This Sunday’s landslide victory for the Democratic Party of Japan marked the first change in party power in half a century. Having watched as Barack Obama took the 2008 United States presidential election using change as the foundation of his campaign, this election paints a clear picture of what the Japanese people want: CHANGE.
The Democratic [...]
Filed under: News on September 1st, 2009 @ 11:21 am
Tagged with: Diet, DPJ, government, green technology, growth, infrastructure, Japan, LDP, leadership, lost decade, stimulus
This week the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation hosted its first annual benefit concert “Reeve Rocks” in New York. The foundation is at the forefront of philanthropic efforts to raise money and awareness for spinal injury research but has been suffering from something like an image crisis as of late due to the fact that [...]
Filed under: Community, Philanthropy on July 31st, 2009 @ 6:17 pm
Tagged with: Added Value, Business, Community, education, efficiency, growth, inspirational, knowledge, leaders, leadership, learn, marketing, multi-disciplinary, non-profit, opportunity, philanthropy, Reeve Foundation, Stoked Mentoring, success, Youth
The Young Creative Entrepeneur Awards are based in the UK and support creative entrepreneurs in the development of a “competitive and sustainable creative economy that extends cultural engagement and supports cultural diversity through the development of a strong independent creative sector.” Within the fields of visual arts, communication, interactive technology, design, music, fashion, and publishing, [...]
Filed under: Arts & Culture, News on July 28th, 2009 @ 10:30 am
Tagged with: art, Business, creative capital, creative economy, economy, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, leadership, people, profits, success, United Kingdom, Young Creative Entrepreneur Awards
Burying your head in the sand, particularly during a crisis, is never a strategy that is recommended in the world of business, as now more than ever, companies are forced to be creative and forward-thinking in the face of economic hardships. And not only is it possible to survive a recession, but thrive during one [...]
Filed under: Business, News on July 17th, 2009 @ 3:14 pm
Tagged with: Business, efficiency, employees, goals, growth, innovation, leadership, recession, strategy, success, workplace
‘Younger than Moses: Idle Worship’ is an art exhibit featuring 22 artists in New York.
As part of the European Project FP7 research called “Integrated System for Transport Infastructures Surveillance and Monitoring by Electromagnetic Sensing,” a team of researchers had been gathered from the countries of Israel, Italy, France, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland and Romania.