SmartSimple at the 2014 Fall Conference for Community Foundations
From October 19th until October 22nd,
our SmartSimple sales team got to hang out with the movers and shakers of the
community foundations world at the 2014 Fall Conference for Community
Foundations.
Symbolically hosted in Cleveland, Ohio – the birthplace
of the community foundation – by the Council on Foundations, this conference celebrated
100 years of people working together to create dynamic local neighbourhoods.
First conceived as a notion by Frederick Goff in 1914, his ground-breaking initiative,
the Cleveland Foundation, was developed to inspire people to take charge and develop
communities they were proud to call home. Since then, millions of people around
the world have become active in improving and building their neighbourhoods,
from Germany to New Zealand and from Mozambique to Egypt.
Alas, this year’s event marked the final Fall Conference
for Community Foundations, so we’re glad we were able to attend. The SmartSimple
booth, located on the second floor of the Cleveland Convention Center, had a
good deal of traffic, giving both Gary Modin and Bennett Schwab, our Directors
of Business Development, an opportunity to meet and greet old colleagues and
new.
“One of the reasons I love attending these events is not
only for the opportunity to introduce the power of SmartSimple’s web-based
software to people who have never tried our products, but to talk to current clients
and hear how well SmartSimple is working for them and their teams. It makes me
feel absolutely fantastic, knowing we’re really helping grant makers streamline
their processes and engage their applicants and grantees,” says Bennett.
We still have a few events lined up before the end of
2014. This week, we’re attending the inaugural Corporate Social
Responsibility Summit in Toronto on October 29th and 30th,
then it’s off to Chicago for our first ever SmartSimple Community Conference,
in partnership with Chicago Community Trust, on Wednesday, November 5th. Be sure to
also look for us at the TAG 2014
Annual Conference being held in Aventura, Florida from November 10th
to November 13th!
Keep up to date on where we are, where we’ve been and
where we’re going by visiting the SmartSimple
website. Interested in having a personal demonstration? Just click on the Request a Demo link and
we’ll set one up with you!
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