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29 01, 2018

Miss Hall’s School Appoints Director of Advancement

Lindsey Schmid2018-02-14T16:07:03-05:00January 29th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: Local Press|

Miss Hall's School has announced that Merritt Colaizzi of Williamstown has joined the school as its new director of advancement. In her new role, Colaizzi will manage all aspects of the Miss Hall's Development

24 01, 2018

MCLA Adds New Minor in Entrepreneurship

Lindsey Schmid2018-02-14T16:07:05-05:00January 24th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: Local Press|

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts recently approved a new minor in entrepreneurship within the Department of Business Administration and Economics. Although many of the classes required for this new minor already are offered at

23 01, 2018

1Berkshire is Now Accepting Nominations for the 2018 Esther Quinn Award

Lindsey Schmid2018-02-16T14:33:35-05:00January 23rd, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: 1Berkshire Press Release|

BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA – Nominations are now open for the 2018 Esther Quinn Award. This award is now in its 19th year and last year, for the first time ever, 1Berkshire gave the award

22 01, 2018

Berkshire Business: The Major Mentoring Factor – New Program Will Help Entrepreneurs Bring Their Concepts to Life

Lindsey Schmid2018-01-22T13:25:15-05:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: Berkshire Starts, News|Tags: 1Berkshire Assisted, Local Press|

Lorraine Jones wanted to tinker with her grandmother's original barbecue sauce recipe. Brian Mandeville was interested in forming his own construction company. Tom Sharpe had an idea for a startup. But all three knew

22 01, 2018

1Berkshire President Discusses Economic Development With BRPC

Lindsey Schmid2018-01-22T13:23:50-05:00January 22nd, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: 1Berkshire Assisted, Local Press|

It would be difficult for a Berkshire town to recruit a large biotech company on its own. 1Berkshire President Jonathan Butler knows that because he was a town administrator. Now his focus is on

16 01, 2018

1Berkshire Announces its Get Mentored Program

Lindsey Schmid2018-01-18T15:28:51-05:00January 16th, 2018|Categories: Berkshire Starts, News|Tags: 1Berkshire Press Release|

BERKSHIRE COUNTY, MA – 1Berkshire has announced a new program in their Berkshire Starts innovation and entrepreneurship initiative. This Get Mentored program exposes early stage entrepreneurs to mentors who can help guide the entrepreneurs'

15 01, 2018

Welcoming Our New Board Members

Lindsey Schmid2018-01-16T11:50:06-05:00January 15th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: 1Berkshire Article|

We are excited to have five new Board Members joining us, for 2018, their energy and ideas are sure to add a lot to our active board dynamic. Please join us in welcoming them.

15 01, 2018

Inspiration for 2018 From Our New Board Chair, John Bissell

Lindsey Schmid2018-01-16T11:22:26-05:00January 15th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: 1Berkshire Article|

On December 14 we voted on our 2018 Board of Directors and unanimously appointed John Bissell to be our Board Chair. John’s speech from that night not only earned him a standing ovation but

15 01, 2018

General Dynamics – Spotlight

Lindsey Schmid2018-01-17T09:14:57-05:00January 15th, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: 1Berkshire Spotlight|

General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) and especially Brenda Burdick have long been 1Berkshire advocates, in fact it was due to Brenda’s collaborative thinking that 1Berkshire launched its first ever member driven marketing campaign focusing

9 01, 2018

Ty Allan Jackson – Author, Publisher, and Founder of Big Head Books

Lindsey Schmid2018-01-22T13:22:02-05:00January 9th, 2018|Categories: #liveBRK, News|Tags: 1Berkshire Assisted, National Press|

Ty Allan Jackson is a children’s book author, publisher, literacy advocate, two-time TEDx presenter and motivational speaker. Ty travels across the country empowering children of all ages about the joy and power of reading.