Philanthropy and Fundraising of North America

The launch of PFNA is supported by six years of worldwide research conducted to identify key behaviors nonprofits can adopt to dramatically increase fundraising income and supporter engagement to multiply societal impact.

WASHINGTON (PRWEB)
November 12, 2019

Recognizing a void in the fundraising industry, five nonprofit thought-leaders announce the formation of Philanthropy and Fundraising of North America, a transformational growth program designed for nonprofit executives.

Founded by Adrian Sargeant, Tina Hudgins, Kyla Shawyer, Geoff Peters and Alan Clayton, PFNA is focused on creating donor/supporter-centric philanthropic cultures while unifying the visions and structures of nonprofits to build success.

“As we work to identify and bring together the world’s leading nonprofits and changemakers to share and learn from each other, I see this as one of the important steps in helping to affect a much-needed mindset shift that will ignite transformational change across the social good ecosystem,” said Shawyer.

The launch of PFNA is supported by six years of worldwide research conducted by Sargeant and Clayton to identify key behaviors nonprofits can adopt to dramatically increase fundraising income and supporter engagement to multiply societal impact.

“We found the missions of our principal directors were uniquely aligned. We all want to change the way that philanthropy is experienced around the world and to make that experience more personally meaningful and fulfilling for the donors who offer it,” Sargeant said. “PFNA gives us the opportunity to take new science findings and plug them directly into the cutting-edge of professional practice to make that change a reality.”

“Having worked with a few leading nonprofit organizations to achieve transformative growth (e.g. doubling net revenue five years in a row), I was fascinated by Professor Sargeant’s ability to provide a construct for others to follow if they wanted to experience similar growth,” said Peters.

“We decided that working together, our experiences would provide strong case histories and understanding of how to help nonprofits in North America match their mission goals with the fundraising that enables them to achieve great things,” Clayton added.

The organization will guide and support nonprofits in achieving transformational growth through five channels:

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  A proprietary seminar program featuring interactive design techniques to teach both knowledge and behavioral design;
• Targeted research and organizational capacity-building services;
• Consulting services designed to ensure the organization finds and maintains focus and energy, and has the structures, plans and behavioral systems in place to maximize fundraising growth surge and sustain momentum;
• A first-of-its-kind co-creative service that partners professional, nonprofit-creative teams with internal staff teams to develop propositions, brands, campaigns and appeals to ensure measurable results;
• The world’s only Neuro-Fundraising Lab which uses the latest technology to test creative appeals with prospective donors to guide campaign decisions and predict successful results.

“Working with Alan and Adrian as a client was transformational,” said Hudgins, who previously served as director of fundraising and marketing at International Justice Mission. “By immediately applying lessons from their research and experience, our supporter sustainer program grew by more than 250%. Our teams became skilled, emotive storytellers and our increased focus on supporter experience led to greater retention and overall growth. Bringing this knowledge to more mission-based organizations will create greater revenue to transform programs.”

The first two-day Great Fundraising Masterclass seminar will debut in Washington D.C. on January 27 and 28. To reserve your space, please pre-register at philanthropyfundraising.com.

PFNA is based in Washington, D.C. and offers services to nonprofits throughout North America. Learn more at philanthropyfundraising.com.

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The deep operating backgrounds of these additions will enable us to build great teams, form powerful go-to-market models, and deliver strategic outcomes for the entrepreneurs we work with.

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB)
November 12, 2019

NightDragon Security, a dedicated cybersecurity investment firm, today announced the addition of Morgan Kyauk as Managing Director and the appointment of Jason Martin of FireEye, Dan Burns of Optiv, Matthew Gyde of NTT Security, and Andrew Howard of Kudelski Security to its advisory council.

Morgan is the former Vice President of Corporate Development at FireEye, where he was responsible for the evaluation, execution, and integration of all acquisition, investment, and strategic partnering activity for the company. Morgan worked with fellow NightDragon Managing Directors, Dave and Ken, to drive corporate development efforts at FireEye, leading up to the company’s IPO and through its transformative acquisitions. Morgan has also held corporate development leadership roles at a variety of companies within the enterprise software, infrastructure, and security sectors, including Dropbox, Juniper Networks, and HP. Morgan will be working with Dave and Ken on identifying and collaborating with entrepreneurs to grow the next generation of leading cybersecurity companies.

Jason is a seasoned technology executive and entrepreneur with over twenty years of cyber security experience. Jason is currently an Executive Vice President at FireEye where he has served in leadership roles in product management, R&D, engineering, and cloud operations. Prior to FireEye, he was President and CEO of SecureDNA (acquired by FireEye) which provided innovative security products and solutions to enterprises and government agencies throughout the United States and Asia. Jason also served as Chairman of Authy.com (acquired by Twilio) and currently sits on the advisory board for OneMedNet and the Board of Directors for ShieldX. Jason has also co-authored several books covering various cyber security domains and is co-founder of the ShakaCon security conference, which is focused on increasing knowledge sharing and collaboration within the security community.

