Day: 2 October 2021

Pro Carton reveals the next generation of Sustainable Packaging Designers

Stuart Mitchell

The winners of the annual Pro Carton Young Designers Award 2021 were announced on 6 September during the virtual 2021 Carton Awards E-vent ceremony. Prizes were awarded across four categories: Save the Planet, Cartonboard Packaging for Food & Drink, Cartonboard Packaging for All Other Products and Creative Cartonboard Ideas. In addition, a Newcomers’ Award also went to a student from a university that hadn’t won before.  And the Award goes to… The ‘Save the Planet’ Award went to Emily Kearns from Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom. She impressed…

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The National LGBTQ+ Bar Names Paul Thaler as Director of Development

Stuart Mitchell

The National LGBTQ+ Bar Association is excited to announce that Paul Thaler is our new Director of Development. From staff to board leadership, we send a sincere “Welcome Back” to Paul who takes over from the always amazing Seth Rosen to oversee our business development. Paul’s career as an attorney is as broad as it is deep and helps explain why Paul is such a well-rounded legal professional. Boasting of experience in private practice and even a period of time as a career development officer at a law school, Paul is…

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Good Around the Globe Launches Crowdfunding Campaign to Support Sustainable Small Businesses

Stuart Mitchell

Good Around the Globe, an online video marketplace with a networking collective, helps local businesses with big dreams. The company recently launched a crowdfunding campaign through IFUNDWOMEN (ifw) to connect socially impactful small businesses with a community of loyal customers. Good Around the Globe Founder Nilvia Brinkley said, “Good Around the Globe is a socially responsible business marketplace for creating connection and a chain reaction between social impact and small business success. The company was founded for the specific purpose of helping organizations with big dreams, big hearts, big missions…

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New Leaders Council in Collaboration with Allen & Gerritsen Launches Rebrand

Stuart Mitchell

New Leaders Council (NLC), a nationally renowned leadership development organization dedicated to training and connecting a new generation of equity-driven leaders, announces the launch of its rebrand, which was led by comprehensive independent agency Allen & Gerritsen (A&G). A&G’s strategy team worked with NLC internal stakeholders across the country to develop a refreshed brand identity that encapsulates the energy, scale and cross-sector strength of the organization. As part of the rebrand, A&G helped to update NLC’s design and logo system, originally designed for a single chapter, but today is used…

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UK teenagers would respect a tech break but are concerned about safety if UK schools ban mobile phones

Stuart Mitchell

Yubo, the leading platform for Gen Z to socialise online, has found that  92% of UK teenagers wouldn’t feel safe travelling to school without their mobile.  Yubo’s poll of over 10,000 Gen Zers aged 13 to 25 looked at students’ opinion on the potential Mobile Phone Ban for English Schools following claims that mobiles can have a damaging effect on mental health and wellbeing when misused or overused.  Many students aren’t aware of the proposal from Education Secretary Gavin Williamson, with 61.1% of GenZers revealing they haven’t heard about the…

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