Founded in 1999 as a portal for non-profit organizations, TheCommunity.com provides news, projects and interaction with global leaders including the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. Six Nobel Peace Prize winners sit on the site's Advisory Board.
In January 2001 TheCommunity.com conducted an online drive to raise school supplies for students in East Timor, with partner Peacejam and Columbine High School survivor Richard Castaldo.
In October 2001 the site, led by Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta gathered statements from 25 of the 28 living Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and opened a dialogue with the Laureates about 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan. The site received the only written statement from Yasser Arafat about 9/11. It was named number two in the USA Today's list of top ten web sites for the year.
The web site published one of the last interviews with Nobel Laureate Joseph Rotblat before he died in 2005. In the interview Rotblat said that "the Bush Administration’s aggressive nuclear policy is plunging the world into a new nuclear arms race", and that "the United States’ development of new nuclear weapons and its aggressive 'first use policy' have undermined the work of scientists working to get rid of the world’s nuclear arsenals --- and created a danger even greater that that of the Cold War."
TheCommunity.com is producing What's so hard about Peace?, a series of interviews for television broadcast, with the Nobel Laureates being interviewed by celebrities. The first episodes taped were Bono interviewing Mikhail Gorbachev and Paul Simon interviewing the Dalai Lama. The series is being produced by Alex Kitman Ho, producer of Hotel Rwanda, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July and other films. The series is to be directed by two time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple.
In December 2007 the web site partnered with the Gorbachev Foundation and the office of Mayor Walter Veltroni in Rome to present actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle with the Rome Peace Summit Award at the annual Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. The award was presented in acknowledgment of Clooney and Cheadle's extensive work to halt the killing and alleviate the suffering of the victims in Darfur.
In January 2001 TheCommunity.com conducted an online drive to raise school supplies for students in East Timor, with partner Peacejam and Columbine High School survivor Richard Castaldo.
In October 2001 the site, led by Nobel Laureate José Ramos-Horta gathered statements from 25 of the 28 living Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and opened a dialogue with the Laureates about 9/11 and the invasion of Afghanistan. The site received the only written statement from Yasser Arafat about 9/11. It was named number two in the USA Today's list of top ten web sites for the year.
The web site published one of the last interviews with Nobel Laureate Joseph Rotblat before he died in 2005. In the interview Rotblat said that "the Bush Administration’s aggressive nuclear policy is plunging the world into a new nuclear arms race", and that "the United States’ development of new nuclear weapons and its aggressive 'first use policy' have undermined the work of scientists working to get rid of the world’s nuclear arsenals --- and created a danger even greater that that of the Cold War."
TheCommunity.com is producing What's so hard about Peace?, a series of interviews for television broadcast, with the Nobel Laureates being interviewed by celebrities. The first episodes taped were Bono interviewing Mikhail Gorbachev and Paul Simon interviewing the Dalai Lama. The series is being produced by Alex Kitman Ho, producer of Hotel Rwanda, JFK, Born on the Fourth of July and other films. The series is to be directed by two time Oscar winner Barbara Kopple.
In December 2007 the web site partnered with the Gorbachev Foundation and the office of Mayor Walter Veltroni in Rome to present actors George Clooney and Don Cheadle with the Rome Peace Summit Award at the annual Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates in Rome. The award was presented in acknowledgment of Clooney and Cheadle's extensive work to halt the killing and alleviate the suffering of the victims in Darfur.
Glocals.com is an English speaking online community created in Geneva, Switzerland in 2007, aimed at Switzerland's expat community. It allows members to meet, organize activities and share information. Formerly known as Genevaonline, it changed its name to Glocals in 2007 as it expanded its activities to Zurich, Lausanne, Bern, and Basel. It now has 53,000 registered members. In November 2010 the site expanded to include BuyClub.ch - a group buying site for Switzerland's expatriate community.
History
Glocals was created in 2007 by two Israeli brothers, Nir and Oded Ofek, under the name GenevaOnline. They already had created a website, Sindy.ch, through which they organized parties for expatriates of the Geneva. As online communities grew in importance, they decided to create an English speaking website, allowing locals and expatriates of the Geneva area to meet, organize activities and share information. The beta website of genevaonline was launched in the summer of 2005, the official launch took place in March 2006. In June 2007, the website hit 10’000 members, between Geneva and Lausanne. In August 2007, the founders decided to expand their activities to other Swiss cities: Zurich, Basel, Bern. This led them to adopt a new name: Glocals, a combination of the words “global” and “local”. In December 2007, Glocals was one of the 5 finalists of the Open Web Awards, organised by mashable.com, in the category « Niche or miscellaneous social networks ».
