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April 4th, 2012. 04/04/2012: In 2011, 21 DiD sites made their presence felt worldwide and welcomed nearly 700 000 visitors and participants. We want to share some really heart-warming and eye-popping data in the DiD Impact Report 2011!
November 24th, 2011. 24/11/2011: We are proud to share a new video: Andreas Heinecke @TEDxSao Paulo: 23 years in the "dark business"! Enjoy!
November 22nd, 2011. 22/11/2011: Prof. Yunus @DiD Vienna: In the course of the Global Social Business Summit 2011 Prof. Muhammad Yunus and his daughter Monica dind´t miss the chance for a tour in the dark at Dialogue in the Dark Vienna! Have a look at our photo gallery.
August 24th, 2011. 25/08/2011: Dialogue in the Dark exhibition has made a big hit in New York City at it's grand opening on August 20th at the South Street Seaport!. The exhibition has been brought to the big Apple by Premier Exhibitions who has already had a permanent exhibition in Atlanta. The media was completely blown away! Here is the New York Times article "Darkness Visible and Palpable" For more information on tickets and details of the exhibition, click here.
August 16th, 2011. 16/08/2011: Dialogue in the Dark exhibition made its first appearance in the African continent when it was opened to the public on August 3, 2011 at the Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa. The exhibition has been brought to South Africa by the South African National Council for the Blind. The exhibition was running to full capacity within 10 days of its opening last weekend! For more information on tickets and details of the exhibition opening, click here.
July 19th, 2011.
19/07/2011: Argentina’s Minister of Education visits the Dialogue in the Dark exhibition in Buenos Aires. Singing and enjoying a simulated boat tour, in complete darkness, the minister of education and all his team visited the recently-opened “Diaologo en la Oscuridad,” where Jose Macias, DSE Human resources Manager for Latin America and former Dialogue in the Dark guide introduced the team of Argentine bureaucrats to the DID concept during a short visit to the exhibition.
July 1st, 2011.
01/07/2011: Dr Andreas Heinecke has been appointed as Honorary Professor of Social Business at the EBS Business School as part of the Danone Endowed Chair of Social Business.The Chair, unique in its kind in Germany, will advance research in the field of social business and develop new entrepreneurial models for application in industrialized countries.
July 1st, 2011.
30/06/2011: Touching Fashion exhibition opens its doors in Moscow, Russia. The Dialogue in the Dark exhibition in conjunction with Brezgraniz Couture present a new way to experience fashion—In the dark. The Touching Fashion exhibition takes place during the International Trade and Event Fair with congress, a dedicated trade fair for people with disabilities and care needs.
June 30th, 2011.
Andreas Heinecke, founder of Dialogue Social enterprise, receives the special Deutscher Gründerpreis award for innovative business ideas. The Deutscher Gründerpreis is the most prestigious award for outstanding entrepreneurs in Germany.