Raising Money Online Securely and Simply: New Website click2cause.com Puts the Fun in Fundraising for International Human Rights, KidsAbility, and Grassroots Causes

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) July 14, 2011

The founders of http://www.click2cause.com understand the frustration around trying to raise money at a grassroots level for many worthy causes. Large charities have access to budgets to create far-reaching advertising campaigns, print fundraising collateral, build intricate websites, and hire administrative and management staff. This makes it very difficult for smaller, yet equally worthy, causes to compete for donations.

click2cause.com is built to facilitate the connection of Cause Champions with donors and Supporters. In less than five minutes, Champions create a profile complete with descriptions, photos, and video and can immediately share their cause through various social networks such as Facebook and Twitter, as well as by email. Donations are securely processed, either directly or through PayPal, and managed by click2cause.com thus allowing the Cause Champions to focus on raising money.

Supporters are able to 'meet' the Cause by connecting through the comments section of each profile to learn more about the Champions, the progress of the cause, and other ways to help, and also share with their social networks.

Some of the newest causes on click2cause.com are:

KidsAbility: An organization that helps special needs children reach their full potential which will then assist them in leading more independent lives and give them the feeling of community. Just a few of the life-changing services KidsAbility provides are physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy. KidsAbility relies on the generous support of the community to help these kids and their families. http://www.click2cause.com/cause.php?id=23

Redemption Research for Health and Educational Development Society: Provides services for poor and below-poverty line community in India, regardless of caste and creed. Recently Laila Cyclone, JAL Cyclone and heavy rains to loss the entire crop and households in the Districts of Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, Chittoor, East and West Godavari Districts of Andhra Pradesh, India. This cause works to provide educational necessities so children can continue their education. http://www.click2cause.com/cause.php?id=24

Residence Papillon is part of the daily lives of more than 200 families, hosting eight to twelve disabled youngsters. It is open 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. They provide families precious time to decompress and give their kids a needed change in their routine and environment. This cause is looking for funds to create fantastical bedrooms that will spark creativity and inspire these kids to dream big. http://www.click2cause.com/cause.php?id=30

Many of the causes are at a grassroots level and are not seeking large amounts of money; they need to raise funds for specific goals and projects. For more information about causes and how to support, visit http://www.click2cause.com.

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AIB International to Implement MetricStream for Compliance and Safety Audits

Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) March 30, 2010

AIB International, one of North America's largest providers of third-party food safety audits, recently selected MetricStream, the market leader in enterprise-wide Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions, for implementing an Audit Management system to automate and streamline its food safety audits and inspections services.

AIBs services are used by many of the worlds largest food manufacturers, distributors and food service operators, including 83 of the top 100 North American food processors. Their primary objective is reducing risk and ensuring compliance with food safety and quality regulations and standards including FDA GMPs, HACCP, ISO 22000, OSHA, BRC and SQF. AIBs Gold Standard Certification Program is widely recognized as an industry benchmark for food quality and safety.

In a comprehensive evaluation, AIB reviewed several audit management products in the market on a variety of functional and technical criteria as well as the vendors understanding of risk and compliance issues related to food safety and health. MetricStream, an industry-leader in GRC Platform technology known for its superior audit management solution, emerged as the preferred choice based on its domain expertise and the strength of its technology and solution.

According to Maureen Olewnik, Vice President of the Audit and Technical Services at AIB, We chose MetricStream because their solutions are designed for a truly integrated approach for managing audits, risks, compliance and safety programs across our organizations operation. MetricStream provides a holistic view for critical decision making and we believe the solution will greatly strengthen our food safety initiatives while improving our overall goal of seeking operational efficiencies that will secure customer confidence and satisfaction.

MetricStream will enable AIB to apply industry best practices in food safety audits, inspections and compliance with an easy-to-use audit management application deployed on its Enterprise GRC Platform. The system will be used by AIB auditors who conduct audits and inspections at over 10,000 manufacturing and distribution facilities in the US and worldwide. The solution will provide workflow, collaboration and reporting capabilities to allow auditors, management and support staff to efficiently plan and schedule audits, establish inspection criteria, submit and collect audit results, track findings and issues, create audit reports and streamline inter-departmental coordination.

Carl McCauley, Vice President of Sales at MetricStream welcomed the new engagement with AIB and said, Food safety is a major concern the world over and we are extremely delighted to be partnering with one of the leading companies in this industry. For food and beverage companies, the risks from not meeting safety and compliance can be severe financially and through loss of brand equity in the market place. By unifying quality, safety, risk, audit and compliance programs on MetricStream Enterprise GRC Platform, customers can define and execute consistent and systematic processes to achieve significant performance improvements.

