Meet the Press! Where Social Innovators Get Noticed - 12/15/11

Although entrepreneurs are some of the most innovative people in our world today, many need help getting the word out. 

Through pitch nights, startups will 1) learn what the host journalist's publication looks for in a story and 2) get a solid critique of their pitch.

Five people will be selected to present their pitch. At the event, we will announce which entrepreneurs will present. Ideally, the winning pitch(es) will get featured, but that is up to the reporter! Here is what Alex is looking for:

• What will be new or interesting to readers?
• What action or decisions will readers make differently because they've heard about this story you're pitching?

For example, it's okay to pitch a story about a trend that will involve other companies and mention you as one of the companies in that trend.

Get it? If not, join our teleclass about creating story angles. It will be taught by Green Spaces co-founder Marissa Feinberg and offered twice before the event: Tues 12/13 at 1pm & Weds 12/14 at 6pm. Click here for Marissa's PR cred. To join the call, dial (605) 475-4825, access code 1005012.

Our first event will take place on Thursday, Dec. 15, 7-9 PM at Green Spaces NY, 394 Broadway, 5th floor, between Walker and White Sts.

Alex Goldmark will host our first event. Alex is a contributing editor for business at GOOD and public radio reporter. He covers a motley mix of topics, depending on what's fascinating at the time from social enterprise, philanthropy, and the ethics of money, to airplanes, biofuels and bikeshare, as well as a dash of art, motels, sports, politics, mustaches and deli meats. Before telling true stories to pay the rent, he was a researcher for the World Bank and the Aspen Institute and tried to end (or at least understand) poverty and violence in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. He has a Master's degree in Public Policy from Georgetown, lives next to the Brooklyn Bridge and owns an orange velvet couch.

The Future of Fashion: Merging Style + Sustainable Social Impact

Can fashion be a catalyst for social change?

Are the concepts of sustainability, environmental awareness and conscious decisions supported by an industry known for fluctuating trends and over-consumption? How can our collective decisions about style help to make the world a better place? 

Find out how the fashion industry is tackling these challenges by designing consciously, sourcing sustainably and manufacturing locally. Discover how fashion and social innovation are merging to create value-added practices and transforming relationships between suppliers, retailers and consumers. Understand fashion's role within the sustainability movement and how people in the industry are developing innovative ways to create long-term impact.

WHEN Tuesday 11/29 6:45pm - 9pm

WHERE Green Spaces New York

HOW Click here to RSVP and get full details. 

WHO Panel Includes:

Carmen Artigas, Moderator
Professor at FIT and Parsons The New School for Design 

Eileen Moran, NOW Showcase 
The latest on sustainable fashion trade shows and showrooms  

Summer Rayne Oakes, Source4Style
Sustainable sourcing and the supply-chain traceability  

Deirdre McGuigan, INDEGO AFRICA
Working with cooperatives and artisans

David Radparvar, Holstee
Producing designer products and sustainability standards

Erica Wolf, Save the Garment Center 
Made in the USA: How to make it work for your business 

About the Organizer, Be Social Change New York 
Meetups empowering, connecting and organizing the NY social change community 

Official Invite! For 10/25, 7-10 PM

We're Thrilled to Celebrate Our Three-and-a-Half-Year Anniversary With YOU

(RSVP BELOW)

ABOUT - We'll gather, toast, network and continue to cultivate our dynamic community of green and social innovators! Enjoy Zach Fried Photography, partake in party games, and gather with business leaders, emerging entrepreneurs, and friends of Green Spaces.

CELEBRATION PARTNERS - Columbia University’s M.S. in Sustainability Management, Communitree, Flying Kites Global, GoFer Energy, Green Festival, Green Map, Manhattan Chamber of Commerce, Organic Pure Life, Skillshare, Susty Party and Telecom for Charity.

WHY - We've achieved good things together, thanks to you.

*Attendees must be over the age of 21.

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Green Spaces' 3 1/2 Year Anniversary Party! 10/25/11

We're Thrilled to Celebrate Our Three-and-a-Half-Year Anniversary With YOU

SAVE THE DATE Tuesday, Oct 25 7-10 PM

We'll gather, toast, network and continue to cultivate our dynamic community of green and social innovators!

Of course we'll showcase friends. To inquire about being a Celebration Partner, a core part of the fun, email us. Getting involved means you can host a table at Green SpacesNYC, display info about your initiative, invite friends, donate product, or be on our official invite (coming soon).

Stay tuned for more! And know we've achieved good things together, thanks to you.

Entrepreneurs & Investors Networking Series II "Innovation, How to Inspire & Monetize"

Join us for an evening of wine and networking! Hear from Keynote Speaker Jeff Hoffman, co-founder of Priceline.com

Hosted at Green Spaces by: iSquared Events

Date: Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

At Green Spaces NYC, 394 Broadway, 5th FL

Registration Fee: $30 (+1 guest pass), Click Here to register. Free to Green Spaces members.

 *Wine & Refreshments will be served

About the Topic: To many business leaders, innovation is a “soft” science, something that occurs frequently by accident, or when a good idea just “pops up”. But in reality, the world’s most creative companies consider innovation an actual process, as much a part of their operations as marketing or customer service. In this thought-provoking presentation, Jeff Hoffman teaches the audience how they can create and manage an innovation process in their own company, and how they can harvest the results of that process from idea to product to profitability.