Philanthropy

Portland, OR -- The Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME) will award Nike, Inc. with the 2003 Corporate Award at OAME’s 15th-annual Conference and Trade Show on Thursday, May 8th at the Oregon Convention Center in Northeast Portland. Nike has been a key ...

BEDMINSTER, N.J. -- AT&T today announced it is offering $150,000 in fellowship grants to universities to further academic research in the emerging field of industrial ecology.

Industrial ecology is the study of industrial an...

BOSTON, MA - The Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College announces these upcoming training opportunities:

- Communicating and Branding Corporate Citizenship -- May 28-30; Atlanta, Georgia

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NEW YORK, NY - Professor Michael E. Porter, internationally recognized for his work on corporate strategy, will present a new theory on corporate philanthropy during a May 14th forum titled “The Competitive Advantage of Corporate Philanthropy.” Professor Porter will s...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Salesforce.com, the technology and market leader in on-demand customer relationship management (CRM), announced that President George W. Bush will recognize salesforce.com Vice President of Finance Steve Houck when the President arrives in Santa Cl...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – As part of the ongoing celebration of National Volunteer Week (April 27-May 3), VolunteerMatch today announced that Washington Mutual, Inc., has licensed VolunteerMatch technology to help manage its volunteer activities across the United States. Wi...

UNITED NATIONS - Entrepreneurship and new business creation are important for economic growth, but new studies released yesterday to a group of international leaders at the United Nations show that many countries overlook key measures to spur entrepreneurial activity ...

CHICAGO, IL – More than 200 Bankers Life and Casualty Company agents and employees will take to the streets on May 9-10, 2003 to raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association during the first “Forget Me Not Days.” More than 50,000 forget-me-not seed packets will be dis...

UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. Global Compact reports several new initiatives
including:

Hewlett-Packard & Pfizer Help Launch North American Learning Forum

Leading companies in North America met...

NORWALK, CT - TechnoServe's 35th Annual Meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at the Credit Suisse First Boston Conference Facility located at One Madison Avenue in New York City. Credit Suisse First Boston, a member of TechnoServe's Business Leadership Cou...