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The winners of the 2010 Design and Remodeling Industry Blogger Awards are: Joys of Home (Best Interior Design Blog), Brookfield Homes (Construction Industry Blog) and Craftsman Home Remodeling (Best Remodeling Blog). Sponsored by Jackson Design & Remodeling, readers voted online for their favorite blog out of 22 nominees in three categories: Interior Design, Construction Business and Remodeling. Winners will receive a $500 cash prize and a JDR Blogger Awards Winner badge to display on their blog.

Sponsored by Jackson Design and Remodeling, the goal of the JDR Blogger Awards is to give recognition to the work of industry bloggers, while promoting the professionalism of the remodeling industry and keeping the public informed about the latest trends in home design.

“With more and more consumers going online for remodeling advice, research and design ideas, we felt it was the perfect time to acknowledge these bloggers who are helping to educate and inspire people who are considering a remodel, looking for design ideas or even taking on their own projects,” said JDR President Todd Jackson. “We want to thank all the amazing nominees this year and offer our congratulations to the winners.”

While we weren’t eligible for our own awards, you can keep in touch with JDR’s award winning team of designers and remodeling experts and find information on the 2011 JDR Industry Blogger Awards on our Blog or through our social network at facebook.com/jacksondesignandremodeling and twitter @jacksondesign.

About Jackson Design and Remodeling
Jackson Design and Remodeling has been serving the San Diego community for 20 years. Todd Jackson, President and CEO, has established an enduring tradition of quality and service in the remodeling industry. Jackson and his team have won numerous awards for their work, including 23 COTY awards, several Chrysalis awards and the 2007 and 2009 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Marketplace Ethics. The company has been named one of Inc Magazine’s fastest growing companies for two years in a row, is one of the San Diego Business Journal’s “100 Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies” for a third consecutive year and has also received Remodeling Magazine’s coveted “Big50 Award.” JDR offers design-build services giving clients peace of mind that the entire remodeling process, from start to finish, will be seamless. This approach allows for creative thinking, detailed planning and exceptional project management, and is the reason why JDR has built a trusted reputation in the industry for its quality work and commitment to client service. For more information, visit www.jacksondesignandremodeling.com, call (619) 442-6125 or follow us on facebook: Jackson Design & Remodeling and twitter @jacksondesign.

SOKULE.com, a new social media network, offers small businesses a forum that allows them to save time while marketing their brands using the popularity of social media marketing. Business owners who are committed to utilizing a smart, profitable, and streamlined social media platform are now turning to SOKULE to help them quickly meet their online marketing needs.

SOKULE is a uniquely designed social media platform that operates in a similar fashion to Twitter, but includes additional features that streamline the process of social media marketing for small businesses.

Members of Sokule.com have the opportunity to “squeek” messages of up to 500 characters through Sokule.com, while simultaneously posting the same message to 38 additional social media profiles as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, while also pinging blog sites like WordPress and Blogger with just 1 click.

This multi posting and pinging process ultimately provides better marketing exposure, because the messages will get indexed by search engines much more quickly than if a business owner were to update each site individually.

The primary goal of SOKULE founder Jane Mark and developer Phil Basten was to create a profile for small business owners that worked in the same way as other popular social media platforms.

Part of what can make running an e-commerce website difficult is the task of getting the message seen and heard by others online, especially in the beginning stages.

SOKULE makes this process simple and easy by alerting various blogs and social media sites in a manner that causes search engines to take notice of posts that originate from SOKULE.

This, in turn, offers fast and widespread exposure and faster search engine indexing for those who need traffic to their websites in order to get their businesses up and running.

SOKULE has also pioneered a mobile platform that allows members to post updates and send out messages while they are on the go and away from the office.

However, the main difference between SOKULE and traditional social media sites is that business owners can profit from using SOKULE to promote their own individual brands and products.

Though a base membership at SOKULE is free, another factor that makes SOKULE special is the ability for SOKULE upgraded members to earn commissions each time they refer a new upgraded member to the service.

Developer Phil Basten says that “This is the perfect membership for a business or individual who is really serious about using social networking to dominate their industry.”

For further information, please visit http://www.SOKULE.com

My Twitter Toolbox is a brand new site that provides members with all of the Twitter tools available on the market. The site was developed to help business owners be more effective and markedly increase their productivity with the fastest growing and most popular social networking site out there – Twitter.

