Mindsharp, a SharePoint Education company, continues to connect with other technology companies with the introduction of the new Partner and Reseller program. DevElements specializes in SharePoint Consulting from conception, through business requirements, execution, to the transfer to operations. DevElements is a project-based consulting firm that does not focus on placing people into staff augmentation positions, but focuses strictly on delivering projects on-time, on-budget, with a full transfer of knowledge to the customer upon completion. They provide and consult on ...

Wayne Pinnell, managing partner of Haskell & White LLP, has joined the Steering Committee of the OC Tech Alliance, a newly formed trade association focused on fostering innovation and growth among Orange County's technology community. The Alliance features members from the county's leading technology companies, in addition to various service companies and vendors that support them. "Orange County is a hotbed for technological innovation," said Pinnell. "As a firm that is dedicated to serving this dynamic community, we are enthusiastic to work with ...

Being able to combine three or more talents into one workable business is a great challenge. Not so for Gerri D Smith, who is a fashion apparel and accessory designer, entrepreneur, creative writer, author and publisher, and an online fashion, beauty and wellness expert. Gerri says, "My constant passion is to encourage, support and inspire women to become extraordinary for their inner beauty as well as for their external appearance." For well over twenty years, Gerri creates inspirational fashion and image improvement articles, and much more, through her business, ...

Former My Sister in 1994 frontman and international songwriter Donald Ducote has returned to the lo-fi music scene with his new project, Ancient History. The band's debut record Tracks is available today. With My Sister in 1994, Ducote wrote, composed and released three albums, which ultimately led to being commissioned by Universal/Polydor as a songwriting consultant. He headed to England to work with Emma Gillespie (UK's Must Be The Music 2011 winner) on her debut record under the moniker, Emma's Imagination. During that same trip, he also worked on songs with Leon ...

Dallas-based appellate law firm Hankinson LLP is announcing the addition of veteran appellate attorney Stephanie Dooley Nelson. Ms. Nelson is the second attorney to join the firm this year, along with retired Justice Joseph Morris, formerly of the Dallas 5th District Court of Appeals, who joined as Of Counsel. "This is more great news for our firm and our clients," says Hankinson LLP Managing Partner Rick Thompson. "Stephanie's experience in both the trial and appellate areas makes her uniquely suited to our work." Previously a partner at Carrington, ...

Attorney Michael E. Ross, an established expert in all aspects of commercial real estate law, has become a senior partner in the newly renamed firm of Ruben Firsel & Ross LLC ("RFR"). He joins senior partners Philip Ruben and Michael Firsel in the firm they founded in 2011, which specializes in corporate, real estate, securities, and estate planning law from its offices in Chicago and Bannockburn. Ross officially joined RFR on January 14, 2013, and the firm's name change took place on the same day. The firm formerly was known as Ruben Firsel & Rosenfeld ...

Awards Ceremony: Announcing the winners of the New Brunswick Art Salon 2012 Juried Exhibition The Alfa Art Gallery is a non-profit institution serving the New Brunswick community with exhibitions and multidisciplinary arts related activities since Jan 2008. In this exhibition, the Alfa Art Gallery celebrates the wide-ranging spirit of public service in the arts by featuring another non-profit gallery - the Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, located at 417 Lafayette Street, in Manhattan. The common bonds between the two non-profit galleries are seen in their mutually ...

Sircle Media, a New York City based Social Strategy Firm announced today that it has partnered with Grip'd LLC a Florida based Digital Marketing Firm to help bring greatly enhanced digital marketing services to its growing list of retainer clients.  The move helps solidify a more robust offering of search, social and content based marketing solutions to the Sircle Media offering. "Craig and his team are very talented and well versed in all types of digital marketing. As we grow our client base we are constantly looking for partners who can help us fulfill at a very ...

W-2 employees have an advantage over self-employed taxpayers in regards to filing taxes. W-2 employers place them on a payroll and withhold federal, state, and local taxes to file on their behalf. The employer of a W-2 employee, on the other hand, must file taxes, send a copy of the W-2 form to the employee, and send a consolidated report on Form W-3 to the Social Security Administration (SSA) each year. Tax Defense Network Salary: Filing of W-2 Form It is only after the withholding of all taxes that need to be paid that a paycheck is given to the employee. Even though ...

Inmod, a leading online retailer of modern furniture, lighting, and decor, is excited to announce their partnership with ModMom, a modern children's furniture company. By partnering with ModMom, Inmod is expanding their collection of sustainable furniture that is also made in the USA. Founded by Kiersten Hathcock, ModMom Furniture was created to fulfill the need for toy boxes that also offered eco-friendly modern style. For almost three years, Hathcock built the furniture in her own garage, but recently partnered with an Amish furniture manufacturer in Ohio to provide ...

By visualizing their most productive accounts in a given area, sales reps can better plan calls with prospects and customers. And with increased visibility into their reps' decisions and plans, sales managers can better coach their teams for increased sales successes. The Call Planner is launched within CRM, on-line or on-premises. Sales reps can view leads, accounts, contacts and leads by any database criteria, such as sales volume, number of employees, and type of company - all color-coded on maps. This CRM and mapping combo helps reps focus on their most profitable ...

360 Education Solutions, a leading provider of online education enrollment services for educators, announced today their partnership with Abilene Christian University. ACU is now offering six new Master's in Education specializations, including leadership programs for principals, as well as a "First Course Free" $1,755 scholarship for students who enroll with ACU by June 21st and start by July 1 of this year. 360 Education Solutions provides information on top quality online education programs for teachers by partnering with top, regionally accredited colleges ...

