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“Ten years ago, U.S. foreign policy seemed to turn frequently to unilateral sanctions,†said USA*Engage Co-Chair Bill Reinsch. “Today, the pendulum seems to be swinging back in the same direction. This new Web site will be an excellent tool as we seek to reinforce the benefits of U.S. engagement and diplomacy in the world.†Many thanks go out to our design partner Free Range Studios on their design work on this new Web site.
With assistance from our design partner Free Range Studios, the Thousand Kites site launched with links to a variety of social networks that the project connects individuals, video and audio, and other multimedia links. Our PICnetters have been working hard in 2007 to turn out some of the best projects for our community, so it’s a nice reward for hard work when people in our community send us props. Today, Colin Delany, the writer of e.politics, reported on the results of his search for the most recommended Drupal and Joomla development shops in the non-profit and campaign sectors. He sent his list of the best over the Progressive Exchange mailing list, where this writer noticed something interesting: PICnet was listed at the top of the list! Looks like we owe more than a few lunches and drinks to our anonymous friends. We’re proud of our clients, and we’re glad their proud of us.
Check out their new Non-Profit Soapbox site at: http://www.fireflykids.org. When a Non-Profit Soapbox client gets an intro like this from a media outlet, it’s great:
When you wake up to find it lands on the homepage of the CS Monitor, it’s amazing! A greener planet begins under the kitchen sink Congrats to Diane MacEachern for all her hard work in helping women make this world a better place.
Incredible hard work went into the effort, especially by Congresswoman Maloney’s lead Web site manager Anna Cielinski, who provided countless days and long nights into making the site a success. From the Congressional Management Foundation:
In addition to this, another PICnet client, Congressman Ed Markey, won a Bronze Mouse award, placing it in the top 30 congressional Web sites. Congratulations to both offices, and their PICnetters, on a job well done! You can read the 2006 Gold Mouse Report: Recognizing the Best Web Sites on Capitol Hill (PDF – 5MB) in its entirety to learn more about best practices for offices on the Hill.
While the polling was far from scientific, it nonetheless speaks volumes for the great work of IAVA’s staff who makes sure the content and the message come through loud and clear, Free Range Graphics (the design team), and our tireless PICnetters who keep the site up and running.
Using Community Builder and other inextensible Joomla! components, we are practically building another MySpace or Facebook to help fellow entpreneurs grow their companies. Cheers to the “Innovators Network“!
This morning, I got to take a firsthand peek inside one: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, the country’s first and largest Iraq Veteran’s group. With the Congressional elections less than a week away, the group has been in overdrive on media appearances and exposure — and has been experiencing some growing pains with their site due to the unexpected but massive increase in traffic.
And, trust me, we are talking about some smart, energetic, and driven people. Although the staff is relatively small, they have built a large presence in today’s political marketplace (click here for just one example.) The group’s Congressional Rating — which calculates a grade for every U.S. legislator based on the politician’s support for bills that matter to U.S. troops, veterans, and their families — has turned quite a few heads. Props to the creators of this resource for using web technology to create an important and innovative application that might change the course of this election. Props to IAVA for getting the job done for our men and women in uniform.
And for those of you too lazy to click over to their About Us page, the organization is dedicated to providing training to civil leaders to create “developing a pool of leadership talent from which organizations may draw upon to meet it community service needs.” We thank Leadership Loudoun selecting Nonprofit Soapbox, and congratulate them on the new site. |
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In 1998, the founders of Firefly Kids traveled to Russia to adopt a daughter. What they found when they arrived shocked them, as the orphanages in the country were simply unable to effectively support the neediest children, especially those with disabilities. Three years later Firefly Kids was created to help ensure that the children in Russia’s orphanages were better protected, and since have helped provide alternatives for these children.
When you do great work, and put your full effort and heart into your clients’ projects, it’s nice to be recognized for those efforts. Today, the 
It’s always great to see good organizations get high praise for great work they’ve done in the online communications world. One of our clients, the 
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