Months of programming and thousands of hours have gone into making My Twitter Toolbox the most powerful and comprehensive set of Twitter tools on the market. Here is some of the recent feedback My Twitter Toolbox has received:

“This is a one-stop shop product to effectively use Twitter.” – Felicia Grimes, FGI Solutions

“For less than the cost of fast food meal, we provide you with all things Twitter in one location” said David Perdew, the owner and creator of My Twitter Toolbox. “Each month, we add to the current bucket of Twitter applications” he said, “to ensure that our members have the edge when it comes to using Twitter”

“Talk about comprehensive…I have never before seen a more complete and helpful compilation of Twitter tools, thanks!” – Rob Richards, JVCashAnytime

My Twitter Toolbox is available 24/7, and it consolidates all essential Twitter applications in one easy-to-use location and organizes them by useful categories such as:

Account Management
Analysis
Better Blogging
Better Business
Better Health
Better Living
Better Networking
More Info
Productivity
Sharing

There are over 200 Twitter tools for members. The site includes Twitter training, which covers an introduction to Twitter, Twitter Tips, how to leverage Twitter with HelloTxt, and how to follow a Twitter Mind Map. In addition, My Twitter Toolbox offers forums where members can interact with one another. Membership in My Twitter Toolbox is available for $5.99 and comes with a 30-day, no-questions asked, money-back guarantee.

After months of work, My Twitter Toolbox is now open to the public at http://MyTwitterToolbox.com.

Social Media Network Analysis: Next Practices in Social Network Analysis, Tools and Media Friday 30 April 2010, 8:30am – 5:00pm Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California USA

Social media, communities and collaboration are defined by dynamic network structure. The success of social media is determined by underlying social networks. Success is not determined by technology, applications or social networking sites. Social networks are the complex, omnipresent foundation of all social media, communities and collaboration. Comprehension, visualization and optimization are critical to social media.

Social media network analysis visualizes, interprets and optimizes the complex network patterns and flows of social media, online communities and enterprise collaboration. Comprehension and mastery of social media network analysis fundamentally advances the success of applied social media and achieves the most favorable outcomes.

Like the spreadsheet in the 1980s, the process diagram of the 1990s, social graphs and network analyses are the critical tools of 21st Century organizations, economies, the environment and civil society. Mastery of social media network analysis is critical to comprehension, performance and prosperity in all the new economies.

This workshop uses NodeXL. It is a free, open source network analysis package for Excel. In the workshop, a range of pervasive Internet social media including Facebook, discussion groups, Twitter, enterprise collaboration, communities-of-practice, blogs and email are presented, analyzed and visualized. Comprehensive network patterns are explored to illustrate the scope of variation among applications and between types of contributors. These patterns reveal steps to achieve continuous success with social media, communities of practice and enterprise collaboration.

About

The Social Media Network Analysis workshop is practical, hands-on, low-cost and high-value. SMNA is highly germane to commercial concerns, the enterprise, non-profit organizations, small/medium sized companies, startups, investors, consultants and entrepreneurs. Your SNMA workshop is a small-group, close-in configuration of authentic conversation, hands-on experience, skill development and participant collaboration. It is designed for all levels. All are welcome.

Secure, discount check-in for the Social Media Network Analysis workshop is open and filling up fast. Registration in advance is required. Registration ($299) includes meals, parking, refreshments, materials, Wi-Fi access, reception, group workspace and discounts.

FreeConference® application takes communication in the virtual world to the next level with audio conferencing. FreeConference provides the tools and shortcuts to schedule a conference and invite friends to join right from a user’s Facebook page.

“Once people realize that conference bridges can be used any time to bring two or more people together to talk, it opens up a new world for family and friends to gather and chat about anything,” said Ken Ford, CEO of Global Conference Partners, parent company of FreeConference. “FreeConference is not just for business discussions, but for anyone that needs to bring people together for communication.”

The FreeConference application can be easily added from Facebook, and existing FreeConference account holders can just enter their current User ID and Password to access their existing dial-in numbers and access codes. For those without an existing FreeConference account, there is a FREE sign-up process within Facebook that gives users a dial-in number and dedicated access code that can be used anytime. Premium features such as Toll-Free and Conference Recording can be added for a nominal fee.

