Intelius Entrepreneurship Award Winners Talk about Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Churchill Club with Fortune's Pattie Sellers

Intelius Entrepreneurship Award Winners Talk about Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Churchill Club with Fortune's Pattie Sellers

Five student entrepreneurs join Intelius CEO Naveen Jain and Fortune's Pattie Sellers for a Churchill Club panel discussion on "Leaders of Tomorrow: Student Entrepreneurs."

Bellevue, Wash. (PRWEB) May 18, 2010

As college seniors across the country prepare to graduate and take on the world, five student entrepreneurs are already making their mark in a major way. Naveen Jain, Founder and CEO of Intelius (http://wwwintelius. com) - a leading information commerce company that empowers consumers and businesses with information to make intelligent decisions about personal safety and security - joins the five Intelius Student Entrepreneurship Award winners for a special Churchill Club (http://www. churchillclub. org) "Leaders of Tomorrow: Student Entrepreneurship" panel and media event on May 24, at the Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus.

"Young entrepreneurs are behind some of today's most successful companies, effectively leveraging emerging technology and playing a critical role in driving it forward," said Naveen Jain. "These kids aren't just talking about changing the world; they're actually doing it by creating groundbreaking, socially responsible companies."

The Intelius Entrepreneurship Awards recognize exceptional college student-founded companies in the following categories: social impact, technology, marketing, international, and sustainability. The student winners were selected from among 100 startups featured at the second annual Kairos Society Global Summit held at the New York Stock Exchange in April. The award recipients will showcase companies and discuss their views of the world and their vision for the future during a panel hosted by Fortune magazine Editor at Large, Pattie Sellers.

"This panel brings together five exceptional student entrepreneurs for a valuable look at the future of business and corporate responsibility," said Sellers. "I'm delighted to support these inspiring young business men and women and to host this panel which will provide insight into how these aspiring entrepreneurs will become tomorrow's successful business leaders."

The Churchill Club is an internationally-respected independent business and technology forum in Silicon Valley where thought leaders, global business executives, innovators, and senior political leaders meet to discuss and debate, inform and educate, forecast and evaluate.

This year's winning companies and featured students include:
Leonar3Do (Intelius International Entrepreneurship Award): Hungarian student and co-founder Dániel Rátai will discuss how Leonar3Do turns an ordinary PC into a 3D virtual reality system that can be easily accessible by anyone, allowing the user to create his or her own virtual world in the space in front of the monitor. With Leonar3do, users can draw in space, create models and patterns, invent toys, make and play games, build structures out of predefined shapes, and much more, all carried out in a way that earlier could only be dreamed of in a science-fiction world. Givology (Intelius Social Entrepreneurship Award): Catherine Gao will present Givology, an online giving marketplace that leverages the internet to pool microdonations that collectively go toward supporting education projects in the developing world. Through donor message functions, open blogging, and frequent student updates, Givology democratizes philanthropy by introducing choice, transparency, and information sharing in education philanthropy. Givology prides itself on partnering with highly localized and innovative organizations that do transformational work in the community to assist students in need. PowerFlower Solar (Intelius Sustainability Entrepreneurship Award): PowerFlower Solar co-founder Jason Halpern of the University of Pennsylvania will feature the company's first product, the PowerFlower, which allows farmers to cultivate electricity in the same way that they grow fruits and vegetables. Simply install the PowerFlower in an area of direct sunlight and the unique solar panel configuration uses direct sunlight to produce usable energy. BPG Motors (Intelius Technology Entrepreneurship Award): After witnessing the pollution in China, MIT student Ben Gulak founded eco-friendly transportation company BPG Motors and created a practical, non-polluting vehicle with style. The Uno utilizes gyroscopic control systems to remain balanced while in Uno mode, while maintaining conventional motorcycle steering and handling providing a truly unique riding experience. GoodCrush (Intelius Marketing Entrepreneurship Award): Princeton student Josh Weinstein will present GoodCrush, an on-campus dating site that offers a variety of features including the "CrushFinder" anonymous matching, as well as missed connections with double-blind messaging. GoodCrush eliminates potential awkwardness and shyness from romantic interactions by offering simple, fun, and exciting ways for users to turn a crush into a GoodCrush - a match.

For more information about Intelius, please visit www. intelius. com.

