Cunningham Communication Leadership Momentum Award Presented to Austin Ventures; Cunningham Recognizes Collaborative Technology Vision Of GirlStart Technology Center.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 The Cunningham Communication Leadership Momentum Award was created by Cunningham Communication Inc. to recognize collaborative technology vision that benefited the Austin community. The award was presented to Austin Ventures today at the third annual Community Collaboration Awards. The Cunningham Communication Leadership Momentum award was named for Cunningham's proprietary methodology called Cunningham Momentum Management(tm) which identifies opportunities for building market leadership. Cunningham utilized this methodology to judge community-based projects in Austin that closely mirrored the leadership dimensions of some of the country's leading corporations. "Cunningham counsels our clients about the fundamentals of building leadership momentum in the dynamic world of high technology," said Morris Denton, managing director. "The management vision of Austin Ventures to recognize the future problems Austin would face if we did not set a strategic path to cultivate cul·ti·vate tr.v. cul·ti·vat·ed, cul·ti·vat·ing, cul·ti·vates 1. a. To improve and prepare (land), as by plowing or fertilizing, for raising crops; till. b. a skilled, capable workforce -- of which young women are an invaluable resource -- exemplified their leadership not only in the high technology industry, but also our community." Actively involved in growing Austin's best and brightest dynamic entrepreneurs and leading startups, Austin Ventures was recognized for extending its expertise to help GirlStart, a local non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. that empowers girls in math, science and technology-related subjects. In 1999, Austin Ventures funded the creation of Texas' first and only Girls' Technology Center to address a largely ignored problem, the severe deficit of female representation in technology and engineering fields. The collaborative effort with Girlstart was also established to address the lack of encouragement and education that continues to widen wid·en tr. & intr.v. wid·ened, wid·en·ing, wid·ens To make or become wide or wider. wid  en·er n. the gap between the sexes gainfully gain·ful adj. Providing a gain; profitable: gainful employment. gain ful·ly adv. employed in the
high-technology industry.
The GirlStart Technology Center hosts after-school programs, Saturday camps, winter camps and summer camps all designed to give girls an encouraging environment in which to grow and learn the skills that will equip them for a future in engineering and technology. About Cunningham Communication Inc. Cunningham Communication Inc. specializes in building brand momentum in the Internet Economy The Internet Economy refers to conducting business through markets whose infrastructure is based on the Internet and World-Wide Web. An Internet economy differs from a traditional economy in a number of ways, including: communication, market segmentation, distribution costs, and price. by offering PUBLIC RELATIONS public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , BRAND MANAGEMENT, RESEARCH, FOCUSED SERVICES for STARTUPS and ORGANIZATIONAL STRATEGIES. All Cunningham operating companies operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. and practices use a powerful, proprietary methodology called Cunningham Momentum Management(tm) which identifies opportunities for building market leadership. Clients include industry leaders, such as Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Motorola, Pitney Bowes  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . and Sprint, and many new Internet-based companies such as HearMe, Hungry Minds, SciQuest.com and VarsityBooks.com. Cunningham restructured in November 1999 as the parent company of Cunningham Public Relations, the Brand Momentum Group, Cunningham Ventures, InMomentum, 5th Gear and the Momentum Research Group. It is ranked as the largest PR firm in Silicon Valley (O'Dwyer's 1999 Directory of Public Relations Firms), No. 1 Technology PR agency (Inside PR 1999 Agency Report Card), and the largest public relations firm in the Austin Business 1998 Book of Lists. Community Collaboration Awards Presenting sponsors are Citysearch.com and IBM. Cosponsors are Cunningham Communication Inc. and St. David's Foundation. The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce is a supporting sponsor. Media sponsors are Majic 95.5 and UPN UPN User Principal Name (Microsoft Windows 2000) UPN United Paramount Network UPN Unión del Pueblo Navarro (Navarrese People Union) UPN Umgekehrte Polnische Notation 13/ Fox 7 TV. The event benefits the United Way/Capital Area. All company names, brand and product names appearing in this news release are registered trademarks or trademarks of the respective holders. |
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