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Helena, Montana (PRWEB) April 04, 2013
Student Assistance Foundation (SAF) needs your votes — today, tomorrow, and every day for the next three weeks.
As a finalist in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist grant program, Montana-based SAF is one of 200 causes from across the nation competing to receive a $ 25,000 grant for its “A Step Ahead” College Prep Camp for Montana youths in foster care. The 40 programs that garner the most votes will receive $ 25,000 each to support their cause.
Vote for “A Step Ahead” at https://www.state-assist.com/cause/5109/a-step-ahead-camp
today through April 22. Supporters can vote up to 10 times per day.
“Did you know that about 70 percent of foster youths across the nation want to attend college, but less than 13 percent of them enroll?” said Rhonda Safford, camp coordinator. “At SAF’s ‘A Step Ahead’ camp, we are committed to changing that statistic by giving these youths the tools and resources they need to succeed. Receiving State Farm Neighborhood Assist funds would go a long way to helping us do that.”
For the past seven years, youths in foster care from across Montana have gathered at a college campus to experience college firsthand. While at the camp, youths stay in the dorms and receive classroom instruction in areas including money management, relationship-building, finding and maintaining housing, and scholarship searches and applications. Plus, camp participants learn the purpose of Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) for youth in foster care and how to properly complete the application forms.
Finally, campers leave “A Step Ahead” with a free laptop computer to use as they work toward their education goals — a tool that camp organizers view as being essential to success in postsecondary education.
“Getting a college education is very important,” said past camp participant Aurelia Tait, who attends Cottey College in Missouri. “You can’t go anywhere in life if you don’t go to college. College opens up so many doors you didn’t know existed. ‘A Step Ahead’ camp helped me realize that.”
Safford encourages everyone to vote now and vote often.
“We need every vote we can get, and your support will make a big difference in the lives of our campers,” she said.
Student Assistance Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Montana corporation that provides students with knowledge and tools to finance and pursue their postsecondary education. Funds generated by SAF are returned to Montanans in the form of education grants and public benefit programs – to date more than $ 27 million. For more information, visit http://www.safmt.org or http://www.SmartAboutCollege.org.
State Farm Neighborhood Assist is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative that lets communities determine where funding is awarded, exclusively through Facebook. The initiative utilizes the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to vet submissions for causes and allows Facebook users who download the free State Farm Neighborhood Assist application to vote for the final 40 grant winners. The program has been inspired by the incredible number of neighborhoods that are coming together to solve a problem or improve their community.
Santa Clara, California (PRWEB) June 13, 2013
TiEcon 2013 its flagship annual event is the world’s largest conference for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. This year’s edition of the event attracted more than 3,700 attendees from across the world – including CEOs of established companies, entrepreneurs, media, venture capitalists, corporate executives, speakers & sponsors from across the technology world.
TiE50 is TiE Silicon Valley’s premier annual awards program contested by technology startups worldwide. Since the awards’ inception in May 2009, 94% of the winners and finalists have been funded, attracting over US$ 20 billion in investments. More than 110 TiE50 winners have been acquired merged or went public in the past four years alone with successful exits.
“It’s a great honor to win the TiE 50 award – especially in Silicon Valley, which is a hot bed for innovative and exciting companies, entrepreneurs who inspired us over the years,” said Maddy Reddy, CEO & Founder of Content Syndicate. “Winning this award validates our vision and goal to help create, localize and license content at scale for content marketing and editorial needs. ”
Speaking to a global audience at the awards ceremony at TiEcon 2013, conference Chairman & President of TiE Silicon Valley, Venkatesh Shukla said, “The TiE50 program screened 1142 companies from 24 countries. 50 best-of-breed companies [such as Content Syndicate] were announced winners.”
The awards ceremony was hosted by TiEcon Chairman & TiE SV President Venk Shukla and TiE Global Trustee Vish Mishra (Venture Director at Clearstone); the guests of honor who gave away the awards were Arvind Sodhani, President of Intel Capital and Kumar Malavalli Founder of Brocade Communications.
The TiE 50 selection process involved meticulous planning, screening and judging by a team of prominent entrepreneurs, VCs, corporate executives and domain experts. Participating companies competed in two rounds across six categories – internet, mobile, life sciences, software and energy. Fifty were selected from a total pool of 1142 companies – representing the top 5 percentile globally. Winners were selected based on the leadership team, IP, scalability, potential, track record, business model & presentation.
