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From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

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Hunter Gilstrap didn’t grow up dreaming of becoming a professional athlete. As a kid in a small town in South Carolina, he was more interested in comic books and drawing than organized sports. Soccer was something his parents signed him up for at the local YMCA in 1990.

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From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

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Gildan Glow Run Lights Up the Night for Communities in Latin America

Fri, 01/26/2018 - 07:00

The brightest night in the city once again raised a total of more than $100,000 for communities in Honduras, Nicaragua and Dominican Republic. The Glow Run, a 5k run and fundraising event, united more than 12,000 Gildan employees and their families at the end of 2017 to celebrate a night of physical activity and entertainment in support of their communities.

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CBRE Group, Inc. Named by Forbes as One of America’s Best Employers for Diversity

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 13:10

CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) has been named to the 2018 America’s Best Employers For Diversity list by Forbes. The company earned a #45 ranking on the list of 250 organizations and is the only commercial real estate company to receive this honor.

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Female Founders Forum: Chef and Entrepreneur Lisa Tse Speaks About the Challenges of Starting Your Own Business

Fri, 01/26/2018 - 09:05

In the same week that the UK Government appointed its first ‘Minister for Loneliness’, we sat down with acclaimed chef and entrepreneur Lisa Tse, who spoke to us about the challenges of isolation and loneliness that often come with the early stages of starting a business.

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A Year After CEO’s Death, North Texas Food Bank Donors Exceed Her $55 Million Goal

Fri, 01/26/2018 - 08:35

Plano-based Alliance Data was approached by the North Texas Food Bank three years ago to offer support to their not-yet-announced capital campaign to expand its services and build a new distribution center. The company committed $2.5 million to the campaign, specifically for the center, which will allow the agency to focus not just on food, but on nutritious food from a facility in the heart of Plano, home of Alliance Data's corporate headquarters.

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Fast-Growing North Texas Nonprofits to Merge

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 11:30

Possibilities, a pioneer in vocational learning for adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD); and LaunchAbility, the leading supported employment and job placement for adults with IDD, will join forces to make a greater impact on this under-served North Texas community. Alliance Data is an ardent supporter of both organizations, serving as a founding donor of My Possibilities' higher education campus, which is slated to open this spring, and as an employer of LaunchAbility clients for the past decade.

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Lighting Upgrades in Our Plants Increase Energy Efficiency, Reduce Environmental Impact

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 10:35

When team members arrive to start their day at Ingersoll Rand’s Club Car plant in Augusta, Georgia, the energy-efficient LED lights start turning on section by section as they sense movement. And as people leave an area, the motion-sensitive LED lights start dimming to save energy and then turn off entirely after 30 minutes.

Social Impact & Volunteering

Colleges Nationwide Seek RecycleMania 2018 Championship

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 10:00

RecycleMania, the premier collegiate recycling competition managed by national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful, is back for its 18th year as college and university campuses across the country compete to see who will claim the championship title in the fight to reduce, reuse, recycle and compost the most on campus. Registration for the 2018 RecycleMania competition will close on Friday, Feb. 2. RecycleMania will begin on Sunday, Feb. 4, with the campus competition running for eight weeks, concluding on Saturday, March 31.

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The Three Things Global Leaders Need to Do to Prepare for the Next Big Economic Shift

Thu, 01/25/2018 - 09:45

The fourth industrial revolution is upon us. Technology, jobs, government policies, and entire economies around the world are on the edge of a massive shift. This presents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for global leaders to come together and embrace new digital technologies that hyper-charge their economic prospects, create new manufacturing jobs, educate the next generation of highly skilled labor, and ultimately shape the next hundred years of our planet.

Health & Healthcare

New Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy Launches to Accelerate Progress Toward a World Without Leprosy

Fri, 01/26/2018 - 08:30

Ahead of World Leprosy Day on Sunday 28 January 2018, several leading leprosy groups have joined forces to launch a Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy to accelerate progress towards a world without leprosy, also known as Hansen’s disease.

Events, Media & Communications

Announcing Majora Carter as Keynote Speaker at Living Future unConference

Mon, 01/29/2018 - 09:00

The International Living Future Institute is pleased to announce Majora Carter as their third keynote speaker at the annual Living Future unConference, held this year in Portland, OR from May 1-4.

Carter is a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems.

She will join author and activist Raj Patel + conservationist and advocate Terry Tempest Williams as keynotes.

The Living Future unConference is the forum for leading minds in the green building movement to make strides toward a healthy future for all. To learn more and to register visit 2018livingfutureunconference.org.

From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

From Pro Athlete to Tech Storyteller: Meet DICK’S Sporting Goods Manager of Communications & Branding

Advancing with Purpose: Designing for Product Energy Efficiency

Global Reach, Local Impact

Gildan Glow Run Lights Up the Night for Communities in Latin America

CBRE Group, Inc. Named by Forbes as One of America’s Best Employers for Diversity

Female Founders Forum: Chef and Entrepreneur Lisa Tse Speaks About the Challenges of Starting Your Own Business

A Year After CEO’s Death, North Texas Food Bank Donors Exceed Her $55 Million Goal

Fast-Growing North Texas Nonprofits to Merge

Lighting Upgrades in Our Plants Increase Energy Efficiency, Reduce Environmental Impact

Colleges Nationwide Seek RecycleMania 2018 Championship

The Three Things Global Leaders Need to Do to Prepare for the Next Big Economic Shift

New Global Partnership for Zero Leprosy Launches to Accelerate Progress Toward a World Without Leprosy

Announcing Majora Carter as Keynote Speaker at Living Future unConference

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