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Announcing “100% For the Holidays”!

Monday, November 30th, 2009

SEATTLE – American charities have weathered a significant drop in giving this year, and while they’re hoping for a holiday miracle, a recent survey shows they will probably see a decrease in year-end generosity. In light of the economic downturn, only 38 percent of Americans say they are more likely to give a charitable gift as a holiday present this year, compared to 49 percent last year, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive to be released Monday. Some of the biggest U.S. charities say they are budgeting for a disappointing Christmas.—The Associated Press, November 16, 2009

Many nonprofits are feeling the pinch from today’s challenging economic climate.  As the excerpt above from the Associated Press poll shows, the tough times are impacting charities’ fundraising efforts and their supporters’ donation levels, even during the traditional year-end season of giving.

However, there is some good news to report: In response to the fundraising challenges faced by nonprofits and schools, during the month of December, GlobalMojo will donate 100% of the revenue generated by our users to their chosen causes!

During the “100% For the Holidays” campaign, starting on cyber Monday, November 30th through December 31, 2009, GlobalMojo will donate 100% of the revenue generated by our users to their chosen causes. After December 31, 2009, 50% of generated revenue will go to users’ chosen causes.

Nonprofits aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch. Consumers are also looking for ways to be generous without spending more than they’ve budgeted for the holidays. Fortunately GlobalMojo offers powerful tools for your holiday shopping, that will help you quickly find exactly what you need (at the best prices) and raise more money for your favorite nonprofit:

We invite you to visit www.globalmojo.com to learn more about the GlobalMojo browser, and how we’re helping nonprofits and their supporters browse with purpose.

Note: If you are a nonprofit or school, please visit our nonprofit services pages to learn how you can maximize GlobalMojo as a free fundraising tool during the holidays and beyond.

Happy Holidays!

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Thank you.

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, which puts us in the mood to show our appreciation for all the good things we have.  All of us at GlobalMojo have a lot to be thankful for; and much of that is thanks to you. We’d like to send out a big “Thank you!” to all of our friends, family, partners and supporters for helping us create a browser and a company that can make the world a better place for everyone.

That’s why we created the “100% For the Holidays” campaign, with 100% of the revenue generated by GlobalMojo users through December 31, 2009, going to their selected causes. We can do a lot of good this holiday season, so help us spread the Mojo!

And thanks again for being part of GlobalMojo as we change the rules of the Internet—for good!

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GlobalMojo donates 100% gross revenue for The Holidays!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

Don’t look now, but we are officially in the holiday season—hey, the decorations are up everywhere, so it must be true! You know what that means—time to head out to the local mall in rain or snow, compete to get the last parking space, and then battle the hordes of shoppers to find that perfect gift.

Or….you could stay warm and dry at home, curl up with your laptop and something hot to drink, and make your own personal Santa do all the hard work— or as we call it, GlobalMojo Comparison Shopping.

The GlobalMojo Comparison Shopping feature saves you time, money and also generates money for your favorite causes. Enter your shopping information once and search simultaneously from from over 900 merchants! Getting started is easy:GlobalMojo Shopping

  • Click on the GlobalMojo Comparison Shopping button and enter your shopping criteria.
  • You can refine your search based on pricing, favorite stores, discounts offered, brands and more.
  • See how much money your favorite cause will receive from each purchase.

As our holiday gift to our nonprofit partners and schools, GlobalMojo has created the “100% For the Holidays” campaign, and we will donate 100% of the revenue generated by you, from CyberMonday on November 30 through December 31, 2009.  After December 31, 2009, GlobalMojo will continue to donate 50% of the revenue generated to your favorite charity.

When you use GlobalMojo Comparison Shopping for your holiday purchases, you can be confident you’re paying the lowest price, and helping your favorite causes at the same time! GlobalMojo is the easiest way to make sure everyone has a happy holiday season.

Happy Shopping!

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Happy Birthday Firefox

Friday, November 13th, 2009

Happy Birthday FirefoxAll of us here at GlobalMojo want to wish the Firefox browser a happy 5th birthday! Five years ago Mozilla debuted what would become one of the most popular web browsers and open source experiments—one that would be embraced by over a billion people around the world.

At GlobalMojo we think very highly of the Firefox browser — so much so that we built the GlobalMojo browser using the Firefox browser code architecture. We couldn’t do what we do without relying on Mozilla’s accomplishments that have proven that open-source software is every bit as good—if not better—than the alternatives. Mozilla has led the way in this effort to create and promote the Internet as an open platform, and we applaud them for their accomplishments.

In addition to appreciating their powerful open source software, we are proud to partner with Mozilla because their values so closely mirror our own — both Mozilla and GlobalMojo believe in the power of technology to enrich people’s lives. Using the Firefox browser architecture as a strong foundation, we have added powerful tools that give people a rewarding web browsing experience while generating money for their favorite causes. We’re also proud to feature the Mozilla Foundation as one of our featured causes (Support Technology With Social Value); if you don’t know who to Mojo for, consider supporting the Mozilla Foundation in their ongoing efforts to make the Internet a better experience for all of us!

Happy 5th birthday, Firefox!

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Featured Cause: Whatcom Middle School

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

whatcommiddleschoolAs many of you have heard, Whatcom Middle School in Bellingham, WA caught on fire on Thursday, November 5th. The 106-year-old school building’s roof collapsed during a fire displacing hundreds of students.  Two of those students happen to be the 11-year-old twin nieces of one of our GlobalMojo team members, Emily Hine. After the fire, the twins called Emily to see if GlobalMojo could help the school, and the answer was, “Of course!” We are happy to help kick off/contribute to the fundraising efforts in the following ways, and invite others to join us in supporting the WMS fire recovery efforts.

