High Tech Firm Announces Winner of Social Media Contest

PRLog (Press Release) - Dec 15, 2009 -
Agoura Hills, California – In the spirit of the holidays, during November, IR Services announced an essay contest for non-profit organizations in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura counties. After reviewing submissions from non-profits with inspiring missions, Fostering Imagination was chosen to receive a complimentary social media marketing campaign corresponding to the value of $2,500. The campaign will be implemented by the marketing and social media team of IR Services during the first quarter of 2010.

Non-profits submitted essays that answered the question: “If Santa brought your non-profit a social media campaign as a holiday gift, what would you want it to accomplish in the short-term?” Highlights from the winning essay submitted by Fostering Imagination included, “Now that we’ve built a strong foundation after five years, we seek avenues to steer our organization on a continued growth path and expand our support base. A social media campaign could not have come to our aid at a better time. Apart from attracting more donors, we would also like to inspire committed individuals – especially youngsters seeking a career in non profit management. We would like to spread the word about the exciting opportunities within our organization – opportunities that will allow them to make a difference. Since we are a small organization, we are still in the very early phases of growth and development, but we would like to promote how satisfying and fulfilling it could be to work for a small organization as opposed to a large established non-profit.”

Fostering Imagination’s mission is to support foster youth and nurture their imagination, creativity, and talent by providing them with free enrichment and mentoring programs that enable them to make a successful transition to adulthood. The focus is on the kids who reside in smaller foster homes or group homes or with single families – kids who do not have access to outside support or extracurricular opportunities. Fostering Imagination is more than an organization – it is a family, providing a stable nurturing environment where youth learn about respect, responsibility, and perseverance. Working with caring mentors, Fostering Imagination’s kids are able to build their self-esteem, begin to mend their broken souls, and realize their true potential in order to become productive and happy members of our community.

“As experts in the online space, we are experiencing the incredible growth of social media firsthand, so it was a natural fit for us to offer our expertise to a deserving non-profit,” explained Brian Buell, Technical and Creative Director of IR Services.

“We look forward to working with Fostering Imagination to build the non-profit’s social media footprint and, in the process, attract donors and create awareness,” explained Debbie Laskey, Marketing and Social Media leader for IR Services.

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