sponsors & affiliates

![]() The Ad Club The Ad Club is the trade association for the communications industry of New England. Its mission is to connect members of the industry through networking, professional development, events, conferences, job search, and more. Signature Ad Club events include The Hatch Awards and the The Rosoff Awards, industry conferences such ad Magazine Day, Radio Day, and the EDGE Conference, as well as over a dozen small networking and content-based programs. |
![]() Association of Executive Search Consultants The Association of Executive Search Consultants is the worldwide professional association for the retained executive search industry. The AESC's mission is to promote the highest professional standards in retained executive search consulting, broaden public understanding of the executive search process, and serve as an advocate for the interests of its member firms. |
![]() Association of Travel Marketing Executives The Association of Travel Marketing Executives (ATME) is a professional association of senior-level executives with vital responsibilities in the marketing of travel and tourism worldwide. ATME's members represent airlines, hotels, resorts, cruise lines, car rental companies, advertising and public relations firms, travel marketing professionals, research groups and tourist offices of domestic and foreign destinations. ATME is a global network of industry marketing professionals committed to enhancing skills, recognizing excellence, and providing innovative, effective and provocative marketing ideas and solutions while enhancing the highest standards of travel leadership. |
![]() B2B Marketing Voices in Business invite leading expert voices to be interviewed about the challenges and opportunities their industry sectors face. Our aim is to produce high-quality conversational media that benefits both thought-leading contributors and our listeners. By increasing communication and clarifying the issues, we hope to encourage innovation and best-practice within each business sector. Voices in Business narrowcast our interviews to a much more tightly defined audience of listeners who already know and understand their business niche and therefore only benefit from the unfiltered, timely and collective thoughts of their industry peer group. Through new collaborative technologies our goal is to provide rich, up-to-the-minute thought-leadership, stimulate communication between peers and educate those who can contribute to the solution. |
![]() Business Marketing Association The Business Marketing Association, which specializes in business-to-business marketing and communication, aims to help businesses meet their customers's needs on a consistent basis. There mission is three-fold: To be the primary repository of crucial B2B marketing information and resources; attract the best practitioners; promote the best practices in the industry. |
![]() CEMA CEMA is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving marketing professionals in the high-technology industry for over 15 years. Initially dedicated to serving Event Marketing professionals, CEMA has grown to represent the interest of marketing communications professionals in the information technology industry. Their specific focus revolves around raising the strategic importance and awareness of marketing in their member organizations and in the industry as a whole. |
![]() The Chartered Institute of Marketing The UK-based Chartered Institute of Marketing is committed to delivering world-class support to equip marketers with the knowledge and tools they need to stay ahead and excel in this most challenging of professions through market leading industry awards and practical courses, and professional services which members can call upon whenever they are needed. |
![]() The Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) With more than 800 corporate members, the Canadian Marketing Association is the largest marketing association embracing Canada's major business sectors and all marketing disciplines, channels and technologies. CMA is the marketing community's leading advocate on the key public policy issues affecting both consumer and business-to-business marketers operating in the Canada marketplace. As well, the Association is the principal provider of knowledge, marketing intelligence and professional development opportunities for marketers; and catalyst for networking and business opportunities within the Canadian marketing community. |
![]() ClickZ The ClickZ Network is the largest resource of interactive marketing news, information, commentary, advice, opinion, research, and reference in the world, online or off-. From search to e-mail, technology to trends, our coverage is expert, exclusive, and in-depth. |
![]() The Coalition to Leverage and Optimize Sales Effectiveness (CLOSE) The Coalition to Leverage and Optimize Sales Effectiveness (CLOSE) is a dynamic web destination and membership community that champions best practices in sales empowerment, aggregate relevant knowledge and insight, and provide a peer-powered environment for networking and interaction among sales executives and professionals |
![]() Direct Marketing Association The Direct Marketing Association (DMA) is the leading global trade association for business and nonprofit organizations that use and support multichannel direct marketing tools and techniques. DMA advocates standards for responsible marketing, promotes relevance as the key to reaching consumers with desirable and appropriate offers, and provides cutting-edge research, education, and networking opportunities to improve results throughout the end-to-end direct marketing process. Founded in 1917, DMA today represents nearly 3,600 companies from dozens of vertical industries in the US and 50 other nations, including a majority of the Fortune 100 companies, as well as nonprofit organizations. |
