Sarah Katyal, President of Impact, will be making a special appearance on Rogers TV in York Region on Tuesday January 12th 2010 at 10am. Sarah will be featured on ’daytime’, York Region’s only daily, live lifestyle program showcasing everything the region has to offer. She will be chatting with hosts, Jacqueline Betterton and Jeff Moore, about Impact’s video campaign, “I am my ambition” and Impact’s goals for the New Year.

‘daytime’ airs weekdays LIVE at 10am to 11:30am with an encore presentation at 4pm to 5:30pm on cable 10 and 63 in York Region.

For more information, please visit: www.rogerstv.com

Would you like to win $5000? The Asia Pacific Foundation wants you to tell them what you think matters for Canada’s future with Asia.

The 25@25: Canada’s Future with Asia contest asks young Canadians (18-35) what they think belongs on their list of 25 issues connect Canada with Asia.  Submissions should be 30sec. – 3 minutes in length, and everything from a rant-to-camera, photo montage, mini-documentary, and digital stories, are invited.  Entries may be created and submitted by individuals or groups of up to four people.

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2010!

Entries so far have been thought provoking and diverse, talking about everything from postsecondary educational migration, lifestyle exchange, and identity, to ninjas! Vote for your favorite video to give it a chance to win the People’s Choice Award, a prize of $500!

To find out more about 25@25, visit their website.

Impact’s Online Media Partner Techvibes, is looking for an Intern Reporter for 2010.  Techvibes is a hyper-local technology blog with over 100,000 visitors per month across 13 cities. Techvibes faithful readers visit to learn about new startups in their community, local events, and breaking news and are quickly engaged by Techvibes city-specific Job Board, Events Calendar, and Company Directory.

Please see the post on Techvibes for more details on this unique opportunity to connect with Canada’s tech community or check out the details below:

The 2009 Impact National Conference is featured in the December SNAP Downtown Toronto newspaper!

SNAP is a FREE monthly print publication specializing in a “non-political” friendly and entertaining photographic view of living in our community.

The League of Kickass Under 30 is a social network for young leaders and influencers that are the future of their industry. These young leaders and influencers are bright, ambitious, charismatic and dedicated to sharing the entrepreneurial spirit with young Canadians. Three of Canada’s next great entrepreneurs will gather for one night only to speak of their stories of success and challenges they each faced among their small businesses and non-organizations such as Impact! They will also inform us on what has inspired them and the importance of networking.

As 2009 is coming to a close, let’s celebrate with our peers, beers and some information on your career as “The League of Kickass Under 30″ presents “The Official LOKU30 Beer Up!” featuring Impact’s Director of Communications, Christine Lu, as one of the panelists.

When: December 10th
Time: 6:00-9:00pm
Where: Scotland Yard, 56 The Esplanade, Toronto
Tickets are only $10!

Speakers:

Julie Tyios
Marketing & Community Manager at Vestiigo, Director of Strategic Growth and Contributor at Community Marketing Blog, CEO at Red Juice Media

Christine Lu
Social Media Marketing Analyst at SpeechBobble Inc., Director of Communications at Impact Entrepreneurship Group

Cassandra Jowett
Editor, TalentEgg Publications at TalentEgg Inc.

For more information, please visit: http://leagueofkickassunder30beerup.eventbrite.com/

Follow all the buzz surrounding this event on Twitter! Official hashtag is: #beerup