Members
As of February 23, 2013, there are 83 865 registered members on glocals.com, spread over Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, Basel and Luzern. Due to the quick turnover of expatriates, all are not active anymore. The minimum required age is 23 and the average is 32. The top nationalities are UK (11%), Swiss (10%), USA (8%), France (8%) and Germany (6%).
Website
The core of the website is the possibility for any member to organize an activity and invite other members An average of 10-12 members activities are proposed daily, with peaks at the end of the weeks, most of them in Geneva / Lausanne area. The website has other features:
* Market place, used mainly for housing, job and buy/sell adds
* Forums
* City guide, where members can review public places like restaurants, bar, shops…
* Events, listing events that are not organized by the members
* Pictures, allowing members to post pictures of member activities
* Special offers from partners to the members
* Tools allowing to create a friend’s network, send mails, etc.
Business model
Glocals has been a registered society since February 2007. The business model of the website relies on the fact that people newly arrived need different services (insurance, garage, hairdresser…). Glocals has created a network of service providers that it judges reliable and able to deliver services in English. These partners advertise on Glocals, providing the company’s source of income. The creation of BuyClub allowed the company to capitalize on its membership to feed a more directly commercial website.
History
Glocals was created in 2007 by two Israeli brothers, Nir and Oded Ofek, under the name GenevaOnline. They already had created a website, Sindy.ch, through which they organized parties for expatriates of the Geneva. As online communities grew in importance, they decided to create an English speaking website, allowing locals and expatriates of the Geneva area to meet, organize activities and share information. The beta website of genevaonline was launched in the summer of 2005, the official launch took place in March 2006. In June 2007, the website hit 10’000 members, between Geneva and Lausanne. In August 2007, the founders decided to expand their activities to other Swiss cities: Zurich, Basel, Bern. This led them to adopt a new name: Glocals, a combination of the words “global” and “local”. In December 2007, Glocals was one of the 5 finalists of the Open Web Awards, organised by mashable.com, in the category « Niche or miscellaneous social networks ».
Members
As of February 23, 2013, there are 83 865 registered members on glocals.com, spread over Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, Basel and Luzern. Due to the quick turnover of expatriates, all are not active anymore. The minimum required age is 23 and the average is 32. The top nationalities are UK (11%), Swiss (10%), USA (8%), France (8%) and Germany (6%).
Website
The core of the website is the possibility for any member to organize an activity and invite other members An average of 10-12 members activities are proposed daily, with peaks at the end of the weeks, most of them in Geneva / Lausanne area. The website has other features:
* Market place, used mainly for housing, job and buy/sell adds
* Forums
* City guide, where members can review public places like restaurants, bar, shops…
* Events, listing events that are not organized by the members
* Pictures, allowing members to post pictures of member activities
* Special offers from partners to the members
* Tools allowing to create a friend’s network, send mails, etc.
Business model
Glocals has been a registered society since February 2007. The business model of the website relies on the fact that people newly arrived need different services (insurance, garage, hairdresser…). Glocals has created a network of service providers that it judges reliable and able to deliver services in English. These partners advertise on Glocals, providing the company’s source of income. The creation of BuyClub allowed the company to capitalize on its membership to feed a more directly commercial website.
Commercial Progression is an American based web design and development firm headquartered in Northville, Michigan. Commercial Progression focuses on Drupal open source web design, development, and support projects.
Commercial Progression’s clients include a number of recognizable name brands, including National Geographic Channel, The University of Michigan, Michigan State University, ZF-TRW Automotive, New Balance, Detroit Public Television, Justice Fellowship, and the Detroit Zoo.
History
Commercial progression was founded on May 7 of 2008 by the company’s CEO, Alex Fisher of Northville Michigan. Alex had early success with entrepreneurship and technology. At the age of 18, Alex’s Dearborn high school class was grant funded to work on a vanguard wearable computer technology project. When launched, the project gained considerable attention and was the focus of national press coverage and featured on the Today Show.
With a degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Alex continued his career development in digital media. At Move Networks, a $100 million funded startup media company and early leader in the streaming media space, Alex oversaw the setup of live streaming for high profile clients including ABC, Fox, and Oprah.
