New Orleans Presentation at Googleplex Tomorrow

• December 2nd, 2008 /
•  Chris Schultz

Looking for something to do tomorrow night? Love New Orleans, but live in the Bay area? Well today is your lucky day.

The Idea Village will be doing a presentation at the Googleplex titled “New Orleans Uncovered: Revitalization, Reinvention and You.”

Tim Williamson, Lauren Baum from Idea Village, and Robbie Vitrano from Trumpet, have traveled out to California to spread some NOLA love and tell our story. Lucky dukkys.

In case you weren’t aware, the 504ward business competition has been supported by Google and the video portion of the submission is a YouTube video. Just two more days to get your app in.

Details after the jump.

Also:

If you’re not able to jet out to San Fran to catch this presentation, why not catch a great presentation by our very search engine guru, Christopher Skinner from MakeBuzz. He’ll be presenting at Net2NO meeting tonight, so be sure to be there if you can’t jet off to SF. RSVP now.

Please join members of Google.org and The Black Googlers Network, for aninteractive discussion about the untold story of New Orleans as Google proudly welcomes The Idea Village to the Googleplex in Mountain View at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3rd for a talk entitled “New Orleans Uncovered: Revitalization, Reinvention and You.” A hosted reception will immediately follow.

The Idea Village is an independent 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to sow the seeds of change through innovation and entrepreneurship in the New Orleans region by advocating for a culture of innovation and providing strategy, talent and resources to high impact ventures.They arespearheading innovative change in the trenches of New Orleans, a great American city recently named by BusinessWeek as one of the best places to ride out the recession. Challenges in New Orleans are not unique but if they can be solved there, they will pay dividends to our global community for generations to come.

Dozens of Googlers, including members of Google.org and BGN, were fortunate enough to assist with the development and launch of their 504ward $200,00 Business Plan Competition launched on September 25, 2008. This competition offers$100,000 cash and $100,000 in professional resources to the entrepreneur who can best retain the 3,000+ young people who have flocked to New Orleans with dual aspirations of sparking social change and advancing their careers in the living laboratory of post-Katrina New Orleans.

While on the West Coast, The Idea Village is inspiring a network of innovative talent to contribute to the reinvention of a great American city and providing tangible, immediate opportunities to directly engage in this historical moment.

LOCATION:
Google Headquarters
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, California 94043

MAP:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1600+Amphitheatre+Pkwy,+Mountain+View,+California+94043&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=60.54737,111.445312&ie=UTF8&z=17&g=1600+Amphitheatre+Pkwy,+Mountain+View,+California+94043&iwloc=addr

CHECK-IN:
Please check-in at the Lobby of Building 41 starting at 5:30 p.m. A Registration Table will be set up to check-in guests.

RSVP:
Please RSVP Tara Canobbio, tcanobbio@google.com by Tuesday, December 2nd

This event is open to invitees and their guests interested in the recovery and development of the Greater New Orleans area since Hurricane Katrina. We hope you are able to join us for this important discussion and find out how YOU can change the world – starting in New Orleans.

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