Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

Back in the summer of 2009 two friends had a moment of insight in the midst of their more boisterous bachelor days. Confined by an inadequate online presence of social life management tools and the shortfalls of using your real identity in combination with work colleagues and those in your social circle on sites like Facebook; the idea of MyShindigs was born. It was to be a place online where you were free to socialize as publicly or as anonymously as you wished without losing your job at the law firm or local IHOP the next day because you were recognized by your boss in a photo from your buddy?s house party or colleague?s bachelor party holding an alcoholic drink in one hand and a brassier in the other.

The idea was a simple one; to develop a website and social software platform that let users plan, organize, manage and promote their public, private, social, and company parties. To play voyeur by peering into the lives of those you?re interested in socializing with. The newly launched first beta version of the platform allows members to expand their social circle, meet and socialize with current and new groups of people around common interests and real life social activities. MyShindigs boasts new unique features like City Chaperone which involves members who are interested in showing visitors to their city where all the hot spots are around town, or another feature allowing the user to vote other users as party animals and party poopers. The site is fast gaining the attention of many new registrants which these Kings of Leisure refer to as The Shindig Nation.

MyShindigs offers a social gathering management software service intended for celebration, and recreation at all life stages for all ages whether it?s your birthday, frat party, milestone anniversary, house warming, or retirement party. ?It?s not only for the general public; companies, bands, cities may all join in the fun and bring awareness to their events. As well users may mingle with and rate service providers.? Says Jason Andrews and Matthew Tautt; Co-kings of leisure as the two founders have come to be known.

?When we first conceived of the idea we were getting bored of the usual dingy clubs and lack of interesting things to do around town and got really excited about the idea of creating your own adventure and the ability to invite yourself into new and different parties and events. Then we thought how powerful it would be for bands and brands to insert themselves into parties they think would have a relevant demographic. We wanted to invite all of the ingredients that make for a great party or shindig together and see what happens.? Says Matthew Tautt.

?What was initially intended for just the general public has evolved into a comprehensive option in the events management and promotion software space, but without the astronomical licensing fees because it?s free.? Says Jason Andrews.

There are few current options for companies, charities and government institutions in helping to manage their organizational parties and events. One is to engage with enterprise level software that ranges from several thousand to hundreds of thousands of dollars in software licensing fees on an annual basis. A second option is to develop custom internal software. The last option on the other end of the fee spectrum lies in utilizing free social networking platforms that offer event invitation features and other very limited event and party management tools. Existing social networking platforms albeit inexpensive have many shortfalls for those engaged specifically in event planning and promotion and who have large databases of contacts. MyShindigs provides a robust web based social software platform that is highly focused, scalable and will be implementing increasingly more sophisticated and integrated event planning and management features.

?What drew us to this space was the fact that it was fun; even market research involved throwing large parties including a 1,000 person party we hosted at a historic castle.? Says Jay. ?Our site focuses strictly on managing and expanding your social calendar without the bombardment of unnecessary apps. It allows for better segmentation of your professional and social life and we?ve created a fun, safe, anonymous environment for people who like to socialize and network. You can subscribe to, follow and attend parties and events or allow others to follow yours.? Adds Matt.

In today?s economy it seems like a good way for budding entrepreneurs, hosts, planners and promoters who want to be the life of the party to maximize profit potential from their shindigs.

The charismatic entrepreneurial duo says the best is yet to come in future beta releases and from the looks of it the party has just begun for MyShindigs.

About MyShindigs

MyShindigs is a social networking platform that specializes in allowing members to plan, organize, manage and promote their public, private and company events and parties. MyShindigs allows users to search out, share, follow and join each other?s events and parties of interest to expand their social calendar throughout their lives. For more information, visit http://www.myshindigs.com.

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New York, NY (PRWEB) February 08, 2012

Today, WebThriftStore.com, the first on-line thrift retailer platform for charities, launched their 1st Valentine?s Day sale of ex-lovers? gifts, with all proceeds going to charity.

Famed New York jewelry designer Margo Manhattan donated one particular of her well-known ?Mini Prisoner of Enjoy? bracelets to assist raise income for the ASPCA

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 25, 2012

Charity Bids, providers of the world?s most advanced non-profit fundraising platform, announced today a strategic partnership with Direct Consumer Data (DCI), operators of THE VAULT by BankAtlantic Center, a unique delivers and encounter program that reaches 460,000 South Florida residents and entertainment seekers.

Reaching more than 460,000 entertainment seekers who are incredibly loyal to the Florida Panthers and BankAtlantic Center, THE VAULT by BankAtlantic Center is a community program where each and every dollar a fan spends is matched by a dollar by THE VAULT. Fans can be rewarded for donating to numerous charities, buying tickets to a Panthers game, interacting with the digital kiosks at BankAtlantic Center or by in fact acquiring items and gift cards from THE VAULT.

