NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
May 1, 2009
SharePoint Saturday D.C. Hosts Charity Food Drive Contest: 20 Winners Will Receive Consultation with Top SharePoint Experts
Thirty SharePoint Saturday D.C. speakers donate their time to benefit local charities in Northern Virginia.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — SharePoint Saturday D.C. is hosting a charity food drive contest April 24 through May 2, 2009 to benefit local charities, including The Salvation Army and The Good Shepherd Alliance, Inc. The top 20 people to donate the most canned goods will receive a free one-hour consultation with an industry-leading SharePoint Saturday D.C. speaker.
The contest is open to anyone who would like to donate canned food items, not just those who attend the SharePoint Saturday D.C. event. Winners will be announced at the SharePoint Saturday D.C. event on May 2 at 6 p.m. (EDT), as well as through Twitter via @SPSaturday_DC. Participants do not have to be present at the event to win.
To enter, bring your donations on May 2 to the SharePoint Saturday D.C. event, held at the Microsoft Technology Center on Sunset Hills Road Reston, Va., or mail your donations prior to the event to:
SPS DC
c/o Dux Raymond Sy
11654 Plaza America Drive
Suite 232
Reston, VA 20190 USA
SharePoint Saturday events are free one-day seminars developed by SharePoint professionals for SharePoint professionals. Sessions are led by industry experts who are on the cutting edge of the latest SharePoint trends and topics. SharePoint Saturday D.C. event organizer and participating
session speaker, Dux Raymond Sy, sees the charity food drive contest as an opportunity to harness the collaborative spirit of the SharePoint community and use it to benefit local charities whose food pantries are in need of replenishment.
“SharePoint Saturday D.C. is greatly leveraging collaborative technologies to involve the community in various ways,” said Dux Raymond Sy, managing partner of Innovative-e, Inc.
“We are using technology for multiple purposes, including surveying the SharePoint community to discover pain points, posting webcasts to provide additional resources and building support for a charity food drive.”
About Innovative-e, Inc.Innovative-e Inc. ( www.innovative-e.com) is a business consulting and technology services company that helps clients achieve tangible business results with Microsoft SharePoint solutions. Services include consulting, project management, application development, training, project transparency solutions, systems integration, and support. Innovative-e is known for thought leadership in the areas of applying SharePoint technologies to improve project management and for developing and promoting best practices for implementing SharePoint solutions (SharePoint for PM for SharePoint). Public and private sector enterprise clientele include Siemens Industry Inc.; Arlington County, Virginia; Washington D.C. Department of Transportation; Emory University; The National Institutes of Health (NIH); JK Moving & Storage, Inc.; Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC); AutoTrader.com; BlueLinx; and MorganFranklin. Innovative-e has locations in Atlanta, Ga., Reston, Va.; and Merritt Island, Fla. with technology delivery centers in Sri Lanka.
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