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Justin Yuen Receives Portland Business Journal’s 40 Under Forty Award
February 23, 2011
Justin Yuen, FMYI Founder & President, was honored by the Portland Business Journal at its annual 40 Under Forty Awards Luncheon last Friday. This annual award recognizes 40 local executives and professionals under the age of 40 for the contributions they have made in their businesses and community. For the entire FMYI team, Justin winning this award came as no surprise because he inspires all of us to make a difference every day. A little over 7 years ago, Justin founded FMYI on a simple idea – using emerging social networking to empower businesses to collaborate and communicate. Since then, he has bootstrapped our company into a leading provider of private social networks and collaboration software to Nike, Sony, Aflac, Fox, HBO, Hyatt, Disney, Office Depot, Target, Martha Stewart, and thousands of other companies, government agencies, universities, and nonprofits.
His passion for how technology can help lessen our impact on the planet while positively affecting society has shepherded FMYI’s DNA-driven commitment to sustainability. In 2010, his vision for building a company based on the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit received local and national recognition. FMYI was designated as one of the City of Portland’s Climate Champion, was a finalist in Zipcar’s 2010 Wheels of Change award, was a Sustainability Business Oregon 2010 Innovation in Sustainability award winner, and became the first software company in Oregon to be certified as a B corporation.
At Friday’s event, the entire Portland FMYI team along with guests Sarah Severn and Herb Hedges from Nike, cheered Justin on as he received his award. The awards were handed out in alphabetical order, but for us all, that just meant they saved the best for last.
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Celebrating 2010
December 28, 2010
First off, we’d like to thank everyone who has used FMYI for helping us have another successful year! The season of giving is upon us and we’re doing our part by supporting national and local community organizations creating positive good by providing financial and in-kind contributions. In this spirit, we just launched our new campaign to spark innovation at every level possible, while sharing stories of change agents. Our Change Agents Unite campaign kicks off with a contest to recognize change agents who are empowering their teams to make a difference. The three winning teams will be set up with a free lifetime subscription to a top of the line FMYI Pro Direct site. Marc Gunther and Silicon Florist have taken notice of our campaign recently. As you socialize throughout the holiday season, please spread the word with family and friends; nominations will be accepted through January 7th.
Enjoy the holidays!
-The FMYI teamFMYI news
Over the course of 2010, there’s been much activity at FMYI. We’ve been sponsoring and releasing, awarded and recognized. Take a look back at what we’ve shared throughout the year:
- FMYI certified as a B Corporation
- Sales & Marketing Manager Graeme Byrd to lead Net Impact Portland Professional Chapter
- Launched Changed Agents Unite
- FMYI President Justin Yuen spoke at the ACCO Summit
- Announced our 2020 vision for zero impact when Justin Yuen and Graeme Byrd spoke at the 2010 Net Impact Conference in Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Released FMYI 6.16 with new features making FMYI simpler, smarter and more flexible
- The FMYI team sponsored “Shake It Till We Make It” benefiting the Brian Grant Foundation
- Ranked 13th fastest growing private company in Oregon
- FMYI received Innovation in Sustainability award from the Portland Business Journal and Sustainable Business Oregon
- Named finalist for Zipcar’s Wheels of Change
- Graeme Byrd named to Oregon Environmental Council’s Emerging Leaders Board
- Justin Yuen moderated a panel on Sustainability Employee Engagement at Fortune Brainstorm: GREEN 2010
- Celebrated our 6th Anniversary with the release our first brand video, A New Day
We’re looking forward to an exciting 2011 as we empower teams to make a difference through collaboration on FMYI.
New features
Looking to 2011, there are quite a few things we’re looking forward to rolling out. While we continue work on those, here are just a few of the features we’ve produced in the last year—we’ve spent a lot of time working on CRM functionalities.
- Multiple file upload with a single click
- Expandable “Home” page sections on the right hand column
- Site Snapshot to manage your pages
- Enhanced filtering in the Activity Manager
- Mobile view to get things done on the go
- Faster load time of pages
- Live site updating (much less down time for the site)
- Custom reporting (Pro Direct option)
- Team tasks (Pro Direct option)
- Improved search
- vCard import
If you have any questions about these features or others, please contact the .