About Intelius
A pioneer in the world of information commerce, Intelius (www. intelius. com) is a technological powerhouse whose services range from basic people search to comprehensive background checks for consumers and FCRA compliant employment background screens. The company also offers an award-winning identity theft protection service (IDProtect). Founded in January 2003, the company has served over 10 million customers and has just over 300 employees. Intelius has been ranked by Inc. magazine and Deloitte & Touche as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies. Intelius has been voted as one of the best places to work by CEO magazine and Puget Sound Business Journal, based on the interviews with its employees. Intelius was also ranked as a top employment screening provider in surveys conducted by industry publications, HRO Today and Workforce Management magazine.

About The Churchill Club
The Churchill Club is an internationally-respected independent business and technology forum located in Silicon Valley, where CEOs, thought leaders, global business executives, innovators, and senior political leaders meet to discuss and debate, inform and educate, forecast and evaluate. Founded in 1985, the Club is known for its smart, provocative programs on leadership and innovation. Its 6,500 individual and corporate members include decision-makers from market-leading companies, investors, entrepreneurs, and executives from the service and public sectors.

Recent speakers include Aneesh Chopra, CTO, United States; Michael Dell, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Dell; Larry Ellison, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Oracle; Jim Goodnight, Chairman & CEO, SAS; Olli Pekka Kallasvuo, CEO, Nokia; Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures; Elon Musk, Chairman & CEO, Tesla; Ray Ozzie, CTO, Microsoft; Evan Williams, CEO, Twitter.

Speakers to the Club in past years have included CEOs of major technology companies such as AT&T (Randall Stephenson), Microsoft (both Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer), Cisco Systems (John Chambers), Intel (Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore, Andy Grove, Craig Barrett and Paul Otellini) as well as prominent venture capitalists such as John Doerr, Roger McNamee, Michael Moritz, and many more. Further information about the Churchill Club, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, can be found at www. churchillclub. org.

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Action MotorSports Group and MotorSports-Consulting Tear Down The Fences And Aim For A Common Goal

Action MotorSports Group and MotorSports-Consulting Tear Down The Fences And Aim For A Common Goal.

Action MotorSports Group, and MotorSports-Consulting announced today a unique strategic partnership set to raise the bar in the Motorsports Marketing Industry. Both companies’ work within the same industry, but on different sides of the fence. With this partnership each company will focus on their strengths and their clients will have access to a complete solution.

Clarksville, TN (PRWEB) June 1, 2006

Action MotorSports Group provides marketing support to the Sports and Entertainment industry at any level. With the recent involvement in the entertainment industry Action MotorSports Group has begun to offer an enormous amount of sponsorship value in a variety of venues.

“Our mission has always been educational entertainment”, says Mike Miller of AMG, if you can educate your audience about your product or service, and entertain them at the same time, you have a customer. “The Sports Marketing environment is ever changing, and this relationship will keep us at the top of the game. Understanding the needs of the sponsor, and being able to build a program to fill those needs is why this partnership will raise the bar in this industry”. www. actionmotorsportsgroup. com

MotorSports-Consulting provides direction and support to the corporate sector for advertising and sponsorship consulting services into the motor sports sector. Their experience in the motorsports industry allows them to evaluate and determine a proper fit for placement of advertising and sponsorship programs. “We strive to insure that our clients are getting more value for their advertising dollars” says Dan Fite of MotorSports-Consulting, “finding the right partners, the correct program and making sure that the programs are executed, and managed to there full capacity is our primary focus”. The partnership with Action MotorSports Group (AMG) has evolved in this direction because their work with the teams and MotorSports-Consulting work with the sponsors will provide a beginning to end solution. www. motorsports-consulting. com

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North America Flocks to Online Degrees in Droves

North America Flocks to Online Degrees in Droves

Online degrees like those offered by Almeda University have taken the continent by storm. For many years, there have been questions and reservations about Online Degrees--but no longer. The corner has been turned and Online Degrees are now not only acceptable and accepted, but desired and desirable.

Boise, ID (PRWEB) June 18, 2007

Online degrees (http://www. almedauniversity. org) like those offered by Almeda University have taken the continent by storm. For many years, there have been questions and reservations about Online Degrees--but no longer. The corner has been turned and Online Degrees are now not only acceptable and accepted, but desired and desirable.

Today's distance-learning programs bear little resemblance to those offered 20, 10 or even 5 years ago. Now, students can earn Online Degrees through asynchronous (24/7) instruction with interactive discussion boards, through thesis-based programs, comprehensive essay exam programs, or even Learning Experience (LE) degree programs. The latter three Online Degrees programs, which have become especially popular among busy, experienced professional people, are offered in abundance by Almeda University, one of the internet's foremost leaders in distance education (http://www. almedauniversity. org/).

