The Networked Nonprofit #1 on Amazon Nonprofits

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The Networked Nonprofit #1 on Amazon Nonprofits

Image by Geoff Livingston

Ray Kurzweil and David Orban

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Bought for the umpteenth time all his books, to be signed, and he could not refuse a photo! :)

Am giving the books away fast to people to read, as I have read them all :)

Buy Better Together Challenge

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The ‘Smarterbuys’ scheme, which helps provide affordable loans to disadvantaged people so that they can buy essential goods, scooped the £15,000 prize as the winner of the Buy Better Together Challenge, announced today by Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson.
Smarterbuys will use the award to develop their work further and to spread awareness of their affordable loans and products to help more consumers.

The Buy Better Together Challenge was launched by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Co-operatives UK in December 2011 to encourage groups of consumers to get together and negotiate discounted rates for buying goods and services in bulk. The Challenge received 110 entries, which were whittled down by a panel of independent judges to seven finalists.

Collective purchasing schemes can benefit individuals and communities in various ways, for example, saving money for those on low incomes; increasing access to healthy or organic food, or reaching out to less mobile members of the community.

‘Fair Food Carlisle’ was awarded the runner-up prize for their scheme which uses buying groups to provide workplaces with a weekly supply of food from local businesses. ‘Fair Food Carlisle’ won £5,000 which will be invested in improving business processes and hiring staff.

Jo Swinson said:

“The Buy Better Together Challenge has highlighted hundreds of fantastic ideas and examples from local communities, who banded together to make their money work harder. Collective purchasing is of immense value to groups, not just to make cost savings, but to increase social links in the community and reach out to vulnerable consumers who may not have access to online research or internet shopping.

“The schemes we have heard about today aren’t just benefitting consumers though; businesses have seen first-hand how they can gain more customers by working with these groups and communities, often beating competitors in the process. Many congratulations are due to the organisers of ‘Smarterbuys’, which is a positive example of how collective purchasing can challenge existing markets and provide better results.

“And I also congratulate ‘Fair Food Carlisle’ in supporting local produce growers and taking an innovative approach to boosting their local food economy. These schemes are a clear example of what can be done when consumers are empowered and work together to get better deals.”

news.bis.gov.uk/Press-Releases/-Buy-Better-Together-prize...

PHOTO: Michael David

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COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that “It takes a community to Conquer Cancer”.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header “Cops for Cancer” to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Cops4Cancer Fundraiser-PacBluePrinting-RonSombilonGallery

Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that âIt takes a community to Conquer Cancerâ.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header âCops for Cancerâ to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Cool Buying A Business images

A few nice buying a business images I found:

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Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that âIt takes a community to Conquer Cancerâ.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header âCops for Cancerâ to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Cops for Cancer -RonSombilonGallery (14)

Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that “It takes a community to Conquer Cancer”.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header “Cops for Cancer” to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

BTO 2010 - Training Session Augmendy

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BTO 2010 - Training Session Augmendy

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BTO - BUY TOURISM ONLINE 2010
III^ [ Scintillante ] Edizione
18-19 Novembre 2010
Stazione Leopolda – Firenze

AUGMENDY - Social Media for Business
Augmendy è leader italiano nell'organizzazione di eventi e workshop con focus su Internet e Social Media oltre che curatore per l'Italia della "Social Media Week - Il Festival della Rete", manifestazione internazionale nata per promuovere e diffondere al grande pubblico le potenzialità offerte da Internet. In particolare, questa training session gratuita presso BTO - Buy Tourism Online è destinata alle aziende che intendono massimizzare le opportunità offerte dalle piattaforme social, da Facebook a Youtube.

Parole chiave: concretezza, coinvolgimento attivo dei partecipanti e massima chiarezza.

