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MakeYourJob.org Is A New Interactive Community Helping Teens Launch Startups

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, or NFTE, an international non-profit organization dedicated to inspiring young people from low-income communities to stay in school and recognize business opportunities, just launched MakeYourJob.org, an new interactive web community that gives teens the tools and knowledge needed  to help turn their interests and hobbies ... Read more »
Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Real Impact, Social Software
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Free Microsoft Cloud Computing For University Scientists

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Microsoft and Internet2 have announced a new agreement enabling member universities to take advantage of Windows Azure to open up collaborative, instructional and research opportunities in the cloud. The announcement was made at the recent Spring 2012 Internet2 Member Meeting in Arlington, VA. This agreement is a significant ... Read more »
Academia, Cloud Computing, Government, Laboratories and Research, Leadership, Real Impact, Why Microsoft
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Microsoft Announces Charity Fashion Show “Geek 2 Chic: LA” Benefiting The Network For Teaching Entrepreneurship

Mark Drapeau (Los Angeles, CA) — Today, I’m in southern California preparing for the latest installment of Microsoft Public Sector’s charity fashion show in partnership with Bloomingdale’s called “Geek 2 Chic.” This event is Geek 2 Chic: Los Angeles and its happening on May 10th at Bloomingdale’s Santa Monica. I am the executive producer of ... Read more »
Corporate Citizenship, Events, Fashion, Nonprofits, Real Impact
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NFTE Chicago Partners With Starbucks To Launch Entrepreneurs

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Microsoft has long been a friend of the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship, or NFTE, a wonderful non-profit with outposts in many U.S. cities which empowers at-risk youth to launch their own businesses…while in high school. Our collaboration has manifested itself most recently in a series of “Geek 2 Chic” fashion ... Read more »
Entrepreneurship, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Real Impact
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Young Entrepreneurs And Leaders Innovating The Rust Belt

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Typically, when you see a story in the mainstream media about innovators, entrepreneurs, and thinkers, it’s about someone on the east or west coast, and within that in a few cities like New York, San Francisco, and Washington, DC. But the April 2012 issue of Details magazine (of all places) has ... Read more »
Cars, Civic Hacking, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, Government, Real Impact, Retail
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Gamification Of The Next Generation

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — In the media, we mostly read about how gaming is damaging how students learn and pay attention, how the cloud is mainly useful for things like movies and music, and how smartphones are useful for playing games like Angry Birds. But the reality is that while many new innovations can ... Read more »
Apps, Cloud Computing, Education, Entrepreneurship, Events, Gadgets and Mobile, Gaming, Government, Health, Leadership, Movies, Music, Real Impact
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Saving Art And Creativity In Public Schools

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — In an IBM survey conducted last year, 1,500 CEOs identified creativity as the number one competitive edge of the future. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan recently wrote that dance, music, theater, and visual arts “are essential to preparing our nation’s young people for a global economy fueled by innovation ... Read more »
Advocacy, Education, Nonprofits, Philanthropy, Real Impact
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Steve Case Tells America How To “Control Alt Compete”

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Creating jobs, improving the economy through innovation, and increasing America’s global competitiveness are incredibly important right now, and a lot of the improvement in these areas will come from small “startup” businesses in major metro areas around the country. In that vein, the Startup America partnership welcomed people to a ... Read more »
Entrepreneurship, Events, People, Real Impact
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