No longer do students have to show up at an appointed time and place a couple times a week to listen to a professor's lectures. Lectures are now delivered online at the student's convenience. In the case of Almeda University, students have the option of documenting their knowledge by writing a thesis, a dissertation, submitting prior published articles, or writing responses to essay questions in order to fulfill the program's requirements. Thanks to the internet, Online Degrees are now attainable and becoming more valuable every day.

Director Emeritus of Instructional Telecommunications at North Carolina State University, Dr. Thomas Russell concludes that there is now very little difference between traditional and distance classroom teaching. He reviewed over 400 distance education studies and they indicated that test scores and grades are virtually identical for Online Degrees students and traditional classroom students.

The clear conclusions is that today's technology and students have progressed together, challenging each other and making one another better. Today's employers look for internet and computer savvy students, which also places a premium on Online Degrees. Dr. Charles Keeworth of Almeda University notes that "our students are more prepared, more knowledgeable, and more skilled than ever before--in large part precisely because they have the internet and they are pursuing Online Degrees. The stakes, the competition, and the demands are just too high for them not to be very sharp and very educated in their chosen fields."

In fact, students pursuing Online Degrees enter the work force with more specialized skills and relevant, practical experience than those whose education has been limited to the traditional classroom setting. Designed with the needs of the working adult in mind, most Online Degrees programs have been created by business and industry professionals designed specifically for students to develop skills and methods demanded employers. Traditional classroom programs often do not emphasize such skills to the same extent.

Almeda University (http://www. almedauniversity. org) is an online institute that has been serving the international community since 1997. Over the past 10 years, Almeda has evolved to educate an expanding population through cutting edge curriculum design based on our students' needs and professional service. Almeda University is ideal for many people seeking advanced education because of the wide range of Associates, Bachelor's and Master's degrees offered through diverse fields, including business, arts and sciences, and most technical fields.

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Salon Khouri Answers Age-Old Hair Wishes of Women

Salon Khouri Answers Age-Old Hair Wishes of Women

It’s a problem all women face with their hair – wanting what they don’t have. Women with fine hair want the full, thick hair of Julia Roberts. Women with thick, often course and frizzy hair, want the smooth and sleek hair of Jennifer Aniston. Quiet brunettes often long for the brilliant, boisterous red of Marcia Cross. Salon Khouri, an award winning salon located in the Northern Virginia suburb of Fairfax, VA, is performing miraculous hair transformations by answering these age-old hair wishes of women.

Fairfax, VA (Vocus) January 15, 2008

It’s a problem all women face with their hair – wanting what they don’t have. Women with fine hair want the full, thick hair of Julia Roberts. Women with thick, often course and frizzy hair, want the smooth and sleek hair of Jennifer Aniston. Quiet brunettes often long for the brilliant, boisterous red of Marcia Cross. Salon Khouri (http://www. salonkouri. com), an award winning salon located in the Northern Virginia suburb of Fairfax, VA, is performing miraculous hair transformations by answering these age-old hair wishes of women.

It was a goal of owner Jonathan Elkhouri from the start: ensure that whatever the hair wish, Salon Khouri could deliver. He then set out a path for every stylist working in the salon – get certified and master your skills. After hundreds of hours of classes, many trips to exclusive studios in New York, every stylist at Salon Khouri is certified – from Wella Master Color certifications, Liscio Thermal Reconditioning (aka, Japanese Relaxer) techniques, to SO. CAP human hair extensions, they are certified.

“We had someone who found us through our website call us,” Jonathan stated, recounting a recent hair miracle. “She was in tears after having a complete disaster with an at-home color kit. The ends of her hair were almost black and the roots turned into a brassy orange color.” Heidi Wheeler, a master colorist with Salon Khouri adds, “Having certified, master colorists on staff, we were able to correct the color into a gorgeous, rich auburn that she had always wanted. It takes technical knowledge to know how to fix color disasters.”

Other hair transformations have included thermal reconditioning (http://www. salonkhouri. com/thermal_recond. htm), a straightening process that uses both chemicals and heat to soften the bonds of the hair, reforming the bonds in a straight pattern. “What’s great about thermal reconditioning is that you can choose the level of reconditioning,” notes Liscio certified technician and master colorist Rebecca Garcia. “We can remove frizz, leaving a beautiful soft, full curl, or we can completely remove frizz and curl, resulting in hair that is extremely straight, soft and smooth.”

