Sentences with phrase «efforts by launching»

Some colleges have incorporated social media into their recruiting efforts by launching Facebook applications (see Plattsburgh State University's page) and MySpace profiles (such as the University of Scranton's), but because those sites were designed for communication among friends, many students don't feel comfortable interacting with college admissions officers there.

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Originally launched in 1959 by France as the Foch, she served in a number of NATO efforts all around the world.

She effectively launched the company's sales efforts by identifying 100 bars that should be serving Sam Adams and then, along with Koch, doggedly pursuing them.

They intuitively know — in my view — that you don't have to reinvent the wheel every time your company launches a new initiative, and that you can learn from other companies» efforts, successes and mistakes by mining the treasure trove of knowledge that is the Internet.

It was also long before a small business owner in California named Kristen Christian, frustrated by Bank of America's now - abandoned decision to charge customers a fee to use their debit cards, launched a grass roots effort to convince people to move their money out of large banks and dubbed November 5 Bank Transfer Day.

And the effort will finally launch this weekend with anti-smoking ad campaigns funded by industry giants like Philip Morris USA owner Altria Group and Reynolds, reports the Associated Press.

I applaud all efforts by people to take on this issue and especially be Adeo who — let's be honest — was really the first champion of trying to make the VC world more transparent by launching TheFunded, which didn't exactly endear him to VCs initially.

That effort, launched in 2011, involved traditional grantmaking along with steps by the company to boost women at every stage of its business, from sourcing to transporting to retail.

Wide distribution over the internet • Low cost, efficient, transparent capital • The «great equalizer «• Media / PR, awareness • Increase customer engagement and • Evangelize backers into investors (customer acquisition) • Reduce risk by getting feedback on new launches (product or ventures) • Market research Access to Capital Marketing Platform Validation • Raising funds via crowdfunding markets is a very public and transparent • Protect your IP and speak to a lawyer • Crowdfunding takes a lot of effort and commitment • The majority of Ideas fail to reach their funding goal • How will this affect your companies brand?

At one point in the Channel 4 video, executives at Cambridge Analytica appear to boast about their efforts to aid Trump, referencing one ad campaign — called «Defeat Crooked Hillary» and launched by a super PAC — that Channel 4 said had gone viral online.

Most people aren't aware that the piece was a deft marketing effort to promote the Gender Diversity Index ETF SHE, -1.21 % launched by State Street Global Advisors.

The Startup Visa program was launched by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in April 2013, with the participation of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) in order to support the efforts of Angel investor groups in bringing innovative young companies and their entrepreneurs to Canada, furthering our innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

With B.C.'s new trade office and Export Development Canada (EDC), Canada's state - owned export credit agency, stepping up its trade promotion efforts in the Asia Pacific by launching its first overseas branch in Singapore, Canadian and B.C. businesses are in an unprecedentedly advantageous position to make full use of government support to secure a market presence in Asia.

The administration took credit for launching «a new era in American trade policy» by reversing decades of multilateral trade policies that it said had damaged U.S. workers and intensifying enforcement efforts.

The bill's unveiling would launch the GOP's blitzkrieg effort to try to pass legislation by Thanksgiving and trigger a lobbying bonanza from both supporters and opponents.

In the last five weeks, the American Red Cross has launched a wide - ranging relief effort to help people devastated by three historic, back - to - back hurricanes - Harvey, Irma, and Maria.

Similar efforts have been launched in recent months against Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS shoes, for speaking at a Focus on the Family event; and Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, for agreeing to appear at a leadership conference sponsored by another Christian group, the Willow Creek Association.

Was Vladimr Putin deterred from his efforts to ingest Ukraine by the U.S. Department of State's Twitter campaign, launched by spokeswoman Jen Psaki holding up a «#WeStandWithUkraine» sign that looked as if it had been made in a kindergarten class?

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

The global juice concentrate market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.69 % during the 2017 to 2021 period driven by new product launches, particular aseptic juice products, and increased marketing efforts, according to Research and Markets report.

Prompted by these philanthropic efforts, in 2008, Mario launched the Mario Batali Foundation.

The new industry - wide effort launched by the Grocery Manufacturers Association and Food Marketing Institute will help reduce consumer confusion over dates on the product label which can result in unnecessary food waste.

Last week, the committee extended the efforts to the larger Pleasanton community by launching a book club for parents at the Pleasanton Public Library.

The Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI), launched in 1991, is an effort by UNICEF and the World Health Organization to ensure that all maternities, whether free standing or in a hospital, become centers of breastfeeding support.

Outraged by this attempt to block Filipino efforts to safeguard the health of their infants, activists both inside the country and overseas launched a campaign to support the department of health and the implementation of the IRR.

Reverse Trick - or - Treating is an initiative launched by the human rights organization Global Exchange in cooperation with Fair Trade company Equal Exchange and is a collaborative effort of countless children, youth, and adults supported by institutions including nonprofit organizations, faith - based organizations, Fair Trade companies, and schools.

In response, the park district will make some immediate changes to make its most popular park safer, including by launching an effort to more clearly identify the path's routes.

