Author Archives: Linda Qian

About Linda Qian

Linda focuses on CSR communications both internally and externally with Intel's global Corporate Responsibility Office. She graduated in December 2009 with a Bachelor of Science in Conservation and Resource Studies from the UC Berkeley College of Natural Resources. Follow Linda on Twitter at @lindalqian, @Intel_CSR, and @Intelinvolved. She is also active on LinkedIn, Google+, Facebook and Instagram.

ATC21S in Action

I recently wrote about the Intel University program, and the impact it had on closing my skills gap (all the stuff I didn’t learn in school). Earlier this month, Martina Roth posted on the ATC21S presence at the Educational World … Continue reading Continue reading

Blue Shirts: Behind the Scenes at the POTUS visit

Yesterday afternoon, Intel welcomed the President of the United States, Barack Obama, to our Ocotillo campus in Arizona – future home of the FAB 42 manufacturing plant. Several thousand Intel employees and guests attended the event, which was covered by … Continue reading Continue reading

Does the Learning Ever End?

When I graduated from university two years ago – getting old, I know , I experienced a number of emotions – exhaustion, pride, happiness, and above all, an overwhelming sense of relief – no more classes, no more homework – … Continue reading Continue reading

Small Change (140 characters or less) Ahead

You probably already know that in addition to blogging, our team is also active on Twitter (I bet that’s how you got here). In fact, we have several handles – two of them being @Intel_Education and @Intel_CSR. Recently, we changed … Continue reading Continue reading

Seeds of Change – North African Women Entrepreneurs

This blog was posted on behalf of Laurie Buczek, Enterprise Marketing Manager in Intel’s Storage Division. Laurie’s social media journey began in 2007, while helping to launch and manage Intel’s first external social media community. Follow Laurie on Twitter @LauriegBuczek … Continue reading Continue reading

Would the 2011 Revolutions and Uprising have occurred without Social Media?

This blog was posted on behalf of Renee Kuriyan, Director of Social Impact in Intel’s Corporate Responsibility Office. 2011 showed the world that social media sites no longer solely signify just sharing favorite YouTube videos or photos with your friends. … Continue reading Continue reading

Easy is Hard” — But the Right Technology Solutions Can Help Transform Education

This blog was posted on behalf of Paige Johnson, a scientist by training and a teacher by passion who has devoted the past 20 years to education, curriculum development and professional development. The past 14 of those years have been… Continue reading

Easy is Hard” — But the Right Technology Solutions Can Help Transform Education

This blog was posted on behalf of Paige Johnson, a scientist by training and a teacher by passion who has devoted the past 20 years to education, curriculum development and professional development. The past 14 of those years have been … Continue reading Continue reading

An Interview with the Net Impact UW Chapter

At the recent Net Impact conference in Portland, we hosted a volunteer bike build event for attendees (see Suzanne’s post on how many MBAs it takes to build a bike). The University of Washington chapter of Net Impact brought the… Continue reading

An Interview with the Net Impact UW Chapter

At the recent Net Impact conference in Portland, we hosted a volunteer bike build event for attendees (see Suzanne’s post on how many MBAs it takes to build a bike). The University of Washington chapter of Net Impact brought the … Continue reading Continue reading

Adventures in local CSR reporting: Spotlight on Latin America

This blog was posted on behalf of Rosangela Melatto, Intel’s Corporate Responsibility Manager for the Latin America Region. Each year, following the release of Intel’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report, we work to localize the report for our key stakeholders in… Continue reading

Adventures in local CSR reporting: Spotlight on Latin America

This blog was posted on behalf of Rosangela Melatto, Intel’s Corporate Responsibility Manager for the Latin America Region. Each year, following the release of Intel’s annual Corporate Responsibility Report, we work to localize the report for our key stakeholders in … Continue reading Continue reading

Treasures 4 Teachers

Growing up, we all had our favorite teachers – one of mine taught my 5th grade music class; maybe yours showed you how to read, or color inside the lines. And back then, in some respects, we took for granted… Continue reading

the creators project Brooklyn

I was pretty sure I had the most awesome job at Intel – now I’m quite certain that I do. Last month, I won one-half of an internal contest and was flown to New York to guest report on the… Continue reading

Intel Global Challenge: So… What’s the Big Deal?

This blog was posted on behalf of Manav Subodh, Intel’s Global Entrepreneurship Program Manager. This year marks the 7th annual Intel Global Challenge at UC Berkeley (formerly IBTEC, the Intel+UC Berkeley Technology Entrepreneurship Challenge), which seeks to support and promote… Continue reading

Is Political Accountability an Oxymoron?

This blog was posted on behalf of Michael Jacobson, Intel’s Director of Corporate Responsibility. About the only thing lower than the public approval of corporations right now is the public approval of Congress. With the poor view of both institutions,… Continue reading

G(irls)20 Summit

This blog was posted on behalf of Karen Spencer, Intel’s Director of Global Education Integration. Last week, 21 girls (ages 18-20) from around the world came together for the G(irls)20 Summit in France, in advance of the G20 meeting, to… Continue reading

Green IT update

This blog was posted on behalf of Elaine Rainbolt, Industry Engagement Manager in our IT@Intel department. Intel was selected as one of Computerworld’s Top Green-IT vendors for 2011. Computerworld identified organizations that are implementing IT best practices to reduce energy… Continue reading

Continuing to strive for “Conflict-Free” in the DRC

This entry was posted on behalf of Carolyn Duran, “Conflict Free Minerals” program manager at Intel. About a month ago, I shared some exciting news about Intel’s participation in a program called “Solutions for Hope” in which we are participating… Continue reading

A Milestone on our Journey to Change the World

This entry was posted on behalf of Shelly Esque, Vice President, Legal and Corporate Affairs Group, Director of Corporate Affairs, Intel Corporation Five years is a milestone. I remember my first five years at Intel and the intense period… Continue reading