FreeConference’s Facebook application lets users:

Schedule conferences within Facebook
View upcoming and past conferences
Manage invitee list from Event page
Share pictures, videos and links
Allow friends to invite more friends or create “Secret” Event
Share conference history with friends
Use anytime for business or to talk with family and friends
Use your conferencing number anytime outside of Facebook without a reservation
About FreeConference®

FreeConference originated the free teleconferencing concept with highly automated, enterprise quality conferencing services for businesses, organizations and individuals requiring top-tier performance at little or no cost. FreeConference continues to lead the industry with innovative value-added audio and web conferencing options that let users customize the conferencing features they need, just when they need them. FreeConference is a service of Global Conference Partners™. For more information, visit www.freeconference.com or www.globalconferencepartners.com

Businesses today need every competitive edge they can find because they are competing with an ever-growing and large number of savvy internet marketers who take full advantage of all the options available to them.

Twitter is one of the fastest growing and most popular sites for social networking today and those who aren’t already using it for their businesses they should be. It can propel their sales results into a whole new level of success.

My Twitter Toolbox (MyTwitterToolbox.com) is a new site that provides literally everything needed to learn how to Twitter effectively while increasing productivity.

Thousands of hours and months of programming have gone into making My Twitter Toolbox the most powerful resource for learning how to Twitter to enhance a business’s bottom line. ”For less than the cost of fast food meal, we provide you with all things Twitter in one location,” said David Perdew, the owner and creator of My Twitter Toolbox. ”Each month, we add to the current bucket of Twitter applications, to ensure that our members have the edge when it comes to using Twitter.”

Available 24/7, My Twitter Toolbox consolidates all essential Twitter applications in one location and organizes them by usage categories such as Better Living, Better Blogging, Better Business, and several more.

After months of work, My Twitter Toolbox is open to the public at MyTwitterToolbox.com.

The social areas of the web continue to expand, creating new opportunities for communications professionals daily. With more than 400 million active Facebook users, 50 million tweets daily and nearly 1 million blog posts published every 24 hours, social channels harbor consumer influence and reach.

For some in the PR and marketing industry, it has been a struggle to keep up, but a one-of-a-kind solution from NewsUSA – Social Syndication – confidently answers the question of how communications professionals seeking to embrace social media should begin.

Social Syndication from NewsUSA includes content creation, distribution, promotion and accountable reporting, providing a turnkey solution for those wanting to engage in social media PR and marketing.

In addition to reaching consumers directly, Social Syndication from NewsUSA also reaches key media influencers. According to a recent Cision and George Washington University study, 85% of journalists turn to blogs and 65% use social networking sites for story development. By leveraging NewsUSA Social Syndication, brands can reach media in the places they are already searching for content.

“Today, it’s not just bloggers and end users searching for information online; it’s traditional media as well. Specifically, the social web is increasingly being used to find relevant, informative content,” says Rick Smith, founder and CEO of NewsUSA. “The NewsUSA Social Syndication service takes the guesswork out of leveraging the social web to create buzz and get found by media and end users.”

Social Syndication from NewsUSA involves the following innovative process:

Content Creation:
The SEO and social media savvy NewsUSA team of writers and editors create high quality content optimized for both search engines and the social web.

Distribution
NewsUSA ensures maximum reach by distributing content to a mix of popular social destinations.

Promotion
NewsUSA aggressively, yet tactfully, promotes content providing both SEO and social media benefits.

Reporting
As part of Social Syndication, NewsUSA provides comprehensive, accountable reporting of success metrics.

“With NewsUSA and its unique approach to content distribution, client content is placed up front and center on the most relevant and popular destinations,” Smith says. “Today there is no better solution than NewsUSA Social Syndication for boosting digital reach, improving online visibility and building a brand.”

About NewsUSA
NewsUSA was founded in 1987 to offer a qualitative and cost-effective alternative to traditional media advertising campaigns. Today, NewsUSA is the nation’s premier social media distribution service receiving millions of media impressions each day. NewsUSA has provided media placements to more than 3,000 clients in a variety of fields, including public relations, communications, nonprofit, government, health care, automotive, and health and beauty. Thanks to its long-standing relationships with more than 16,000 media outlets, NewsUSA has successfully delivered more than 5 million online, print and radio placements and billions of dollars of media ad space nationwide. To learn more about NewsUSA, visit http://www.newsusa.com/

XibYa Groups-Explorer application greatly improves the understanding of shared interests and offers a new interaction tool with friends on Facebook. You can now view Facebook groups and pages in a revolutionary 2D map that enhances interactions.

