The Louisiana Technology Council is preparing for its fast-approaching inaugural K-12 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) Gala, Robotics Revelry. The gala will be held on Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 7:00 pm to 10:30 pm at the U.S. Freedom Pavilion, a newly constructed space at the World War II Museum. The black tie preferred gala [...]
Bossier City-based email archiving solution company ArcMail has announced the expansion of its product lineup. A new information archiving solution, Defender VM, has been developed to organize a business’ most valuable data, including information in the network, hardware, and software. The Defender VM was designed from the ground up offering a virtual functional and secure [...]
Video game startup Petrodactyl Studios has been hard at work on their first major project, Vendetta. Like all startups they need money, so they are holding a unique event to accomplish their fundraising goals. They thought about a bake sale, a car wash, and other typical fundraisers. They came to the conclusion that, “pledging hours [...]
Video production company Launch Media won top awards from the ADDY Awards, presented by the American Advertising Federation – Baton Rouge. The competition is the largest advertising competition, “representing creative excellence and recognizing all forms of advertising, from media of all types, creative of all sizes and entrants of all levels from anywhere in the [...]
The third annual Teen Tech Day, sponsored by Greater New Orleans Inc., is scheduled for March 23rd, 2013 at Delgado Community College. It’s a one-day interactive conference, created in 2011 by New Orleans Tech, to emphasize math, science, and engineering as tool to enable teens to use technology anywhere from a hobby to a career. It’s designed to help the [...]
Tomorrow, Wednesday February 27th at 12:00 pm, the BioDistrict New Orleans will be hosting a webcast, the first in a series designed to, “showcase the exemplary projects taking place within the district.” Eric Kavanagh, CEO at the Bloor Group, will be the host of the webcast. Special guest Dr. Anjum Khurshid, director of the Crescent [...]
Lafayette, LA has been named one of the 20 finalists for this year’s Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors Challenge. “The challenge is all about identifying a need, solving a problem, and sharing local knowledge so that other cities and citizens can benefit from the insight and actions of their peers.” Lafayette could win up to $5M to fund [...]
The Emerging Philanthropists of New Orleans have opened applications for the Class of 2013. The initiative was created to engage young leaders in New Orleans in philanthropy. The 2013 Class will participate in a high-engagement, six-month program where they will be able to participate in sessions, get hands-on experience, and join a team with members [...]
Along with eight other recipients, the Idea Village was awarded the Blackstone Grant on February 11th from the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. The Foundation targets organizations that focus on fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, which is exactly what the Idea Village does. They were awarded $100,000 as part of the total $1M awarded. Director of the Blackstone [...]
TEDx are independently held TED events, or “ideas worth spreading” events. On March 9th, 2013, Louisiana State University is hosting their own TEDx event, TEDxLSU, with the theme of Evolve. The event is designed to generate new thought by connecting existing resources, people, and ideas at the local level, with the same impact as regular [...]
