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FMYI Celebrates 2009
December 31, 2009
FMYI PRESS RELEASE
Media Contact:
Joseph Martorano
888.FMYI.COM ext. 813
FMYI Celebrates a Monumental 2009 with Charitable Gifts, Delivers Additional Features for A New Way of Working
Demonstrates Its Commitment to the Triple Bottom Line - People, Planet, ProfitPORTLAND, Ore., December 31, 2009 – FMYI [for my innovation], Inc., a provider of Web 2.0 social workspace collaboration sites that empower teams to make a difference, today celebrated a successful 2009 by announcing additional features for FMYI 6 and unveiling its charitable contributions for the holiday season.
The success of 2009 has propelled FMYI to new heights. The company grew its team to 16 in Portland, Orlando, and now New Orleans. In July, it moved into a new headquarters in the Leftbank Project and expanded its sustainability efforts. In October, it launched FMYI 6 to rave media reviews, and best of all, visits and usage of FMYI has increased over 400%. Finally, FMYI is capping off its 2009 product development with some just released features that further strengthen FMYI 6 and enable a new way working. With such a successful year, FMYI is celebrating by giving back to local and national charitable organizations and encouraging others to take part in the effort.
“This year has exceeded our expectations,” said Justin Yuen, President, FMYI, Inc. “With the critical mass achieved in 2009, we have the momentum to take our mission of empowering teams to make a difference to the next level in 2010. To thank our customers, vendors and communities where we do business, we are celebrating these achievements by honoring the Aflac Cancer Center, Portland Parks Foundation, Northwest Earth Institute, The National Crittendon Foundation and the Natural Step Network. We encourage everyone to join us in donating to these amazing organizations.“
Development Enhances Version 6
Since unveiling FMYI 6 in October, developers have continued work to enhance the feature rich collaboration platform to deliver a new way of working. Standout features include:
• Filter by topic in Activity Manager - a great way to keep informed of posts from different pages in a central location
• Map it - quickly map a contact’s address
• VCard importer - create new pages from an address book or a card scanner
• Export contact list - get all the contact info on a page into excel to use in other formatsA Time To Give
The Aflac Cancer Center cares for children with cancer and blood disorders as well as conducting innovative research. FMYI donated $776 during Aflac’s convention in early December and will be donating 5% of January’s Aflac sales to the Cancer Center as well. More information is available at www.choa.org/cancer.The Portland Parks Foundation engages the community in support of Portland’s parks, recognizing that government agencies alone are not able to guarantee us the vibrant network of parks and park programs that are Portland’s rich heritage. If you donate $50 or more, you’ll get special discounts from FMYI. More information is available at www.portlandparksfoundation.org.
The National Crittenton Foundation supports empowerment, self-sufficiency, and the end of cycles of destructive behaviors and relationships for vulnerable girls, young women, and their families. FMYI will donate $1 for each new person who becomes our fan of FMYI on Facebook from December 15, 2009 to January 15, 2010. More information is available at www.thenationalcrittentonfoundation.org.
The Natural Step Network provides programs and services to prepare organizations to integrate sustainable business practices into their strategic design making. FMYI will donate $1 for each new person who becomes a follower of FMYI on Twitter from December 15, 2009 to January 15, 2010. More information is available at www.naturalstepusa.org.
The Northwest Earth Institute empowers individuals and organizations to transform culture toward a sustainable and enriching future. FMYI is participating in the innovative social media telethon 30 Hour Day, with the proceeds of our sponsorship going to NWEI. More information is available at www.nwei.org and www.30HourDay.org.
About FMYI [for my innovation]
Founded in 2004, FMYI is a collaboration software company with headquarters in Portland, Oregon and operations in Orlando, Florida. FMYI’s goal is simple: 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 6 online social workspaces have been tried and tested by users at companies, nonprofits, government agencies, and universities around the world. FMYI offers free support for everyone as a key part of its focus on making technology work for people in keeping with its tagline, “Powered by human energy. ®“
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