NEW INVITES :: PR EDU, B Lab, Be Social Change & More

Do It Yourself PR for Startups & Changemakers Skillshare TONIGHT 3/11, 7-8:30pm @ Green Spaces

From entrepreneurs to startup participants, the entire team must know how to represent its brand to the media. Whether you're looking for tips on talking to journalists or to include innovation in your campaigns, join us and learn how to market from your mission and purpose. From how to define your target media to building partnerships and "organic relationships", Green Spaces co-founder Marissa Feinberg will share how to be your best evangelist. This class is a part of The Maestro Project, leveraging the use of educational programming and performance management techniques to make available to the everyday entrepreneur the ability to sustain and grow their enterprises.  With a background in media, publicity and entrepreneurship, she believes all entrepreneurs can do PR.  Click here to RSVP and learn more.

Impromptu Movie Night This Weds 3/13 7-9pm @ Green Spaces

Kick back and watch a movie with us. No green strings attached! Member Helen Morgan, of VSI International, will introduce us to Don. The film is about a simple man from the city of Mumbai who is recruited by a police officer to masquerade as the Don, the leader of an international gang of smugglers. But things go wrong, the officer is killed and now the man is on his own, with only his lover and a lame ex con artist to help him to prove his innocence. Join us for this fun, Bollywood flick. RSVP to eva@greenspaceshome.com.

Have Lunch with B Lab Sophie Faris, Community Development, B Lab, Presents at  Idea Bounce Lunch Weds 3/20 1pm @ Green Spaces

B Corp certification is to sustainable business what Fair Trade certification is to coffee or USDA Organic certification is to milk. B Corps are certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. Today, there is a growing community of almost 700 Certified B Corps from 24 countries and 60 industries all working together toward 1 unifying goal: to redefine success in business. The B corp community includes leading brands like Patagonia, New Belgium Brewery, Method, and Seventh Generation as well as hundreds of up and coming companies working to build great businesses while having positive impact. All of these companies have met rigorous impact standards as well as committed to consider all stakeholders in making business decisions.  Join our idea bounce lunch and learn about becoming certified. Email us to RSVP as space is limited.

Made in NY Happy Hour! w/ Be Social Change Join us & Catchafire, The Future Project, Reboot, White Roof Project & Acumen Fund, Thurs 3/21 6:30-8:30pm @ Green Spaces

You are invited to join the Be Social Change and Green Spacescommunities at this month's special Change Makers Happy Hour! Eat and drink with change makers from different sectors as we gather to network, socialize, and celebrate New York City as a home to innovation and entrepreneurship. Joining us will be representatives from Catchafire, The Future Project,Reboot, The White Roof Project, and Acumen Fund. All of these NYC based organizations are either hiring or looking for volunteers. We are excited to offer this informal opportunity to meet, mingle, and ask questions about their awesome organizations! Click here to RSVP and learn more.

Want to Be on TV?  How to Get Noticed by Media, Tues 3/26 7-9pm @ Green Spaces

We've all heard the fairy tales -- get a plug by Oprah or land a segment on the Today Show, and your business skyrockets. But how do companies really get media coverage? Rod Kurtz, a longtime journalist and advocate for entrepreneurs, pulls back the curtain on what the media really look for, how to best tell your story, and what you can do to use media coverage to your advantage.   This all-star panel includes:  Colleen DeBaise, Special Projects Director for Entrepreneur.com and author ofThe Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook, who has reported on a variety of issues facing small-business owners, and is a regular guest on MSNBC, Fox Business Network, CNBC, CBS and NPR. Marissa Feinberg, Green Spaces cofounder, Forbes blogger, publicist and Do It Yourself PR for Startups speaker, will weigh in. Marissa has experience launching startups, new organizations and representing change makers to the media in-house and at PR firms. Billy Leroy, owner of Billy's Antiques & Props and star of "Baggage Battles" on Travel Channel. Charismatic, well-known and well-respected in his field, Billy and his unique brand have become very visible in the media world. Want to know how to perform in front of the camera? Billy's your guy.   Olga Vidisheva, Founder of Shoptiques, an online shopping community that is changing the way people shop local, bringing brick-and-mortar boutique shopping to the Web. Olga has leveraged her own unique story, and that of Shoptiques, into countless profiles and interviews, on CNBC, Bloomberg Television, and beyond. Kurtz, Editor-at-Large of OPEN Forum and a regular contributor to CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times and Entrepreneur, among others, will bring together this lively, interactive roundtable of journalists and entrepreneurs who have found success in print, on air, and online. If there's anything you've ever wondered about the media but were afraid to ask -- now's your chance. RSVP here.

Have Lunch with Borrowed Time Sam Rodriguez, CEO of Borrowed Time, Presents at  Idea Bounce Lunch, Weds 4/3 1pm @ Green Spaces

Borrowed Time is a luxury watch company for men. What are they doing at Green Spaces? As the concept is very similar to Rent the Runway but focuses on the luxury time piece, we see this as a sharing economy company. Borrowed Time encourages people to consume less by borrowing instead. After all, how many watches can you wear at once?  If you would like to join our idea bounce lunch, email us to RSVP. Space is limited.

Scaling Social Change with John Wood, Co-Hosted by Net Impact NYC & the Kellogg Alumni Club of New York

Net Impact NYC and the Kellogg Alumni Club of New York are thrilled to co-host a discussion with John Wood, Founder and Board Co-Chair of Room to Read. Join us tomorrow, 5/16 at Green Spaces 7-9pm, 394 Broadway, 5th floor.

John will talk about how he applied lessons from his career at Microsoft to create large-scale social change by founding Room to Read. His talk will be followed by a Q+A and networking session with light refreshments.

Click here to RSVP and learn more about the event. 

JOHN WOOD is the founder and board chair of Room to Read. He started Room to Read after a fast-paced and distinguished career with Microsoft from 1991 to 1999. He was in charge of marketing and business development teams throughout Asia, including serving as director of business development for the Greater China region and as director of marketing for the Asia-Pacific region. John continues to bring Room to Read a vision for a scalable solution to developing global educational problems with an intense focus on results and an ability to attract a world-class group of employees, volunteers, and funders. Today, John focuses full-time on long-term strategy, capital acquisition, public speaking, and media opportunities for the organization. John also teaches at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and New York University's Stern School of Business and serves on the Advisory Board of the Clinton Global Initiative. John holds a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Colorado and a master's degree from the Kellogg School of Northwestern University.

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

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

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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.