Georgia-based green building experts, the Imery Group, announced they are building the nation's first-ever Proud Green Home—a project that aims to educate and inspire homebuilders and homeowners nationwide about the benefits of building green. The design and construction choices made by the Imery Group will be the focus of an online Research Center on ProudGreenHome.com, a widely-read publication and knowledge resource for the residential building industry. The next-generation home, scheduled for completion in May, will be located in metro Atlanta's sustainable Serenbe ...

2nd Annual Ales For Autism Black & White Beer Ball - Friday, February 15th 2013 Ales for Autism is proud to announce that its 2nd annual Black & White Beer Ball will be held Friday, February 15th at the Santa Rosa Veterans Memorial building. Ales for Autism supports care centers, schools and research programs that specialize in developing new programs and services to meet the needs of people living with Autism Spectrum Disorders. 100% of proceeds from the Black & White Beer Ball will benefit Anova Education, northern California's most trusted provider of ...

Birds are singing, plants are budding, and bees are buzzing as the Kansas City area enjoys a foretaste of spring this January. The warm weather has delivered a jump-start in the annual spring cycle bringing early life and growth to more than local wildlife. One Overland Park auto detailing business, KC Detailing, is reporting record-breaking growth in business during what is usually their slow season in the year. Taking advantage of the ideal weather conditions, KC Detailing has been able to generate more revenue in the first month of the year than in any previous winter. ...

Less than two months after announcing the goal of raising $24,000 for the Kemptville District Hospital, based on a donation of $500 for each of its 48 remaining homes sold, this week Kemptville Meadows will present a first installment cheque to the hospital for $18,500. The funds will be equally split between the hospital's Mammography Campaign and the Emergency Department. "I guess you could say we're putting our money where our sales are, and sales have been better than expected for this time of the year," notes Gilles Brisebois, president of L.A. Group ...

With charitable giving down and need at an all time high, 501c3 organizations are going to love this new fundraising idea. Artist and philanthropist Richard Sean Manning and his business partner Laura Manning, co-founded The Manning Arts as a platform to help 501c3 organizations raise money for worthy causes through an online gallery of original art. Traveling between substantial art studios in St Petersburg, Florida and Lockport, New York the artist gains inspiration to paint with acrylic paint and ink on museum quality paper. He has completed over 1800 works ...

The Chef's Academy (http://www.thechefsacademy.com), the Culinary Division of Harrison College, a 110-year-old, nationally accredited institution that offers 40 degree programs in five schools of study, has announced that the school will host its annual Chili Cook-off on Friday, Feb. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 644 East Washington Street in Indianapolis. Teams of three students each will go head-to-head in a battle for the title of The Chef's Academy Chili Champion. Students will begin preparing their chili at 8:30 a.m., with the dishes ready for public tasting and ...

Josh Notes, Jason Jannati and Matej Harangozo all graduated from Oakland Mills High School and shortly after started greeNEWit, an organization founded to help society build more sustainable communities and better economies through energy efficiency and conserving the use of natural resources. Now, the founders (all under the age of 30) are going local and giving back to the Oakland Mills High School Boosters Club at the 2013 Annual Bull Roast Fundraiser taking place February 9, 2013 at the high school located at 9410 Kilimanjaro Rd., Columbia, Maryland. greeNEWit is ...

The English-language quarterly news magazine dedicated to Central and Eastern European Affairs, New Eastern Europe, is now available for purchase in digital format via a dedicated application on Apple iPads and Google Android devices. New Eastern Europe has teamed up with digital magazine publisher PocketMags (www.pocketmags.com) to provide electronic distribution of the magazine. The application is free to download and allows readers to purchase single issues of the magazine or a full-year subscription. The reduced price amounts to over a 50% discount off the cost ...

Last July India suffered the world's biggest-ever power outage as transmission networks serving 680 million inhabitants collapsed. As a consequence, the nation's aging infrastructure was put on stark display and visionaries in governments across the country began to re-double efforts and reach out to renewable energy companies capable of supplying utility-scale solutions directly. "Since landing in Sri Lanka last March," says Solamon Energy CEO Graeme Boyce, "together with SVPs Thijs Boonen and Romy Thomas, we've been quite busy exploring the tremendous ...

The awards season is firmly upon us, with shiny trophies being handed out for the various musical and cinematic achievements of the past year. But this year, the two realms have been merged, with the much-beloved musical, Les Miserables, finding its way to the big screen. It's won the hearts of many, including conductor and author Barry Kolman, who feels the film does a great service in reminding the public the importance of understanding the craft and theory behind making wonderful music. Kolman, who recently penned an important tool for music lovers and musicians—The ...

Entrepreneurs and business owners who position themselves correctly can become thought leaders in their industry and attract major opportunities that can help them grow their businesses exponentially. "It's important to build your audience and following on your own so that you have something to bring to potential corporate sponsors or decision makers," says PR Expert and Speaker Lisa Elia. "It's always about 'what's in it for them', so even if you believe you're years away from going after a book deal or TV show or other big opportunity, start putting systems ...

Have you ever wanted to run a marathon or a local 5K for charity but didn't know where to start? Gloria Safar has written a simple, well mapped out plan for running your events in the book "Running for Girls Like Us" and it's featured in TEEN WEEK on Makeup University. The average teenage girl is inundated with school work, home life, friends, technology and peer pressure. Staying fit is a great way for a teen girl to alleviate stress while building the body's endurance. One of the great side benefits of training for runs is that it teaches discipline to ...

Manna Pro Products LLC, a recognized leader in the fields of animal health and nutrition, announces that the company is partnering with the inventor of Renew Gold for a national product rollout. Renew Gold is a next-generation equine supplement consisting of a unique formulation of energy dense, low starch, premium quality ingredients. The goal of the product is to limit or eliminate the use of high starch based ingredients in the overall feeding program. It accomplishes this by combining high fat stabilized rice bran, Coolstance Coconut Meal and Flax, providing an innovative ...