I’m proud to work for all of Strategic clients, helping them to increase market share, revenue and profitability. But there are times when a client does something especially cool and worthwhile, and it’s really a blast to promote it. That’s the case right now with the new AwesomeGov Fund announced yesterday by GovLoop.
Last month I wrote about the incredible fanfare and enthusiasm that greeted GovLoop merging with GovDelivery. Launched on Memorial Day 2008 by Steve Ressler, GovLoop today has over 21,500 members and is the number one social network for government professionals. It’s been an incredible ride, and Steve wanted to give back to the community, along the lines of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) but in a government 2.0 way.
So GovLoop has launched AwesomeGov. It’s philanthropy in the most transparent, collaborative and participatory fashion. GovLoop has identified a few worthy charitable organizations, but members can nominate their own. For every new member that joins GovLoop from 11/15 to 12/15, $1 will be donated. And members will choose which charity receives the donation.
The AwesomeGov Fund is just the start of GovLoop’s charitable efforts. A full 5 percent of GovLoop revenues will be donated to charity in 2010. And a GovLoop Day of Service that tranlates online activism offline is in the works for next year as well.
It’s, well, awesome to have a client so focused on giving back. I can’t say it better than Steve does here in his post: http://bit.ly/4dWF2z
We’ll be using socmed channels to keep everyone apprised of the Fund’s progress. You can follow me at @cparente, or Steve at @govloop. And if you’re a govie and haven’t joined yet, c’mon aboard now to help yourself and to support a great cause!