November, 2009

Dede Wilsey - A woman with positivity and passion for fundraising

November 29th, 2009 November 29th, 2009
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With her tremendous experience and passion for fundraising for over thirty years, Dede Wilsey proves to be an authentic choice of all organisations. She has been a true mentor for the UCSF Medical Centre latest project that involves building a hospital complex and raising close to $600 million. With her dedication and hard work she’s helping them reach their goals to transform the UCSF’s hospital project in to one exceptional moment in the medical history in the Bay area and around the world

Born in a family acquiring power and wealth, Dede Wilsey intellectual styles of fund raising comes naturally as being one of the successful philanthropic of recent times. Her late husband Al Wilsey, was also a reputed philanthropist who helped her gain immense experience within this generous field.

Dede Wilsey positive attitude and leadership qualities led her to be the president of the board of trustees of the Fine Arts museums of San Francisco. She achieved to raise more than $200 million in fund raising from more than 7,000 private donors to rebuild the Young Museum in the Golden Gate Park. In addition she has also served on many philanthropic projects including the San Francisco opera, the San Francisco Ballet and the capital campaigns for Grace Cathedral.

 

Sam Foti: A man of many skills

November 24th, 2009 November 24th, 2009
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Sam Foti has achieved much in his professional career in the past three odd decades in the Insurance and Financial markets industry. He has championed many initiatives that were substantive, large in scale as well as quite risky, considering the time and setting under which these were carried out.

He has completed various acquisitions, product enhancements, vision re-direction as well as made sure that Operations were as smooth as possible. He has been able to use smooth operations as a core competency of his company, often envied by competitors for the industry position and market share the company enjoys.

One of his most impressive achievements is revamping of the distribution networks that has really given the company he works for a head start when it comes to smooth delivery of products and services and lesser lead time. This lends to greater customer satisfaction. Many kudos have been given to Samuel J. Foti for his ambitious drive and motivation to make his company the best in the business, placing it not only on the map of the US industry but also worldwide.  Samuel Foti  is Chief Operating Officer at the MONY Group, headquartered in New York City.

From penny foolish to pound wise

November 19th, 2009 November 19th, 2009
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I never learned Budgeting from home or at school, something which caused me a lot of financial problems after I started living on my own after graduation. I knew I had to save some of my meager salary, but I didn’t know how.

 

A colleague suggested I try Mvelopes, an online system that helps clueless people like me create a  Personal Budget  which is both secure from prying eyes as well as very helpful in managing money and allocating financial resources. I had nothing to lose, but I slowly realized how much I was to gain from this service.

 

All my bank accounts were added on to the system, and smaller accounts, or envelopes, were set for each expense. This way I was able to avoid extra costs that would drag me back to being penniless before the month ended. With a click of a button on my mobile phone or computer, I was able to access my account anywhere and at anytime, which helped me a lot with shopping decisions.

 

My family also started a Family Budget with Mvelopes so as to track their expenses and collect enough for their retirement.

Steel athlete aided in getting me to college!

November 19th, 2009 November 19th, 2009
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Playing football at high school, a few friends who also played with me suggested that we create profiles on Steel Athlete’s website. Rick (one of my football friends) has an elder brother who goes to a private liberal arts college in California, and he’s on football scholarship there. My mom really wanted me to go to college, but we couldn’t afford to. I decided to try for College Football Recruiting, it being my best bet for a college education. I met many recruiters who came for High School Football Recruiting, but in such instances not enough time is available for them to get to know me and my academic and sport credentials.

Signing up on Steel athlete helped organize my entire profile, making it quick and easy to send for Sports Recruiting to college football coaches. Through Steel Athlete I discovered a large number of opportunities to play football – a lot more than I initially thought were possible. Making a profile on the website instantly enabled me to market myself to a host of American college football coaches quickly. Because the number of coaches I could contact was many, my chances of acquiring a football scholarship increased too.

 

Easy to adjust and convenient to use

November 19th, 2009 November 19th, 2009
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My grandson gave me this hearing aid last Christmas saying he did not want me to take any pains to Buy Hearing Aids , or spend time looking for the right one. At that time I thought a hearing aid was itself a pain because I remember what expenses, hassles and pains we went through when my husband was getting one for himself. I must say that I was baffled at this little thing which was nothing like the Hearing Aids of the past. This hearing aid is simple and convenient. It does not need any appointments and visits to the doctors. The device can be easily adjusted and fixed. The programs have already been configured and the sizing is so simple to adjust that even I learned it within a day. This Digital Hearing Aid is small and easy to handle. It is so small that it can not be noticed unlike the traditional hearing aids and it is also very comfortable to use with no such irritation in the ear. I can now sit even in my terrace with no worry to miss phone calls as the device works well both in noisy and quiet environments.

 

 

Good reasons to set up a Virtual Private Network.

November 13th, 2009 November 13th, 2009
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1.    You can remote access any PC using your favorite remote screen software like Remote Desktop Connection, UltraVNC, etc.
2.    You can remotely open your shared drives directly from Windows Explorer or map remote shares on your local computer.
3.    Open documents directly from within your applications (such as Microsoft Word or Excel), even if you’re away from the office
4.    Take your music & movies with you.  Play your files directly from your remote computer.
5.    You can Print local documents on your remote printer.

To set up your own VPN visit vedivi.com and test drive WebPoint VPN.