Pluralsight Unveils Inaugural Pluralsight One Impact Book
February 07 2019 - 8:00AM
Pluralsight, Inc., (NASDAQ: PS), the enterprise technology learning
platform, today released the first-ever Pluralsight One Impact Book
through the company’s social enterprise Pluralsight One. The
inaugural Pluralsight One Impact Book captures the company’s major
social impact milestones over the last year, including initiatives
to advance computer science education in Utah, strengthen the
technology skills of students and educators, and equip nonprofits
and the communities they support with the technology skills needed
to solve the world’s greatest challenges.
“The last year was extremely gratifying for me personally. What
started as a simple idea began to take shape, and the vision of
Pluralsight One took flight to make a real impact on the world,”
said Aaron Skonnard, co-founder and CEO of Pluralsight. “While much
progress was made in 2018, we’ve only just begun to scratch the
surface of the lasting impact we can make. Democratizing technology
skills around the world to create a better future for us all is our
moonshot and the work we do in the years ahead will be paramount to
achieving our mission.”
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.
“2018 was an incredible year for Pluralsight One and our
inaugural Pluralsight One Impact Book captures our evolution and
progress toward our mission,” said Lindsey Kneuven, Chief Impact
Officer at Pluralsight and Executive Director of Pluralsight One.
“Capturing key milestones of the last year, it’s an expression of
our gratitude and appreciation for our global community of
learners, team members, authors, investors, and stakeholders who
make our work possible and share in our mission to democratize
technology skills for all.”
Key milestones in 2018
Global Needs Assessment: Conducted a global
needs assessment of 1,000+ nonprofits to gather input and gain a
deep understanding of the needs and barriers they face as well as
opportunities and innovations they are seeking to achieve.
Pilot Program: Tested the findings of the needs
assessment through an in-depth pilot program with more than 100
nonprofits across 16 countries to co-create a product that helps
build capacity among nonprofits and develop the technology skills
among their teams and their beneficiaries.
Nonprofit Product Solutions: Launched
Pluralsight One’s first suite of product-based solutions designed
to meet the needs of nonprofit organizations and their
beneficiaries. These products help nonprofits develop skills to
accelerate their impact, upskill their beneficiaries, and track the
progress of all learners.
Education Product Solutions: Launched
Pluralsight One’s first suite of product-based solutions for
educators and students. AP computer science students learning
through Code.org can now access a curated library of more than 150
courses totaling more than 500 hours of content across four major
areas: IT/Ops, software development, design/creative, and product
management. Curated by expert technologists and mapped to the
Praxis exam and national computer science standards, educators who
are members of the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) can
now access a course library that contains 33 courses with more than
100 hours of content covering everything from IT to UX design and
front end development to Java and Python.
Code.org Partnership: Students taking
Code.org’s Computer Science Principles course may work with their
AP Computer Science teacher to gain free access to Pluralsight’s
curated intermediate and advanced courses in software development,
IT/Ops and more to continue their learning journey. The Pluralsight
One Fund announced that it was providing a $1.5 million grant to
Code.org over three years to deepen opportunities for girls and
underrepresented minorities to access computer science education
and continue their technology skills development beyond the
classroom.
CSTA Partnership: Teachers who are CSTA+
members can now access free curated courses on Pluralsight’s
platform to hone their skills to pass computer science
certification exams as well as gain deeper knowledge of computer
science concepts and programming to train the next generation of
innovators.
Advancing Computer Science: Worked with leaders
in business, education, government and nonprofits across Utah to
make progress toward the goal that every student in the state has
the opportunity to learn computer science by 2022. The Utah State
Board of Education (USBE) passed a motion to form a computer
science task force, Pluralsight One joined the board of the
Lieutenant Governor’s Tech Pathways, Pluralsight CEO Aaron Skonnard
joined the Talent Ready Utah board, Utah Governor Herbert committed
$3.9 million in funding to support computer science expansion, and
Pluralsight One’s CSTA+ offering was approved by USBE to count as
recommended coursework for statewide computer science
endorsements.
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 learning 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 live mentoring. For
more information, visit www.pluralsight.com.
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