The winners of the 2nd annual Technology
Innovation Award:Digital Makeover were announced in front of 600+
guests at the 2nd annual Aidmatrix Digital Ball fundraising gala at Dallas Market
Center last November. The 2013 grand-prize winner was MISSION POSSIBLE
KIDS, an organization that creates both local and global service projects
for children, empowering them to change the world by helping others. New Friends New Life,
an organization that restores and empowers formerly trafficked girls and
sexually exploited women and their children, received the runner-up prize.
As the grand-prize winner, MISSION POSSIBLE KIDS will
receive a social media makeover to help the organization build a more robust
online presence, enhancing the organization’s reach and advancing its mission
of building the next generation of leaders, volunteers and philanthropists.
Other options for the grand prize included a new website/website redesign, a
website upgrade to HTML5, website mobile enablement, stable & secure
assessment, or online event management tool. As runner-up, New Friends New Life
will receive the Aidmatrix online event management suite, to help the
organization more effectively manage fundraising events via a single online
solution.
Aidmatrix takes great pride in this worthy cause of honoring
local Texas nonprofits and the Technology Innovation Award is a noteworthy
element of the Aidmatrix Digital Ball evening. The 2013 award was
sponsored by Accenture, with additional support from Microsoft and Avanade.
Aidmatrix was honored to receive so many qualified applications for the Award’s
second year, and received many worthy and compelling Texas nonprofit
applications.
After a preliminary round of assessments, the TIA Judging
Panel reviewed and scored the applicants to determine three finalists. During
the in-person judging session, the three finalists made a presentation to the
judging panel, followed by a brief Q&A session. With three outstanding
contenders, choosing the prize recipients was challenging, but the judges were
able to evaluate each of the finalists and name the grand-prize and runner-up
winners of the 2013 Award.
The panel of judges included representatives from Accenture,
Avanade and Microsoft, along with Steve Holland of 7-Eleven, Inc., Michael Dunn
of Dex Media, Relle Howard of Flowserve, Barbara Adams and Edward Marx of Texas
Health Resources, and Travis Crenshaw of United Surgical Partners
International.
Representatives from both organizations were in attendance
at the Aidmatrix Digital Ball, where their names were announced on-stage during
the event presentation. Both organizations have begun development for their
respective prizes, and Aidmatrix looks forward to sharing the results of their
successes and impact in the coming months.
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