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She's the First Speaks at FIRST Shatterbox Salon!

Amanda Holt, founder of Shatterbox, introduces Viktoria, Mickey, Emily and Tammy to speak about the passion behind their projects!

Amanda Holt, founder of Shatterbox, introduces Viktoria, Mickey, Emily and Tammy to speak about the passion behind their projects!

On Monday night, we had the honor of being in the esteemed company of Emily Dubner, CEO of Baking for Good, Viktoria Harrison, Director of Design & Branding for charity : water, and Mickey Duzyj, an A-list magazine and book illustrator, on stage at The Tank in NYC! She’s the First Founder/President Tammy Tibbetts spoke at the first salon hosted by Shatterbox, the website that you may remember for giving us their first “Make Your Mark” Award! Their mission is simple and selfless: “Shatterbox wants you to wake up in the morning and love what you do. So we’re going to introduce you to lots of people who do and help you find how to get there yourself.”

How do they do it? By capturing the stories of cool dreamer/doers in high-quality video vignettes. They’ll be filming one about us upon our return from Peru in late August!

We met so many curious, ambitious people in the audience at the salon, including one fella Jim Altieri, who email introduced us to his friend Josh, who’s about to go to Nablus in the West Bank to work with girls and help them tell their stories! This is his web site and we will now be meeting up with him to learn more. Stay tuned! Never underestimate the power of networking events and random encounters to educate and change the world. :)

Thank you again to Shatterbox co-founders, Amanda and Megan!

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Hey Non-Profit Friends — Win $1,000!

Breakfast with the Shatterbox founders, Megan and Amanda, this month

Breakfast with the Shatterbox founders, Megan and Amanda, this month

Remember one month ago when She’s the First won the very first “Make Your Mark” $1,000 award from Shatterbox.com? When I met the founders Amanda Holt and Megan Bowers for breakfast at Cafe Cluny to receive the check, it was like our first mini Publishers Clearing House moment!

We just want to remind our innovative friends in the non-profit world that you too can win $1,000 to help offset the expenses of your world-changing work — each month, a $1,000 Make Your Mark prize is awarded. Apply here today, and sign up for your own free account on Shatterbox. Shatterbox is the perfect place to go when you need courage to chase your dreams… Amanda and Megan capture the journey of entrepreneurs and innovators in high-def vignettes. (Look for an upcoming one featuring She’s the First!!)

Our $1,000 will go a long way in helping us pay for start-up costs of our marketing materials, like these postcards we recently ordered and have been distributing like crazy everywhere we speak about She’s the First — at conferences, on the street, on campus, dinner with friends, you name it!

Once again, we’d like to thank Shatterbox for being the first to award our campaign with this needed boost for our operational budget (since every dollar you donate to a girl goes to her education). Thank you!!! We’ll make you proud. :)

With $1,000 in the bank, we're able to pay for materials like these postcards, as well as other marketing and web design needs for 2010 that will translate into more sponsorships!

With $1,000 in the bank, we're able to pay for materials like these postcards, as well as other marketing and web design needs for 2010 that will translate into more sponsorships!

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Special Day for She's the First!

Every day, She’s the First follows blogs, Facebook fan pages, and Twitter feeds of insiders and innovators in the non-profit sector. Today, we received special recognition from three of our favorites! If you missed our announcements in your News Feed, the links are saved here and will be added to our Press page soon!

  1. Thank you, Shatterbox! We're the First Make Your Mark Award Winner!

    Thank you, Shatterbox for naming She's the First the first Make Your Mark Award Winner!

    First, we are honored to receive the first Make Your Mark Award from Shatterbox, a video-based web site of innovation!

    Amanda Holt founded Shatterbox last year, and we’re thrilled to meet her next week in person, because we admire what she does. Her site enables young trailblazers to achieve their vision by presenting them with high quality videos of success stories, like Emily Dubner, the founder of Baking for Good, Viktoria Harrison, design director of charity : water, and business coach Marie Forleo. Shatterbox’s mission: Find the most passionate, cutting-edge young trailblazers out there and ask them on camera to simply share their stories, so YOU can make your mark. Here is the official announcement! Thank you to She’s the First team, all She’s the First fans and fundraisers, programs in our network, and Alison Hoffer for introducing us to Shatterbox’s site! This is a shared achievement — leave your celebratory comments below!

  2. Thanks for supporting us, Goodness500!

    Thanks for supporting us, Goodness500! We recommend you read this blog and follow on Twitter/Facebook!

    Second, the Goodness500 interviewed us for its blog, which is an idea lab for dreamers who are doers. Check out the interview here! The founder Michael  Mossoba will be attending GIRLS WHO ROCK in New York City on Thursday — we are jazzed to meet him! Goodness500 is a social enterprise that helps people assess the social responsibility of the companies with the most power to change the world. We feel smarter and more equipped to take on the world in a smart, business savvy way when we’re around them.

  3. Third, eventbrite, which is the leading ticket sales site for nonprofit events, gave GIRLS WHO ROCK co-founder Cynthia Hellen the chance to guest blog. Read here! Julia & Kevin Hartz, the founders, feature only a few of the many events on eventbrite.com in the blog, so it was a huge honor for our benefit concert to be chosen. It’s worth your while to watch envisionGood’s video interview with the Hartzs to learn more about their enterprise. It’s like the Google of event ticketing.

Why does all this press matter? Because it brings awareness to how important girls’ education worldwide is and helps generate even more sponsorships! We believe in giving back, helping others break barriers…we spread kindness in our local communities, while also reaching out to our global communities — and so do you, that’s why you’re here! The stamp of approval from Shatterbox, Goodness500, and Eventbrite means we’re doing something right. Keep up the good work. Go team! Way to be a first today. :)

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