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#InternBattle: The Summer Games Quadruples in Size as Hundreds of Interns Gather at Lawn on D to Determine the Mass. Technology Company with the Best Young Talent
As the world prepares for the 2016 Rio Games, the Boston technology
scene is gearing up for its own Olympic-sized affair: the second-annual Summer
Games: Battle of the Interns. This year, interns from 12 innovative
Massachusetts technology organizations - Acquia, Akamai Technologies,
athenahealth, Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Dassault Systèmes, EnerNOC,
Epsilon, Kronos, LogMeIn (News - Alert), MathWorks, Monster, and Symbotic - will
compete in The Summer Games: Battle of the Interns on Monday, Aug. 1 at
The Lawn on D in Boston.
News Facts
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The Summer Games: Battle of the Interns celebrates Massachusetts'
passion for innovation, education, technology leadership, and
cultivating the workforce of the future by merging friendly
competition with professional networking. Participating organizations
will select up to 15 of their college interns to battle in team-based
activities that will challenge their physical and mental strength.
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This year's event has quadrupled in size compared to the 2015
Summer Games inaugural event, with more than 500 anticipated
attendees including interns representing more than 50 different
colleges and universities around the country. Competitors and
spectators will have the opportunity to network with local tech
professionals and business leaders in the tech industry.
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At the conclusion of the competition, there will be an award ceremony
recognizing the top three intern teams. The three winning teams will
each select a charity that supports education and the next generation
workforce and The Summer Games will make donations totaling $10,000.
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The
Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC), the region's leading
technology association and the premier network for tech executives,
entrepreneurs, investors, and policy leaders, will join in the opening
ceremonies for the Battle of the Interns, along with Stas Gayshan,
managing director at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) and the
founder of CIC Boston. Additionally, the games are being created and
facilitated through a third organization, Sullivan Custom Planning.
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The Summer Games: Battle of the Interns will commence Monday, Aug. 1
at Lawn on D in Boston, with opening ceremony events beginning at 1:00
p.m. and games starting at 1:30 p.m.
Supporting Quotes
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David Almeda, chief people officer, Kronos (News - Alert)
"Summer is an
exciting tim at Kronos as our growing internship program breathes a
different type of energy into our WorkInspired culture. This
year's largest-ever program with nearly 100 Kronos interns working in
various departments across the organization proves to us that
tomorrow's tech leaders will continue to push the boundaries of
innovation with a dogged determination to make the world a better
place. We are excited to compete alongside 11 other organizations that
are also deeply committed to their internship programs and company
culture, as we have seen first-hand how organizations and their
employees can gain tremendous value from their interns and co-ops.
Good luck, and may the best team win!"
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Tom Hopcroft, chief executive officer, MassTLC
"MassTLC is
proud to support The Summer Games: Battle of the Interns for the
second year and its efforts to motivate and inspire young talent. Our
partnership in this event expresses our dedication to helping build
the leaders of the next generation workforce as well as our commitment
to preserving Boston as a tech hub. We look forward to seeing all the
interns gathered at The Lawn on D to network with some of
Massachusetts' leading organizations and most importantly, we look
forward to watching them all have fun."
Supporting Resources
About The Summer Games: Battle of the Interns The Summer
Games: Battle of the Interns celebrates Massachusetts' passion for
innovation, education, and technology leadership. Kronos founded The
Summer Games: Battle of the Interns in 2015, born out of the company's
commitment to inspiring the next-generation workforce. The event brings
together top tech talent for The Summer Games: Battle of the Interns - a
friendly competition of brains and brawn sponsored by Kronos in
partnership with MassTLC.
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thousands of organizations in more than 100 countries - including more
than half of the Fortune 1000® - use Kronos to control labor
costs, minimize compliance risk, and improve workforce productivity.
Learn more about Kronos industry-specific time and attendance,
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