Dublin Interns for Pakistan. As you are probably all aware of by now, Pakistan has been hit by devastating floods that are affecting over 20 million people in the country.
As organizations around the world coordinate relief efforts, our Dublin Interns also wanted to get engaged in some way. After some brainstorming, our Interns decided to raise money for Oxfam, an international confederation of 14 organizations. Our Dublin-based Interns came up with a whole range of activities in order to collect money and raise awareness of the situation in Pakistan in the first week of September:Oxfam talk: A local Oxfam representative was invited to Google to give a presentation on the current situation in Pakistan and Oxfam’s relief efforts.Cake sale: The Interns as well as our amazing Google Kitchen Chefs baked 10 cakes and tarts each. These were then sold to Googlers throughout our European Headquarters Office in Dublin.Book & DVD sale: They collected used or unwanted books and DVDs on all floors.
'Ambassadors' preach Google gospel on campus. Google student "ambassadors" at Emory University in Atlanta set up a table on campus to promote Google products.
Google Ambassadors serve as liaisons between colleges and the tech companyThe program is active at 85 colleges throughout the United States and CanadaAmbassadors get to test out Google products to promote on campus (CNN) -- One recent afternoon Emory University senior Emily Rubin gathered some 80 students in a campus meeting room to serve pizza, hand out free stuff and raise awareness about a global cause. Clean water? Animal rights? Japan earthquake relief? Le blog officiel de Google France.