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Jennifer Sanders, Dallas Innovation Alliance
Dallas Innovation Alliance Names Sanders Executive Director
by Lance Murray | Mar 29, 2016
Jennifer Sanders has been named the first executive director of the Dallas Innovation Alliance, the organization leading the Smart Cities effort in Dallas.
by Larry James |
Mar 28, 2016
It doesn't happen very often, maybe five times over the past 20-plus years, in one form or another I am asked by donors, foundations, and philanthropic organizations how they could best invest their limited funds.
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by Tara Nieuwesteeg |
Mar 23, 2016
Through its Art for Dumpsters contest, the city of Dallas aims to raise awareness of recycling. Artists of all ages submitted dumpster mural designs.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 22, 2016
Uber on Tuesday announced that it has expanded it UberEATS business to a new, standalone app that will make food delivery even easier in Dallas.
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Photo courtesy of Roma Boots
Roma Boots Combines Fashion with Philanthropy
by Tara Nieuwesteeg | Mar 21, 2016
It’s due in part to these humble beginnings that Bistrian, founder and CEO of Roma Boots, is driven to help people. He grew up one of 12 siblings in a small town in pre-revolutionary Romania -- and as he puts it, “life was tough.”
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by Larry James |
Mar 17, 2016
Innovation often leads transformative leaders away from concerns about the survival and sustainability of their own organizations or current operations.
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by Tara Nieuwesteeg |
Mar 17, 2016
It seemed obvious that dating site users should be able to easily communicate the accuracy of each other’s online profiles, and to warn each other about people who were potentially threatening. Then it occurred to them: Why didn’t they just create the solution themselves? And the idea for Flutterate, a downloadable extension designed to increase accountability in online dating, was born.
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by Tara Nieuwesteeg |
Mar 15, 2016
Earth Day Dallas has grown in the past few years, so much so that now it is called Earth Day Texas.
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Southwest Airlines Takes Social Media to New Heights
by Nicholas Sakelaris | Mar 11, 2016
Southwest Airlines has more than 30 employees working to keep the airline’s Twitter and Facebook accounts live, active and responsive 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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by Nicholas Sakelaris |
Mar 10, 2016
Clad in jet black and made of stainless steel, it’s called the VALT Card. Think of it as a credit card on steroids.
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by Michael Gordon |
Mar 9, 2016
After the Dallas skyline glowed in bright purple on the night of Feb. 25, many people asked, “how did you do that?”
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by Tara Nieuwesteeg |
Mar 7, 2016
People with disabilities make up 19 percent of the U.S. population, but they struggle with unemployment rates that are nearly twice as high as those of people who are not disabled.
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Photo by Michael Samples.
DHD Films Takes Us High Above the Purple Skyline
by Lance Murray | Feb 29, 2016
Last Thursday night, the Dallas skyline glimmered in a beautiful purple hue as the city celebrated innovation for the launch of Dallas Innovates.
Our friends over at DHD Films of Dallas used the latest in drone technology and high-definition photography to create this beautiful video.
We hope you all got a chance to see the skyline that night....
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by Tara Nieuwesteeg |
Feb 29, 2016
The Birthday Party Project has a simple premise: to celebrate homeless children’s birthday parties via themed bashes.
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by Jana J. Pruet |
Feb 26, 2016
It's official. On Thursday night, hundreds gathered in downtown Dallas to help us celebrate the launch of Dallas Innovates, and, "Wow! It was truly a night to remember."
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by Jana J. Pruet |
Feb 25, 2016
Before we get to the purple skyline, we want to tell you what's been happening at Dallas Innovates since our website launched in December.
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