XibYa, a developer of productivity and collaboration applications for social networking on Facebook, has launched today a new version of their successful Facebook social mapping application, Groups-Explorer, ideally designed for those wishing to explore friends’ groups and fans’ pages.

The unique Facebook app, which can be accessed from this link http://apps.facebook.com/xibya-group-explorer/ allows users to view their Facebook groups and pages in a revolutionary 2D map and enhances interaction between friends and other members of that group / page.

The innovative software is specifically designed for users in Facebook who want to browse or analyze groups / pages without wasting precious time or feel that the current Facebook UI for groups / pages is limited. The application also allows users using the welcome wizard to choose among several friends and generates a map that graphically shows which groups or pages you share.

Groups-Explorer quickly locates the groups you have in common with your friends and can show you what is currently “HOT”. Users can also browse specific groups’ members in a full new screen that manages poke, sends messages and adds to favorite actions. This gives a new usability that can be harnessed for meeting new people with common interests.

“With options like list groups by categories, direct group browsing, filtering of friends and hot groups’ list, you can gain new insights of what is going on in your circle of friends,” said Alon Kor, XibYa Co-Founder and Chief Architect.

XibYa Groups-Explorer transforms Facebook groups and pages into viewable metrics of shared interests and enables Facebook users to browse groups and pages with ease by using a unique graphical interface that overrides current limitations with the groups / pages view.

“XibYa develops social mapping tools for collaboration from within your Facebook profiles. The Groups-Explorer app presents users with a graphic layout (map) of their Facebook groups. In addition, it offers an easy and fun way to browse Facebook groups’ members. By enabling superior viewing of different members, including large profile pictures, one can easily find new people and potential friends,” said Ilan Kor, XibYa Co-Founder and Chief of Product.

Other XibYa Top Facebook Applications
Match-Friends: play a matchmaker and match your Facebook friends, or ask your friends to match you with one of their friends.
Jobber: find job openings and potential employers within your social network on Facebook. See what jobs your friends are into, what openings are available, and which contacts will help you get your dream job.

About XibYa
XibYa is recognized as a leader for productivity and collaborations tools for Facebook applications. The company’s applications help accelerate users’ success in their personal interactions with focus on jobs, match and dating solutions for friends in Facebook.

To use the free XibYa Groups-Explorer app in Facebook please visit Groups-Explorer page on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Groups.Explorer. To learn more about XibYa Jobber and Match-Friends applications, please visit http://www.xibya.com.

Target Latino, a multicultural and Latino consumer specialist marketing firm, has introduced a Multicultural Social Media Monitoring tool, SMX Echo, in the United States.

SMX Echo is a Multicultural Market Intelligence Solution that scans for relevant results and automatically analyzes sentiment in English, Spanish and Portuguese and has been named “a tool of choice — especially when it comes to multicultural marketing and public relations campaigns” by the Huffington Post.

“I have evaluated many well-known social media monitoring tools available and what impressed me the most about SMX Echo was its ability to sort through results and bring in the relevant ones without my team’s constant intervention,” said Claudia Goffan, CEO of Target Latino. “One of the finest examples of these incredible results was the use of SMX Echo by the PAN, a political party in Mexico, whose acronym means bread in Spanish and could have brought in an unbelievable amount of non-relevant results with any other tool. Not with SMX Echo.”

SMX Echo has premium setup and support, a multitude of outstanding reports and features and it is highly cost effective. Monitoring social networks and online traditional media for key conversations can be overwhelming, but SMX Echo simplifies the task. The service provides a complete list of relevant results, including a permalink for each entry to the original post, a short snippet of the entry found and source, supporters and detractor’s popularity score. SMX Echo enables clients to perform full current and historical analysis of the buzz about key figures, political parties, companies, brands and competitors.

