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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