MetricStream provides web-based, end-to-end solutions to support compliance and quality programs for food safety. MetricStream solutions give food manufacturers and distributors the ability to collaborate internally and with their trading partners, providing real-time view into safety, compliance and quality. By unifying all quality and compliance data into one central repository, food and beverage companies can leverage robust reporting, dashboards and alert capabilities to easily identify trends, overdue actions and other performance metrics while maintaining detailed scorecards against key performance indicators (KPIs). This increases overall efficiency in their food quality and safety management program.

About MetricStream

MetricStream is a market leader in Enterprise-wide Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Quality Solutions for global corporations. MetricStream solutions are used by leading corporations such as Pfizer, Philips, AIB International, Woolworths, NASDAQ, UBS, SanDisk, BP, Subway, Fairchild Semiconductor, Hitachi and TaylorMade-Adidas Golf in diverse industries such as Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices, Automotive, Food, High Tech Manufacturing, Energy and Financial Services to manage their quality processes, regulatory and industry-mandated compliance and corporate governance initiatives, as well as by over a million compliance professionals worldwide via the http://www.ComplianceOnline.com portal. MetricStream is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and can be reached at http://www.metricstream.com.

Media contact:

pr(at)metricstream(dot)com

About AIB International

AIB International provides Food Safety Audit and Education Services worldwide to broad segments of the food manufacturing industry, including food, ingredients and beverage manufacturing, packaging production and distribution facilities. Food Safety Audit Services provided include AIB's GMP inspection and conducting audits for GFSI (BRC, SQF, FSSC 22000), ISO 19000, ISO 22000, HACCP, OSHA, AIB Gold Standard, Customer Audits and Quality System Audits. Food Safety Education is offered through public seminars, consulting, training audits, GFSI training seminars and distance learning. Additional related safety services include the Food Defense Resource Center. AIB is headquartered in Manhattan, KS and has offices in Mexico, UK and China.

Media contact:

bsoddy(at)aibonline(dot)org

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Frank Magnera, Catalyst Account Director, to Judge Prestigious 2012 BMA International ACE Awards

Rochester, NY (PRWEB) November 03, 2011

Frank Magnera, an award-winning business-to-business marketing expert and account director at Catalyst (Rochester, New York), has been chosen to judge the 2012 Business Marketing Association (BMA) ACE awards.

Hailed as one of the industrys best creative awards by The New York Times, The ACE (Advertising Creative Excellence) Awards recognize the years top creative campaigns and executions, the people who conceive them and the agencies and clients who successfully elevate brand and drive demand. Sponsored by the Business Marketing Associations New York City chapter, the competition will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2012.

Magnera has developed B2B programs for Catalyst since 2005, specializing in strategy development and customer relationship management. He brings a broad range of expertise to the ACE awards, including predictive analytics, Web analytics, lead generation and prospect nurturing, email marketing, creative development, search engine marketing (SEM), search engine optimization (SEO), non-profit marketing, and copywriting. His B2B client experience includes The Eastman Kodak Company, Heraeus Kulzer, ITT, Pitney Bowes, Weyerhaeuser, Carestream Health, and Xeikon, among others.

Other 2012 ACE judges include Lisa Abbatello, Leo Burnett; Jerry Canning, Google; Kathleen Delaney, AON Corporation; Dale Durrent, LinkedIn; John Favolo, Eric Mower and Associates; Marie MacLean, Pall Corporation; Dana Mangnuson, J.P. Morgan; Katerina Martchouk, Winsper Advertising; Nicola Morris, Verizon; Kathleen OMalley, OMalley Communications; Judy Pribe, Kodak; Joe Rivas, Y&R; Bruce Rogers, Forbes; Laura Rogers, Campbell-Ewald, and Keith Turco, GYRO NY.

For more information about the ACE awards, visit the BMA-NY at http://www.marketing.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=5509.

About the BMA-NY

The New York chapter of the Business Marketing Association, the largest association of B2B-centric marketers in the world, provides a like-minded community of New York area business professionals and numerous opportunities to network, exchange ideas, and learn from experienced experts. The community comprises a spectrum of marketing and communications disciplines, working with--and for--companies operating in complex industries in the fields of advertising, marketing management, research and data analysis, media relations, social media, direct marketing, product management, channel management and more.

About Catalyst

Catalyst (http://www.catalystinc.com) is a direct and digital marketing agency that helps clients acquire, retain and develop long-term relationships with their customers. We combine intellectual curiosity and inquisitiveness with hard-core analytics, deep customer insight and a measurement mindset to take the guesswork out of marketing decisions. We call it Science + Soul. Headquartered in Rochester, NY, our clients include AAA, Assurant Health, Eastman Kodak Company, First Niagara Financial Group, GE Money, Heraeus Kulzer, Neff Motivation Inc., Oreck, and Valvoline, among others.

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