Blake Canterbury, the Founder and CEO of beremedy, will visit Georgia Tech in April to participate in the IMPACT Speaker Series. Beremedy is an organization that uses social media to connect those in need with those who can help. It is based on the concept that there are the resources in every community to meet the needs of that community. 

Please join us for his talk, at 4:30pm in the College of Management, or watch the free live webcast.

After the presentation, all are invited to attend the Ideas to Serve Competition Poster Showcase and Reception. Enjoy appetizers and mingle with colleagues and social enterprise leaders while Georgia Tech students display their innovative ideas for solving social and environmental problems.

More about the Speaker

Blake Canterbury is the Founder and CEO of beremedy—“the simplest way to help other people.” beremedy has been named by CNN as one of the “3 best companies worldwide (for their) twitter usage” and was one of the leading organizations in bringing aid to Haiti after the earthquake by using social media to network organizations, the UN, and the U.S. Marines. Read full bio.

About the Impact Speaker Series

Since 2002, the IMPACT Speaker Series has brought highly successful business leaders from a variety of industries to campus to share their experiences and give advice to students and other entrepreneurs on topics ranging from "building a venture around intellectual capital" to "successful entrepreneurship in large organizations" and "socially responsible leadership". The weekly series provides Georgia Tech students, alumni and the Atlanta business community an opportunity to network and learn from successful entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and notable business and non-profit leaders. Events for the series take place in the LeCraw Auditorium in the College of Management building at 4:30 pm on Wednesdays unless otherwise noted.  

The series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.