Berkeley Unified School District Communications Study
Madera Group has been working in collaboration with the Berkeley Unified School District over the last few months to review current district wide communications and begin to suggest the most relevant, best practices for the district’s communications. Superintendent William Huyett formalized a Communications Working Group that partnered with Madera Group to implement a three month communications campaign. The campaign took Madera Group into the community and several school sites to learn about current communications practices.
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International Youth March this Summer to Address Climate Change
Madera Group is working closely with Alec Loorz and the organization he founded, iMatter March, to raise awareness about the growing climate crisis. When he was 13, he watched Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, and has been passionately and actively tackling the issue of global warming ever since. Alec co-founded Kids vs. Global Warming with his mother Victoria Loorz, and subsequently has organized over 100 youth led marches in 25 different countries since Mother’s Day.
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Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), Weili Dai, and Rob Atkinson at the Commonwealth Club in Silicon Valley on January 19, 2011
Please join Information Technology and Innovation Foundation Honorary Co-Chair Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) and ITIF President Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D at their Commonwealth Club panel discussion at 6:30 pm on January 19th, 2011. They will be joined by Weili Dai, Marvell Technology Group Co-Founder, in a talk about what California and the United States needs to do to reverse innovation decline in the next decade. Attendance is open to the public. The Center for the Next Generation and The Henry J. Kaiser Foundation will also host a 5:30 pm reception before the discussion.
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Madera Group Congratulates the San Francisco Make Mine a Million $ Winners
The San Francisco Make Mine a Million $ Business event recently announced this year’s contest winners. The ten chosen were selected from a wide pool of businesswomen with hopes of growing their business’ revenue to 1 million dollars and beyond. The winners will receive business coaching and a cash award, as well as the opportunity to network with the thousands of women who have participated in the Count Me in for Women’s Economic Independence program. Read the rest of this page »
ITIF Energy Innovation 2010 Event
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Since its inception in 2006, Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has worked towards formulating public policies to boost modernization and promote the widespread “digitalization” of the economy. The topic of energy technology is becoming increasingly important to the public eye as a result of the recent coal and oil safety disasters, and the U.S. military’s excessive energy expenditures. Read the rest of this page »
San Francisco Make Mine a Million $ Business Event
Whether you’re well on your way to becoming a million $ business, or just starting to grow, Madera Group invites you to join us at the San Francisco Make Mine a Million $ Business Event on November 8-9th. Get the tools and knowledge to help you improve and expand your business, and increase your visibility within the entrepreneurial community. Read the rest of this page »
Looking For a Few Good Women
Women own over 10 million businesses in the United States, yet less than 3% of women’s businesses reach $1 million or more in revenue. Read the rest of this page »
Make Mine A Million $ Business Kick-Off Party
Are you a female entrepreneur struggling to find innovative ideas to market your business? Or perhaps you are in search of some extra finances to take your business to the next level. Then look no further than Make Mine A Million $ Business Award! This competition, a program of Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence, is geared towards woman business owners who dream of expanding their revenues to $1 million. Winners of the award will receive specialized business coaching to make their business successful, as well as increases visibility to potential customers. 20 finalists will be selected to present their business model at The Make Mine A Million $ Business San Francisco Event from November 7-9, 2010. The deadline to apply is October 15th, 2010.
For more information and access to the application, visit http://makemineamillion.org/ Don’t wait, apply today!
If you are interested and would like to receive more information, please attend the San Francisco Make Mine a Million $ Business Application Kick-Off Party tonight, September 30, 2010 at 6 pm. We will be talking about the competition and answer any logistical questions you may have. Past winners and other local businesswomen will be readily available to help you with your applications! The event is located at 161 Gilbert St., Loft #3 San Francisco, CA. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to rsvp@maderagroup.net with “San Francisco Kick-Off Party” in the subject line, along with your company name and phone number.
Please visit the facebook event for more information: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=147801645257585&ref=search
Count Me In for Women’s Economic Independence is a non-profit company that strives propel economic growth by giving female entrepreneurs the resources and capital necessary to achieve success. Nell Merlino, the founder and CEO of Count Me In, seeks to empower women so they “realize that there is a path for business growth.” She points out in an article in Icosa Magazine, “that women tend to be less aggressive than their male counterparts when it comes to networking, and sometimes they don’t believe in their power as the majority in the business world.” By giving women the tools and knowledge that they can, in fact, succeed, Merlino hopes to increase the percentage of female entrepreneurs who earn over $1 million in revenue, thus increasing the number of jobs in the economy and boosting the overall community development.
To read the full article, visit http://icosamag.com/_webapp_1151373/Nell_Merlino
Running the Numbers
Madera Group is proud to support Chris Jordan’s powerful new exhibition, “Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait.” Chris Jordan is a Washington based artist renowned for his commentary on American mass consumption and waste through breathtaking images. Since 2005, the series has portrayed quantities of waste through different mediums to represent the considerable impact of we humans are recklessly inflicting on the earth, particularly its natural resources. From afar, Jordan’s images appear “as reductive color fields, minimal landscapes or geometric patters, while others covalence with recognizable imagery.” Don’t miss out on viewing this spectacular exhibit on display for a only limited time!
“Running the Images” will be open for viewing from September 13, 2010 to January 7, 2011 in the David Brower Center, located at 2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704.
On September 30, 2010, we encourage you to attend a Special Program featuring Chris Jordan in dialogue with Manuel Maqueda, the co-founder of Plastic Pollution Coalition. They will be addressing issues concerning art and the negative impacts of waste. The event is at 6pm at the David Brower Center. Tickets can be purchased at http://www.brownpapertickets.com. A free Opening Reception will follow at 7pm.
More information can be found at www.browercenter.org
Photocredit: www.chrisjordan.com
“Plastic Bottles.” Two million bottles are depicted in a digital photograph representing the number of plastic bottles used in the United States every 5 minutes.
