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Non-Profits Win Big with Conduit-Powered Community Toolbars.


Unprecedented face-time drives community activism and bolsters fundraising

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- Conduit, a breakthrough marketing platform for creating community toolbars that drive traffic and loyalty, today announced the availability of Conduit toolbars for non-profit organizations A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. . Now organizations seeking to increase campaign awareness, encourage community participation and drive fundraising have a powerful solution to get it done. Since it's completely free, hosted and does not require technical skills, Conduit is an ideal solution for resource-challenged non-profit organizations.

Conduit's non-profit customers are using their community toolbars to promote activism, raise awareness and generate critical actions - from fundraising to petition signing. Several Conduit customers are seeing definitive results.

Greenpeace International, a renowned global environmental organization, launched the Greenpeace toolbar A row or column of on-screen buttons used to activate functions in the application. Many toolbars are customizable, letting you add and delete buttons as required. Toolbars may be fixed in position or may float, which means they can be dragged to a more convenient location in the  to ignite activism amongst its members. The toolbar accomplishes this by delivering traffic to specific Greenpeace destinations, such as petitions, action alerts and news. Results have been strong and include a substantial toolbar user base, increased readership of Greenpeace news and strong community building. In addition, Greenpeace blogs and related Greenpeace sites, such as Defending Our Oceans and Defending the Whales, continue to experience accelerated traffic from toolbar users. Download the Greenpeace Toolbar at http://greenpeaceinternational.ourtoolbar.com

"We use the Greenpeace toolbar to keep our online activists informed about breaking news and urgent action alerts, right from their browsers. It's a great community builder and way to keep in touch with the people who make our campaigns for a green and peaceful world Peaceful World is a double-LP by rock band The Rascals, which was released in 1971. In August of 1970, Eddie Brigati left the band, and guitarist Gene Cornish left the following month.  successful," said Brian Fitzgerald Brian Fitzgerald (born March 1 1947) is an Irish Independent politician. He was a Labour Party Teachta Dála for Meath from 1992 to 1997.

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, chief web editor, Greenpeace International.

IFAW IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare (animal protection group) , the International Fund for Animal Welfare, launched the Animal Activism Bar to raise funds for animals in distress around the world and to keep supporters up-to-date on breaking news. Their community toolbar continues to build a strong base of active users who demonstrate unprecedented participation in IFAW campaigns. Due to the remarkable results, IFAW is now deploying toolbars in additional languages. Download the Animal Activism Bar at http://ifaw.ourtoolbar.com.

"Conduit makes it easy for people to get involved in IFAW campaigns to save animals and protect their habitats. Our members use the toolbar to stay informed, raise money and communicate about important animal welfare issues," remarked Mike Mahoney Mike Mahoney (born December 5, 1972 in Des Moines, Iowa), is a Major League baseball catcher, formerly with the St. Louis Cardinals. He made his Major League debut on September 8, 2000 with the Chicago Cubs, and after two seasons in Chicago, he was released and eventually signed , creative strategist strat·e·gist  
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, International Fund for Animal Welfare. "The toolbar gives them multiple ways to stay up-to-date and engaged in our campaigns whenever they're online."

"Non-profits thrive based on community support and action. Conduit has been designed to foster real-time community conversation and communication," said Ronen Shilo, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Conduit. "Conduit transforms the relationship between a non-profit and its supporters by delivering unprecedented face-time for free."

Creating a community toolbar for non-profit organizations is quick, easy and completely free. Organizations can create a community toolbar with relevant content, commerce and community components including; one-click fundraising, community search, RSS-driven action alerts, petition signing, community chat, podcasts, email notifier, news ticker This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. , weather, radio and more. Create a free toolbar for your organization at www.conduit.com.

About Conduit

Conduit is a breakthrough marketing platform for creating community toolbars that drive traffic and loyalty by enabling publishers to persistently connect and engage with their user community via the browser. Conduit delivers unprecedented community loyalty and site traffic for over 125,000 publishers, including major brands such as Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation).
Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball.
, Fox Carolina TV, Greenpeace, REMAX, Blogdigger and small and medium publishers in 112 countries around the globe. Conduit's innovative search monetization model allows the service to be completely free and without adware, malware (MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan.  and spyware. The company is privately-held with headquarters in Israel and Redwood Shores, CA. For more information about Conduit, visit www.conduit.com or email info@conduit.com.
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