In May 2008, Alex founded Commercial Progression LLC and began a digital consulting business. Like many tech startups, Move Networks faced financial challenges in 2008 and was eventually defunded. Alex moved his focus completely to the development of Commercial Progression and developed a new passion for Open Source technology and its surrounding community.
Alex soon found a niche with open source content management systems, and specifically the Drupal CMS project. Finding Drupal to be an extremely capable web platform with proven success powering such high profile websites as whitehouse.gov and economist.com, Alex believed he could build a business around this technology. Commercial Progression soon completed Drupal projects for Detroit Public Television, ZF-TRW Automotive, National Geographic, and the University of Michigan.
Working with freelance and part time staff to accomplish these early projects, by 2011 Commercial Progression now had the capital to hire full time staff.
Through 2012 Commercial Progression worked out of shared office space with Forest Post in Farmington, Michigan. In 2013 it was time to open the first Commercial Progression dedicated office. On May 7, 2012 Commercial Progression celebrated their 5th year anniversary and the grand opening of their first office in downtown Northville. On the second floor of a renovated historic furniture building, Commercial Progression set up shop. Commercial Progression became a registered solution provider on Drupal.org, a member of the Drupal Association and a certified Acquia solution providers. In 2013 a Forbes article on Commercial Progression recognized their growth in corporate clientele and status as a leader in the Drupal open source community. Commercial progression continued their growth by exploring new markets within manufacturing as members of Automation Alley. Teaming up with Ann Arbor Spark, Commercial Progression facilitated a state sponsored programming literacy initiative known as Shifting Code.
Through 2014 new project launches in the automotive and manufacturing space included the front facing website for RouteOne and Hosco Fittings. Nationally ranked by Clutch for Drupal web design and development. In 2014 Commercial Progression also launched their first podcast, Hooked on Drupal Podcast. Commercial Progression launched a subscription based Drupal support and maintenance plan called DrupalCare in 2014.
In 2015 several new clients were acquired in the technology and higher education space. A front facing website for the Junxure CRM, the University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology and Procurement Services Department.
2015 also saw a marked increase in Commercial Progression’s sponsorship and attendance of local conferences. Commercial Progression was a founding sponsorship members of the 2015 DrupalCamp Michigan, a sponsor of the 2015 ACE entrepreneurship event, and sponsoring attendees of the 2015 Detroit Digital Summit.
Commercial Progression launched their first internship program in 2015 and partnered with the Northville High School DECA young entrepreneurship program.
Continued growth and the promise of additional offices with the completion of the Goldman Sachs strategic growth program lay ahead for Commercial Progression in 2016 and 2017.
Michigan Drupal User Group & DrupalCamp Michigan Events
Commercial Progression founded the Michigan Drupal user group community in 2010. Michigan Drupal offered a collaborative learning environment in step with open source ethics and hosted regular meetup events. Fisher and the Commercial Progression team have been attending members of the popular DrupalCon annual event since 2011. After visiting this event, an initiative to host a local event in Michigan was begun. A biannual DrupalCamp Michigan event was formed in 2011 where over 100 attendees gathered in Novi Michigan. hese events continued in 2013 and DrupalCamp Michigan 2015 events was the most recent. In 2015 Commercial Progression sponsored the creation of a series of free Drupal training videos in partnership with OSTraining.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
In February 2015, Alex Fisher and Commercial Progression were accepted into the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Detroit strategic growth program. Sponsored by Wayne State University and Babson College, this intensive program focuses on growing small businesses into the next steps of their evolution. Alex Fisher graduated the program at a Wayne State held ceremony in August 2015. The program has received coverage by local press as an important contribution to the growth of entrepreneurship in Detroit.
Commercial Progression’s clients include a number of recognizable name brands, including National Geographic Channel, The University of Michigan, Michigan State University, ZF-TRW Automotive, New Balance, Detroit Public Television, Justice Fellowship, and the Detroit Zoo.
History
Commercial progression was founded on May 7 of 2008 by the company’s CEO, Alex Fisher of Northville Michigan. Alex had early success with entrepreneurship and technology. At the age of 18, Alex’s Dearborn high school class was grant funded to work on a vanguard wearable computer technology project. When launched, the project gained considerable attention and was the focus of national press coverage and featured on the Today Show.
With a degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan-Dearborn, Alex continued his career development in digital media. At Move Networks, a $100 million funded startup media company and early leader in the streaming media space, Alex oversaw the setup of live streaming for high profile clients including ABC, Fox, and Oprah.
