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FMYI President to Showcase Sustainability Employee Engagement at Fortune Brainstorm: GREEN 2010
April 07, 2010
Media Contact:
Joseph Martorano
888.FMYI.COM ext. 813
FMYI President Justin Yuen to Showcase Sustainability Employee Engagement Leadership at Fortune Brainstorm: GREEN 2010
Ernst & Young, Global Hyatt Corp., NBC Universal and Sodexho Executives to Empower Attendees With Actionable Best PracticesPORTLAND, Ore., April 7, 2010 – FMYI [for my innovation], Inc., a provider of Web 2.0 social workspace collaboration sites that empower teams to make a difference, today announced sustainability employee engagement pioneer and company president Justin Yuen to moderate a roundtable at the Fortune Brainstorm: GREEN 2010.
Forty years after the first Earth Day in 1970 comes an unparalleled opportunity to renew efforts to develop a healthier, more prosperous green economy. As the world grapples with the challenges of advancing climate policy, energy efficiency, renewable energy and green job creation, companies have made huge strides in becoming sustainability leaders by engaging employees in innovative and creative ways. With its online collaboration sites, FMYI makes employee engagement seamless for companies large and small. Using FMYI as a centralized communications and collaboration hub, companies are able to integrate sustainability across their entire enterprise by identifying new sustainable business practices, developing strategies for their implementation and measuring their success.
“Since FMYI was first started six years ago, employee engagement has been a critical component to our mission of empowering teams to make a difference,” said Justin Yuen, President, FMYI, Inc. “This roundtable is an incredible opportunity to be at the forefront of sustainability employee engagement by learning from the successes of industry leaders like Ernst & Young, Hyatt, NBC and Sodexho. Ultimately, by engaging and involving all employees within their respective enterprises these leaders are driving sustainable innovation for business results and creating the building blocks of a vibrant green global economy.”
Employee Engagement Makes Every Day an Earth Day!
During this roundtable discussion, industry leaders will share ideas and practical information about how to harness the power of employee passion and creativity to drive sustainability efforts throughout their respective organizations. As a longtime leader in sustainability employee engagement with over 13 years of experience at FMYI and Nike, Justin Yuen will draw on this knowledge to moderate panelists including:
• Beth Colleton, Vice President, Green is Universal, NBC Universal
• Holly Fowler, Senior Director, Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility, Sodexo
• Leisha John, Americas Director of Environmental Sustainability, Ernst & Young
• Brigitta Witt, Vice President, Environmental Affairs, Global Hyatt Corp.About Fortune Brainstorm: GREEN 2010
Fortune Brainstorm: Green 2010 is a three-day-long conference for CEOs, senior executives, government policy makers, leading thinkers, investors, and environmental advocates. Centered on a discussion of how business can profitably help solve the world’s biggest environmental problems, the program will include one-on-one interviews, debates, informal breakout sessions and networking opportunities. Visit www.fortunelivemedia.com/brainstormgreen/ for more information about the conference.About FMYI [for my innovation]
Founded in 2004, FMYI is a collaboration software company with headquarters in Portland, Oregon and operations in Orlando, Florida. By considering the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit, FMYI has endeavored to build an enduring business with minimum ecological impact and maximum social value because it is simply the right thing to do. FMYI is committed to sustainability internally and to injecting sustainability into the business practices of its clients. In addition to helping companies benefit from paperless work processes, FMYI also enables a team to track its sustainable commuting modes and methods and purchases renewable energy credits for clients’ FMYI power usage. Built with Web 2.0 technology, FMYI collaboration sites have been tried and tested by teams of all sizes (2-20,000) at companies, nonprofits, government agencies, and universities around the world. FMYI provides free support as an integral part of making technology work for people in keeping with its tagline, “Powered by human energy. ®“### 
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A new sustainable way of working - No Screens
April 01, 2010
Today, FMYI took an extreme step to work in more of a sustainable way.
All of our software engineers have been working since early this morning with their computer monitors powered off. The rest of the FMYI team followed suit and powered off their monitors. I have to admit, it is a great idea!
To help the environment by conserving energy, some team members then threw their monitors into the Willamette River, guaranteeing no more power will be consumed by them. (No need for an FMYI screen duster anymore!)
At lunch time, the team turned on the water faucet, left on the office lights and each drove in their own SUV to a convenience store on the opposite side of town, drank sodas and threw them in the trash.