Employed by some of the globe?s most recognizable non-profits, corporations and celebrities, Charity Bids is a turn-key net and social media platform created exclusively for non-profit fundraising. Charity Bids guides its affiliates through every stage of the virtual fundraising approach, enabling customers to raise funds by means of the sale of items and experiences either top up to an occasion or on a standalone virtual basis, and extend their reach to supporters outside of their immediate audience.

“We are thrilled to be teaming up with an organization such as Charity Bids,” said Michael Leitman, co-founder of DCI and THE VAULT. “Together our teams have the capability to generate unique opportunities for customers by delivering them with one particular-of-a-kind experiences, as well as, a chance to give back.”

?There is a globe full of corporations out there who are interested in giving back to their communities,? mentioned Israel Schachter, co-founder and CEO of Charity Bids. ?Our job is to connect with those corporations and help them in carrying out it appropriate. We are really excited about this partnership with THE VAULT.?

About Direct Consumer Info (DCI): DCI is a special agency that provides a full finish-to-finish direct advertising remedy for significant brands such a BankAtlantic Center and the Florida Panthers. DCI Charity Solutions utilizes its full range of technologies, marketing, sales, creative and approach assets to enable key brands to take full benefit of their market place presence, community leverage, opt-in email databases, current leverage and very good-will with the end objective of maximizing their income inside a 60-90 day timeframe. For far more details, go to http://www.dci-network.com.

About THE VAULT by BankAtlantic Center: In August 2011, the BankAtlantic Center teamed up with DCI to produce THE VAULT, a specific gives and encounter system that reaches 400,000 South Florida residents and entertainment seekers. THE VAULT is the biggest regional plan in the United States offering South Florida organizations the chance to educate current buyers as well as new clients about their goods and services. The BankAtlantic Center is a globally-recognized premiere entertainment destination, ranked 9th in the United States and 20th in the world. As the property of the Florida Panthers and Sawgrass Reside, BankAtlantic Center hosts over 200 events per year, welcoming 2.27 million guests to the arena annually, and featuring some of the most renowned performers in the world, which includes Andrea Bocelli, Justin Timberlake, Beyonce, Celine Dion, Coldplay and Bon Jovi. For a lot more info, pay a visit to http://www.thevaultcares.com.

About Charity Bids: Built by a team of longtime volunteer fundraisers, Charity Bids is a turn-crucial internet and social media platform designed exclusively for non-profit fundraising. Charity Bids creates and promotes branded standalone and/or seamlessly embedded multi-channel on the web &amp Facebook programs that enable non-profits to raise funds by way of the auction of in-kind items and experiences either leading up to an event or on a standalone basis. For far more details, check out http://www.charitybids.org.

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San Jose, California (PRWEB) November 30, 2011

Smartlogic has won the 2011 European Frost &amp Sullivan Technology Innovation Award for Semaphore, its pioneering enterprise content intelligence platform. Based on Frost &amp Sullivan?s recent analysis of the enterprise search and semantic Net markets, the business consultancy recognized Smartlogic?s Semaphore for its ability to effectively harness the possible of existing details management and enterprise search applications, resulting in far better performance of details assets.

Every year, Frost &amp Sullivan presents this award to the firm that demonstrates uniqueness in creating a technologies that drastically impacts each the functionality and the consumer value of new goods and applications. The award, like other Frost &amp Sullivan Ideal Practices honors, recognises the relevance of the innovation to the market.

In announcing the award, Frost &amp Sullivan noted that by leveraging semantic technologies capabilities, Smartlogic?s Semaphore enables a wide range of applications for enterprises and facilitates rapid development of a information model in applications. The firm also stated that by which includes attributes such as taxonomy and ontology management, automatic classification, text mining and contextual navigation, the platform improves the efficiency of content material and document management systems.

Frost &amp Sullivan Analysis Analyst Charanya Balasubramanian noted: ?Semaphore successfully meets the content material search, management and intelligence specifications of enterprises. This technological innovation endows existing enterprise systems with the capability to locate, organize, approach, monetize, manage and govern unstructured content in an effective manner.?

In listing its factors for choosing Smartlogic, Frost &amp Sullivan also observed that by implementing Semaphore and making use of it to develop ontologies and automatically categorize documents, enterprises are in a position to avoid ambiguities in search queries and allow better content material management by way of an interface that lets the user access details in a very intuitive and contextual manner.

?This allows intranet and web sites to assist people acquire access to the expertise and resources they need in a shorter span of time,? stated Balasubramanian. ?Therefore, by enhancing search capabilities, Semaphore supports a wider range of user search activities compared to conventional search and navigation paradigms.?

Balasubramanian added: ?Smartlogic delivers great value addition to its clients as it enables organisations of all sizes to provide access to, and manage of, the details that managers, personnel, partners and other stakeholders require. With inherent capabilities to meet governance, compliance and operational objectives, the addition of Semaphore to enterprise solutions averts the require for re-engineering search and content management systems.?

The award announcement follows Smartlogic?s recent acquisition of a significant competitor, Seattle-based SchemaLogic, which expanded the firm?s US presence and industry concentrate whilst extending its leadership in the content material intelligence market.