Here’s how people can help:

1.  GlobalMojo has set up a custom Internet browser specifically for Whatcom Middle School. Supporters of Whatcom Middle School browser can generate revenue for the school fire recovery efforts simply by downloading the customized browser and by doing what they do online every day—search, shop and make travel arrangements.  When you download and use the Whatcom Middle School browser at http://globalmojo.com/whatcommiddleschool, GlobalMojo will donate 100% of the gross revenue generated from your daily browsing activities to the fire recovery efforts through the end of 2009. After that, we will continue to donate 50% of the gross revenue generated by Whatcom Middle School supporters.

You can download the full browser or add-on for *Firefox and help us support Whatcom Middle School, by visiting this custom link: http://globalmojo.com/whatcommiddleschool .

2.  We are also pleased to kick off the fundraising efforts by making a cash donation of $500. To encourage additional support, GlobalMojo will match another company’s donation of up to $500 to WMS. Donations can be made to the Whatcom Middle School Fund at the Whatcom Community Foundation website: www.whatcomcf.org .

3.  Please spread the word to everyone you know by sharing this blog. If every alumni, parent, grandparent, uncle or aunt who knows a student or teacher impacted by this loss makes a donation and encourages their company to step forward to make a donation, we can help the students and teachers rebuild what they’ve lost in the tragic fire at Whatcom Middle School.

Let’s rally the community to help the students, teachers and recovery efforts of Whatcom Middle School!

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Featured Cause: Stand Up Against Poverty!

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Stand Up Against Poverty
For the fourth consecutive year, millions of people around the world will “Stand Up and Take Action” to demand that world leaders end poverty and achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

In September 2000, 189 world leaders adopted the MDGs as part of the Millennium Declaration at the United Nations Millennium Summit. The MDGs offer us a roadmap to end poverty and its root causes.

The MDG’s set an unprecedented global framework for development that is a crucial step towards ending poverty and inequality by 2015.

The eight MDG goals include:
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Last year, a record-breaking 116 million people stood up and took action to end poverty and help achieve these Goals. This movement has set a new Guinness World Record for the largest mobilization around a single cause in recorded history.

However, this is a time of extraordinary challenge. The global financial crisis is having a devastating impact on the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, and the climate crisis threatens to undo the gains that have been made towards achieving the MDGs. With only six years left to the 2015 deadline, no region is on track to achieve their goals.

We must make fulfilling the MDGs an urgent priority, and ‘Stand Up, Take Action’ is a vital opportunity to send a clear directive to world leaders to deliver on the promise they made to the world’s people to usher in a new era of equality, health, and prosperity.

Join GlobalMojo to Stand Up Against Poverty!

GlobalMojo was created with one purpose – to find innovative uses for technology that will help make the planet a better place. Although we are currently an American company, we support the valuable work done internationally every day. However, once you start thinking about “helping the world,” it’s easy to become overwhelmed with the number of amazing organizations in the U.S. and abroad.  We’ve  made it easier for you—, simply visit our Featured Causes area on the GlobalMojo website to support United Nation’s Millennium Goals every day when you browse.

Start Right Now!

  1. Support the UN Millennium Goals by making one of the valuable organizations under GlobalMojo Featured Causes your primary cause!
  2. Join the Stand Up Against Poverty Event on October 16-18th.  Click here to find an event in your area.

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GlobalMojo Featured Cause: Free The Children

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

On Tuesday, September 29th, two members of our GlobalMojo Seattle team (Emily & Laura) headed up to Vancouver, BC to host a sponsor booth at We Day!

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A Free The Children initiative, We Day is like a rock concert for social change, celebrating the power of young people to change the lives of others. It brings together some of Canada’s top social issues speakers and entertainers to the stage, in front of a roaring audience of 16,000 student leaders who want to change the world. Hundreds of thousands more tune in online to watch it live.

Speakers at We Day

Speakers at We Day

We Day in Vancouver had a series of inspirational and motivational speeches by leaders in social issues, activism, and entertainment.  Students were asked to participate in Free The Children’s 10 by Ten Campaign – raising funds to develop 10 full communities overseas, and volunteer one million hours by 2010.

Mojo Banner from We Day

Mojo Banner from We Day

As a sponsor for the event, we created an interactive Mojo Lounge (complete with disco ball) and asked students:

“If you could change one thing in the world what would it be?”
In other words “Who would you Mojo for?”

We captured their responses on a giant mural.  The students were a really engaged group and we loved hearing about the issues that are most important to them.  We’ve posted some pictures from the event on the GlobalMojo Facebook page, and video to come soon.

GlobalMojo is thrilled to be collaborating with Me To We and Free The Children to provide a co-branded GlobalMojo browser.  The browser will not only help their organization raise funds to build schools and assist in providing clean water to impoverished areas, but it also keeps their mission in front of their members and fans every day.  GlobalMojo and Me to We have a lot in common.  Both companies are a new kind of social enterprise for people who want to help change the world with their daily choices.  You can download the customized Me to We browser (powered by GlobalMojo) at:

www.globalmojo.com/metowe

Thanks to all of the amazing staff and volunteers of Free the Children for making We Day in Vancouver so inspiring!

P.S. Join the movement and watch the We Day events online: www.ctv.ca/weday

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