Giving Tuesday is focused on mobilizing the world around giving and community engagement. It’s a day meant to kickoff the charitable season, celebrate giving and philanthropy––and is fueled by the power of collaboration. Pluralsight believes that technology has the power to create freedom, equality and opportunity around the globe. Pluralsight One, together with Pledge 1%, has created a unique opportunity for its author community to make a difference this Giving Tuesday.
During the 2018 Pluralsight Author Summit, Pluralsight One shared an overview of its work and progress. The global Pluralsight author community was invited to join as catalysts in the Pledge 1% movement by committing a percentage of their author royalties to the Pluralsight One Fund as an investment to strategic priorities.
Pluralsight authors are experts in their field and are also deeply committed, so Pluralsight One spoke with them to understand their passions, respond to questions about giving priorities and discuss opportunities for impact. A number of giving options were presented to the contributing authors, and they were empowered to select their priority focus area.
Because Pluralsight authors have mobilized around a shared mission to democratize technology skills––Pluralsight One wanted to celebrate these thought leaders. So, in honor of the inaugural group of authors who have dedicated a percentage of their royalties to Pluralsight One Fund, they are matching their contribution with a grant on Giving Tuesday. This means that the total quarterly contribution of author royalties will be matched 1-for-1 by the Pluralsight One Fund with a one-time grant to Code.org to enhance capacity and accelerate outcomes tied to Pluralsight One’s investment in their:
- International program: Support for Code.org’s engineering team to develop offline supports and continued work around translating Code.org curricula into different languages that can be integrated into our Code Studio platform
- Teacher training: Support for Code.org’s rural teacher professional development efforts as well as K-12 teacher workshops through its Regional Partner network
“We are grateful to Pluralsight One and its author community for boosting our work to expand computer science education globally and supporting our efforts to prepare more teachers to teach CS. Together we will continue to move forward on increasing equitable access to learning and opportunity.” –Hadi Partovi, Code.org Founder and CEO
This program is a great example of the Pledge 1% ethos in action. On Giving Tuesday, Pluralsight One galvanized people around a shared mission and activated them, as individual contributors, in the exponential power of a collective approach.