Happy April Fools Day!
Use FMYI to make your workplace more sustainable!
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Java software engineer opportunity
March 22, 2010
Java software engineer
FMYI Inc. [for my innovation] is a growing collaboration software company headquartered in Portland, Oregon with a strong sustainability commitment. FMYI’s platform is a fast, fun, and friendly shared online workspace that empowers teams to collaborate. In a nutshell, it’s social networking meets tools for work. Organizations across the country use FMYI including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, government agencies, nonprofits, and universities. Collaboration for inspiration and innovation is at the heart of FMYI. Watch FMYI’s two minute brand video.
Job summary
We’re looking for a software engineer who wants to be a part of small and dynamic team committed to standards-based web application development. You’ll pick up skills and grow in our supportive environment. And you’ll play a key role in an exciting startup environment. Some of your tasks will include:
• Development and maintenance of application
• Database administration, including growth planning
• System administrationMinimum qualifications
• 5+ years professional software engineering experience with Java
• Basic understanding of SQL
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup
• Strong communication skills
• Self-motivated, self-starterPreferred qualifications
• Professional experience in database and systems administration, and/or web development
• Experience with Spring, Hibernate, Lucene, and knowledge of web standards (e.g. HTTP, HTML, SMTP)
• Sustainability interest and/or experienceCompany benefits
• Medical and dental plan
• 401k retirement plan
• TriMet pass
• Collaborative and casual work environment
• Generous vacation daysTo apply, email a cover letter and resumé to us.
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A New Day Dawns at FMYI
February 04, 2010
Media Contact:
Joseph Martorano
888.FMYI.COM ext. 813
A New Day Dawns at FMYI
First-Ever Brand Video, Stellar 2009 Growth, Portland Climate Champion Honor Propel Company Strongly into its 6th YearPORTLAND, Ore., February 4, 2010 – FMYI [for my innovation], Inc., a leader in collaboration sites that empower teams to make a difference, today unveiled its first-ever brand video titled “A New Day” as well as 2009 performance achievements and recognition as a sustainability leader in Portland.
As people seek ways to grow during hard times, FMYI is leading the way by redefining the idea of work. Trusted by teams at non-profits, small businesses and Fortune 500 brands, FMYI is now telling its own brand story with the release of A New Day. With the backdrop of stunningly beautiful scenes of Portland filmed by Ben Garvey, words based on copy by Kimberly Harrington, inspirational music by Bruce Gibbs, and motion graphics by Derrick Yuen, narrator and FMYI President Justin Yuen calls for change agents to stop working, start innovating and keep empowering.
“We’re excited about launching our FMYI brand video,” said Justin Yuen, President, FMYI, Inc. “Over the last six years, we have wanted to create a video that tells our story. ‘A New Day‘ expresses what the heart and soul of FMYI is all about, and what we aspire to deliver to our customers. Using a FMYI collaboration site, customers can solve problems like overflowing inboxes, hard to find files and overall disorganization (‘Stop working’). That way, they can focus more time on achieving goals, generating new ideas, and putting things into action (‘Start innovating’). And we’ve embedded sustainability features so they can make a difference (‘Keep empowering’).