To see all these features and more, email the Target Latino team at [email protected] or visit our page on the web at http://www.targetlatino.com/onlinemonitoring

LinkedIn®, the world’s largest professional network with more than 60 million members globally, today announced the launch of the LinkedIn application for BlackBerry® smartphones at www.linkedin.com/blackberry and on BlackBerry App World™. This application complements LinkedIn’s other mobile offerings for the iPhone® and Palm Pre™ to give members more choices on how to use LinkedIn away from their offices and computers.

“With the addition of the application for BlackBerry to our broader suite of mobile applications, LinkedIn is available to more business people than any other professional network in the world,” said Adam Nash, vice president of search and platform products, LinkedIn. “This is an important step in our strategy to deliver business productivity tools to our members wherever their work takes them.”

Key Features and Functionality of LinkedIn App for BlackBerry

The new LinkedIn application features native integration with the BlackBerry – which allows professionals to use LinkedIn within their BlackBerry’s existing email, calendar and contacts applications.

Key functionality includes:

Search: Prepare for any meeting by quickly accessing LinkedIn profiles.
Messages: Enables users to manage their LinkedIn inboxes on the go.
Network Updates: Stay connected to the professional conversation.
Connections: Make new connections away from the computer.
Invitations: Send invites to new connections to build professional networks.
Reconnections: Users receive recommendations of who they may want to add to their professional networks.
“The LinkedIn application leverages the always-on capabilities of the BlackBerry platform to enable easy and timely access to information for mobile users. Deep integration between the LinkedIn app and core communications apps on the BlackBerry smartphone also allows for a very productive and intuitive user experience,” said Tyler Lessard, vice president, global alliances and developer relations, Research In Motion.

Availability of LinkedIn Application for BlackBerry

The LinkedIn application for BlackBerry smartphones is free and available immediately for members to download on their BlackBerry® Tour™, BlackBerry® CurveTM and BlackBerry® BoldTM series of smartphones. The application operates on devices running BlackBerry OS 4.3 or later. Full integration of the LinkedIn application with native BlackBerry applications requires BlackBerry OS 4.6 or later.

The application is available globally in English, Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Chinese languages.

For more information on the applications visit the LinkedIn blog.

About LinkedIn

LinkedIn Corporation is an Internet company focused on connecting the world’s professionals. The company is privately held and has a diversified business model with revenues driven from user subscriptions, advertising sales and software licensing. The LinkedIn web site was launched in 2003 and is the largest professional networking site in the world with more than 60 million members representing 200 countries and executives from every Fortune 500 company. The company’s worldwide corporate headquarters is based in Mountain View, Calif.

The BlackBerry and RIM families of related marks, images and symbols are the exclusive properties and trademarks of Research In Motion Limited. RIM assumes no obligations or liability and makes no representation, warranty, endorsement or guarantee in relation to any aspect of any third party products or services.

LinkedIn and the LinkedIn logos, including the “in” logo are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of LinkedIn Corporation. All other names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched StrengthofUs.org, a new online community.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has launched StrengthofUs.org, a new online community where young adults living with mental health concerns can provide mutual support in navigating unique challenges and opportunities during the critical transition years from ages 18 to 25.

Developed by young adults, StrengthofUs.org is a user-driven social networking community where members can connect with peers, share personal stories, creativity and helpful resources by writing and responding to blog entries, engaging in discussion groups and sharing videos, photos and other news.

The site offers resources on issues important to young adults, including:

• Healthy relationships
• Family and friends
• Campus life
• Independent living
• Finances
• Employment
• Housing
• Mental health issues

“Young adulthood is an exciting challenge, but also a confusing and stressful time for anyone,” said Michael Fitzpatrick, NAMI executive director. “Life can throw things at you fast.”

“Mental illness affects everyone. StrengthofUs.org is intended not just for young adults who have a mental illness, but for anyone entering adulthood that has a friend, parent or other family member facing a mental health problem.”

“Most of all, StrengthofUs.org is an interactive, fun space where young adults can share experiences and other information to empower each other, build relationships and offer peer support.”

“StrengthofUs.org is about helping and inspiring each other,” said Alex M. White, age 23, a member of the advisory group of young adults who helped develop the Web site. “I would not be alive today if it had not been for the love, care and support I received from family, friends and loved ones.”

