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The January 2010 challenge is now closed

Posted by Administrator on Jan 31, 2010 at 1:08 pm

You had until Jan 31th, 2009, noon (EST), to enter our Idea challenge for the best idea! The voting is now closed for a few hours to count the vote and select the top 10. The top 10 ideas, as voted by the Challenge Your World community, will be highlighted in the winner section of our website Tuesday.

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Challenge Your World Ignites Montreal!

Posted by Administrator on Jan 29, 2010 at 2:45 pm
As part of Global Ignite Week (March 1-5, 2010), Challenge Your World will be part of an evening of networking, information, and fun, encapsulated in the Ignite motto: "Enlighten us, but make it quick." In the tradition of Pecha Kucha Nights, it's a rapid-fire, high-energy series of talks by people who have an idea—and the guts to get onstage and share it with the audience. Presenters get 20 slides and five minutes to make their point. Fast-paced, thought-provoking, social, local, global—Ignite is all of these and more. Stay tuned for more information about the date and location! If you'd like to be involved in this unique event, email us at [...]

Venture Medium Conference this Saturday January 23rd in Montreal

Posted by Debbie Carman on Jan 20, 2010 at 5:28 pm in Inside Story

This Saturday in Montreal SIFE Concordia is hosting Venture Medium, an open event showcasing the community of varied and innovative Montreal entrepreneurs. This day long conference will be split into 3 distinct topics covering: Entrepreneurship, Marketing and Finance (including two workshops given by Challenge Your World!).

Visit http://www.sifeconcordia.com for details and to register.

Support for Haïti

Posted by Debbie Carman on Jan 15, 2010 at 1:14 pm in Headlines
Following the disastrous earthquake that struck on Tuesday, millions of people in Haïti are trying to recover from the tremendous shock and damage. The situation in Haïti is especially critical, because the earthquake hit the capital, Port-au-Prince, crippling government institutions and local aid agencies. On Wednesday, members of the Challenge Your World team took part in the Ski4CARE fundraiser. The event, which was organized by our partner CARE Canada, raised $39,000 for Haïtian families and orphans. What's more, for every dollar raised, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) is supporting the project by matching every donation 3 [...]

NFB: GDP Partnership

Posted by Administrator on Jan 14, 2010 at 4:25 pm in Inside Story
The National Film Board has been telling stories that reflect Canada back to Canadians for seven decades now. With "GDP - Measuring the human side of the Canadian economic crisis", the NFB is running the country’s first bilingual web documentary, a pan-Canadian project that bears witness to the far-reaching effects of the crisis in our lives and communities. Challenge Your World is collaborating with the GDP webdoc for the duration of the GDP production (planned until end of August 2010) in order to document and show how entrepreneurs reinvent themselves. For more information about the GDP webdoc and to view a sample of their videos, visit our NFB [...]

Partenariat avec l'ONF : PIB

Posted by Administrator on Jan 14, 2010 at 4:21 pm in Inside Story
L'Office national du film du Canada s'est engagé dans une aventure multimédia inédite et exaltante en mettant en œuvre dès la fin septembre 2009 « PIB - L'indice humain de la crise économique canadienne », un tout premier documentaire web pancanadien bilingue, qui témoigne des effets à long terme de la crise sur la vie des Canadiens et des Canadiennes. Challenge Your World collabore avec le docu web PIB pour la durée de l’expérience PIB (prévue jusqu’à la fin août 2010) dans le but de documenter et montrer comment des entrepreneurs se réinventent. Pour en savoir plus sur le docu web PIB et pour visionner des exemples de leurs vidéos, visitez notre [...]
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