Month: August 2018

Youth in Underserved Communities Receive Boost from Best Buy

Stuart Mitchell

Best Buy announced today a campaign that will highlight teens from around the country who participate in the company’s Teen Tech Centers, a network of year-round programs designed to teach technology skills to youth living in underserved communities. This effort is part of a previously announced $20 million grant to the Best Buy Foundation to build out more than 60 of these centers and fund non-profit partners across the U.S., with the goal of aiding more than 1 million teens each year by 2020. The awareness campaign focuses initially on…

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Finish Line Youth Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America Announce New Partnership

Stuart Mitchell

The Finish Line Youth Foundation is excited to announce a new partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America. This new partnership will impact the development of America’s future workforce by supporting Boys & Girls Clubs of America and local Clubs in the delivery of high-quality workforce development programming. Finish Line stores will provide hands-on career exploration to give Club kids and teens a fun, behind the scenes look at a potential first job. “Career-readiness programs at Boys & Girls Clubs help youth discover their dreams and create a plan…

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Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Launches “On the Shoulders of Giants” Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) launched “On the Shoulders of Giants,” a $3.2 million, multi-year fundraising campaign. In 2019, the U.S. Mint will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing mission by producing and selling commemorative coins. One-fourth of coin surcharges will directly benefit the ASF. This campaign will be used to match surcharges from the sale of the commemorative coins. “The Moon landing was one of humankind’s greatest achievements, and this monumental feat wouldn’t have been possible without nearly 10 years of talent, ambition and…

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Promotional marketing for the win!

Stuart Mitchell

The ASA have put out a post detailing their thoughts on Promotional Marketing, it is a great read and avalable on their site, I have copied below please check out their site: 1. Plan ahead Plan your promotion carefully and make sure you have the time and resources at every stage to administer it fairly and effectively, so you don’t encounter avoidable problems during the promotion or give consumers justifiable grounds for complaint.  Make sure you’ve given thought to any possible risks, such as technical issues affecting entries or being…

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New Dell Research Ranks 10 Cities Globally on Ability to Foster Women Entrepreneurship

Stuart Mitchell

At last month’s 9th annual Dell Women Entrepreneur Network Summit (DWEN) in Toronto, Dell unveiled new diagnostic tools for local governments and policymakers to help enable women entrepreneurs to succeed. Built on the findings of the 2017 Women Entrepreneur Cities (WE Cities) Index Dell, with research partner IHS Markit conducted a deep-dive analysis’ on the barriers and opportunities for women entrepreneurs accessing capital and leveraging technology to scale. Dell also developed 10 city blueprints designed to spotlight actions a city can take to improve the local ecosystem for women entrepreneurs.…

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