![]() Experiential Marketing Forum (EMF) Welcome to the Experiential Marketing Forum. We're an international community of professionals, students and people who share ideas and keep abreast of the newest trends and exciting things happening in the world of media. Feel free to invite all of your co-workers and friends to join this great think tank and share ideas that benefit marketers and their customers on a global level. We have lots of brilliant minds in this group. We're looking forward to tapping into yours! |
![]() The Healthcare Communication & Marketing Association, Inc. (HCMA) The Healthcare Communication & Marketing Association, Inc. (HCMA) is a non-profit, national association of healthcare marketing, communications and education professionals dedicated to enhancing and optimizing the careers of its members. The HCMA recognizes excellence in marketing, communications and education that impacts and improves health. |
![]() Hong Kong Institute of Marketing (HKIM) Since its establishment in 1982, the Institute has been active in the development of Hong Kong's marketing skills; as a representative for marketing professionals at all levels of business; as a monitor of standards and ethics and as a training and education resource. Also, it has an essential role because of the vital part marketing will play in sustaining Hong Kong's economy and external trade into the Twenty First century. |
![]() Information Technology Services Marketing Association (ITSMA) ITSMA specializes in helping companies market and sell services and solutions. As a membership organization, we work with the world's leading technology, communications, and professional services firms to generate new business, strengthen customer loyalty, and increase brand differentiation. Our members include industry leaders such as Accenture, Cisco, EDS, EMC, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Microsoft, Nokia, SAP, Siemens, and Unisys. Through research, consulting, training, and community we provide the insight companies need to improve marketing impact, sales performance and business results. ITSMA is based in Lexington, Massachusetts, and has offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan. |
![]() Internet Strategy Forum The Internet Strategy Forum is a nonprofit professional association and executive networking group for management with primary responsibility for driving Internet strategy and implementation from within medium to large organizations across multiple industries. The ISF is dedicated to professional development, peer networking, information exchange, research and thought leadership among senior Internet decision-makers at medium-to-large organizations across multiple industries. |
![]() The Marketing Association of Australia and New Zealand MAANZ is a leading international professional marketing institute focusing on marketing education and training; marketing information; and practical marketing tools and resources for marketing and business development. |
![]() Mac McIntosh With more than 20 years of advertising, marketing and sales experience, Mac specializes in helping companies get more high-quality B2B sales leads, turn them into sales, track and measure results, and prove a favorable return on investment. He has earned a enviable reputation for getting results for his clients. |
![]() The Marketing Executive Circle The Marketing Executive Circle is an influential platform working to strengthen the stature, credibility and understanding of the strategic marketing and sales functions towards Boards, critical stakeholders and opinion leaders. Members of the Circle are committed to each other success by using their access, connections and expertise for mutual business and personal benefit. Founded on the initiative of a group of senior sales and marketing directors, the Marketing Executive Circle is an exclusive think-tank gathering Chief Marketing Officers and Chief Commercial Officers from Belgium's foremost organizations across multiple sectors and markets. |
![]() MarketingNPV MarketingNPV is a highly specialized consulting firm that builds marketing measurement processes, tools, and skills to determine the financial return from marketing investments. The company designs and implements marketing dashboards, marketing ROI and analytical frameworks, and brand scorecards that measure the creation of economic and strategic value for both the short and long term. MarketingNPV maintains an online archive of articles and resources and publishes a quarterly journal, all to help marketers make smarter decisions and stronger cases to secure, allocate, or defend resources. |
![]() The Marketing Institute of Singapore The Marketing Institute of Singapore aims to create marketers through quality education, to connect a community of marketers, and to create a relationship built on integrity and responsibility between our members, our students and our staff. We are committed to an environment where people are encouraged to seize opportunities and push boundaries. We encourage and foster teamwork across the organization by open communication and sharing of ideas. We enjoy what we do and will go the extra mile to get the work done. We strive for excellence in all areas of our organization from understanding our customers' needs to helping them realize their goals. We encourage innovation and learning amongst our staff in their work and personal development. |
![]() Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) is the premier global association established to lead in the growth of mobile marketing and its associated technologies. The MMA is an action-oriented organization designed to clear obstacles to sustainable market development, establish mobile media guidelines and best practices for sustainable growth, and evangelize the mobile channel for use by brands and content providers. The 400+ global member companies include agencies, advertisers, hand held device manufacturers, wireless operators, aggregators, infrastructure providers, retailers, technology enablers, market research firms and all companies focused on marketing via the mobile channel. The Mobile Marketing Association’s global headquarters are located in the United States. |
