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Impact Report 2018
Trust was the key theme that emerged in our 70+ engagements and 28 trips in 2018. Growing a creative culture and team is possible when trust is built. In our second report, we reflect with gratitude on the journey we took with our clients and customers but also the trends we found in the past three years.
Here is to more courageous creativity.
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PRESS & MEDIA

COVERAGE, IDEAS, NEWS AND VIEWS

Daily Memphian
Munhwa.com
Thrive Global
Leader Stories
Technically
Entrepreneur
Creator WeWork
PEPSICO

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

50 On Fire Award by DC Inno (2017)
Won 2017 50 On Fire Award by DC Inno in Sept 2017, under Education category, as ‘one of the 50 hottest companies in the DC tech innovation scene’.
WEX Award by Women Empower Expo (2017)
Won the ‘Women Empower X’ Award by Women Empower Expo in recognition of the innovative and community development work done by Monica Kang.
NextGen Women Business Entity Award by WBENC (2017)
Won a 2017 WBENC Choice Award as #NextGen, a recognition given to two Female Founders who have demonstrated both growth and community development for fellow #NextGen.
The White House Nation of Makers (2016)
Featured in Nation of Makers initiative in 2016, an event celebrating home-grown ingenuity and got listed as a company who made innovation & helped create more innovators in America.
Timmy Award, 1st Runner-up (2016)
InnovatorsBox was selected as a First Runner-up out of over 100 nominations in 2016, for the best technology startup in DC, by Tech-in-motion.
American Small Business Championship (2016)
InnovatorsBox was selected, out of 3,000 applicants, as one of the top two small businesses in the District of Columbia making a contribution to its community.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

? Top 100 MBE Awards from the Capital Region Minority Supplier Diversity Council
? Womanpreneur Under 40 of the Year
? Just Ambitious Small Business Award from the DC Women’s Business Center. 
? 50 On Fire by DC Inno
? WEX Award by Women Empower Expo
? NextGen Women Business Entity Award by WBENC
? The White House Nation of Makers
? Timmy Award (1st Runner Up)
? American Small Business Championship Award by The SCORE Foundation