“Over the past four years, TiE50 has gained global acclaim attracting startups from all over the world. TiE50 as a brand has gained much recognition amongst the VC and angel investor communities – particularly in the Silicon Valley,” said Program Chair Ram K. Reddy.
>About Content Syndicate:
Content Syndicate is a cloud-based B2B platform that facilitates buying, selling, commissioning and localizing content at scale in over 200 languages for corporates, agencies, SMEs and publishers. Directly and via partners, it works with over 1000 content partners, over 350+ corporate clients in over 14 countries and sold over 20 million words till date with a syndicate of tens and thousands of content providers from around the world.
Founded in 2007, by an ex-technology Editor, the Company is venture funded with presence in the US, UAE and India and expansion plans into other markets.
For more information, please visit http://www.contentsyndicate.com
>About TiE:
Founded in 1992, TiE (http://www.tie.org) is a global, not-for-profit network of entrepreneurs & professionals dedicated to the advancement of entrepreneurship. TiE provides a platform for mentoring, networking and education for technology entrepreneurs worldwide. It has a global network of 54 chapters located in most major North American, Asian, Middle East and European cities with more than 14,000 members spread across 13 countries.
For more information on TiEcon & TiE 50, please visit http://www.tiecon.org and http://www.tie50.net
‘Content Syndicate’ its logo, moniker and tagline ‘Words on Demand’ are the registered trademarks of Content Syndicate Holdings in the United States and certain other countries. All other trademarks, mentioned or otherwise are the property of their respective owners.
(PRWEB) April 19, 2013
The instructor looks over a sea of young, eager faces and asks, “How many of you have been in more than five foster care homes in your life?”
All of the youths’ hands go up.
Then the instructor asks, “How many of you have been in more than 10 foster care homes in your life?”
The hands stay up.
Finally, the instructor asks, “How many of you were told that you wouldn’t amount to anything?”
All of the hands remain in the air, but the gazes of many of the teenagers drop. They shift their focus to the floor, remembering the hurtful words they hoped wouldn’t shape their future.
This was the scene at nonprofit Student Assistance Foundation’s first “A Step Ahead” College Prep Camp for Montana youths in foster care.
Eight years, and more than 120 campers later, SAF is more committed than ever to the free, five-day camp, and to giving Montana foster youths the tools they need to make their dreams of higher education a reality.
Each year, campers gather at a college campus to experience college firsthand. While at the camp, youths stay in the dorms and receive classroom instruction in areas including money management, relationship-building, finding and maintaining housing, and scholarship searches and applications. Plus, camp participants learn the purpose of Education and Training Vouchers (ETV) for youth in foster care and how to properly complete the application forms.
Finally, campers leave “A Step Ahead” with a free laptop computer to use as they work toward their education goals — a tool that camp organizers view as being essential to success in postsecondary education.
SAF was notified recently that “A Step Ahead” has been selected as a finalist in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist grant program. We are one of 200 causes selected from 3,000 applicants from across the nation competing to receive a $ 25,000 grant. The 40 programs that receive the most votes will receive $ 25,000 each to support their cause.
Take a few moments each day — even on the weekend — until April 22 to vote for “A Step Ahead” at https://www.state-assist.com/cause/5109/a-step-ahead-camp. You can vote up to 10 times per day, and we would encourage you to do so. Invite your friends and family to support our cause as well. Every vote counts!
Student Assistance Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Montana corporation that provides students with knowledge and tools to finance and pursue their postsecondary education. Funds generated by SAF are returned to Montanans in the form of education grants and public benefit programs – to date more than $ 27 million. For more information, visit http://www.safmt.org or http://www.SmartAboutCollege.org.
State Farm Neighborhood Assist is a crowd-sourced philanthropic initiative that lets communities determine where funding is awarded, exclusively through Facebook. The initiative utilizes the State Farm Youth Advisory Board to vet submissions for causes and allows Facebook users who download the free State Farm Neighborhood Assist application to vote for the final 40 grant winners. The program has been inspired by the incredible number of neighborhoods that are coming together to solve a problem or improve their community.