![]() NASBA The Association of Channel Resellers is the largest professional trade association for channel resellers in North America. NASBA builds strategic relationships between 15,000+ VAR, integrator and solution provider members and leading technology companies. |
![]() Pharma Marketing Network Pharma Marketing Network - The First Forum for Pharmaceutical Marketing Experts - brings together pharmaceutical marketing professionals from manufacturers, communications companies, and marketing service providers for wide ranging discussions and education on a multitude of current topics. Pharma Marketing News is an independent monthly electronic newsletter focused on issues of importance to pharmaceutical marketing executives. |
![]() Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) Pi Sigma Epsilon (PSE) is the only national, co-educational, fraternal organization in Sales, Marketing, and Management. Founded in 1952 to prepare collegians to enter careers in sales and marketing, PSE's mission is "to develop the sales and marketing skills of its members through life long opportunities." Pi Sigma Epsilon has grown to be the premiere organization for motivated and dedicated students looking to maximize their college experience. PSE's goal is to provide collegiate students with practical business experience through sales, sales projects, marketing, marketing research and community service projects. PSE's Corporate Partners have many ways to interact and recruit our highly qualified and professional student members and alumni. |
![]() PODi PODi is a not-for-profit industry consortium of vendor companies that was formed in 1996. Its charter is to foster the growth of the digital printing industry through market and standards development activities. PODi promotes interoperability through the PPML suite of open, XML based standards, test suites and certification. PODi supports the regional communities and other markets by producing the highly acclaimed Best Practices in Digital Print reports and case study database. PODi Program Affiliates are regional communities that are focused entirely on digital print service providers, consultants, marketing service providers, agencies and enterprises interested in digital print. Caslon & Company is the PODi Affiliate for North America and is serving as the international Affiliate until other regional Associates are formed. PODi members are industry leaders representing all facets of the digital printing ecosystem, including software, hardware and other industry vendors, print and marketing service providers, and enterprises. As digital printing becomes a more powerful and widely used communication medium, PODi helps members understand how it can be integrated into their marketing, customer service, IT and executive management strategies. www.podi.org |
![]() Promotion Marketing Association, Inc. (PMA) Established in 1911, the Promotion Marketing Association, Inc. (PMA) is the premier resource for research, education and collaboration for marketing professionals. Representing the $350 + billion promotion marketing industry, the organization is comprised of thousands of brands, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies, top marketing agencies, suppliers of promotion products and services, law firms and academia. Championing the highest standards of excellence and recognition in the promotion and integrated marketing industry, PMA's objective is to foster a better understanding of promotion and integrated marketing and its role in the overall marketing process. |
![]() Public Relations Society of America - Silicon Valley Chapter The Silicon Valley chapter of the Public Relations Society of America brings together many of the best and brightest communications minds in the world. We provide a forum for education, professional enhancement and networking in Silicon Valley, the world's center of innovation and technology. Join us for regular networking events, conferences, workshops and blockbuster events. |
![]() The Asia Digital Marketing Association (ADMA) The Asia Digital Marketing Association (ADMA) is the voice of, and advocate for, the digital marketing industry in Asia (excluding Japan). The ADMA is an umbrella organization, guided by senior executives in the industry, and charged with gaining consensus and formulating a powerful point of view on all key industry issues. The ADMA actively promotes the benefits of using the Internet and mobile as a channel to communicate with consumers and was established to provide leadership and guidance on issues, criticisms and misconceptions about digital marketing as well as lobbying and public relations assistance for member companies. |
![]() Pulse-Group Geared towards becoming the preferred solutions provider to the top 50 global market research organisations by 2007, Pulse Group is a total solutions provider to the market research industry, with services in software localization, professional translation services, data collection, technical support and training as well as MR software development. Head-quartered in Sydney Australia, a European office in Amsterdam and an RPO hub operating from Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, the Pulse-Group is dedicated to delivering high quality data and support across their core areas of business. |
![]() Silicon Valley American Marketing Association Silicon Valley American Marketing Association: SVAMA is the premier chapter of the American Marketing Association. The Association comprises Silicon Valley's marketing thought leaders and keeps members informed about the latest marketing issues and techniques for the IT industry. |
![]() Society for Marketing Professional Services The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) was created in 1973 by small group of professional services firm leaders who recognized the need to sharpen skills, pool resources, and work together to create business opportunities. Today, the association has a membership of more than 6,100+ marketing and business development professionals from architectural, engineering, planning, interior design, construction, and specialty consulting firms located throughout the United States and Canada. |
