HP LIFE e-learners and supporters can earn a chance to win festival tickets, thanks to new HP/Global Poverty Project partnership
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Since 2007, the HP Learning Initiative for Entrepreneurs (HP LIFE) has touched more than 2 million people, and created about 57,000 jobs. And less than a year ago, the initiative—which helps prepare entrepreneurs for small business success—went fully online. This means virtually anyone, anywhere, anytime can access cloud-based, free business and IT skills training, and a global community of like-minded people.
The Global Poverty Project announced that the 2013 Global Citizen Festival – a free ticketed concert on the Great Lawn of New York's iconic Central Park – will take place on September 28, 2013 with Stevie Wonder, Kings of Leon, Alicia Keys, and John Mayer.
TriplePundit: Briefly describe your role and responsibilities, and how many years you have been in the business.
Gabi Zedlmayer: I am Vice President of Sustainability and Social Innovation at HP.
I started my career 1985 in the airline industry and joined the IT industry in 1987. Since then I have been hooked to technology and the way it is changing the way we live and work.
In approximately three weeks, a freight train carrying thousands of Hewlett-Packard notebooks and displays makes its way from Chongqing, China to distributors and customers in Duisburg, Germany. This modern-day Silk Road covers two continents, six countries and more than 6,700 miles.
Despite the distance, the journey is cost-effective and better for the environment than air transport, and it’s faster than ocean shipping.
The HP Catalyst Initiative explores the future of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education by using technology in powerful ways to create new learning experiences that help students be more successful.
Today’s pace-setters in corporate sustainability and social innovation attended what was billed as “the CSR party of the year” – the 4th annual Ethical Corporation Responsible Business Awards ceremony in London, UK (June 24th). HP was proud to be there, scooping first place in the coveted Best Business/NGO Partnership awards category for its collaboration with the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI).