Dawn of A New Day
As the video starts, Justin talks over a visual of the sun rising as the analogy for the beginning to the workday. “Here it is — a new day. A new day to make it happen. A new day to kill the to-do list,“ he explains. He then asks why an hour is wasted each day by workers wading through an inbox rather than enjoying, being inspired and renewed by the beauty of the day. “You know that feeling of never quite being caught up? That’s called work,“ he says. “We’re against work.“ He goes on to add that FMYI is about one thing, but it’s a big important thing — making life easier. As an online collaboration site that empowers teams to make a difference, FMYI allows users to get to the best part, the energizing part, the innovating part, right from the very start — thinking, doing, creating. As the video ends, Justin reminds the audience of FMYI’s dedication to sustainability and that “we are all in this together…we are all change agents.“ A New Day is available for viewing at www.fmyi.com/ANewDay.“With ‘A New Day‘ we are promoting the idea that people need to stop working,“ said Seth Tayler, FMYI VP of Marketing and Sales. “Definitely not the way Tiger and Conan brought work to a screeching halt, but rather by using FMYI to communicate, collaborate, to be more productive and in the loop.“
Unprecedented Success Drives FMYI Forward
A bootstrapped company entirely built through client revenue, FMYI has hit unparalleled momentum as it enters its sixth year in business. Overall revenue in 2009 more than doubled by focusing on working closely with existing customers to indentify business needs and aggressively pursuing new business opportunities. Launching FMYI Version 6 in October garnered rave media reviews and visits to FMYI.com and usage of FMYI both increased by over 400%. In line with its revenue growth, FMYI nearly tripled the number of employees on its team from 6 in 2008 to 16 in 2009 and in July moved into a new headquarters in the Leftbank Project.“There’s no doubt that 2009 was our most successful year yet and has set the bar higher for ourselves,” added Yuen. “We’re positioned to continue our growth and expansion in 2010. With our dedication to sustainability, we’re pleased to have been chosen as a Portland Climate Champion and hope others get certified as well.“
FMYI is a Portland Climate Champion
FMYI recently earned the BEST Business Center’s new “Portland Climate Champion” recognition. To achieve this status, the company demonstrated a commitment to energy efficiency in their business operations by providing alternative transportation options for employees, and implementing a robust waste reduction, sustainable purchasing, and recycling program. The Portland Climate Champions program was created to recognize businesses in Portland that have taken comprehensive, concrete actions to reduce their carbon emissions. The Climate Champion designation is valid for two years.“Congratulations to FMYI on becoming a Portland Climate Champion,” said Portland Mayor Sam Adams. “We appreciate their leadership in taking a comprehensive approach to reducing carbon emissions. Their innovative platform helps facilitate a paperless, virtual office, which serves as a model for Portland’s business community. Their efforts support the City of Portland’s goals towards dramatically reducing carbon emissions, as outlined in the City’s Climate Action Plan.”
About the BEST Business Center
The BEST Business Center provides free tools and advice to help businesses in Portland, Oregon become more profitable and sustainable. It is a partnership of city and regional government programs and energy utilities, including the City of Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, City of Portland Water Bureau, Metro, Pacific Power, Portland Development Commission and Portland General Electric.About FMYI [for my innovation]
Founded in 2004, FMYI is a collaboration software company with headquarters in Portland, Oregon and operations in Orlando, Florida. By considering the triple bottom line of people, planet and profit, FMYI has endeavored to build an enduring business with minimum ecological impact and maximum social value because it is simply the right thing to do. FMYI is committed to sustainability internally and to injecting sustainability into the business practices of its clients. In addition to helping companies benefit from paperless work processes, FMYI also enables a team to track its sustainable commuting modes and methods and purchases renewable energy credits for clients’ FMYI power usage. Built with Web 2.0 technology, FMYI collaboration sites have been tried and tested by teams of all sizes (2- 20,000) at companies, nonprofits, government agencies, and universities around the world. FMYI provides free support as an integral part of making technology work for people in keeping with its tagline, “Powered by human energy. ®“### 
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Giving Back to the Community
January 29, 2010
This week FMYI celebrates our 6th year as a company. During that time we have grown to love and appreciate becoming part of so many different communities. Like the Leftbank Project, home to our Portland office, we are connected to each of them in a special way.
As 2009 came to an end, we reflected on ways we could give back to these communities as a company. Empowering teams to make a difference is our mission here at FMYI so ultimately, we decided to donate $1 to the Natural Step Network for every new follower of @FMYI on Twitter and $1 to The National Crittenton Foundation for all new Fans of FMYI on Facebook. It was a fun way to utilize our social networks on Facebook and Twitter to call attention to both organizations and the work they do to empower people to make a difference in the world.
The Natural Step has played an integral role building sustainable business practices at FMYI by allowing each of us to understand the triple bottom line (people, planet, profit) approach to business. Supporting them over Twitter this past month, we received a 40% increase in our followers. While garnering more attention for the organization, we were able to donate funds to help spread the important message of sustainability in the workplace.
With an 80% increase in our Facebook Fans, we are extremely excited to support the great work of The National Crittenton Foundation. We’re truly grateful for the work they do supporting empowerment, self-sufficiency, and ending cycles of destructive behaviors and relationships for vulnerable girls, young women, and their families.
Thanks to all of our fans and followers for supporting the work of these two organizations.
Keep empowering,
Graeme