Dan is the CEO of Optiv Security, which was created in 2015 as a result of the Accuvant and FishNet Security merger. From 2002, when he co-founded Accuvant, until 2012 when he assumed his position as the company’s first CEO, Dan served as Senior Vice President of Accuvant’s sales organization. In that role, he was responsible for strategic planning, sales growth, and problem resolution. Dan co-developed and helped to successfully execute on Accuvant’s initial vision – to build a company with the breadth, depth, and capabilities to address the information security needs of organizations worldwide – up until the merger with FishNet Security.

Matthew is the CEO of NTT Security, formerly known as Dimension Data’s Security Business Unit. Matthew is responsible for executing the organization’s security strategy, services and go-to-market strategy with the goal of building the world’s most recognized security brand supported by a team of highly talented security professionals. Matthew previously held the position of Group Executive of Security for Dimension Data. He held several roles during his tenure with Dimension Data. Prior to this, Matthew spent time in various security environments, from a client to a carrier to OEMs across Australia, Asia, and now global positions.

Andrew is the CEO of Kudelski Security, an independent Swiss provider of tailored cyber security solutions to enterprises and public sector institutions, with its U.S. headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona. Andrew has led the company’s technical strategy, product development, engineering and research, notably the launch of the IoT Security Center of Excellence, the delivery of Secure Blueprint, and the Blockchain Security Center. Previously, Andrew led an R&D laboratory focused on national defense challenges for the Georgia Tech Research Institute.

“Morgan’s corporate development experience and Jason’s product and technical vision will be immensely valuable for NightDragon companies. In addition, Dan, Matthew, and Andrew bring strong relationships that can provide a source for go-to-market scale and early insights of customer pain points,” said Dave DeWalt, Managing Director at NightDragon. The deep operating backgrounds of these additions will enable us to build great teams, form powerful go-to-market models, and deliver strategic outcomes for the entrepreneurs we work with.”

ABOUT NIGHTDRAGON SECURITY

NightDragon Security is an investment firm focused on investing in growth and late-stage companies within the cybersecurity industry. Its flexible model allows it to lead or co-invest alongside leading venture capital and private equity firms in the pursuit of driving growth and increasing shareholder value. NightDragon is unique in providing deep operational expertise in cybersecurity gained by its founders Dave DeWalt and Ken Gonzalez from years serving as senior executives leading technology companies such as Documentum, EMC, Siebel Systems (Oracle), McAfee, Mandiant, Avast, and FireEye.

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We would like to thank all of our fantastic employees and clients for their support in helping us win this award for the second time.

KITCHENER, Ontario (PRWEB)
November 12, 2019

ISU CORP, a leading custom software solutions enterprise, has announced that they have been awarded the Canadian Business Excellence Award for Private Businesses 2020 for the second time in row, presented by Excellence Canada.

The Canadian Business Excellence Awards for Private Businesses is a national award administered annually. This special designation recognizes businesses from all industries that demonstrate a strategic approach to successfully improving performance and achieving goals.

Excellence Canada’s mission is to help improve organizational performance and recognize excellence, with a vision to promote and enable excellence in every organization in Canada. Excellence Canada recognizes organizations that:

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  continually improve performance
• are innovative and customer focused
• are healthy, inclusive, and sustainable
• are economically, socially, and environmentally responsible

We would like to thank all of our fantastic employees and clients for their support in helping us win this award for the second time.

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About ISU Corp

We increase our clients profits with exceptional custom software solutions.

ISU Corp is proud to offer the best of the best with our specially selected IT professionals. Together, we bring a comprehensive team of individuals with experience in a wide variety of technologies. Our collective skill, discipline and perseverance ensure we successfully complete every project with total client satisfaction. We focus on our ability to adapt and overcome in any situation in a variety of industries. ISU Corp has experience working with organizations in insurance/finance, ecommerce, laboratory analytical solutions (LIMS), blockchain and artificial intelligence.

Our main focus is on our clients as they are the only reason we are in business. We always go the extra mile to ensure their satisfaction with our work. We think of our clients as our partners, and we strongly believe that if we help them succeed in their individual projects, we succeed with them.

We strive to create a win-win environment, where partnership, honesty and professionalism mandate every task we conduct for our clientele.

We are start-up specialists when it comes to software development and management. Our agile approach, doing small iterations at a time, ensures that we can review your business requirements on a weekly basis to better meet your company’s goals and expectations.

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