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fmyi President Justin Yuen and his daughterIt's Justin Yuen here. I'm President of fmyi [for my innovation], your online workspace. You're getting this email because you've signed up for an fmyi account in the past. We've recently revived our Powered by human energy newsletter, and I wanted to ask for your permission to send you occasional emails about topics we're passionate about: collaboration, sustainability, innovation, technology, and fmyi. We'll include news, tips, coupons (like the ones in this newsletter), and questions for you on how we can continue to do better. To subscribe, you'll have to click on the link below:

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On behalf of the entire team here at fmyi, we appreciate you using fmyi's online workspace with your team and all the stories we've heard about people recommending fmyi to others. If you haven't been to fmyi recently or you want to take your site to the next level, please don't hesitate to contact us at 888.FMYI.COM (+1 971.222.3016) or support@fmyi.com. We offer free unlimited support for everyone using fmyi because taking care of our community is the essence of "Powered by human energy."

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Friends and family coupon code
A coupon code for youWe just launched new levels of fmyi with attractive pricing options. To celebrate, we're offering a special "Friends of fmyi" coupon code (50% off for the first two months) for upgrading fmyi free sites. Feel free to tell others about this great coupon! Here's how to use the code:
  • Create a new site or upgrade your existing fmyi free site (the coupon code only works for upgrading an fmyi free site that you're a site administrator of).
  • Click on the "Admin" tab and then click on "View subscription options" under "Site subscription." Then click on "Upgrade now" at the bottom of the chart for the level you want.
  • Enter in "FMYIFRIEND08" at the bottom of the chart, then press the "Continue" button and follow the directions to complete payment.
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The battle to be green
The battle to be greenDid you know that fmyi has had a strong commitment to sustainability from the beginning in 2004? It's hard to be fully green, but we've introduced three new features in fmyi to make things a little easier. When you and your team sign into your site, fmyi tracks everyone's commuting. Also, go to the bottom left of any page in your site and click on the "Green Certified Site" image. fmyi is the only collaboration system that purchases renewable energy credits for you to offset the non-renewable portion of energy used by our servers and your computer. And when you print, you'll use less ink and knock out wasted pages thanks to our new print view.
More info about our sustainability commitment >
Justin's column on social media and sustainability >


Social networking
Social networkingIt's a buzzword you can't escape these days. But what does it mean for your workplace? When you use fmyi, you're using an interface that has the look and feel of popular social networking sites with profile and team pages, but with the added benefit of tools to help your team achieve its goals. And we've just launched a status update feature so you can share what you're working on, or where you are. Just click on "My profile" and then the "What are you doing now?" link.
 BBC News: "Firms 'miss' social site success" >
NY Times: "Even the giants can learn to think small" >

A big thank you to our interns
Our fmyi intern teamFrom left to right: Chris Pfeiffer (Portland State University's Master of International Management program), David Vote (PSU MIM), Ghadah Makoshi (PSU MIM), Courtney Timm (PSU MIM), Kung Sakullertphasuk (PSU MIM), Evan Moore (Seattle Pacific University), Ajay Malhotra (PSU MIM faculty), and Eric Rath (fmyi Director of Technology).
Sichuan earthquake
Sichuan school children"fmyi helped facilitate communication and the creative design process among our diverse and very mobile design team," says Joe Marcotte, Program Manager for the China-US Center for Sustainable Development and member of a team addressing the destruction of 8,000 schools in the Sichuan earthquake in China. "With a team of architects, engineers and sustainability professionals from various organizations, it was extremely helpful to have a shared workspace accessible from anywhere. The site provides a venue for links and source documents that have been used by the team to inform their creative process. For me, it's been very convenient to share trends, policies and news items with the design team to best meet the specifications of our partners in China."
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Harvest your ideas
LitLife beneficiary"fmyi keeps me up-to-date on what everyone is doing," says Jim Allyn, CEO of LitLife, a company pioneering new ideas in the teaching of reading and writing with a strong social responsibility commitment. "It's an incredible idea generation tool where we can collaborate without people needing to get together or have a meeting. My team loves how easy it is to access each other's work. I sometimes wonder what we would do without fmyi. I have developed a comfort level of outsourcing this fundamentally important aspect of our business."

GoGreen'08 discount
GoGreen '08As a perk of being part of the fmyi community, you'll get discounts with our partners. Right now, save $25 on registration at GoGreen'08 (your special discount code: FMYI). GoGreen '08 is an all-day sustainability conference on October 1 in Portland, Oregon, USA.

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