Sex Positions The MSI Partnership, in collaboration with Interact Worldwide, has launched a campaign to put pressure on the UK government to take the lead in ensuring that the international donor community fulfils promises made a decade ago to support global efforts to achieve sexual and reproductive health and rights for all by 2015; and to lead opposition to those political and ideological forces in the USA, Europe and elsewhere that are actively seeking to undermine and even reverse progress made in the last decade.

It could be viewed as an effort to one - up an ad recently released by Catsimatidis» primary rival, Joe Lhota, that stars Lhota's former boss, ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani, saying his one - time deputy is a «great leader» being «wrongly attacked» with «false» and «desperate» attacks launched by his (unnamed) opponent.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WXXI News & AP) Gov. Andrew Cuomo is launching an effort to improve the New York State Canal System by holding a competition that will award up to $ 2.5 million to entrants who come up with the best ideas.

The hurricane - relief effort was launched by a nonprofit group, New Directions Local Development Corp., founded by Meeks and state Sen. Malcolm Smith, also of Queens.

Nassau County Executive Laura Curran announced she's launching a study of all county - owned roads in an effort to prevent potholes by prioritizing resurfacing work.

Farley, a partner at the equity firm Mistral Capital, launched her effort with a video that borrowed an argument recently deployed by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo: New York State pays roughly more in federal taxes ($ 40 billion in 2016, she noted) than it gets back in federal aid — money, Farley said, that could be used to rebuild state infrastructure and boost education, among other things.

«We continue to invest in the development of downtown areas across Upstate New York, and with the launch of this innovative program, we will take our efforts a step further by enticing young graduates to make an investment in these communities and in their future,» Governor Cuomo said.

FORT WADSWORTH — A last ditch effort to halt the controversial Mount Manresa project by burying it in red tape has been launched by Staten Island's Borough President.

Assemblyman Jim Tedisco (R,C,I - Glenville), Assemblyman Al Graf (R,C,I - Holbrook), Assemblyman Dean Murray (R,C,I - East Patchogue) and Assemblyman Ed Ra (R - Franklin Square), today took their efforts to the next level to inform parents of their rights to have their children refuse to take the Common Core standardized tests by launching a new statewide petition drive: RefuseCommonCore.com.

Democratic Suffolk County executive candidate Steve Bellone has launched a last - minute radio ad touting his endorsement by THE local paper of record, Newsday, as the Democrats put the finishing touches on their effort to wrest the top local elected office back from GOP hands.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday that he is about to «launch a major effort» to see voting and election reforms passed in Albany by the end of the legislative session, which runs until the middle of June.

The Chief of Army Staff, Nigerian Army, Lieutenant General TY Buratai, on Wednesday 20th September 2017, launched 3 books on Critical Thinking written by Colonel Charles Dalo Nengite, as part of efforts to enhance the capacity of Nigerian Army's personnel in creativity and innovation in the application of Critical Thinking.

The Human Rights Campaign, which played a big role in Cuomo's successful campaign to get gay marriage passed by the Legislature here in New York and has now launched a similar effort at the national level, released an undated letter signed by Cuomo, Mayor Bloomberg and 13 other mayors and governors that urged members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee to pass the Respect for Marriage Act (RMA), the bill to repeal DOMA.

He's discussing Operation Traveller Vote, a project launched by The Traveller Movement and supported by the Electoral Commission as part of its efforts to boost voter turnout within minority groups.

Tkaczyk's victory two years ago was attributed in part to a concerted effort by organizations backing the public financing of political campaigns, which launched a paid advertising effort as well as field operation on her behalf.

The AQE has launched a letter writing campaign to Cuomo, which warns of an impending effort by the incoming Trump administration to «strip resources from our students.»

Cuomo has launched a new front in the push against the health care legislation in Congress, knocking an effort to shift county Medicaid costs to the state level as a «tax» imposed by Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso, the GOP authors of the legislation.

At one point in the Channel 4 video, executives at Cambridge Analytica appear to boast about their efforts to aid Trump, referencing one ad campaign — called «Defeat Crooked Hillary» and launched by a super PAC — that Channel 4 said had gone viral online.

Cuomo has said he intends to launch a new effort for campaign finance reform, and Samuels says he could hold public hearings and create an open process to develop legislation, as well as setting a good example on his own, by saying he won't accept any more corporate donations.

Cambridge Analytica was launched in 2013 by the wealthy Mercer family and conservative strategist Stephen K. Bannon, later a top Trump adviser, in an effort to give conservatives an edge in the political data game.

In a move widely seen as a pre-emptive effort to put his own «spin» on the federal probe, Cuomo announced late Friday that an investigation was being launched into «undisclosed conflicts of interest by some individuals which may have deceived state employees» involved in economic development programs.

The congresswoman noted De Blasio has already launched an $ 8 million effort to sign up as many qualified New Yorkers for insurance through the ACA's exchanges as quickly as possible — a last ditch effort to discourage the GOP from overturning the law by maximizing the disruption it would cause in the industry.

The latest effort to bring the bright blue bikes to The Bronx comes in the form of an online petition launched by bike advocacy group Transportation Alternatives, demanding that city officials approve public funding to support the bike system's expansion into all five boroughs.