![]() The Word of Mouth Marketing Association Word of mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing in existence as it combines the newest strategies, tactics, and channels with the most basic human behavior: People like to talk! But the word of mouth marketing industry is incredibly fast-paced and fluid with important new practices, debates, and trends continually emerging. The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) is a coalition comprised of hundreds of top marketers who are learning how to encourage and amplify this natural phenomenon while respecting and protecting its honesty and integrity. |
![]() Web Marketing Association The Web Marketing Association (WMA) was founded in 1997 to help set a high standard for Internet marketing and web development. Staffed by volunteers, this organization is made up of marketing, advertising, public relations and web design professionals from around the world who share a passion for improving the quality of advertising, marketing and web site development on the Internet today and in the future. |
![]() The GetHuman Movement The GetHuman movement is a consumer group which works to convince enterprises that providing high quality customer service and having satisfied customers costs much less than providing low quality customer service and having unsatisfied customers. It is their goal that the voice of the consumer will be heard and listened to and that automated call center systems will improve and work better for the consumers. |
![]() SMEI Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI) Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI) is the worldwide organization professional association dedicated to ethical standards, continuing professional development, knowledge sharing, mentoring students and advancing free enterprise. SMEI offers the only professional certification programs is sales management, marketing management and sales that are recognized worldwide. Developed by academic and business leaders, these certification programs offer designations to individuals who meet established prerequisites and pass an exam. SMEI offers self study preparatory programs as well as articulated courses at leading universities for exam preparation. |
![]() Market4Demand Leveraging industry best practices and emerging trends, Market4Demand is a technology marketing consulting firm that delivers strategic and tactical services designed to successfully market innovative products. Representing enterprise and consumer technology solutions, Market4Demand clients include Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu, A3 Solutions, Contivo (acquired by Liaison Technologies), Saqqara (acquired by Parts River), Workshare, digitalPersona and Cartesis (acquired by Business Objects). The company specializes in marketing planning and implementation, interim marketing management, product marketing and marketing communications. Market4Demand is headquartered in San Francisco, California with offices outside of Denver, Colorado and Sacramento, California. |
![]() Duct Tape Marketing John Jantsch is a marketing and digital technology coach, award winning social media publisher and author of "Duct Tape Marketing - The World's Most Practical Small Business Marketing Guide" published by Thomas Nelson, with foreword by Michael Gerber, author of The E-Myth and afterword by Guy Kawasaki. His Duct Tape Marketing Blog was chosen as a Forbes favorite for small business and marketing and is a Harvard Business School featured marketing site. His blog was also chosen as "Best Small Business Marketing Blog" in 2004, 2005 and 2006 by the readers of Marketing Sherpa. |
![]() WhatsNextOnline.com whatsnextonline.com is directed by B.L Ochman, marketing strategist, influential blogger, author, and speaker with real world experience helping household brand companies - including Budget Car Rental, IBM and and many others -- build their blog traffic, sales, and reputation through social media marketing. |
![]() The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI) The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI) is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation located in Washington, DC. As an international development organization and think tank, IIPI is dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding of the use of intellectual property as a tool for economic growth, particularly in developing countries. Since 1998 the Institute has been engaged in a wide range of activities both abroad and within the United States, including critical research, public education, policy and training workshops, technical assistance, institution building and consultative services. |
![]() The BPCouncil The BPCouncil is a virtual community dedicated to providing a vibrant meeting place for brand owners and those that provide them with services. BPCouncil is intended for: brand owners, professional services providers, technology vendors, legal professionals, enforcement agencies, NGOs and regulatory bodies. Being part of this dynamic virtual community enables members to get direct access to up-to-date information and resources...develop a solid social and professional network...and build a strong presence in the Internet-based brand protection world. |
![]() The Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network (CACN) The Canadian Anti-Counterfeiting Network (CACN) is a coalition of individuals, companies, firms and associations that have united in the fight against product counterfeiting and copyright piracy in Canada and internationally. The originating members of CACN include broad-based organizations, such as the Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, the Canadian Standards Association (CSA), the Electro-Federation Canada, and the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association; companies from a range of industries; and law firms representing a host of intellectual property (IP) rights holders - Canadian and foreign - with significant businesses in Canada. |
