Month: March 2020

DanceSyndrome launches campaign to help communities across the North of England

Stuart Mitchell

North-West Multi-Award winning charity DanceSyndrome has launched a fund raising campaign to ensure it can continue helping communities across the North of England. The Show Us Your Moves campaign will encourage anyone and everyone to support the charity by filming themselves performing a short dance move and posting it on their social media channels – with the accompanying hashtags #Showusyourmoves and #Righttodance. The DanceSyndrome team will ‘kick off’ the campaign by sharing a series of short videos, created by some of those currently benefiting from DanceSyndrome’s work. Each dancer will…

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CASETiFY Partners with Malala Fund for a Special Edition Collection to Celebrate International Women’s Day

Stuart Mitchell

Following a successful charitable collaboration last year, CASETiFY is relaunching the Her Impact Matters collection with all new tech accessories to support iPhone, Samsung, AirPods, and Apple Watch. In celebration of International Women’s Day, Mar 8, the brand will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from the collection to the nonprofit organization Malala Fund all month long. Starting Feb 27, supporters will be able to shop the Her Impact Matters collection–a collection named for the brand’s beloved Impact Case series and the strong women who continue to wear and inspire…

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Canada Goose Launches Polar Bears International BE@RBRICK in Honour of International Polar Bear Day

Stuart Mitchell

Canada Goose and MEDICOM TOY have teamed up to release a special, limited-edition BE@RBRICK in support of Polar Bears International (PBI). The Canada Goose PBI BE@RBRICK launches today on International Polar Bear Day, an annual event that raises awareness of the challenges polar bears face due to climate change and declining sea ice, which is vital for their survival. The collaboration is part of Canada Goose’s Spring 2020 PBI campaign which launched earlier this month aimed at raising awareness of the warming Arctic and its effects on polar bears, us…

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This Campaign Season, BBB National Programs’ Digital Advertising Accountability Program is Helping Voters Understand the Origins of Online Political Ads

Stuart Mitchell

In today’s political environment, many American voters have grown wary about the political content they encounter online. Legislators and social media platforms have struggled with 21st century challenges associated with political content in our digital lives. Now, to partially address these issues, BBB National Programs’ Digital Advertising Accountability Program (DAAP) will be monitoring online content to ensure that advertisers follow new best practices for online political advertising. At the start of the year, BBB National Programs’ DAAP, known for its work in the digital privacy space, began monitoring online sources…

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2020 Call for Code Global Challenge Led by IBM Takes On Climate Change on 75th Anniversary of United Nations

Stuart Mitchell

Call for Code Founding Partner IBM and Creator David Clark Cause, in partnership with United Nations Human Rights and the Linux Foundation have announced this year’s Call for Code Global Challenge, inviting the world’s software developers and innovators to help fight climate change with open source-powered technology. On its 75th anniversary, the United Nations is demanding a ‘global reality check’ and has launched the biggest-ever global conversation on how to address the world’s most pressing issues such as climate change. Heeding the UN’s rallying cry to help build the future…

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