In May 2008, Alex founded Commercial Progression LLC and began a digital consulting business. Like many tech startups, Move Networks faced financial challenges in 2008 and was eventually defunded. Alex moved his focus completely to the development of Commercial Progression and developed a new passion for Open Source technology and its surrounding community.
Alex soon found a niche with open source content management systems, and specifically the Drupal CMS project. Finding Drupal to be an extremely capable web platform with proven success powering such high profile websites as whitehouse.gov and economist.com, Alex believed he could build a business around this technology. Commercial Progression soon completed Drupal projects for Detroit Public Television, ZF-TRW Automotive, National Geographic, and the University of Michigan.
Working with freelance and part time staff to accomplish these early projects, by 2011 Commercial Progression now had the capital to hire full time staff.
Through 2012 Commercial Progression worked out of shared office space with Forest Post in Farmington, Michigan. In 2013 it was time to open the first Commercial Progression dedicated office. On May 7, 2012 Commercial Progression celebrated their 5th year anniversary and the grand opening of their first office in downtown Northville. On the second floor of a renovated historic furniture building, Commercial Progression set up shop. Commercial Progression became a registered solution provider on Drupal.org, a member of the Drupal Association and a certified Acquia solution providers. In 2013 a Forbes article on Commercial Progression recognized their growth in corporate clientele and status as a leader in the Drupal open source community. Commercial progression continued their growth by exploring new markets within manufacturing as members of Automation Alley. Teaming up with Ann Arbor Spark, Commercial Progression facilitated a state sponsored programming literacy initiative known as Shifting Code.
Through 2014 new project launches in the automotive and manufacturing space included the front facing website for RouteOne and Hosco Fittings. Nationally ranked by Clutch for Drupal web design and development. In 2014 Commercial Progression also launched their first podcast, Hooked on Drupal Podcast. Commercial Progression launched a subscription based Drupal support and maintenance plan called DrupalCare in 2014.
In 2015 several new clients were acquired in the technology and higher education space. A front facing website for the Junxure CRM, the University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology and Procurement Services Department.
2015 also saw a marked increase in Commercial Progression’s sponsorship and attendance of local conferences. Commercial Progression was a founding sponsorship members of the 2015 DrupalCamp Michigan, a sponsor of the 2015 ACE entrepreneurship event, and sponsoring attendees of the 2015 Detroit Digital Summit.
Commercial Progression launched their first internship program in 2015 and partnered with the Northville High School DECA young entrepreneurship program.
Continued growth and the promise of additional offices with the completion of the Goldman Sachs strategic growth program lay ahead for Commercial Progression in 2016 and 2017.
Michigan Drupal User Group & DrupalCamp Michigan Events
Commercial Progression founded the Michigan Drupal user group community in 2010. Michigan Drupal offered a collaborative learning environment in step with open source ethics and hosted regular meetup events. Fisher and the Commercial Progression team have been attending members of the popular DrupalCon annual event since 2011. After visiting this event, an initiative to host a local event in Michigan was begun. A biannual DrupalCamp Michigan event was formed in 2011 where over 100 attendees gathered in Novi Michigan. hese events continued in 2013 and DrupalCamp Michigan 2015 events was the most recent. In 2015 Commercial Progression sponsored the creation of a series of free Drupal training videos in partnership with OSTraining.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
In February 2015, Alex Fisher and Commercial Progression were accepted into the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Detroit strategic growth program. Sponsored by Wayne State University and Babson College, this intensive program focuses on growing small businesses into the next steps of their evolution. Alex Fisher graduated the program at a Wayne State held ceremony in August 2015. The program has received coverage by local press as an important contribution to the growth of entrepreneurship in Detroit.
Engine Digital is a digital consultancy founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in 2002 by Richard Gallagher, Kele Nakamura, and Stephen Beck. In 2012, the company expanded into the United States with the opening of an office in New York City. The company's clients have included the NBA, adidas, Lululemon, Kit & Ace, Western Union, Bravo TV, BC Hydro, TELUS, TRI Pointe Homes, Quadrant Homes, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, MTV, Coast Capital Savings, HSBC, Pirelli Tires, and Criteo.
In 2015, Engine Digital was listed on Business in Vancouver's lists for largest digital agencies and design firms in British Columbia.
In 2015, Engine Digital was listed on Business in Vancouver's lists for largest digital agencies and design firms in British Columbia.