Today 12 Noon - Contest for FREE 90 minute business coaching session by Malla Haridat

 Dear Friends,

I hope your 2016 has started powerfully!!!

Do you know someone is running a small business and wants to see REAL growth (aka regular cash flow) this year?  Please share the contest link below.  The lucky winner will get a FREE 90 min coaching session designed to break through the blocks and set up a customized 90 day plan for serious growth.

http://mallaharidat.com/giveaways/grow-your-biz-in-2016-win-a-free-sm-biz-coaching-session 

The contest ends on Friday 1/22/16 at noon.

Success,

Malla Haridat

• Speaker and Biz Coach,  www.mallaharidat.com
• Founder, www.momanddaughtersinc.com
• Youth life skills programs - www.newdesignsforlife.com 
• Connect via @mallaharidat

$5,000 Verizon Wireless/UNCF Scholarships for High School Seniors

In honor of Black History Month, UNCF and Verizon Wireless (VZNW) have partnered to support high school seniors who are college-bound. The 2010 UNCF/VZNW Black History Month Essay contest is designed to allow qualified high school seniors the opportunity to earn college scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic year. If you know of high school seniors with permanent residency in New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Eastern Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland or the District of Columbia, please tell them of this opportunity to receive a Verizon Wireless Black History Month scholarship and prize package. Seniors must apply by March 15, 2010. Twenty-five eligible students will be selected for the 2010-2011 academic year. The winners will receive scholarships of up to $5,000 and select students will also receive a personal technology make-over including an HP Netbook, a Motorola DROID cell phone and/or Verizon Wireless gift cards. Tell your high school senior about this contest today.

SATURDAY, NOV 7-BIGGEST NYC College Fair--$300K in scholarships

SPREAD the WORD to YOUR YOUTH!

Urban Word NYC & NY Knicks Annual College Fair and Open Poetry Audition
November 7th, 10AM-3PM
Hammerstein Ballroom (34th Street @ 8th Ave)
 

Featuring 60+ colleges and universities, 10am-2pm
All Day Entertainment (spoken word, hip-hop, dance)
Open Poetry Audition (Spit a 1-minute poem to enter the Spoken Word Competition for cash scholarships), 10am-3pm
All Day Workshops (financial aid, essay writing)
Register for full-ride scholarships to University of Wisconsin and Mercy College for Seniors in the "Why I Write" written contest

This is the college fair event of the year!

The Knicks Poetry Slam Program is broken up into two contests, Spoken Word and Written.  

1. Spoken Word Competition — A Poetry Slam competition where students progress through an Open Audition, Poetry Workshops, Preliminary Slams, Semi-final Slams, all to compete at the Knicks Poetry Slam Finals at the New Amsterdam Theatre on Broadway.

Spoken Word Prizes

• 1st place - $10,000 laptop and printer
• 2nd place - $7,500 laptop and printer
• 3rd place - $5,000 laptop and printer
• 4th — 10th place - $1,000

To be eligible for this competition, participants must prepare a 1-minute poem audition and perform before a panel of judges at the College Fair on November 7th between 10am-3pm. Top scorers will be placed in a 5-week writing workshop series taking place at sites across the city. Open to teens ages 13-19 years old.

2. Written Competition — students must submit a portfolio of original work including: an essay "The Reason I Write", poetry samples, community service and a resume. The portfolio will be reviewed by a panel of judges to determine the winners.

Written contest Prizes

• 2 full scholarships (4 years) to the University of Wisconsin
• 1 full tuition scholarship (4 year) to Mercy College

To be eligible for this competition, participants must register here. No audition is necessary. Open to High School Seniors. 

3.The New York Knicks College Fair
(YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ENTER A COMPETITION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLLEGE FAIR)

The New York Knicks College Fair will be held on November 7, 2009 from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M in the Hammerstein Ballroom in the Manhattan Center.

This College Fair is one of the most unique annual college fairs around the tri-state area. High school students are encouraged to come out and meet with over 60 colleges and universities from around the country. While exploring the fair, you will be able to watch master poets and dance groups perform, listen to music and live bands, and interact with over 2,000 students. In addition to all of these festivities, there are two dynamic Poetry competitions going on at the same time.

College application workshops will be conducted throughout the day and financial aid advisors will be on hand to answer any questions.

Special guests, including Knicks Alumni, will make periodic appearances throughout the day and sign autographs.

