At thunder::tech, we are very passionate about Cleveland and organizations that help make our city a better place. One organization that we truly believe in is E CITY, a nonprofit which stands for Entrepreneurship: Connecting, Inspiring and Teaching Youth. E CITY is a nonprofit that delivers a program to teach students entrepreneurial, business and life skills to enable economic independence.

This coming Monday, May 4, E CITY hosts its Eighth Annual Awareness Breakfast at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, located at 6111 Landerhaven Drive in Mayfield Heights.

It’s a bit of an early morning (registration and networking begin at 7 a.m.), but it is a great way to support E CITY’s mission and recognize the achievements of Cleveland-area students who will be our city’s next business leaders.

The event on May 4, features E CITY alumnus Blaine Mickens, who was named the 2009 Young Global Entrepreneur of the Year by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE) and E CITY teacher, Rodney Decipeda, who was NFTE’s 2009 Global Teacher of the Year.

The best part? The breakfast is FREE! However, donations to E CITY’s program will be accepted and there will be an opportunity to purchase wares from E CITY’s graduates.

To learn more about E CITY, check out this video:

The thunder::tech team had very busy spring promoting the film, “Brothers At War,” for our client and private equity firm, Scantling Technology Ventures. “Brothers At War” is a documentary film which follows the adventures of director Jake Rademacher as he travels to Iraq to understand his two younger brothers who serve in the military there.

The thunder::tech team worked closely with the film’s Executive Producer, David Scantling, to coordinate premiere events for Akron and Cleveland. Additionally, the thunder::tech team also provided guidance on a variety of social media initiatives including a Facebook Page, MySpace and Twitter as well as media relations and e-mail marketing.


Pictured above are Operations Administrator Kristin, Public Relations Manager Misty and Public Relations Coordinator Christina at the Akron Premiere of the film at the Regal Interstate Park 18.

"Working on 'Brothers At War' was a great experience," Misty said. "Veterans and active duty service members responded to the powerful story-telling of the film in unique ways and it was exciting to be a part of that."

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