Kristin Fletcher and Denise Viveiros, both certified in SO. CAP hair extensions (http://www. salonkhouri. com/extensions. htm), agree that extensions can truly transform a person in a matter of hours. “Extensions are not just for adding length. The majority of our clients get extensions to add volume or texture,” states Denise. Kristin adds, “I think there is a misconception about extensions that it’s an all-or-nothing service. We can add as few as ten to twenty pieces to give your hair added volume and thickness. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve also transformed clients from short hair to long, beautiful hair too!” Both stylists also agree that hair extensions have come a long way in the last decade, pointing out that SO. CAP extensions are 100% human hair that is bonded to clients’ hair through a natural, keratin bonding process. The keratin is a natural protein, so when it is bonded to the hair, the results are a safe extension system that creates spectacular, natural-looking results without any damage to existing hair.

Jonathan is happy that his salon is transforming client’s looks. “It’s great to see a client’s eyes light up when they see themselves in the mirror at the end of their service. You see a change in their personal confidence from the time they came in to the time they leave.” His advice for those seeking major change from their stylist, “Just be sure to ask for their credentials – do they have any certifications and how often do they update their education? Also, ask to see before and after photos of their clients.”

About Salon Khouri:
Salon Khouri is a full-service hair salon offering cutting, color correction, extensions, thermal reconditioning, highlights, block color techniques, as well as a full menu of waxing services. A full menu of services, including prices, is available on the salon website (http://www. salonkhouri. com).

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Finally, An Employment Law Event Specifically For Hawaii Employers

Finally, An Employment Law Event Specifically For Hawaii Employers

The Hawaii Employment Law Conference taking place March 4-5, 2008, in Honolulu, Hawaii will provide Hawaii area employers with crucial employment law updates to help reduce costs.

Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) February 5, 2008

Council on Education in Management announces The Hawaii Employment Law Conference (http://www. hiemploymentlaw. com) taking place March 4-5, 2008 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The conference will cover compliance updates on Federal and Hawaii laws and regulations including the FMLA/HFLL, new EEOC guidelines (http://www. hiemploymentlaw. com), drug testing, discipline and termination, and much more.

Confirmed speakers include:

James H. Ashford, Esq., Partner
Cades Schutte

Patrick H. Jones, Esq., Partner
Marr Hipp Jones & Wang, LLLP

Kitty K. Kamaka, Esq., Principal
Kitty K. Kamaka, A Law Corporation

Kenneth M. Nakasone, Esq., Partner
Kobayashi Sugita & Goda

Gregory M. Sato, Esq., Partner
Kobayashi Sugita & Goda

Sarah O. Wang, Esq., Partner
Marr Hipp Jones & Wang, LLLP

Richard E. Wilson, Esq., Principal
Law Office of Richard E. Wilson

Christopher S. Yeh, Esq., Partner
Marr Hipp Jones & Wang, LLLP

The two-day conference has been approved for 9.25 credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). Each half-day workshop has been approved for 2.75 credit hours.

For more information, visit http://www. hiemploymentlaw. com (http://www. hiemploymentlaw. com).

For over 30 years, Council has provided high-quality employment law, workers' comp, and HR training to human resource and other business professionals across the U. S. Over one million delegates have attended our programs to date! Our events provide innovative solutions to the workplace challenges you face every day, from FMLA compliance to managing an internal investigation, and everything in between.

Media Contact:
Mike Fitton
Phone: 704-561-0255

This press release was distributed through eMediawire by Human Resources Marketer (HR Marketer: www. HRmarketer. com) on behalf of the company listed above.

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Distance Learning Revenues Grow by 15.52% in 2006

Distance Learning Revenues Grow by 15.52% in 2006

Primary Research Group releases a new study of the college distance learning market. The 200-page report presents more than 750 tables of data exploring many facets of distance learning programs, including drop out rates, revenues, cost structure, rates of pay, student demographics, program growth rates, current and planned use of new technologies, catering to special populations and many other aspects of managing distance learning programs.

New York, NY (PRWEB) October 12, 2007

Distance learning revenues in a sample of DL programs grew by a mean of 15.52% in 2006, according to The Survey of Distance Learning Programs in Higher Education, 2007-2008 edition, just published by Primary Research Group. More than a third of the enrollment increase came from increased enrollment from students that already attend traditional classes.

The study is based on data from 45 higher education distance learning programs, with mean revenues of approximately $2.35 million. Data is broken out by size and type of college, for public and private colleges and for high, medium and low growth enrollment distance learning programs.