Speakers:
Marco Monty Montemagno
Alessio Garbin

www.buytourismonline.com

Il programma scientifico della III^ Edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online è stato affidato alle amorevoli cure di BTO Educational

www.btoeducational.it

Tutto in SOLD OUT

2.911 i partecipanti, 44 relatori, 42 FREE Training Session con 2.810 partecipanti, 112 giornalisti accredidati, 60 tra Bloggers e Evangelists 2.0, 4 Televisioni impegnate durante l'evento, i media partners Wired.it e intoscana.it, grazie grazie a ObiettivoTre, al MarketPlace 38 Portali Online, al Club degli Espositori 39 aziende, l'hashtag più twittato in Italia il 18 e 19 Novembre #bto2010, la diretta più seguita al mondo Giovedì 18 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day ONE, la diretta più seguita al mondo il Venerdì 19 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day TWO, i minuti su Livestream.com visti dalla somma degli utenti durante il live streaming dell'evento 965.420, dibattiti, keynote e interviste registrate in Main Hall 17 ore.

A big big special thanks to Roberta Milano.

La più ammirata Monica Fabris, il più saggio Rodolfo Baggio, il miglior inglese parlato quello di Giulia Eremita, la più fastidiosa Costanza G., la più canticchiata Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint, la più tedesca Renate Goergen, il più inglese Jerome Touze, il più americano Josiah Mackenzie, la più gradita sorpresa gli amici di Web [Travel] Marketing, quello con più tesi Gianluca Diegoli, il più gradito ritorno Patrick Landman, i più coraggiosi i 6 Speakers per un Giorno, il più diretto Claudio Velardi, i più "complicati" gli amici di Zoes.it, il più in tutto Max Ulivieri, il più e basta Marco Monty Montemagno, il più amato da tutti Paolo Iabichino aka IABicus, il più "cattivo" Roberto Frua - TripAdvisor, il più buono Max Ventimiglia, la più dolce Elena Tubaro, il più ermetico Roberto Brenner - Google, il rubino più prezioso [ per noi di BTO Educational ] Elena Grassi - Expedia, quello sempre con l'ipad Mirko Lalli, la Blogger sempre più "famosa" Nelli, il più straordinario Professor Dimitrios Buhails, il più fotografato Matteo Renzi, il più bravo tappabuchi Paolo Chiappini, i più social i Bloggers, chi c'è mancato di più il cartello We Love Internet, il più bevuto caffè quello della Casa del Moka, i più tecnici Expomeeting, i più pazienti e disponibili i ragazzi e le ragazze del Prof. Eliodoro, il più appetitoso Lo Scalco, i più straordinariamente professionali i Crews, le Training più affollate Augmendy, Zoover e Google Advanced......

BTO 2010 - Training Session Augmendy

Image by BTO - Buy Tourism Online
BTO - BUY TOURISM ONLINE 2010
III^ [ Scintillante ] Edizione
18-19 Novembre 2010
Stazione Leopolda – Firenze

AUGMENDY - Social Media for Business
Augmendy è leader italiano nell'organizzazione di eventi e workshop con focus su Internet e Social Media oltre che curatore per l'Italia della "Social Media Week - Il Festival della Rete", manifestazione internazionale nata per promuovere e diffondere al grande pubblico le potenzialità offerte da Internet. In particolare, questa training session gratuita presso BTO - Buy Tourism Online è destinata alle aziende che intendono massimizzare le opportunità offerte dalle piattaforme social, da Facebook a Youtube.

Parole chiave: concretezza, coinvolgimento attivo dei partecipanti e massima chiarezza.

Speakers:
Marco Monty Montemagno
Alessio Garbin

www.buytourismonline.com

Il programma scientifico della III^ Edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online è stato affidato alle amorevoli cure di BTO Educational

www.btoeducational.it

Tutto in SOLD OUT

2.911 i partecipanti, 44 relatori, 42 FREE Training Session con 2.810 partecipanti, 112 giornalisti accredidati, 60 tra Bloggers e Evangelists 2.0, 4 Televisioni impegnate durante l'evento, i media partners Wired.it e intoscana.it, grazie grazie a ObiettivoTre, al MarketPlace 38 Portali Online, al Club degli Espositori 39 aziende, l'hashtag più twittato in Italia il 18 e 19 Novembre #bto2010, la diretta più seguita al mondo Giovedì 18 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day ONE, la diretta più seguita al mondo il Venerdì 19 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day TWO, i minuti su Livestream.com visti dalla somma degli utenti durante il live streaming dell'evento 965.420, dibattiti, keynote e interviste registrate in Main Hall 17 ore.

