Latest Social enterprise Stories
New AREA48 formation space will reuse abandoned restaurant to host collaboration and training. Scottsdale, AZ (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Arizona State University is seeking aspiring entrepreneurs, innovators and inventors who want to develop their ideas into solutions, products and services in a free summer program. The university is recruiting participants for AREA48 (Applied Regional Economic Activity), a revolutionary new “formation space” that provides early-stage entrepreneurs with...
NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An avid believer in the importance of education, AERIN is thrilled to announce its partnership with First Book, a distinguished nonprofit social enterprise. As a passionate reader--first as a child and now as a mother--AERIN's founder Aerin Lauder feels a personal connection with First Book's mission: to end knowledge poverty by ensuring children in need have access to new books and quality learning resources. "I have always...
GOVTek Awards honor government and industry IT leaders for their innovative contributions toward improving the way governments manage and share information, interact with citizens, and protect secure assets Arlington, VA (PRWEB) May 13, 2013 AvePoint Public Sector, Inc., an independent subsidiary of AvePoint, Inc., the leader in governance, compliance, and management solutions for social enterprise collaboration platforms, today announced it has been selected as a finalist in four...
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayorga Coffee, is proud to announce that Martin Mayorga has been asked to be the entrepreneur keynote during the opening plenary session of the Impact Investing in Action conference. The conference will take place at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business from May 20(th) through May 23(rd). Impact Investing in Action is presented in partnership with the Global Social Enterprise Initiative and the Global Human Development...
No Margin, No Mission™ announced that it will launch an Earned Income Training and Business Planning Initiative for nonprofit organizations in Palm Beach County, Florida. The endeavor will commence with a half-day workshop entitled "Generating Margin to Grow the Mission of Nonprofits in Palm Beach County", after which four nonprofits will be awarded 14 weeks of personalized coaching and technical assistance with No Margin, No Mission's™ consultants for development of an...
LONDON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pop-up charity 3Space are excited to launch their Re:THINK Festival - a 3-day programme of workshops, panel discussions, debates, talks, exhibitions and meetups which will transform their Blackfriars Hub into an interactive playground for Re:THINKing the ways that we use our cities and resources. From 1st-3rd May, over 50 UK organisations will be taking over the 3Space Blackfriars Hub at Audit House, previously the City of London's...
ATLANTA, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- FEI Behavioral Health, a national EAP, wellness and crisis management company based in Milwaukee, announces its new partnership with Atlanta-based Families First, a leading nonprofit family service agency in Georgia. "We're excited about the opportunity to combine our focus on workforce resilience with Families First's role of strengthening family life in the Atlanta community," said Ted Uczen, president and CEO of FEI. As a result of the...
Executives and leaders at NewsGator customers call out better innovation and happier, more engaged employees as key drivers for the social workplace. DENVER, April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Social business software not only makes employees happier, but also delivers a measurable return-on-investment thanks to new innovations made possible through improved collaboration. Those are just some of the key findings from a new benchmark survey of business leaders from global companies who...
Winner Receives $50,000 For World-Changing Social Enterprise Idea LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GOOD Worldwide LLC. (good.is) - an integrated media, thought leadership and community action platform - and Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS (www.TOMS.com), today announced that they're looking for the next great change maker with big ideas with the launch of the Start Something That Matters Challenge (http://startsomethingthatmatters.maker.good.is/). Starting today until...
CALGARY, March 28, 2013 /CNW/ - Trico Charitable Foundation is currently accepting applications for their 2013 Social EnterPrize awards to recognize and celebrate leadership and excellence in social entrepreneurship across Canada. Past winners include Potluck Café & Catering (Vancouver, BC), Mission Possible (Vancouver, BC), and Caroline Arcand of Groupe Convex Prescott-Russell (Hawksbury, ON). "We were so delighted to be awarded the Best Emerging Social EnterPrize award by...