Jeremy Bentley, Smartlogic?s chief executive, mentioned: ?This award is a great honor for Smartlogic and a fantastic recognition of the capability and value that Semaphore brings to organizations. Frost &amp Sullivan is a recognized and respected global player that has partnered with some of the world?s leading organizations. Receiving this award from them is a actual acknowledgement of the work and effort that Smartlogic has put into producing Semaphore a crucial answer to the info management challenges numerous major enterprises are facing.

?The award comes at an thrilling time for Smartlogic. Not only have we implemented our Semaphore resolution in hundreds of organizations, government organizations, research institutions and non-profit enterprises about the world, but our recent acquisition of SchemaLogic has enabled us to expand further and a lot more quickly ? especially in the US.?

Frost &amp Sullivan?s Ideal Practices Awards recognize firms in a selection of regional and global markets for demonstrating outstanding achievement and superior efficiency in areas such as leadership, technological innovation, client service and strategic product development. Market analysts compare industry participants and measure efficiency via in-depth interviews, analysis and extensive secondary research to identify greatest practices in the business.

About Smartlogic

Smartlogic provides Semaphore, a Content material Intelligence platform that complements an organization?s investments in Enterprise Search, Enterprise Intelligence and Content material Management. Semaphore provides effective, rapid and accurate control of, and access to, unstructured content material with a speed, accuracy and intelligence not achievable today by means of current systems that are strained from soaring information volumes. Semaphore endows these systems with capabilities, such as taxonomy &amp ontology management, automatic classification and contextual navigation, so that organizations can much better uncover, organise, method, monetize, manage and govern unstructured content.

Smartlogic Content material Intelligence solutions enable much better access to corporate information, improved risk management and compliance, superior customer relationship management, enhanced info findability for important audiences, and an improved capacity to monetize information. Hundreds of companies, which includes NASA, Bank of America, AutoDesk, Oxy, UBS, Ford Foundation, Pitney Bowes, the UK?s National Wellness Service, The UK National Archive, RBS, and Yell.com, use Smartlogic technologies these days.

Pasadena, Calif. (PRWEB) August 03, 2011

Central Desktop, provider of the business-leading cloud-based social collaboration platform for corporations, nowadays launched its new plan for non-profits, Central Desktop Gives. This newly designed plan helps non-profits communicate and collaborate greater by donating Central Desktop?s on the internet collaboration remedy to pick qualified applicants.

Non-profits frequently struggle with not getting the resources they need to have to successfully perform together to accomplish their organizations? missions. Central Desktop Provides? aim is to help non-profits connect volunteers, manage projects, centralize communication and organize events. Qualified nonprofits are invited to apply for the plan. Applications are accepted on a quarterly basis and will be evaluated by the Central Desktop Gives selection committee, which will select 1 winner every single quarter. The deadline to submit an application for this quarter is September 30, 2011.

As portion of Central Desktop Gives, the company is also launching an employee volunteer program that grants all Central Desktop staff eight hours of paid volunteer time per year. Additionally, Central Desktop is awarding a $ 500 donation each quarter to a nonprofit of an employee?s choice.

?We?re excited to have the opportunity to give back to the community through Central Desktop Gives,? said Isaac Garcia, CEO and co-founder of Central Desktop. ?We recognize the benefits our collaboration answer can have for non-profit organizations, and we want to do our part to aid. Our goal is to aid as a lot of deserving organizations as possible through our contributions, product donations and employee volunteer plan.?

Central Desktop Gives? 1st remedy donation recipient is the Society of Women Engineers ? Santa Clara Valley Section (SWE-SCV), an organization devoted to supplying encouragement and support to present, retired and future women engineers. The Society of Girls Engineers gives skilled development programs and leadership opportunities that promote the success of girls in the engineering workforce.

?As volunteers, members of the SWE-SCV executive council need to balance full-time employment commitments with their dedication to advancing SWE?s mission,? said Charisma Canlas, vice president of member services and social technologies strategist. ?Technologies solutions like Central Desktop increase communication inside SWE?s geographically dispersed organization by centralizing our activities, discussions and documents. We use Central Desktop to increase organizational efficiency, track progress of ongoing initiatives and preserve an archive of collateral so nothing is ever lost.?

For far more info about Central Desktop Gives, check out http://www.cdgives.org/.

About Central Desktop

Central Desktop delivers a cloud-based social collaboration platform that revolutionizes how men and women connect and share information to drive lucrative organization outcomes. Organizations of all sizes use Central Desktop?s complete online collaboration resolution to manage projects and documents in the cloud with colleagues, customers and partners. Important Central Desktop clients incorporate the Humane Society of the United States, CBS, U.S. Department of Wellness &amp Human Services, Netflix, Gymboree, Workday and Harvard University. Founded in 2005, Central Desktop is a privately-held business with headquarters in Pasadena, California. For far more info about the company, visit http://www.centraldesktop.com.

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