A big big special thanks to Roberta Milano.

La più ammirata Monica Fabris, il più saggio Rodolfo Baggio, il miglior inglese parlato quello di Giulia Eremita, la più fastidiosa Costanza G., la più canticchiata Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint, la più tedesca Renate Goergen, il più inglese Jerome Touze, il più americano Josiah Mackenzie, la più gradita sorpresa gli amici di Web [Travel] Marketing, quello con più tesi Gianluca Diegoli, il più gradito ritorno Patrick Landman, i più coraggiosi i 6 Speakers per un Giorno, il più diretto Claudio Velardi, i più "complicati" gli amici di Zoes.it, il più in tutto Max Ulivieri, il più e basta Marco Monty Montemagno, il più amato da tutti Paolo Iabichino aka IABicus, il più "cattivo" Roberto Frua - TripAdvisor, il più buono Max Ventimiglia, la più dolce Elena Tubaro, il più ermetico Roberto Brenner - Google, il rubino più prezioso [ per noi di BTO Educational ] Elena Grassi - Expedia, quello sempre con l'ipad Mirko Lalli, la Blogger sempre più "famosa" Nelli, il più straordinario Professor Dimitrios Buhails, il più fotografato Matteo Renzi, il più bravo tappabuchi Paolo Chiappini, i più social i Bloggers, chi c'è mancato di più il cartello We Love Internet, il più bevuto caffè quello della Casa del Moka, i più tecnici Expomeeting, i più pazienti e disponibili i ragazzi e le ragazze del Prof. Eliodoro, il più appetitoso Lo Scalco, i più straordinariamente professionali i Crews, le Training più affollate Augmendy, Zoover e Google Advanced......

BTO 2010 - Training Session Augmendy

Image by BTO - Buy Tourism Online
BTO - BUY TOURISM ONLINE 2010
III^ [ Scintillante ] Edizione
18-19 Novembre 2010
Stazione Leopolda – Firenze

AUGMENDY - Social Media for Business
Augmendy è leader italiano nell'organizzazione di eventi e workshop con focus su Internet e Social Media oltre che curatore per l'Italia della "Social Media Week - Il Festival della Rete", manifestazione internazionale nata per promuovere e diffondere al grande pubblico le potenzialità offerte da Internet. In particolare, questa training session gratuita presso BTO - Buy Tourism Online è destinata alle aziende che intendono massimizzare le opportunità offerte dalle piattaforme social, da Facebook a Youtube.

Parole chiave: concretezza, coinvolgimento attivo dei partecipanti e massima chiarezza.

Speakers:
Marco Monty Montemagno
Alessio Garbin

www.buytourismonline.com

Il programma scientifico della III^ Edizione di BTO - Buy Tourism Online è stato affidato alle amorevoli cure di BTO Educational

www.btoeducational.it

Tutto in SOLD OUT

2.911 i partecipanti, 44 relatori, 42 FREE Training Session con 2.810 partecipanti, 112 giornalisti accredidati, 60 tra Bloggers e Evangelists 2.0, 4 Televisioni impegnate durante l'evento, i media partners Wired.it e intoscana.it, grazie grazie a ObiettivoTre, al MarketPlace 38 Portali Online, al Club degli Espositori 39 aziende, l'hashtag più twittato in Italia il 18 e 19 Novembre #bto2010, la diretta più seguita al mondo Giovedì 18 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day ONE, la diretta più seguita al mondo il Venerdì 19 Novembre su Livestream.com BTO - Buy Tourism Online 2010 Day TWO, i minuti su Livestream.com visti dalla somma degli utenti durante il live streaming dell'evento 965.420, dibattiti, keynote e interviste registrate in Main Hall 17 ore.

A big big special thanks to Roberta Milano.

