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Date: Friday, May 14, 2010
Time: 8:30 am-10:30 am
Location: Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center/Atrium Ballroom
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20004
A portion of the event proceeds will be donated to FONKOZE (www.fonkoze.org/special fundraising events), Haiti’s Alternative Bank for the Organized Poor.
Muhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and, with his Grameen Bank, won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, has developed a visionary new dimension for capitalism which he calls “social business.” By harnessing the energy of profit-making to the objective of fulfilling human needs, social business creates self-supporting, viable commercial enterprises that generate economic growth even as they produce goods and services that make the world a better place.
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Noblis Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Dr. H. Gilbert Miller interviews Michael Gelb
Read about the event in The Scene Bisnow newsletter…
Also, in Wonkabout…
The Italians have La Dolce Vita, the French have Joie d’Vivre. What do Americans have? Happy Hour? Miller Time? We need help!
New York Times bestselling author Michael Gelb opens our eyes to the remarkable power of wine to tap into our creative potential, awaken our genius, and forge bonds with friends and co-workers. Although there are many excellent guides to wine appreciation, Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking offers a “whole brain” approach that is unequivocally unique.
Robert Parker Jr. of The Wine Advocate claims that Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking is one of the most practical and useful books about a consumer’s experience in dealing with the subject of wine that he has ever read.
Wendy Dubit, founding editor of The Wine Enthusiast says, “In Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking, Michael Gelb captures the magic of wine at its best and fullest. He demystifies and elucidates the multi-faceted magnificence that is wine as he enlightens us about wine’s influence on art, architecture, music and poetry throughout the ages. Most importantly, he guides us to unleash the joyous wonders of sense, creativity and memory that take place within us when we enjoy wine mindfully.”
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Heather@Heatherfreeman.com
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Click here to see article in Georgetown Week!
Washington, D.C., (February 1, 2010) – Perry Hooks and Loretta Yenson, Co-Founders of Hooks Book Events, are pleased to announce their 2010 lineup of nationally renowned, best-selling authors coming to Washington, including Daniel Pink and Michael Gelb. These author series are open to the public with tickets priced from $60 to $150 each, which includes a lecture by the author, Q&A, a copy of the featured book and book signing. Locations and book details can be found below:
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Contact: Heather Freeman (800) 987-9806
Heather@Heatherfreeman.com
Lindley Thornburg (703) 593-5503
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Bethesda, MD (January 11, 2010) — Hooks Book Events brings a new perspective to solving global challenges and the US government, forward-thinking corporations and area universities are taking note. From leadership and management to women’s issues, current events, finance and the environment, the renowned authors secured through Hooks Book Events are bringing new ideas to a wide variety of audiences.
“Our company is crossing the aisle to find innovative and empowering solutions to the problems facing our clients; that is what Hooks Book Events is really about,” says founder Perry Pidgeon Hooks. “We help organize gatherings that initiate real dialogue and provide a platform for change in the way we approach the challenging issues of our time.”
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Photos from the Greg Mortenson Event (By Karina Lee Sudyatmiko)
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Greg meets Loretta Yenson and Perry Hooks before his speech and spends time signing books for all his fans
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Contact: Heather Freeman (800) 987-9806
Heather@Heatherfreeman.com
Lindley Thornburg (703) 593-5503
Lindley@Heatherfreeman.com
Washington, DC (October 19, 2009) — Long-time literary publicist Mary Kate Maco has been tapped to head up the new Boston office for DC-based Hooks Book Events (www.hooksbookevents.com), a minority women-owned business that specializes in providing low-cost book and author events to U.S. government agencies, non-profit organizations, trade associations, and corporations of all sizes.
An admirer of strong women in literature since first encountering Nancy Drew at five, Maco has worked in book publishing for nearly 20 years. An English Literature major at Mount Holyoke College, she got her start at Simon & Schuster in New York. Her career as a literary publicist included further stints at Avon Books and at university presses including Yale, Oxford, Princeton, and Harvard University Press, where she was most recently Director of Publicity.
Her work included orchestrating and executing sophisticated media campaigns for a wide range of authors, including Catharine MacKinnon, A.S. Byatt, James McPherson, Judge Richard Posner, Camille Paglia, Mary Beard, Stephen Jay Gould and Cass Sunstein.
“This is a very exciting time to be working in the world of books,” Maco believes. “The media and the methods of delivering content may change, but there will always be a market for new ideas. As Publisher’s Weekly noted in an August 31 article about Hooks Book Events, a new breed of booksellers is finding success by altering the traditional independent bookselling model www.publishersweekly.com. I believe Hooks Book Events has developed a business that is unique and special, and I’m thrilled to now be a part of it.”
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