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Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) May 25, 2011
Nicholson Kovac, Inc. has announced The Portner Brewhouse and Brewing Studio ProgramTM of Alexandria, Va as the winner of its entrepreneur contest “The Last Plan Standing. Catherine, Margaret and Charles Portner, a group of three siblings have won an integrated marketing communications plan valued at $ 100,000.
Nicholson Kovac will be working with the Portners over the next several months using NKs proprietary system of proven process models, putting Relevant IngenuitySM to work to develop marketing communications strategies and tactics including a recommended creative approach for branding, advertising, sales collateral, Web graphics and more.
The winner was chosen based on a number of variables, primarily the live presentation all three finalist contestants made in Kansas City on May 4. The Portners are very impressive, said Pete Kovac, Nicholson Kovac CEO and president. Their business plan is top notch, their presentation was extremely well done and the passion and vision they have in starting a business based on their great-great grandfathers legacy is something that our team can get very excited about. They also have a very innovative approach planned for The Portner Brewhouse with its Brewing Studio ProgramTM we see that as having broad potential and business appeal beyond the Brewhouse.
Catherine Portner, the eldest, is working on her MBA at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. She plans to launch the business upon graduation in 2012. Babson is recognized internationally for its entrepreneurial leadership and U.S. News & World Report has ranked Babsons MBA program #1 in entrepreneurship for the 18 straight years.
Margaret will is a junior at Barton College in business management and accounting; and Charles is a freshman at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC).
Robert Portner was a pioneer, legend and inventor who founded the largest pre-Prohibition brewing company in the South The Robert Portner Brewing Company. He emigrated from Germany and operated the brewery from 1869 until the State of Virginia passed Prohibition in 1916. Catherine, Margaret and Charles Portner are three of his great-great- grandchildren embarking on their own journey to reestablish the family business by opening The Portner Brewhouse and the Brewing Studio ProgramTM.
The Portner Brewhouse will be a brewpub/restaurant offering locally-brewed craft beer, including original recipes from The Robert Portner Brewing Company, and a full restaurant menu featuring historic beer recipes. The Brewing Studio ProgramTM will be a business incubator for aspiring and small independent brewers; it will minimize the risk for individuals interested in joining the industry by market-testing their product and compiling customer feedback/sales data. Licensed brewers will also be able to utilize the firms contract-brewing services, which will offer smaller minimum batch orders than other contract breweries.
The Robert Portner Brewing Company and its supporting industries were originally located in Old Town Alexandria, Va where the Portners plan to open their new venture. Alexandria is across the Potomac River from downtown Washington, DC, within walking distance of public transportation and parking, and located among top area tourist attractions including museums and historic sites.
The Last Plan Standing competition was designed as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for entrepreneurs and small business owners to win an integrated marketing communications campaign to help launch their business on the occasion of Nicholson Kovacs 30th anniversary in business. The program began with entrepreneurs submitting approximately one-minute videos explaining why their new product or service was relevant and ingenious, and why it should be deemed worthy as The Last Plan Standing. From all of the submissions, Nicholson Kovac selected 20 semi-finalists and posted those for public viewing/voting. From the 11 quarter-finalists, as well as from information received from the contestants, a panel of Nicholson Kovac professionals and Kansas City-area business leaders reviewed and narrowed the field to the top three.
We were impressed by the caliber of the entries we received from entrepreneurs and small business owners nationwide as part of The Last Plan Standing competition, said Kovac. It was tough to narrow the field to the final three, so it was even tougher to pick the winner, as many have the potential to become vibrant, successful companies. We congratulate all of the contestants and wish them much success with their ideas.
Click here to view the video announcement by Pete Kovac.
About Nicholson Kovac, Inc.
Nicholson Kovac, Inc., an integrated marketing communications company, is counted among the top independent advertising agencies in the country and serves national and global brands. At the heart of Nicholson Kovac’s work is Relevant IngenuitySM, a proprietary process of discovering the relevant issues long before the search for creative solutions begins. The result is smarter, more efficient communications that deliver measurable results for clients. For additional details, visit http://www.nicholsonkovac.com or follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/nicholsonkovac or http://www.facebook.com/NicholsonKovac.
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