La più ammirata Monica Fabris, il più saggio Rodolfo Baggio, il miglior inglese parlato quello di Giulia Eremita, la più fastidiosa Costanza G., la più canticchiata Chaiyya Chaiyya Bollywood Joint, la più tedesca Renate Goergen, il più inglese Jerome Touze, il più americano Josiah Mackenzie, la più gradita sorpresa gli amici di Web [Travel] Marketing, quello con più tesi Gianluca Diegoli, il più gradito ritorno Patrick Landman, i più coraggiosi i 6 Speakers per un Giorno, il più diretto Claudio Velardi, i più "complicati" gli amici di Zoes.it, il più in tutto Max Ulivieri, il più e basta Marco Monty Montemagno, il più amato da tutti Paolo Iabichino aka IABicus, il più "cattivo" Roberto Frua - TripAdvisor, il più buono Max Ventimiglia, la più dolce Elena Tubaro, il più ermetico Roberto Brenner - Google, il rubino più prezioso [ per noi di BTO Educational ] Elena Grassi - Expedia, quello sempre con l'ipad Mirko Lalli, la Blogger sempre più "famosa" Nelli, il più straordinario Professor Dimitrios Buhails, il più fotografato Matteo Renzi, il più bravo tappabuchi Paolo Chiappini, i più social i Bloggers, chi c'è mancato di più il cartello We Love Internet, il più bevuto caffè quello della Casa del Moka, i più tecnici Expomeeting, i più pazienti e disponibili i ragazzi e le ragazze del Prof. Eliodoro, il più appetitoso Lo Scalco, i più straordinariamente professionali i Crews, le Training più affollate Augmendy, Zoover e Google Advanced......

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Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that “It takes a community to Conquer Cancer”.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header “Cops for Cancer” to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Cool Buying A Business images

Some cool buying a business images:

Business card house

Image by rahims
My business cards finally came in. What's the first thing I did? I wrote "I put the pal back in Principal Engineer" on a few and handed them out. Next thing I did? I built this structure. Eat your heart out, Frank Lloyd Wright (please God, let one of my friends know who this is).

Update: IBM just bought FileNet, so these new cards are already outdated :(

business by the roadside

Image by paniek

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A few nice buying a business images I found:

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Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that âIt takes a community to Conquer Cancerâ.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header âCops for Cancerâ to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Cops4Cancer Fundraiser-PacBluePrinting-RonSombilonGallery (23)

Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that âIt takes a community to Conquer Cancerâ.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header âCops for Cancerâ to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Cool Buying A Business images

A few nice buying a business images I found:

Buy 1 get 7 Free

Image by Dvolatility
JOSB is down 16.5% today (pic via Business Insider www.businessinsider.com/jos-a-bank-business-model-2012-11)

Read: Jos. A Bank's Worst Nightmare Is Coming True

Read more: www.businessinsider.com/jos-a-bank-revealed-its-worst-nig...

Business / Bankrupt

Image by Erin Klee
I snapped this shot of my friend Job quickly -- and unnoticed. (I had been clicking and moving around for a few minutes, shooting the wineglass macro shots -- they are posted a few spaces below this in my photostream -- and so he didn't notice when I turned the camera on him.)

Oh -- one other little quirk: He and I were sitting on the porch this morning, reading last weekend's New York Times and Wall Street Journal. Both papers were a full week old (though I bought them when they were "fresh"), and I've been too swamped to do more than (briefly) scan the opening pages.

*sigh*

~ * ~

This photo is protected by a Creative Commons Copyright that allows photo sharing under specific conditions. For information about how you may use this image, please consult the license details on the CC website:
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/

All other photographs that I've taken remain protected by my standard (full) copyright (unless explicitly indicated otherwise)...

Questions?
erin@erinklee.com

Buy Better Together Challenge

Image by bisgovuk
Jo Swinson, Consumer Affairs Minister (left) with 1st Prize Winners, Smarterbuys - Jacqui Grimes and Louise Coulter.
The ‘Smarterbuys’ scheme, which helps provide affordable loans to disadvantaged people so that they can buy essential goods, scooped the £15,000 prize as the winner of the Buy Better Together Challenge, announced today by Consumer Affairs Minister Jo Swinson.
Smarterbuys will use the award to develop their work further and to spread awareness of their affordable loans and products to help more consumers.

