We are pleased to announce the launch of our NEW Company!

Rob Sherrington and I have joined together our knowledge and industry experience , 38 years combined , to build a NEW and EXCITING recognition and architectural signage solutions company.
Sherrington Douglas is a company that has been built entirely to better meet the needs of our customers.
Our capabilities are as varied as are our Design, Fabrication and Installation partners. The organizations and people with whom we have aligned ourselves are touted as the best in their respective industry.
We welcome your enquiries and look forward to working with you in the near future.
Sincerely,
Steve Douglas

Steve Douglas
steve@sherringtondouglas.com

Sherrington Douglas Associates Inc.
338 Reynolds Street, Unit #2
Oakville ON L6J 3L8
C 416-919-7469 T 905-337-7446 F 905-337-7448

Recognition & Signage Solutions

In 2009, the only constant was change. After such uncertainty, The Goldie Company is asking senior executives in non-profit organizations across the country to share their predictions, hopes and fears for 2010.

All organizations that participate will receive a report on the overall findings.

We encourage you to take part in this project by filling out the easy to complete online survey, which can be accessed via the following link:

www.collis-reed.com/outlook2010

We thank you in advance for your participation and look forward to sharing the results with you.

Matt Damon promoting his OneXOne Foundation provides an interesting example of a major gift ask. Check out this clip… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJQZXnVrtpM

I would like to extend congratulations to Maureen O’Leary and her staff for receiving the Luc Vanneste Award from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario! The Luc Vanneste Award recognizes the Area Office staff and volunteer team that works together to best:

· Meet the Area Office revenue goals and grow core programs of Jump, BB, P2P, Fit and Hoops;

· Build strong volunteer teams;

· Demonstrate innovation and

· Enhance the Foundation’s profile and awareness in the community.

A few highlights of their successes this year include:

· Exceeded their overall revenue goal with a 15% increase over F08. Exceeded revenue goals in BB, P2P/HM, Fit and grew Jump by 6%

· Strong leadership volunteer support including a Heart Month committee that makes recruitment calls, organizes orientation sessions and wrap up events and leads media and awareness activities

· Had a 27% increase in P2P leadership volunteers

· Developed strong partnership with local company (AIC) who do 15000 P2P telerecruitment calls, contact Walk participants and sponsor the event and host BB event day.

Great work Maureen!

I came across an interesting article that lays out a winnning formula for using Social Media to promote your organization. It goes some thing like this: 

 Goals + Urgency + Communications =  Giving

Check out the article here…
http://http://flip.onphilanthropy.com/online/2009/08/using-the-social-media-snowball-formula.html