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Homefront Heroes Takes Compelling Wounded Warrior Stories To The GI Film Festival

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — For those not directly connected with an active-duty military person or a veteran, you often only hear their stories vaguely, or in passing. Now, two very different people have created Homefront Heroes to deliver veterans’ stories to you in a very compelling, human way. Mike Allen, a Microsoft executive in their ... Read more »
Celebrities, Defense, Movies, Philanthropy, Television, Video
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Six Ways Evangelists Can Promote Like Sports Illustrated Supermodel Kate Upton

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) – Recently, I wrote an essay about how the open government movement could do a better job of engaging mainstream media, and more specifically how the simultanous Transparency Camp and White House Correspondents Dinner weekend could make better connections. One criticism of this is that the WHCD is too focused on celebrities, ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cheeky Geeky, Gadgets and Mobile, Government, Leadership, Movies, Photos, Politics, Social Software
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White House Correspondents Dinner: Why Do Geeks Hate Nerdprom?

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Recently, the White House Correspondents Dinner (AKA “Nerd Prom”) and its bevy of pre-parties, after-parties, and brunches hit Washington, DC by storm as it does every spring. But across the Potomac in Arlington, VA, a simultaneous gathering of government enthusiasts known as “Transparency Camp” occurred, sequestered from networking with influential ... Read more »
Celebrities, Cheeky Geeky, Entrepreneurship, Events, Fashion, Journalism, Media, Movies
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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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Entreprelooza! In Pictures

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — On March 6th, Startup DC (the local arm of Startup America Partnership) hosted the first ever Entreprelooza! in Washington, DC, a celebration of all things startup and entrepreneurial. Besides being a 35,000 square foot festival for about 400 people (which stands out enough in DC), its diversity was noticed by ... Read more »
Entrepreneurship, Events, Movies
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Entreprelooza! A Celebration of DC Area Entrepreneurship

Mark Drapeau (Washington, DC) — Startup DC in partnership with Startup America and Microsoft has announced Entreprelooza! is occuring on Tuesday, March 6th at what was previously a Borders bookstore on 18th and L St. NW in Washington, DC. It will be a 70,000 square foot celebration of all things geeky, startup, and entrepreneurial ... Read more »
Citizen 2.0, Entrepreneurship, Events, Fashion, Movies, Philanthropy
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American Teacher: Philadelphia Screening At A Futuristic School

Andrew Ko (Reston, VA) — American Teacher is a documentary that chronicles the stories of four teachers living and working in disparate urban and rural areas of the country. Narrated by Matt Damon, the teacher’s stories are told through a mixture of footage and interviews with students, families, and colleagues, as well as the teachers ... Read more »
Celebrities, Education, Events, Movies
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Why Are You Still Waiting For Superman?

Cameron Evans (Irving, TX) — When it debuted, Waiting for Superman received a lot of buzz. A documentary about failures in the American educational system told through the lives of a number of individual students, it forced people to question a host of inter-related issues. At the same time, controversial local education reformers like Washington, ... Read more »
DIY, Education, Higher Innovation, Movies, Reviews
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