![]() The Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) The Coalition for Intellectual Property Rights (CIPR) is a private-public partnership dedicated to advancing intellectual property rights protection, enforcement and reform in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Through public education, legislative action and legal reform, CIPR works with our government and private sector partners to establish transparent IPR regimes in the region that adhere to international treaty obligations and standards. CIPR collaborates with the U.S., EU and other WTO member states on IP issues related to WTO accession and bilateral agreements with countries in the region. |
![]() The American Bankers Association The American Bankers Association, on behalf of the more than two million men and women who work in the nation's banks, brings together all categories of banking institutions to best represent the interests of this rapidly changing industry. Its membership-which includes community, regional and money center banks and holding companies, as well as savings associations, trust companies and savings banks-makes ABA the largest banking trade association in the country. |
![]() The Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) The Business Action to Stop Counterfeiting and Piracy (BASCAP) was launched by the International Chamber of Commerce to 1) Connect and mobilize businesses across industries, sectors and national borders in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy; 2) Pool resources and expertise -- creating greater critical mass than any single company or sector could do alone; 3) Amplify the voice and views of business to governments, public and media -- increasing both awareness and understanding of counterfeiting and piracy activities and the associated economic and social harm; 4) Compel government action and the allocation of resources towards strengthened intellectual property rights enforcement; and 5) Create a culture change to ensure intellectual property is respected and protected. |
![]() The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) The United States Council for International Business (USCIB) promotes international engagement and prudent regulation in support of open markets, competitiveness and innovation, sustainable development and corporate responsibility. Its members include top U.S.-based global companies and professional services firms from every sector of our economy, with operations in every region of the world. With a unique global network encompassing leading international business organizations, USCIB provides business views to policy makers and regulatory authorities worldwide, and works to facilitate international trade and investment |
![]() G-CEM G-CEM (Global Customer Experience Management Organization) helps companies to create effective customer experience. Their patent-pending methodologies combine the art and science of CEM in assessing and delivering branded and total customer experience (TCE). G-CEM International Partners are located in Europe, Asia, and North America. Their services include TCE Evaluation and CEM Certification. |
![]() Hand in Hand Hand in Hand is a Public Charitable Trust registered in the year 2002 with an initial focus on child labour elimination, education, and the empowerment of women. The organisation has been in operation since 1988 in Kancheepuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. With time, our activities have expanded as per the demands from the rural communities in which we are working, and have come to include poverty reduction interventions among rural, poor families in a big way. We envisage an integrated strategy to address the challenges of poverty and underdevelopment. It aims at building self-reliance of disadvantaged groups by alleviating poverty through sustained income generating programmes. |
![]() SIFE SIFE brings together a diverse network of university students, academic professionals and industry leaders around the shared mission of creating a better, more sustainable world through the positive power of business. By contributing their talents to projects that improve the lives of people worldwide, SIFE participants are demonstrating that individuals with a knowledge and passion for business can be a powerful force for change. |
![]() Malaria No More Malaria No More is determined to end malaria deaths. A non-profit, non-governmental organization, Malaria No More makes high-yield investments of time and capital to speed progress, unlock resources, mobilize new assets and spur the world toward reaching this goal. Malaria No More was born of a simple, startling insight: that ending malaria's death grip on Africa is the best humanitarian investment we can make in the world today. Nothing else can have the same impact on as many people's lives and livelihoods as quickly or cheaply. |
![]() World Serve International World Serve International is a non-sectarian, non-profit organization engaged in humanitarian relief and economic development. WorldServe exists to alleviate poverty by giving poor people help for today and hope for tomorrow. Providing sustainable growth opportunities and strategically investing in entrepreneurial communities, WorldServe seeks to restore dignity to people's lives. Recent innovative projects include launching water well drilling operations, strategic medical missions, and micro-finance loans to create job opportunities. WorldServe is a non-political, international organization that partners with a diverse array of businesses, organizations and communities. |