The 200-page report presents more than 750 tables of data exploring many facets of distance learning programs, including drop out rates, revenues, cost structure, rates of pay, student demographics, program growth rates, current and planned use of new technologies, catering to special populations and many other aspects of managing distance learning programs.

Just a few of the study's hundreds of findings are:
Most colleges in the sample -- more than two-thirds -- view their distance learning program as a financial resource that is expected to produce a surplus for the college, while for 28.57% of the colleges in the sample it was merely expected to pay for itself, and one college viewed it as an educational luxury, subsidized by the college.

At public colleges, a mean of more than 62% of students were female, while less than 47% at the private colleges were female.

More than 57% of the students in the sample live within 75 miles of the college that offers the distance learning courses.

The programs in the sample had a mean of 3.74% of their students who are foreign nationals on a student visa, though only a median of one percent.

Less than 10% of the programs in the sample require all students to pay full "sticker price" tuition without tuition reductions, rebates or grants.

A bit more than 45% of the programs in the sample had their own enrollment of market director, as did more than 62% of the PHD granting or research universities.

More than 26% of the programs in the sample have used an e-mail newsletter to market their courses within the past year. Use was much higher among the private than public colleges.

One-sixth of the programs in the sample use paid advertising services from Google.

Only 8.7% of participants plan to increase TV advertising, while 17.4% elect to hold it constant and 4.35% plan to decrease spending.

Nearly 23% of the programs in the sample provide tailor-made distance leaning courses to some arm of the U. S. armed forces.

Only 6.9% of the programs in the sample plan to change their course management/authoring/maintenance program within the next two years.

Private colleges use adjunct faculty for 64.5% of the courses that they offer, with a low of 20% to a high of 100%.

Nearly 70% of the colleges in the sample offer payments routinely to instructors who develop distance leaning courses, and more than 17% occasionally offer such payments.

The overwhelming majority of colleges that offer or plan to offer courses in healthcare found growth prospects to be excellent or good. Public colleges were far more enthusiastic about their growth prospects in this area than were the private colleges.

For more information view our website at www. primaryresearch. com

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KISS = Keeping It Sexy & Seductive A Diva-licious Interview Opportunity for Valentine's Day Tips

KISS = Keeping It Sexy & Seductive A Diva-licious Interview Opportunity for Valentine's Day Tips

Wine Diva has tips for Valentine's Day

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 15, 2007

Certified Wine Educator Christine Ansbacher--The Wine Diva--pops the cork and out pours information that wine lovers of every level can appreciate in Secrets from the Wine Diva. She has some get tips on keeping it sexy and seductive for Valentines Day.

"KISS = Keeping It Sexy & Seductive"

Forget flowers and chocolates. Red is the color of love. So spice up your love life and your taste buds with voluptuous red wines that set the right mood, and are a catalyst to transform a hurried meal into a dinner you linger over with that special person. A sumptuous red wine can also be a very romantic gift because it demonstrates you've put some thought into it and not just picked up the "same old, same old." In order to cover every occasion with your loved one, discover reds that are great values and others that are smart splurges. Either way, these reds are a sumptuous indulgence that will melt your cares away and get you in the mood.

The Wine Diva can discuss:

· What makes a wine voluptuous?

· Recommended wines; what are great values and smart splurges?

· Why reds needs to be served cool, too.

· Why airating red wine is a must.

· Best gifts to go along with a bottle of wine.

· Different styles and trends of Champagne and bubblies

Christine can also answer some of the perpetually complicated questions on buying, storing, as well as ordering wine and going on a "wine vacation."

"If you want to know how the soil and climate affect the taste of a wine, it's not in my book…If you want flowery wine descriptions like "Syrah smells like blueberries, smoky bacon fat and fresh tar, it's not in my book. But if the sheer enjoyment of drinking wine is your purpose, then this book is for you." -- Christine Ansbacher

About the Diva:

Christine Ansbacher became known as "The Wine Diva" in 2001 when she conducted a wine tasting for the Metropolitan Opera Club in New York City. Her bravura performance was so well received that someone nicknamed her The Wine Diva, a name she has used professionally ever since. She is one of only 180 in the U. S. to be awarded the Certified Wine Educator (CWE), by the Society of Wine Educators. This accreditation acknowledges an exceptional standard of academic knowledge and sensory capability. She also earned a prestigious wine degree, the DWS, from the London based Wine and Spirits Educational Trust, widely considered to be the world's premier wine education organization.

Christine Ansbacher is available for interviews

To schedule an interview please contact:

Tiffany Alvarado @ 212-593-6467

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