Jim, CEO of The Benetech Initiative, is one of this year’s 25 recipients of the annual MacArthur Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each of the Fellows receives $500,000 in �??no strings attached�?� funding over the next five years.  If you don’t know Jim or his organization, check out The Benetech Initiative’s Web site at www.benetech.org. They’ve been doing awesome work over the last six years to develop cool technology solutions to address social needs (e.g. bookshare.org and Martus – a tool for human rights investigators).  Way to go Jim!

Our client Bread for the World has been honored with a GetActive "SuperStar" award for their redesigned bread.org. 

Bread was selected by GetActive’s clients, which includes over 800 organizations, in the category
"Best website using GetActive’s Website Management module."

Bread’s new site represents an enormous leap forward. As stated in their entry submission:

In 2005, www.bread.org went from a static site to a dynamic one driven by GetActive’s WSM. With the help of consultants from Beaconfire, we completely revamped the information architecture and the look to make the site cleaner, the navigation more transparent, and the information easier to find for both new and returning visitors. The response has been overwhelmingly enthusiastic.

Congratulations, Bread!