Category: Blog
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INROADS Announces 2010 Top 10 Providers
INROADS Announces 2010 Top 10 Providers of Corporate Internships for Minority Students United Technologies Heads List for Fourth Consecutive Year St. Louis, MO, January 24, 2011 — As INROADS celebrates its 40th year of developing and placing over 125,000 high performing minority students in salaried corporate internships with some of America’s leading companies, it is…
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Restaurants and Brands Take Advantage of Festivus Hype
Imagine creating your own holiday celebration for whatever reason you wish…kind of like that episode on Seinfield where the fake holiday “Festivus” was created as an alternative to celebrating Christmas. In the episode, Festivus was celebrated with a few traditional practices of its own beginning with the “Airing of Grievances” followed by the Festivus dinner…
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9 Tips for Using Twitter to Build Your Nonprofit Network
Twitter, so big and so influential, yet so intimidating for many non-profit organizations. So instead, non-profits choose to stay out of the world of hashtags and 140 character limits and instead choose to continue using the same traditional marketing channels to fight for awareness and donor engagement in the oh so competitive non-profit space. As…
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NFL Athletes Join Forces in Miami to Host “Each One, Teach One All-Stars Community Outreach Campâ€
A host of NFL athletes have joined forces to collaborate with South Florida’s VSports Marketing Group for the “Each One, Teach One All-Stars Community Outreach Camp†being held on Monday, October 18, 2010 from 6:00-8:30pm at the Little River Park located at 10525 NW 24 Avenue, Miami, FL. The free youth camp open to youth…
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Workshop: Marketing on a Shoestring Budget When the Economy Sucks
Blueprint Creative Group produces a series of D.I.Y. [Do. It. Yourself.] Marketing workshops designed especially for small businesses and non-profit organizations with limited budgets. The truth is that the current economy has placed a severe financial strain on businesses leaving them with less to work with but with the increasing need to maximize their marketing…
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Help AIDS Orphans Organization to Launch Chapter During Asian-African Youth Forum in Indonesia
August 17, 2010, WASHINGTON, DC–Â Help AIDS Orphans (HAO), a US-based organization that supports AIDS orphans in Africa, announces the launch of a chapter in (COUNTRY) during the 2010 Asian African Youth Forum (AAYF) held during August 23rd-27th, 2010 in Indonesia. The launch of a new chapter during the AAYF will bring attention to the…
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Students and Businesses Donate to Clothing Drive for African AIDS Orphans in Global Campaign Spearheaded by Help AIDS Orphans
July 15, 2010, WASHINGTON, DC–Â With millions of children left orphaned to AIDS each year with no parents to care for them, Help AIDS Orphans has united with K-12 schools, colleges and universities, and various organizations as part of a global campaign to supply African AIDS orphans with donated school supplies, used clothing, toys, and…
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Something Different Comes to Miami…Wanna Play?
The shortest pickup line takes over South Florida and it comes in the form of games, a fun social atmosphere, cocktails, music, and plenty of fun people. Wanna Play? MIAMI, FL, May 20, 2010– Connect Four, Twister, the falling blocks of Jenga, and Taboo are all part of the concept. Far different from the typical…
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INROADS Receives Google Donation Towards Internship Programs
St. Louis, MO, April 13, 2010—As a result of a three-year partnership with Google, INROADS recently received a $50,000 donation as a gift of appreciation from the online media giant. As an INROADS partner, Google has provided internships to INROADS Interns over the course of three years with seven Interns being placed at Google last…
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UPTOWN Escape Salute to Excellence Dinner to Honor Power Players in Music, Film, & Entertainment
MIAMI, FL, (March 12, 2010)– Hosted by actors Boris Kodjoe and Nicole Ari Parker-Kodjoe, the star-studded UPTOWN Escape Salute to Excellence Awards Dinner with guests to include contributing honorees actress Nia Long, Grammy Award winning songwriter/producer Bryan Michael Cox, music executives Steve Rifkind of SRC Records and Ted Lucas of Slip n Slide Records, super…