PAST ENGAGEMENTS & MEDIA FEATURES

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10-25-2018 | Keynote Speaker at the Q Commons: The Power of We (Leesburg, VA)
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10-18-2018 | Speaking at the CEED Global Conference 2018 (Tunis, Tunisia)
10-18-2018 | Speaking at the CEED Global Conference 2018 (Tunis, Tunisia)
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10/14-17 | Speaking and participating at the 2018 NMSDC Supplier Diversity Conference (Austin, TX)
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9/27/2018 | Panel Speaker at WeDC Fest: Design Thinking and Social Innovation (Washington, DC)
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9/25/2018 | Participating as one of the Top 100 MBE in the Awards Ceremony (Oxon Hill, MD)
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8/16/2018 | Speaking at the SocialFeen Cafe by Novel City Chamber of Innovation (Kansas City, MO)
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8/14/2018 | Speaking at the 2018 NGLCC Int’l Business & Leadership Conference (Philadelphia, PA)
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7/17/2018 | Speaking at Grant Thornton LLC on millennial generation (VA)
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7/16 | Speaking at the Advisory Board on diversity and inclusion series (Washington, DC)
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7/12-14 | Speaking at the Nehemiah Weekend DMV 2018 (Leesburg, VA)
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6/6-8 | Speaking at the Inventure$ 2018 (Calgary, Canada)
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6/3-5 | Speaking at the 2018 NA Women’s Leadership Conference by Prime Global (San Diego, CA)
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5/29 | Speaking at the “Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month celebration” by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Bethesda, MD)
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5/16-17 | Speaker at the 9th Asian Leadership Conference (Seoul, Korea)
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5/26 | Speaker at the Women Empower Expo, 2018 (Washington, DC)
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4/18-20 | Speaker at the 2018 Nonprofit Talent and Culture Summit (Washington, DC)
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4/16-17/2018 | Speaker at the AmEx Leadership Academy Global Alumni Summit (New York, NY)
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4/12 | Speaker at the “Let’s talk about failure” event by Mehron Price (Washington, DC)
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4/11-13 | Speaker at the Cengage CCE 2018: VIP Event (Charleston, SC)
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4/11-12 | Speaker at the International Students Career Services Roundtable (College Park, MD)
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3/23 | Speaking at JHU Women Biz Conference (Washington, DC)
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3/07 | Panel Speaker at the Pathways to #HerBusiness by Empowered Women Int’l (Arlington, VA)
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2/18 – Speaking at the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) (Chevy Chase, MD)
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2/10 – Keynote speaker at WESTEM 2018 hosted by University of Illinois (Champaign, IL)
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1/20 – Mentor at the Mentorship Roadshow, a morning of connections and learning to build your business (Washington, DC).
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1/18 – Speaker at the Fire Dash Media’s event “Breaking through the Creative Barrier” (New York, NY)
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11/14/2017 | Speaker at the Webinar with GovLoop on “Make your Mentorship Matter”.
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11/13-15/2017 – Speaker at the Public Good App House Festival of the Americas
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11/14 /2017- Speaker at the GovLoop Training, ‘Make your mentorship matter’, by NextGen and Young Government Leaders. (Washington, DC)
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11/10-12/2017 – Organizer of the Global Startup Weekend 2017 at Gallaudet University. (Washington, DC)
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11/01 /2017- Speaker at the Women’s Business Consortium by NAWBO Greater DC (Fairfax, VA)
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10/30/2017 – Featured speaker at the Access to Capital for D.C. Innovators event by The Aspen Institute.
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10/27-28/2017 – Facilitator at the 2017 DC Climathon, hosted by George Washington University (Washington, DC)
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10/18/2017 – Moderated “Breaking the glass”, a Diversity in Tech networking event by Computer Futures. (Washington, DC)
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10/12/2017 – Spoke at the Day of Innovation, 2017 Conference on the topic of “Unlocking Daily Creativity Regardless of Your Job Title” as a Breakout Speaker. (Indianapolis, IN)
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10/05/2017 – Spoke on Creative Thinking as a virtual guest speaker for a course on Creativity & Innovation at Pepperdine University (Washington, DC)
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9/21/2017 – Spoke at SEED SPOT and StartingBloc’s evening on social impact.
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9/14/2017 – Spoke on Diversity in Tech with Lucy Foundation during DC Startup Week.
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9/07/2017 – Opening keynote speaker (morning session), and led a 1-Hour Creativity Workshop (afternoon session) at The Power Conference (North Bethesda, MD)
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8/1 /2017- Spoke at Innovation MBA class at Pepperdine University as a guest speaker (online).
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07/26-29/2017 – Spoke at NBCC Silver Anniversary Conference (Washington, DC)
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Spoke and did a06/2017 | workshop at CPSI Conference on how to be creative at work when you have no time (Buffalo, NY)
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07/2017 | Mentored at NextGen Government training summit (Washington, DC)
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06/2017 | Spoke as the “Mentor of the Day” at the The Practice Pop-Up DC event
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05/2017 | Spoke at the Next Big Movement Talk to discuss about entrepreneurship and humility
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05/2017 | Spoke as one of the female founder panelist at Beacon DC at #InnoMAYtion Hackathon.
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05/2017 | Facilitated a creative community workshop for Harvard W3D at a Night At the Gallery.
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05/2017 | Advised and judged as a creative educator and entrepreneur at Dolphin Tank.
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04/2017 | Spoke about creative leadership and entrepreneurship at Georgetown University.
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04/2017 | Spoke as one of the panelist at the 2nd Annual “Brunch Fit for 04/2017 | Queen” in celebration of Women’s History Month with The Lead Girl Foundation, Inc.
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03/2017 | Hosted a creative leadership workshop at Johns Hopkins University’s “Women’s Leadership Conference Remarkable : The Art of Reinvention.”
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01/2017 | Speaker at Booz Allen Hamilton’s annual 2017 Ideas Festival to do SPARK workshops on creativity
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01/2017 | Panelist at Mentor Method and Femma & Fortune’s “Focus + Happy Hour” to share how to manage time and hustle as an entrepreneur to aspiring young female professionals.
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01/2017 | Panelist at the She Started It documentary screening at Hera Hub DC to share insights, challenges and opportunities as a female entrepreneur in DC.
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10/2016 | Panelist at the Humble VC’s Inclusive Economics and Innovation Panel to discuss about the power of authentic community development in entrepreneurship as a minority business owner – Humble VC.
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10/26/2018 | Recent article on ‘Rethink Creativity’on: The Daily Free Press by BU
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2/2018 | ‘The Workforce Show’ on Wera FM 96.7 with Cynthia Gurne
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10/20/2018 | Recent article about Rethink Creativity On: Bookmattic.com
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10/5/2018 | Startup Hypeman With Rajiv ‘RajNATION’ Nathan
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9/24/2018 | DC Entrepreneur Podcast with George Mocharko
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8/5/2018 | People My Dog Would Like Podcast with Lizzie Mettam
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7/26/2018 | The Business Blast Podcast, with Tyler Wagner
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Jan 1, 2018 | Interview with Company Roots on “Empowering Professionals & The Workforce Culture With Creativity”
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2/16 | 15-Min Summit Preview for the Nonprofit Talent & Culture Summit (FB Live)
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Aug 25, 2017 | Interview with WeConnect International on ‘the value of certification, belonging to WEConnect International, and attending WEConnect’s International Day’.
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Oct 2017 | Interview with PCDN Network about ‘finding the why’ on the Social Change Career Podcast
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Oct 2017 | Interview on The Online Creative Summit 2017 with Gunhild Lorenzen
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09/ 2017 | Interview with My MC Media at Power Conference in Bethesda (Sept 2017)
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09/2017 | Interview with DC Tech Stories on how we’re all creatives and innovators.
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05/2017 | Interview with KiKi L’Italien on the Association Chat about creativity and transitions in life .
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03/2017 | Interview with Sheena on self-confidence and creativity at Tao of Self Confidence
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03/2017 | Interview with Melanie Spring on why creativity is key and not fluffy at Adventures in Branding
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01/2017 | Interview with Natasha on DC entrepreneurship and creativity at Founders Next Door
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01/2017 | Talk with Tara Padua on how to build an innovative workplace on NextFem Podcast
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10/2016 | Discussing what diverse creativity means with Kevin at Cracking Creativity
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10/2016 | Talk with Neetal on creative social entrepreneurship on Innov8social Podcast
Podcasts & Interviews / Podcasts & Interviews | 2016 / Press
08/2016 | Talk with Dhanya about how to use creativity from burnout at Greater Than Podcast
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12/2017 | Monica’s story and the work she does at InnovatorsBox® was featured by WDCEP in its article “10 Women in Business You Need to Know” as one of the ten women owned businesses in DC.
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11/2017 Article by GovLoop in reflection of the webinar conducted with Monica Kang on “Making the Mentorship Matter”.
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10/2017 | Article ‘Unlocking daily creativity’ on Memphis Daily News by Michael Graber reflecting on the Day of Innovation session led by Monica Kang in Indianapolis, IN.
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