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FMYI Certified as a B Corporation
December 22, 2010
Last week, after a month-long application process, FMYI was certified as a B Corporation for our commitment to using business to help change the world for better (read Sustainable Business Oregon’s article, “Oregon’s Benefit Corporation roster grows“). B Lab, a nonprofit organization with the vision of creating a new sector of the economy that uses the power of business to solve social and environmental problems, certifies B Corporations.
As a result of more companies joining the B Corporation movement, individuals will have greater economic opportunity, society will move closer to achieving a positive environmental footprint, more people will be employed in great places to work, and we will have built stronger communities at home and across the world.
“This is an exciting moment for us,” said Justin Yuen, FMYI Founder & President. “From our beginning almost seven years ago, FMYI has endeavored to be to be an enduring business with minimum ecological impact and maximum social value. Our B Corporation designation helps us scale our impact by joining other like-minded, innovative companies using business to bring about change.”
The diverse community of B Corporations includes sole proprietors, national brands and global financial intermediaries, ranging from consumer product companies (Dansko, Method, Numi Organic Tea) to business suppliers (BBMG, Give Something Back, New Leaf Paper); from law firms (Hanson Bridgett, Lara Pearson) to local businesses (White Dog Café, Village Books). These companies also represent diverse areas of impact, including environmental practices (Icestone, Seventh Generation), employee engagement (King Arthur Flour, Workplace Dynamics), charitable giving (BetterWorld Books, Untours), or serving low income communities (Agora Partnerships, Indigenous Designs).
The certification affirms that FMYI meets rigorous and independent standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. B Lab’s independent Standards Advisory Council (SAC) sets the legal and performance standards that are required to become a B Corporation and oversees the evolution of those standards and the auditing of B Corporations. The legal and performance standards, as well as the members of the SAC, the Board, and the management team, are all transparent to the public on www.bcorporation.net.
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Graeme Byrd to Lead Net Impact Portland Professional Chapter
December 14, 2010
Please join all of us at FMYI in congratulating Sales and Marketing Manager Graeme Byrd for his recent election as Chapter Leader of the Portland (NW Oregon) Net Impact Professional Chapter. Net Impact is a global organization of students and professionals using business to improve the world. With a portfolio of programs and initiatives including an annual conference, it educates, equips and inspires more than 15,000 members to make a tangible difference through business. Spanning six continents, its membership is one of the most influential networks of students and professionals in existence today and includes current and emerging leaders in corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, nonprofit management, international development, and environmental sustainability.
Graeme, other business professionals, and students from Portland State University and University of Oregon, will host the 2011 Net Impact Conference being held at the Oregon Convention Center next October. The conference, in its 19th year, is the largest gathering in the world of students and professionals using business for environmental and social good.
As a company guided by the triple bottom line, we believe that environmental and social responsibility are just good business and take action to demonstrate that belief in a variety of ways. With a steadfast sustainability commitment, we work daily to reduce our impact on the planet and hope to achieve zero impact by 2020. We provide our product for free or at a discount to nonprofits and other mission-based efforts and we make regular financial contributions to a variety of national and community organizations. Finally, we encourage each team member to volunteer and participate in the community. Graeme’s election as the new Net Impact Portland Professional Chapter Leader is a great example of how FMYI’s team of like-minded individuals dedicated to creating a better world gives their time and energy to organizations in our community and beyond.
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Change Agents Unite!
November 15, 2010
Today is the day we launch “Change Agents Unite” (CAU). We’re kicking this campaign off with a month long contest to select three teams of Change Agents who will win a lifetime subscription to FMYI Pro Direct.
Are you a Change Agent? Have you ever thought of need in society to address or identified a challenge within your organization? Have you ever taken that thought and put a plan into action to create that missing link? Did that action result in societal or environmental change for the better? Did you unite people to create change? We want to hear from you!
Our goal is to reward teams from small to large who are uniting people around change and who are engaged in an environmental or social mission-based effort or program. Along the way, we’ll be featuring a blog and videos to build a community around change and the people who are making it happen.
There are thousands if not millions of people around the globe who are transforming an issue they are knowledgeable or passionate about into something much bigger than themselves. CAU is about bringing Change Agents like you together, celebrating the strength we have in numbers, and transforming the world.
We hope you will unite with us here at FMYI to empower teams to make a difference. Join the movement today.