![]() Rhodes University Rhodes University is an outstanding internationally-respected academic institution which proudly affirms its African identity and which is committed to democratic ideals, academic freedom, rigorous scholarship, sound moral values and social responsibility. In pursuit of its vision, the University strives to produce outstanding internationally-accredited graduates who are innovative, analytical, articulate, balanced and adaptable, with a life-long love of learning; and strives, through teaching, research and community service, to contribute to the advancement of international scholarship and the development of the Eastern Cape and Southern Africa. |
![]() Gifts In Kind International Gifts In Kind International links donor resources to enhance, empower, and restore communities and people in need. It is the twelfth largest charity in America according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, and it generated and placed nearly $750 million in urgently needed new product donations last year. Gifts In Kind receives donations from thousands of large and small companies, including half of the Fortune 100 technology, retail, and consumer corporations. It distributes these donations to more than 150,000 community charities across the United States and throughout the world. |
![]() MOVIEGUIDE MOVIEGUIDE™ is affiliated with the Christian Film & Television Commission ministry, also founded by Dr. Baehr, which is a non-profit ministry of Good News Communications, Inc. Both MOVIEGUIDE and CFTVC are dedicated to redeeming the values of the entertainment industry, according to biblical principles, by influencing industry executives and artists and by informing and educating the public about the influence of the entertainment media and about how to train their families to become media-wise, so they can choose the good and reject the bad. Thus, all of MOVIEGUIDE™’s activities have led to a significant increase in the number of family-friendly and Christian-friendly movies over the past 21 years. Support from those concerned about objectionable content in the media remains absolutely vital to the ongoing work of this organization. |
![]() Health People Health People is unique in the United States as a groundbreaking peer organization which helps people from low-income communities become leaders to effectively fight chronic ill health. Started in 1990 as a women's AIDS prevention and support program, Health People has grown to provide a full range of AIDS services for men, women and families, as well as to start a large community asthma program, New York's first diabetes peer educators program and a community smoking cessation program. |
![]() Soaringwords Soaringwords works to empower communities to embrace ill children and families and inspire them to ‘never give up’. Each year, it is estimated that 18% of all children in the U.S. suffer from chronic illness. Soaringwords provides in-person and online support that boosts self-esteem and helps reduce isolation. While doctors and hospitals support chronically and catastrophically ill children with essential medical care, Soaringwords focuses on the psycho-social factors that are essential for patients and families to heal. |
![]() Feed The Children Feed The Children is a Christian, international, nonprofit relief organization with headquarters in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, that delivers food, medicine, clothing and other necessities to individuals, children and families who lack these essentials due to famine, war, poverty, or natural disaster. During their 30-year history, Feed The Children has grown into one of the world's largest private organizations dedicated to helping hungry and hurting people. Last year, Feed The Children shipped 135 million pounds of food and other essentials to children and families in all 50 states and in 32 foreign countries, supplementing almost 800,000 meals a day worldwide. |
![]() The American Kidney Fund The American Kidney Fund fights kidney disease through direct financial support to patients in need; health education; and prevention efforts. Thanks to the generosity of many Americans who care about their friends and neighbors with kidney disease, in 2008 the American Kidney Fund was able to provide $119.5 million in treatment-related financial assistance to more than 75,000 kidney patients nationwide. |
![]() Ubuntu Education Fund Ubuntu Education Fund is dedicated to working with the people of the Eastern Cape Province to develop quality education and healthy communities in the new South Africa. |
![]() Freeplay Foundation The Freeplay Foundation is an internationally acclaimed humanitarian organisation. We've helped more than 8 million poor and vulnerable people improve the quality of their daily lives through the distribution of sustainable, self-powered and environmentally friendly technologies. |
![]() United Way of America United Way is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations that work to advance the common good by focusing on education, income and health. These are the building blocks for a good life: a quality education that leads to a stable job, enough income to support a family through retirement, and good health. |
![]() Donorschoose.org DonorsChoose.org is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need. Here's how it works: public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology class. Then, you can browse project requests and give any amount to the one that makes your eye twinkle. Once a project reaches its funding goal, we deliver the materials to the school. You'll get photos of your project taking place, a thank-you letter from the teacher, and a cost report showing how each dollar was spent. If you give over $100, you'll also receive hand-written thank-you letters from the students. |
