Searching for the Next Great Social Innovator.NOW on PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, invites audience to vote in contest Winners to be chronicled over time in broadcast and online reports NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Who's next up to change the world? To showcase enterprising ideas that use innovation and business savvy to solve global problems, NOW, the award-winning newsmagazine news·mag·a·zine n. 1. A magazine, usually published weekly, containing reports and analyses of current events. 2. A television program that presents a variety of topics, usually on current events, often by using interviews and from PBS, has created a competition to discover and track the progress of a breakthrough social entrepreneur. A panel of expert judges chose four finalists from a pool of over 100 submissions, from Latvia to New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Until the end of October, visitors to NOW's "Enterprising Ideas" website will vote on a winner (http://www.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas/poll.html). The Finalists: Benevolence Farm - Gives life skills and job training to women leaving prison centered around an organic farm. (www.benevolencefarm.org) Intelligent Mobility International - Builds and distributes durable wheelchairs for the millions of disabled and poor people who live in rural areas. (www.intelligentmobility.org) Materials Matter -- Distributes low-cost surplus building materials to nonprofit affordable housing developers. (materialsmatter.org) Speak Shop - Uses Internet videoconferencing to connect Spanish language tutors from poor countries with students all over the world. (www.speakshop.com) Already, more than 3,000 votes have been cast for the winner, whose efforts to secure financing, gain support, and measure impact will be chronicled regularly by NOW Online. The winner will be announced in early November and featured on the NOW broadcast, which is seen by nearly 2 million people each week on PBS. Vote here: http://www.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas/poll.html ABOUT NOW The Emmy-winning PBS weekly newsmagazine NOW engages viewers with documentary segments and insightful interviews that probe the most important issues facing democracy. Hosted by award-winning veteran journalist David Brancaccio David A. Brancaccio (born May 17, 1960 in Waterville, Maine) is an American journalist. Brancaccio's career as a journalist includes his current role as the host of the long-running PBS news magazine NOW. , NOW is a production of JumpStart Productions, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , in association with Thirteen/WNET New York. The show can also be accessed through On-Demand television, audio podcasting, video podcasting, and streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. on the NOW website at www.pbs.org/now. "Enterprising Ideas" is a NOW spotlight on social innovation and business-modeled initiatives to make the world a better place. |
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