***Remember that each person attending the College Fair must register.***

Register at http://www.nba.com/knicks/community/poetryslam.html

Black Enterprise $10,000 Home Ownership Contest

Black Enterprise $10,000 Home Ownership Contest deadline extended to Nov. 18th. Apply today!

Thanks to Monique for the information. 

Social Enterprise Pitch: Present at GH/Innovate 2010

Social Enterprise Pitch: Present at GH/Innovate 2010

Do you have an innovative idea? Are you working to develop a new program or organization? Submit your social enterprise pitch for presentation at GH/Innovate 2010.

GH/Innovate 2010 will include special sessions where selected participants will present their new idea in the format of a 5-minute social enterprise pitch. Following the pitch, there is a 5-minute period for questions and answers, as well as feedback from the audience. This will provide participants with an opportunity to formulate and present their idea, collaborate and network with others interested in their idea, and receive feedback and ideas from other conference participants.

• Rolling submission deadline. The first qualified social enterprise pitches will be accepted.
• The idea can be in the brainstorming stage, or in the early implementation stage.
• The social enterprise pitch should be program-focused in the area of global health, social innovation and entrepreneurship, international development, international education, or NGOs and community-based programs.
• Complete details online at http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference/social-enterprise-pitch

GH/Innovate 2010
Global Health & Innovation Conference
Presented by Unite For Sight, 7th Annual Conference
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Saturday, April 17 - Sunday, April 18, 2010

Registration & Details: http://www.uniteforsight.org/conference
Registration rate increases after September 30

200 speakers, including keynote addresses by Seth Godin, Jacqueline Novogratz, Jeffrey Sachs and Sonia Sachs. Social innovation sessions by CEOs and Directors of Acumen Fund, Partners in Health, WaterPartners, Save The Children, HealthStore Foundation, and many others.

The Global Health & Innovation Conference convenes more than 2,200 students, scientists, academicians, and professionals from 55 countries who are engaged in global health, international development, social entrepreneurship, nonprofits, microenterprise, and medicine.

"WHAT'S THE REAL DEAL?" WRITING CONTEST

2009/2010 SCENARIOS USA

"WHAT'S THE REAL DEAL?" WRITING CONTEST

Welcome to the 2009-2010 Scenarios USA "What's the REAL DEAL about Masculinity?" contest page!

Our writing contest is open to all students in grades 6-12 in New York City, NY; the Rio Grande Valley, TX; and Cleveland, OH.

Why is the contest topic about masculinity?

Teachers, administrators, community members, parents and students have all told us the same thing: untangling the meanings of gender is important and engaging to all young people. The Scenarios USA approach of putting gender at the heart of English Language Arts, Social Studies, Theater Arts and Health Education promotes higher level thinking skills, helps students build confidence in their own voice, changes attitudes which are linked to sexual health risk and violence, and improves students' overall educational experience.

If your student wins Scenarios USA will:

Partner the winning writer(s) with a Hollywood filmmaker

Facilitate the partnership as the winning writer(s) and the filmmaker develop the writing into a working script, which will be filmed in the student's community in Spring/ Fall 2010

Give each winning writer a cash prize of $500 and letters of recommendation from Scenarios USA

Train each winning writer in public speaking and advocacy

Host a premiere in NYC in late 2010 where the winning writers, their teachers and their directors are honored before an invited audience

We offer these incentives to students to participate:

Each student writer receives a Certificate of Achievementand feedback on his or her writing

Twelve finalists receive special recognition on the Scenarios USA website

All students who submit to the contest will have a chance to apply to be mentored on the set of the film produced in their community

The runner-up from each region will have a one-on-one session with a professional writer to further develop his or her writing skills

How do I get involved?

Sign up for an Educator Workshop in your region. Our workshops are aimed at all educators and youth-serving professionals, especially teachers in English Language Arts, Social Studies, Theater Arts and Health Education.

During the free workshop we will show how learning about masculinity can help students meet the NY, OH and TX learning standards. Workshop participants will receive a free contest kit, including a curriculum, 20 writer's journals and 3 Scenarios USA short films.

Once your students have completed the nine lessons from the curriculum you may submit your students' writing, application forms and their reflection letters from the Contest Kit with your completed questionnaire to Scenarios USA , postmarked no later than December 4th, 2009.

Netbook Contest

Netbook Contest - Samsung Go

http://www.buy.com/specialty_store_6c/samsung-go-netbooks/67458.html