![]() Children's Health Fund Children’s Health Fund, founded in 1987 by pediatrician/child advocate Irwin Redlener, MD, and singer/songwriter Paul Simon, is committed to providing comprehensive health care to the nation’s most medically underserved children through the development and support of innovative primary care medical programs and the promotion of guaranteed access to appropriate health care for all children. Children’s Health Fund realizes this mission through the energy and talent of our dedicated team of doctors, nurses, psychologists, social workers, nutritionists, and other clinical and support staff and our partnerships with esteemed academic medical centers and concerned corporate and individual sponsors. |
![]() Special Olympics Special Olympics is made up of passionate, committed individuals from every walk of life, who recognize the value and unique gifts of people with intellectual disabilities. And who, together, share the common belief in dignity, equality and opportunity for ALL people. Special Olympics is a global nonprofit organization targeting the nearly 200 million people round the world who have intellectual disabilities. With a presence in nearly 200 countries worldwide and seven world-region offices, we are constantly expanding. We can say with all truth that “the sun never sets on the Special Olympics movement. |
![]() Emory University's Zyman Institute of Brand Science (ZIBS) Emory University's Zyman Institute of Brand Science (ZIBS), an innovation research group based at Emory University's Goizueta Business School in Atlanta, fosters rich collaboration between business managers and leading scholars worldwide. The institute supports advanced research in brand management with the goal of developing useful knowledge that drives superior business performance. The Goizeuta Business School is consistently ranked amongst the top 20 business programs. www.zibs.com |
![]() American Marketing Association The American Marketing Association (AMA) is the largest marketing association in North America. It is a professional association for individuals and organizations involved in the practice, teaching and study of marketing worldwide. AMA members are connected to a network of experienced marketers nearly 40,000 strong and include leading marketing professionals and academics from every industry. For over six decades, the AMA has been the source that marketers turn to first. For more information on the AMA, visit www.marketingpower.com |
![]() Sales & Marketing Institute The Sales & Marketing Institute is a firm focused on the integration of sales and database/direct marketing that then creates a new "total" sales coverage model leading to dramatic improvements in overall sales and marketing productivity. Or, in other words - how to sell more AND spend less! SMI's mission is straightforward. They research and develop information, knowledge and best practices on B2B sales and marketing. Then they deliver that knowledge in multiple methods to the 5 million+ firms in the US who sell other businesses --- yes, the B2B community is that large! www.b2bmarketing.com |
![]() Institute for the Study of Business Markets Institute for the Study of Business Markets (ISBM) was founded in 1983 and is currently a leading Academic Center in Business-to-Business Marketing. The Mission of ISBM is to expand research and teaching in business-to-business marketing and sales in academia and to improve the practice of business-to-business marketing and sales in industry. We accomplish our mission through three agendas: Research, education, networking and interchange. ISBM is committed to a leadership role in bringing more talent into our discipline, accelerating high-quality practical research, and spearheading new ways to create more profitable B-to-B marketing and sales practice. www.smeal.psu.edu/isbm/ |
![]() Sales & Marketing & Executives International, Inc. Sales & Marketing Executives International (SMEI) is the worldwide organization dedicated to ethical standards, continuing professional development, knowledge sharing, mentoring students and advancing free enterprise. Since no other worldwide executive sales and marketing associations exist, SMEI fills a void by providing a personal and professional community devoted to providing knowledge, growth, leadership and connections between peers in both sales and marketing. With over 10,000 members around the world, members benefit from both the strength of an international organization and the resources that a local chapter provides through ongoing seminars, lectures and networking opportunities. |
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NorCal BMA Established in San Francisco in 1938, the Northern California chapter of the Business Marketing Association (Norcal BMA) is the leading business to business marketing organization in the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley. Norcal BMA offers a robust set of programs to members and the marketing community at large, including a series of regular roundtables on various marketing topics, as well as monthly educational and social events, networking, resources and B2B job listings. |
![]() The Society for Marketing Professional Services The Society for Marketing Professional Services (www.smps.org ) represents a dynamic network of more than 6,000 marketing and business development professionals from architectural, engineering, planning, interior design, construction, and specialty construction firms located throughout the United States and Canada. The Society and its 50+ chapters benefit from the support of 3,700 design and building firms, encompassing 80% of the Engineering News-Record Top 500 Design Firms and Top 400 Contractors. SMPS’s mission is to advocate for, educate, and connect leaders in the building industry. SMPS is the only organization dedicated to creating business opportunities in the A/E/C industry. |
![]() Mobile Marketing Research Association (MMRA) The rapid evolution and increasing use of mobile devices such as smart phones and tablets is creating unprecedented opportunities for the marketing research industry. This fast developing and complex industry needs a unifying body, a single voice, and a place to exchange the best and most innovative of ideas. |














































































