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The Bay Recognized By The Florida Public Relations Association At The Annual Golden Image Awards
ATLARGE, an award-winning communications firm located in Sarasota, was recognized at the Golden Image Awards for its recent work on The Bay.

Atlas Networks utilizes a 'knowledge is power' proposition to gain market share.
Sarasota entrepreneur Anand Pallegar was pivoting long before pivoting was a popular pandemic practice.

Atlas Networks Wins Rising Star Award at the 2020 Sarasota Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business Awards
The prestigious Rising Star Award celebrates high-performing new businesses for exceeding initial growth targets and financial performance; having a clear understanding of their competition, core customers and market; and has the foundations in place for continued success.

ATLARGE Recognized by Local Florida Public Relations Association
ATLARGE, a progressive communications firm located in Sarasota dedicated to helping brands “be known,” was recognized by the Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (CWC-FPRA) at the annual Image Awards. Held every year, the Image Awards recognizes the best practices and campaigns in public relations and communications.

Local PR Association Celebrated Image Awards Winners Virtually
The Central West Coast Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (CWC-FPRA) recognized the area’s best work in public relations, marketing and communications during its first ever virtual 2020 Image Awards

Herald Tribune: Sarasota County students get ‘PINC’ Experience
Ten Sarasota County high schoolers got the opportunity to experience an eclectic conference billed as “a bubble bath for the brain.”

The Wildest Year Yet
Like Sarasota’s original master of ceremonies John Ringling, Anand Pallegar and the team at DreamLarge spent the entire year planning PINC (People Ideas Nature Culture) collecting curiosities from around the globe: professors, artists, wonks, a cartographer from Hungary, a documentarian from Tehran, even a luthier from the far-off land of Columbus, Ohio.

In 2020, DreamLarge Wants You to Think PINC
Like John Ringling, Sarasota’s original master of ceremonies, Pallegar and the team at DreamLarge have spent the year since 2018’s PINC (People Ideas Nature Culture) collecting curiosities from around the globe: professors, artists, wonks, a cartographer from Hungary, a documentarian from Tehran, even a luthier from the far off land of Columbus, Ohio.

PINC’s Sixth Annual Event Brings Global Speakers to Sarasota
PINC held its sixth annual event last week to a sellout crowd at the Sarasota Opera House, and the lineup of speakers was inspiring as always. Organized by DreamLarge, a public benefit corporation started by Sarasota entrepreneur Anand Pallegar, PINC stands for People, Ideas, Nature and Creativity.

PINC Speakers: Don’t Fear Failure
For the sixth straight year, the annual “most creative day in Sarasota” known as People, Ideas, Nature and Creativity,” or PINC, took an eight-hour plunge into the mystery and method of inspiration before a sellout crowd at the Sarasota Opera House. And as usual, approaches taken by the 12 scheduled speakers were all over the board.

Four Boys & Girls Club Members Attend The 2019 PINC Experience
Four exceptional Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota and DeSoto Counties members attended the 2019 PINC Experience on December 12, 2019, at The Sarasota Opera House thanks to the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation.

PINC’s ‘bubblebath for your brain’ Sells Out Again
For the sixth year in a row, Sarasota’s PINC Experience is hosting an eclectic lineup of “Global Thinkers and Innovators” for a day-long affair Thursday that celebrates the acronym People, Ideas, Nature and Creativity. Per tradition, 12 speakers will each get 20 minutes to provide what founder Anand Pallegar is fond of calling a “bubblebath for your brain.”

DreamLarge Hosts Sell-Out Interactive Speaker Event, featuring AG Lafley
A crowd of 200 young professionals, entrepreneurs, and community members came together on Wednesday to experience the first installment of Dreamers & Doers, featuring local changemaker, AG Lafley, former CEO of Procter & Gamble and founding CEO of The Bay. The interactive event included a period of networking for young local visionaries, ranging from high schoolers to career professionals, followed by an open discussion between DreamLarge founder, Anand Pallegar, and Lafley where Pallegar used a live feed with questions from the audience to guide Lafley’s dialogue and conversation.

PINC Announces New Speaker
British artist Stephen Wiltshire will take the stage at the annual conference on Dec. 12.

Interactive Speaker Series, Dreamers & Doers, Gathers Young Visionaries and Forges Connections to Luminaries in the Community
DreamLarge announces the Dreamers & Doers speaker series, where attendees will gain introspection, ideas and perspectives from local successful community luminaries.

We Can Do Better by Going Green
Harvest House has transformed thousands of lives by offering housing, critical social services, and neighborhood revitalization to our most needy. But last week, Erin and her team helped launch, of all things, an environmental initiative. One that will go a long way toward putting money back into their programs.

Local Organizations Launch New Sustainability Initiative
Partners for Green Places (PGP), a collaborative movement and grant program created to inspire local organizations and nonprofits to implement sustainable measures, kicked off its community-wide initiative on Monday, October 14.

Anand Pallegar Speaks at Monster Jam Partner Summit
Seated alongside major names such as Jared Smith (President of Ticketmaster) and Ray Kotcher (Professor at Boston University), Pallegar spoke on the importance of embracing disruption.

DreamLarge Dedicates Weekend to Empowering the Next Generation of Changemakers
Calling on the youth for positive change, DreamLarge Weekends celebrated its first hands-on program this past weekend at The Ringling College Art & Design campus—packed with fun, interconnected activities and thought-provoking challenges.

These Nonprofits Had Questions Only These Teenagers Could Answer
DreamLarge ends a hands-on, weekend-long program for teenagers to figure out how to solve real local challenges. Teenagers here have great ideas, and on Sunday, the adults were ready to listen, with pens and paper in hand.