Best Partnership?  Your Vote Decides

The U.S. Chamber BCLC has collected 18,000 votes and 840 comments in the selection process for the 2009 Partnership Award winner. This is a people's choice award. Only your vote (and your friends, family and colleagues' votes) can determine which of the five worthy finalists accepts the Partnership Award on Dec. 1.   BCLC is calling on ALL champions of business-nonprofit partnerships to get out the vote!  Countless people benefit every year from the power of the business and nonprofit sectors working together on tough social challenges. This is your chance to show support for some of today's leading partnerships.  More >

Progress and Potential: Community & Economic Development

While the battles continue to rage fiercely over headline issues such as health care, energy and financial system reform, the Obama Administration is also setting its priorities on policy and programs that don't show up in the headlines every day. These priorities are nonetheless important for the development of our communities.  When it comes to community and economic development, the Administration has so far jumped into the thicket of hundreds of federal programs (and more than $180 billion annually, funding everything from inner city community centers to revolving loan funds and rural broadband) with some well-established principles and a refreshing stated willingness to flip over the established order of some highly entrenched interests.  More >

Company Profiles

Following the devastating earthquake in China last year, Intel launched a comprehensive post-quake recovery plan called "iWorld" (in Chinese, "i" means love—iWorld means "spread love around the world") which focused on rebuilding and restoring services in the areas and leveraging Intel's technology expertise and competencies. The project placed a heavy emphasis on getting students back to learning by establishing 200 state-of-the-art "e-classrooms." More >