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03June 2014

Empowered Ideas Earns Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accreditation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: James Wong Phone: 919.335.3291 E-mail: Services@EmpoweredIdeas.com

Empowered Ideas Earns BBB Accreditation

Empowered Ideas is Committed to BBB’s Standards for Trust

Empowered Ideas Better Business Bureau (BBB) Accredited Business

This week, Empowered Ideas announced its recent accreditation by Better Business Bureau (BBB) serving Eastern North Carolina. As a BBB Accredited Business, Empowered Ideas is dedicated to promoting trust in the marketplace. “We are extremely proud to have met the Better Business Bureau’s high standards and we are excited to be part of an organization that exists to promote better relationships between consumers and businesses alike — through an unbiased source to guide them on matters of trust,” said James Wong and Virginia Johnson. “This BBB Accreditation gives our customers additional confidence in our agency's commitment to maintaining high ethical standards of conduct.” BBB Accredited Businesses must adhere to BBB’s “Standards for Trust,” a comprehensive set of policies, procedures and best practices representing trustworthiness in the marketplace. The standards call for building trust, embodying integrity, advertising honestly, telling the truth, being transparent, honoring promises, being responsive and safeguarding privacy. When dealing with a BBB Accredited Business the consumer has peace of mind knowing that they are dealing with an honest organization that is accountable to its clients. For additional information regarding BBB Accreditation, visit EasternNC.BBB.org.

About Empowered Ideas:

Empowered Ideas helps small businesses and nonprofits through a comprehensive approach that takes into account the holistic needs of each client, and facilitates the integration of digital marketing, communications and business strategies into the existing business structure. We specialize in helping small to medium sized businesses and non-profits by addressing both the internal and external needs of their organization. James Wong and Virginia Johnson are social entrepreneurs and truly believe that by building strong and cohesive teams within organizations, and training them to adopt the latest business, communications, marketing strategies and tactics, these small businesses will grow to better serve their individual clients and their community as a whole. Communities depend on strong local economies to support member needs. Empowered Ideas empowers these small businesses and non-profits with cost-effective solutions and training to achieve these goals.

About BBB serving Eastern North Carolina:

Better Business Bureau serving Eastern North Carolina is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit corporation serving 33 counties in eastern North Carolina. The organization is funded primarily by BBB Accredited Business fees from more than 3,000 local businesses and professional firms. BBB promotes integrity, consumer confidence and business ethics through business self-regulation in the local marketplace. Services provided by BBB include reports on companies and charitable organizations, general monitoring of advertising in the marketplace, consumer/business education programs and dispute resolution services. All services are provided at no cost to the public, with the occasional exception of mediation and arbitration. Visit BBB.org. ###

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10April 2014

Over 250 Triangle Professionals Attend Linkedin LIVE Raleigh on April 8th

On Tuesday, April 8th, Empowered Ideas hosted another Linkedin Live Raleigh Business Networking Social in Downtown Raleigh, NC. Over 250 Triangle business professionals, from every industry and sector, attended the event, and many priceless connections were made by our attendees.

We'd like to extend a HUGE thanks to our generous sponsors:

If you were unable to attend the event, but still want to support our nonprofit of the month, please visit Moonlight Pizza anytime on Tuesday, April 15th and a percentage of the proceeds will be donated to Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!) .

Post by Linkedin Live Raleigh.

31March 2014

Empowered Ideas Presents Media Advocacy Workshop for NCCI

On March 25th, Virginia Johnson and James Wong of Empowered Ideas were invited to present a Media Advocacy Workshop at the North Carolina Coalition Initiative: Building Capacity for Substance Free Communities (NCCI), in Asheville, NC.

Attendees at the workshop represented several coalitions from all across North Carolina, and were part of a two-year program that NCCI offers to coalitions across the state. A pre-training webinar was hosted a week prior the event, and the media advocacy training itself was hosted in Asheville, NC. Empowered Ideas is proud to serve our North Carolina Substance Abuse Prevention communities, and we're honored to have been invited to talk about Media Advocacy at the NCCI Spring Training.

About NCCI

The North Carolina Coalition Initiative: Building Capacity for Substance Free Communities (NCCI) is a program funded by the state through the NC Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (DMHDDSAS). Direction and technical assistance are provided by the NCCI Coordinating Center at Wake Forest School of Medicine. NCCI seeks to reduce substance abuse in North Carolina communities by building the capacity of community coalitions to implement environmental strategies.