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Speak Shop Named a Finalist for Oregon Ethics in Business Award

Posted in Awards, Social Entrepreneurship, tagged , , , , , , , , , on September 1, 2008 | Comments Off

The Oregon Ethics in Business Awards honor those organizations and individuals who have demonstrated ethical business practice in its broadest interpretation: in the workplace, the marketplace, the environment, and the community. The recipients of these awards will have, by act and example, gone beyond the expected to achieve excellence in ethical business practices. The Samaritan [...]

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15 Fascinating Oregonians

Posted in Awards, Guatemala, Social Entrepreneurship, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 1, 2008 | Comments Off

BrainstormNW, April 2008 By Lisa Baker THIRD WORLD POVERTY IS AN OVERWHELMING THING. Those who have seen it with their own eyes return home chastened by the experience but can think of no earthly way to make a dent in the misery. After all, what can one person, one family, one couple do by themselves [...]

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KPTV Evening News (Portland, OR)

Posted in Awards, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 31, 2007 | Comments Off

Evening news segment on Speak Shop’s unique revenue model that empowers Spanish teachers in Guatemala.

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‘Speak Shop’ Explores New Way To Foreign Language Learning

Posted in Awards, Fair Trade, Spanish Lessons, Spanish Tutor, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 29, 2007 | Comments Off

OPB – News Radio BY KRISTIAN FODEN-VENCIL Portland, OR  October 29, 2007 3:35 p.m. Listen to radio broadcast. Starting a new business is difficult at the best of times. But if you’re also trying to make that business altruistic, the job can be doubly difficult. One Oregon couple is using their computer — and friends [...]

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Founder of Speak Shop Named to Fast Company “Fast 50″

Posted in Awards, Conversational Spanish, Spanish Lessons, tagged , , , , , , , , , on May 31, 2007 | Comments Off

http://www.fastcompany.com/fast50_07/readers.html

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Speak Shop Awarded 2006 Oregon InnoTech Innovation Award

Posted in Awards, Fair Trade, Spanish Tutor, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2006 | Comments Off

Fair Trade Online Spanish Tutoring Company Recognized for Business Leadership and Innovation Beaverton, OR (PRWEB) March 22, 2006 — Speak Shop, http://www.speakshop.com, a pioneer in online Spanish tutoring via webcam, announced today that it has been selected to receive the 2006 InnoTech Innovation Award. Presented by the InnoTech Conference in Oregon, the InnoTech Innovation Awards [...]

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Global Social Venture Competition Names Speak Shop Semi-Finalist

Posted in Awards, Guatemala, Spanish Lessons, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 16, 2006 | Comments Off

Fair Trade Online Spanish Tutoring Company Delivers Social and Financial Benefits Beaverton, OR (PRWEB) February 16, 2006 — Speak Shop, http://www.speakshop.com, an award-winning pioneer in live online Spanish tutoring, has been named a semi-finalist in the Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC). GSVC is a global business plan competition organized by the Berkeley Haas School of [...]

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Speak Shop Wins Top Honors in Business Plan Competition for Socially Responsible Tech Companies

Posted in Awards, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 5, 2005 | Comments Off

Speak Shop, www.SpeakShop.com, is recognized for its efforts to reduce poverty by helping people in Latin America teach Spanish using online videoconferencing.

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