Sunday, December 20, 2009

New Facebook Site Draws Attendees to Boys & Girls Club Charity Social

Portland-based Quango architecture + business helps the Boys & Girls Club of Portland plan against a $1 actor armamentarium adopting ambition by creating an avant-garde amusing networking attack on Facebook From endure year's experience, we accustomed that attendees appearance the Showcase as a fun black to affix with accompany over abundant wine and food This fabricated it an ideal bout for Facebook, area associates can RSVP, get updates, browse accident data and see which accompany and colleagues are planning on attending. Last year, Boys & Girls Club of Portland's Showcase of Wine & Cheese aloft $932,000; this year, our ambition is to accession over $1 actor to abutment our adolescence programs Quango's amusing networking attack allows us to accession the acquaintance of this above accident to advice the Boys & Girls Club accommodated our 2009 fundraising goal. Of Facebook's 150+ actor breath users, the boilerplate has 100 accompany on the site. This represents a huge abeyant basin for targeted business efforts We capital to crop advantage of the bang in online amusing networking to ability Portlanders who are absolutely absorbed in accepting complex in their community, what the Showcase offers, and Boys & Girls Club.

Portalnd, OR -- Quango launched a attack today through the amusing networking website Facebook to advice Boys & Girls Club of Portland addition appearance at their anniversary Showcase of Wine & Cheese. Boys & Girls Club of Portland, a non-profit alignment committed to enabling all adolescent humans to ability their abounding potential, seek to beat their 2008 fundraising goals. Portland-based Quango, an independent, full-service clear architecture agency specializing in artistic branding, business and alternate solutions, has lent its talents pro-bono to heighten acquaintance and access association accord in the event.

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A Chance to Connect

"From endure year's experience, we accustomed that attendees appearance the Showcase as a fun black to affix with accompany over abundant wine and food," said Dave Anolik, Quango Chief Creative Officer. "This fabricated it an ideal bout for Facebook, area associates can RSVP, get updates, browse accident data and see which accompany and colleagues are planning on attending."


The Guest List

Held anniversary February at the Portland Convention Center, the Showcase of Wine & Cheese is the antecedent fundraiser for Boys & Girls Club of Portland Metropolitan Area. Quango approached the Club with an avant-garde abstraction to bazaar their anniversary accident through a Facebook social networking campaign. While acceptable media buys acquiesce acceptance to a large, accepted audience, amusing networking campaigns ability specific, targeted demographics. Quango focused the Club's message, agreeable Facebook associates whose interests--such as accomplished dining, wine or accommodating work--align with the event.


$1 Million Goal

"Last year, Boys & Girls Club of Portland's Showcase of Wine & Cheese aloft $932,000; this year, our ambition is to accession over $1 actor to abutment our adolescence programs," says Daniel Laurendeau, Executive Development Officer of Boys & Girls Club of Portland. "Quango's amusing networking attack allows us to accession the acquaintance of this above accident to advice the Boys & Girls Club accommodated our 2009 fundraising goal."


Invitations to the Annual Showcase

Held at the Oregon Convention Center on Friday, February 20th, the anniversary Showcase presents over 250 varieties of wine, dozens of gourmet cheeses, hot hors d'oeuvres and added specialty foods. The Quango-designed invitations accredit any registered Facebook user to RSVP, comment, column links and see added attendees. The invitees are provided links to both the Boys & Girls Club of Portland Website, created pro bono by Quango in 2008, and the accident page hosted at: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=42981754491&ref=ts


Reaching Portlanders

"Of Facebook's 150+ actor breath users, the boilerplate has 100 accompany on the site. This represents a huge abeyant basin for targeted business efforts," says Anolik. "We capital to crop advantage of the bang in online amusing networking to ability Portlanders who are absolutely absorbed in accepting complex in their community, what the Showcase offers, and Boys & Girls Club."

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About Quango

Founded in Portland, Oregon in 2000, Quango Design + Marketing is an independent, full-service clear architecture agency specializing in artistic branding, business and alternate solutions. Serving a primarily high-tech clientele, Quango aswell provides artistic and cardinal business casework for audience in such assorted industries as alfresco appurtenances and apparel, music, entertainment, coffee and accumulated training. Quango has been ranked a allotment of the 50 Best Small Companies to Work for in Oregon for three years active by Oregon Business Magazine. Its audience cover Adidas, MTV, Portland Jazz Festival, Seagate, Sharp and Sony. Find out added about Quango at: http://quangoinc.com

About Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland

Begun in 1946, Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area has provided over 60 years of achievement and befalling to adolescent humans throughout their bounded communities. Boys & Girls Club of Portland's mission is to accredit all adolescent people, abnormally those who charge them most, to ability their abounding abeyant as productive, caring, amenable citizens. The Club offers programs and casework to advance and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a faculty of competence, usefulness, acceptance and influence. Find out added about Boys & Girls Club of Portland at http://www.bgcportland.org

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