{"116691":{"#nid":"116691","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IMPACT Speaker Series presents Blake Canterbury","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBlake Canterbury, the Founder and CEO\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E of beremedy\u003C\/strong\u003E, will visit Georgia Tech in April to participate in the \u003Cstrong\u003EIMPACT Speaker Series\u003C\/strong\u003E. 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.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPlease join us for his talk, at 4:30pm in the College of Management, or watch the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/class\/1948\/Blake-Canterbury\u0022\u003Efree live webcast\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter the presentation, all are invited to attend the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ile.gatech.edu\/i2s\/index.html\u0022\u003EIdeas to Serve Competition\u003C\/a\u003E Poster \u003Ca href=\u0022#mce_temp_url#\u0022\u003EShowcase and Reception\u003C\/a\u003E. Enjoy appetizers and mingle with colleagues and social enterprise leaders while Georgia Tech students display their innovative ideas for solving social and environmental problems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EMore about the Speaker\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBlake Canterbury is the Founder and CEO of beremedy\u2014\u201cthe simplest way to help other people.\u201d beremedy has been named by CNN as one of the \u201c3 best companies worldwide (for their) twitter usage\u201d 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 \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ile.gatech.edu\/files\/BlakeCanterbury.pdf\u0022\u003Ebio\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAbout the Impact Speaker Series\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESince 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 \u0022building a venture around intellectual capital\u0022 to \u0022successful entrepreneurship in large organizations\u0022 and \u0022socially responsible leadership\u0022. 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. \u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe series is free and open to the public, and reservations are not required.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EBlake Canterbury is the founder of beremedy - \u0022the simplest way to help other people.\u0022 He will speak at Georgia Tech on \u003Cstrong\u003EMonday, April 2\u003C\/strong\u003E as part of the IMPACT Speaker Series, a weekly presentation sponsored by the Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Blake Canterbury is the founder and CEO of beremedy,  an organization that uses social media to help people in need."}],"uid":"27336","created_gmt":"2012-03-14 10:59:09","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:58:25","author":"Dori Pap","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2012-04-02T21:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2012-04-02T22:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2012-04-02T22:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2012-04-03 01:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2012-04-03 02:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2012-04-03 02:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"116681":{"id":"116681","type":"image","title":"Blake Canterbury - Founder and CEO of beremedy","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894736","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:36","alt":"Blake Canterbury - Founder and CEO of beremedy","file":{"fid":"194244","name":"blake_canterbury_photo.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blake_canterbury_photo.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/blake_canterbury_photo.png","mime":"image\/png","size":54707,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/blake_canterbury_photo.png?itok=8ZekcKq8"}}},"media_ids":["116681"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.learnitlive.com\/class\/1948\/Blake-Canterbury","title":"Webcast provided by Learn it Live"}],"groups":[{"id":"1274","name":"Scheller College of Business"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2095","name":"charity"},{"id":"14289","name":"nonprofit"},{"id":"2096","name":"philanthropy"},{"id":"167543","name":"social media"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDori Pap\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:dori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edori.pap@ile.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}