
skills development strategy and curated content so the team
and Champions can apply technology-based solutions to
barriers to girls’ education while scaling their impact in
some of the hardest to reach parts of the world. Access to
Pluralsight One’s tech skills platform will also be deployed with
individuals supported by Malala Fund Champions to harness
technology as a tool for women and girls to have a voice as well as
create opportunity for 21st century employment. In addition to the
product grant, through a financial commitment, the Pluralsight One
Fund is providing Malala Fund unrestricted funds in support of
their programs and strategic priorities.
- Pluralsight One partners with Norwegian Refugee Council
to help address the needs of the global refugee crisis. In
June, on World Refugee Day, Pluralsight One announced a partnership
with the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to transform its digital
capabilities and bring technology skills development opportunities
to displaced people and their host communities around the world.
The multi-year partnership is designed to create sustainable social
impact for displaced and crisis-affected populations around the
world, as well as increase the technical capabilities of NRC to
support the organization's digital transformation. In addition, the
Pluralsight One Fund is providing a three-year financial commitment
to advance NRC’s digital transformation goals.
- Pluralsight One partners with Year Up to close the
opportunity divide through technology. In August,
Pluralsight One announced a partnership with the national workforce
development nonprofit Year Up to close the Opportunity Divide for
underserved young adults by building technology skills that
strengthen pathways to professional employment. The multi-year,
national partnership will support Year Up staff’s technology skill
development as well as that of the 4,500 young adults supported by
their programming each year. The three-year product grant includes
technology strategy development, curated content mapped to industry
partners’ needs, and access to the Pluralsight One tech skills
development platform for staff, students and alumni. In addition,
Pluralsight One is supplementing the product-based grant investment
with a financial commitment from the Pluralsight One Fund to
support Year Up’s tech strategy and development.
- Advancing access to high-quality computer science
education for K-12 students in Utah and nationally.
Pluralsight is committed to expanding opportunities for K-12
students to learn computer science. In our home state of Utah in
2019, Pluralsight One funded the development of the 4-year Utah
Computer Science Education Master Plan to ensure every public K-12
student in Utah has the opportunity to learn computer science by
2022. Pluralsight One also helped lead the formation of the Silicon
Slopes Computer Science Fund, which is the first of its kind in the
nation.
Pluralsight One is Pluralsight’s social enterprise. It is the
company’s commitment to drive significant, lasting social impact by
improving equal access to technology skills and investing in
catalytic solutions. For more information about Pluralsight One,
visit www.pluralsightone.org.
About PluralsightPluralsight is an enterprise
technology skills platform that delivers a unified, end-to-end
learning experience for businesses across the globe. Through a
subscription service, companies are empowered to move at the speed
of technology, increasing proficiency, innovation, and efficiency.
Founded in 2004 and trusted by Fortune 500 companies, Pluralsight
provides members with on-demand access to a digital ecosystem of
learning tools, including Pluralsight IQ, directed learning paths,
expert-authored courses, interactive labs, and analytics. For more
information, visit www.pluralsight.com.
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