White was diagnosed with bipolar disorder at age 13. He dropped out of school and attempted suicide before gaining control of the illness.

A Montana State University graduate, White now leads a happy, productive life in New York City. He has made an award-winning short film, Une Vignette de Melancolie, about depression and suicidal ideation that has played internationally.

NAMI created the StrengthofUs community through the support of the Rodwell Dart Memorial Foundation, established by Hailey Dart, in loving memory of her son,
Roddy, who lost his life at age 22.

Special Note
On April 20, the Web site will host a “launch party” featuring a remix of the song “Goodmorning” from the upcoming Derivatives album by William Fitzsimmons, who worked helping people with mental illness before turning a passion for music into his profession. He was named an iTunes Best Singer-Songwriter for his album The Sparrow and the Crow and his music has been featured on the television show Grey’s Anatomy.

About NAMI
NAMI is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness. NAMI has over 1100 state and local affiliates that engage in research, education, support and advocacy.

www.nami.org
www.strengthofus.org
twitter.com/namicommunicate
facebook.com/officialNAMI

The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies will host an interactive, worldwide discussion on social media risk management during this year’s Risk & Insurance Management Society annual conference April 26-29. Using online collective intelligence software developed by Imaginatik, individuals and business professionals around the world, along with registrants to the Boston conference, are invited to join a dialogue that aims to identify and reduce the emerging risks businesses face as a result of Web 2.0 platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and corporate blogs.

“When musician Dave Carroll posted his video on YouTube chastising an airline he accused of breaking his guitar, the power of social media resonated loud and clear for many business people,” said Jon Bidwell, chief innovation officer of Chubb. “Businesses are tapping that power to enhance their brand awareness and deepen their engagement with customers and other constituents. This continuous dialogue also creates substantial risks, which companies are wrestling with throughout their organizations, from HR to IT to legal and marketing.”

“Businesses today are facing a complex problem: how to leverage the benefits of social media without jeopardizing established rules and regulations,” said Mark Turrell, CEO of Imaginatik. “With today’s Web tools already affecting the way in which businesses interact with customers, employees and partners, there’s no better time than now for an event aimed at addressing the potential risks and rewards in social media engagement.”

Participants will be able to share and collaborate on ideas about social media risks, their impact on business and risk mitigation strategies via personal computers, BlackBerrys, iPhones and other smartphones. They will be joined by Chubb underwriting, loss control and claims staff with knowledge of social media risks, as well as special guest thought leaders from the legal, marketing, information technology, security and other fields.

Although the event will begin on April 26, risk managers and other business people are encouraged to register online now at https://chubbsocialmedia.imaginatik.com. The first 500 people to register will receive a free download of “Perfect Blue,” Dave Carroll’s new album. Chubb also will award prizes to participants who submit the most ideas and whose ideas generate the greatest amount of collaboration. The prizes include cash donations to charities, ranging from $500 to $2,000, in the names of the top three scoring participants.

“We’ve had a great deal of success using social networking technology to help develop ideas and drive innovation within our own company and with our agents and brokers,” said Bidwell. “With this event, we hope to engage business leaders and risk managers in a bigger discussion that can help us all navigate the rapidly-evolving, exciting global environment created by social media.”

To view our social media release visit http://bit.ly/b8XvyL.

About Chubb

The member insurers of the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies (NYSE: CB) form a multi-billion dollar organization providing property and casualty insurance for personal and commercial customers worldwide through 8,500 independent agents and brokers. Chubb’s global network includes branches and affiliates in North America, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia. More information on Chubb is available at www.chubb.com.

About Imaginatik

Imaginatik provides innovation management and collective intelligence solutions. The best companies in the world use Imaginatik’s Idea Central software platform to identify and develop the important ideas and strategies that will drive the future of their businesses. For more than 10 years, Imaginatik has helped customers, including CSC, Pfizer, Boeing, Chubb and Cargill, achieve outstanding results with the know-how of its experienced consulting team and highly configurable Web-based software.

Imaginatik is a public company traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: IMTK.L) and a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer with offices in Boston and London. Imaginatik is committed to ongoing research into the nature of human networks, innovation and collective intelligence. The company collaborates with several academic institutions, including the IXL Center at Hult International Business School. For more information on Imaginatik, visit www.imaginatik.com.