The Movies in Your Park series was designed to position Time Warner Cable as a good corporate citizen in the community while providing a fun, family-oriented evening in areas with competitive service providers.  The event brought family-friendly movies like “We Are Marshall” and the “Wizard of Oz” to Killeen and Hewitt, Texas.  A children’s zone, door prizes and sales incentives were provided at the events and a Best Seat in the Park contest was created through partnership with a furniture store. Special guests at the events included United States Representative Chet Edwards, local elected officials, and, of course, Wizard of Oz costumed characters.  Approximately 1,300 people attended the events.

In the spring of 2007, Verizon began an assault on Cox New England, investing millions of dollars in local advertising to promote its new FiOS products. Verizon’s advertising was ubiquitous– billboards, broadcast, print and direct mail. Verizon was getting the attention of Cox’s customers – and employees. As Verizon’s presence increased, employee morale decreased. Cox wanted to develop an event that would increase employee morale and generate enthusiasm that would resonate with employees and customers. Thus, it created Random Acts of Kindness Day. Over 100 employees were deployed into the City of Warwick where they delivered numerous good deeds. This one-day event demonstrated Cox’s commitment to the community, engaged employees in Cox’s charitable work and increased employee morale.

The explosive growth of social networking sites like MySpace.com has increased the potential dangers facing children online. To encourage safer surfing, Cox Communications conducted its 2nd Annual National Teen Summit on Internet Safety in Washington, D.C. Hosted by children’s advocate John Walsh and Miss America 2007, the summit featured compelling discussion among the teens, who also met with more than 20 Senators and Representatives on Capitol Hill and educated them about Internet safety. The summit generated significant press coverage and underscored the importance of collaboration and partnerships in keeping kids safer online.

2007 marks the 25th Anniversary of Title IX, landmark legislation which mandated funding for women’s collegiate sports.  To commemorate the anniversary, CSTV, the 24-hour, college sports network of CBS, launched a week-long initiative to shine a spotlight on women’s sports.  The initiative consisted of a week of programming, on air and online, featuring legends in women’s sports, capped with an event in partnership with Time Warner Cable, to salute the legendary women’s basketball coach of NC State, Kay Yow, who led her team to the Sweet 16 last season while fighting a very public battle with her second bout of breast cancer.

The VH1 Save the Music Foundation’s 10th Anniversary Gala was a star-studded evening of music and entertainment held at New York City’s Lincoln Center. To celebrate bringing music education to 1 million public school students over the past 10 years, the Foundation brought some of music’s biggest names to help honor the Foundation’s most important supporters. Honorees included Mariah Carey, NAMM, John Sykes, Former President Bill Jefferson Clinton, and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. The evening also featured appearances by Conan O’Brien, Tim Gunn, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and Maria Menounos, with performances by Miri Ben-Ari, John Mayer, Jon Bon Jovi, Roger Waters, and the VH1 Save the Music Student Orchestra.

The Rocky Mountain TECH IT OUT event, staged on October 2, 2007, at The Cable Center in Denver, Colorado, was a technology educational program designed to showcase women in technology, new products, and advanced technology while bringing broader insights to the media industry community.  For the first time, Rocky Mountain region Women in Cable and Telecommunications and Communications Technology Professionals partnered for the common cause of developing an educational program geared to bring information, product demonstrations and technology awareness in one action-packed day.  The overall goal was to support women and men in their understanding of new technology, provide positive examples of successful women in technology, and bridge technical know-how for the future.