The Buy Better Together Challenge was launched by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and Co-operatives UK in December 2011 to encourage groups of consumers to get together and negotiate discounted rates for buying goods and services in bulk. The Challenge received 110 entries, which were whittled down by a panel of independent judges to seven finalists.

Collective purchasing schemes can benefit individuals and communities in various ways, for example, saving money for those on low incomes; increasing access to healthy or organic food, or reaching out to less mobile members of the community.

‘Fair Food Carlisle’ was awarded the runner-up prize for their scheme which uses buying groups to provide workplaces with a weekly supply of food from local businesses. ‘Fair Food Carlisle’ won £5,000 which will be invested in improving business processes and hiring staff.

Jo Swinson said:

“The Buy Better Together Challenge has highlighted hundreds of fantastic ideas and examples from local communities, who banded together to make their money work harder. Collective purchasing is of immense value to groups, not just to make cost savings, but to increase social links in the community and reach out to vulnerable consumers who may not have access to online research or internet shopping.

“The schemes we have heard about today aren’t just benefitting consumers though; businesses have seen first-hand how they can gain more customers by working with these groups and communities, often beating competitors in the process. Many congratulations are due to the organisers of ‘Smarterbuys’, which is a positive example of how collective purchasing can challenge existing markets and provide better results.

“And I also congratulate ‘Fair Food Carlisle’ in supporting local produce growers and taking an innovative approach to boosting their local food economy. These schemes are a clear example of what can be done when consumers are empowered and work together to get better deals.”

news.bis.gov.uk/Press-Releases/-Buy-Better-Together-prize...

PHOTO: Michael David

Nice Buying A Business photos

Some cool buying a business images:

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Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that “It takes a community to Conquer Cancer”.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header “Cops for Cancer” to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Cops4Cancer Fundraiser-PacBluePrinting-RonSombilonGallery (37)

Image by SOMBILON ART, MEDIA and PHOTOGRAPHY
COPS FOR CANCER TRIBUTE PIECE

Featured artist Ron Sombilon is proud to unveil the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece.

Capturing the culture, supporters, children and history of the Cops for Cancer tour.

Its message is simple. "It takes a community to Conquer Cancer".


For a donation, you will be able to pay tribute to your loved ones that have been touched by Cancer.

Ron Sombilon will place a photo of them into the finished Art work to signify that âIt takes a community to Conquer Cancerâ.

Raffle donation ticket includes

-A chance to win the Cops for Cancer 2009 Art piece valued at 00!!! - Draw will be on October 1st, 2009.

-Option to have a photo of loved ones or anyone you wish to include, placed into the Conquer Cancer 2009 Art piece.

-Your donation towards the Canadian Cancer Society.

Two easy steps

1. Buy the Raffle donation ticket online or in person at the fundraiser.
sites.google.com/site/tourdecoastfundraiser/

2. Send your photo to Ron Sombilon with the subject header âCops for Cancerâ to: Ron@RonSombilonGallery.com


End childhood Cancer by becoming part of this amazing tribute to Cancer Fighters, supporters and survivors!

Nice Buying A Business photos

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Back in business!

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I just fixed my RAZR V3xx. I broke the keypad ribbon cable taking it apart -- and my spare housing (bought cheaply off Ebay) has a bad keypad. (Looks like it has the "starbucks virus" ... aka, someone spilled coffee on the table and it went into the phone.) So I picked up a new keypad sensor assembly for off ebay and I'm back in business.

The phone actually works better than before as the "down" direction on the d-pad never felt very good. Now it has a nice click like all the other keys.

Relible Convenience!

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Ahh, yes, only the best for Rowan Students! The best convenience money can buy! And such a convenient 800 number! Did I mention that this is the only ATM on campus?
(Taken 9/9/06 13:33)