Neighborhood America
| Neighborhood America logo | |
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Naples, Florida, USA |
| Key people | Kim Patrick Kobza, President & CEO David Bankston, EVP & CTO Dan Miller, EVP Jim Haughwout, VP & CIO Tom Edwards, VP Sales & Mktg |
| Industry | Computer Software Enterprise Social Software Enterprise 2.0 Government 2.0 Cloud Computing Software as a Service |
| Website | www.neighborhoodamerica.com |
Neighborhood America specializes in developing and supporting enterprise social software solutions for business and government customers. The Company markets its solutions to the Enterprise 2.0 and Government 2.0 industries. Co-founded in 1999 by Kim Patrick Kobza and David Bankston, Neighborhood America is a privately funded company headquartered in Naples, Florida.
Company Timeline
1999 - Company co-founded by Kim Patrick Kobza and David Bankston. Initial focus is on the public sector, and early projects include public outreach for Golden Gate Park, the Stapleton Airport, and the Erie Canal.
2001 - The nation responds to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 with a unified voice[1]. Neighborhood America’s solution becomes the technology[2] supporting public outreach for Imagine New York[3], an initiative that unites the public and - through media, celebrity endorsements and public service announcements [4] - invites citizens to share ideas for memorializing the World Trade Center. Shortly after, Neighborhood America's technology is selected to support public outreach for a design competition for the Flight 93 National Memorial[5].
2004 - Neighborhood America and IBM reach a business partner agreement, whereby the two companies will serve the public sector with a jointly branded product, the IBM – Neighborhood America Public Comment Service [6].
2006 - Neighborhood America acquires MOVO Mobile in October to expand its online platform to include mobile social network communities[7].
2008 - In February, company releases ELAvate, its newest enterprise social networking platform. In May, ELAvate is named among the SIIA CODiE Awards winners as ‘best social networking solution[8].
2009 - (January) Enhances social computing solutions with development of Business Services.[9]
(March) Neighborhood America becomes Microsoft Certified Partner and supports Microsoft’s first Gov 2.0 community.[10]
(May) Company’s ELAvate platform wins second consecutive CODiE Award by the SIIA for ‘best social networking solution’.[11]
(June) Enhances platform with introduction of company's data warehouse and social analytics for greater business intelligence.
Solutions
Neighborhood America’s ELAvate platform is a web application delivered through a Software as a Service model that enables organizations to create a brand community. Neighborhood America solutions provide the Web 2.0 tools expected in a community building platform:
- Conversations facilitated through blogs, wikis, forums, online chat and messaging.
- Ability to manage all forms of user-generated content, including mobile content, with video conversion to standard Flash Video.
- Collaboration software to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and peer-to-peer reviews with ratings and rankings (reputation system), member profiles, tagging and search.
- Contextual advertising and multiple ad revenue placements.
To service enterprise needs, the solution also offers:
- Service Oriented Architecture to allow applications to be delivered via ‘building blocks’ so that customers can deploy software modules quickly, whether market or event-driven. [12]
- Open API, important when integrating enterprise social software into existing systems like Customer Relationship Management (Social CRM).[13]
- Data Warehouse that enables deep analytics and reporting to gain business intelligence
With the social networking applications of ELAvate at the core of its offerings, the company offers the following Business Services to meet specific business needs:
REVEAL – ideation (idea generation)
CAPTURE – user generated content
UNIFY – public comment
MOVO – mobile marketing
CONVERGE – a complete brand community
Awards
2009 Codie Awards Winner of 'Best Social Networking' Solution [11], SIIA
2009 Communicator Awards, Winner of Five Gold Communicator Awards for Marketing Excellence [14].
2008 Codie Awards Winner of 'Best Social Networking' Solution [8], SIIA
2007 Global Award for 'Best Use of Mobile Marketing, Cross-Media Integration'[15] - (Adidas, Isobar Communications, Neighborhood America) by Mobile Marketing Association
2007 IBM Top Star Award
2007 BPT Partners[16] Steppin' Out Award Finalist[17]
2003 American Planning Association (APA) American Vision Award for Imagine New York[18]
External links
- Neighborhood America
- The Neighborhood America Video Story
- MOVO Mobile - Neighborhood America's Mobile Solution Website
References
- ↑ [1], Benedetto, Richard and Patrick O'Driscoll, "Poll Finds a United Nation", USA Today, Sep 16, 2001. Accessed February 25, 2008
- ↑ [2], Imagine New York Published Report with Credits
- ↑ [3], Imagine New York Website
- ↑ [4], Imagine New York Public Service Announcement
- ↑ [5], Lake, Alison, "Field of Honor", Public CIO Nov 10, 2006. Accessed February 23, 2008
- ↑ [6], IBM - Neighborhood America Public Comment Service
- ↑ [7], Wood, Cara, "Neighborhood America Buys MOVO Mobile", DM News, Oct 4, 2006. Accessed February 23, 2008
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 [8], SIIA, 2008 Codie Award Winners
- ↑ [9], Bradley, Anthony, "Moving Beyond Social Software Suites to Virtual Neighborhoods", Gartner, February 10, 2009. Accessed July 23, 2009
- ↑ [10], Microsoft Public Sector On Demand
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 [11], SIIA, 2009 Codie Award Winners
- ↑ [12], Gibbs, Mark "Neighborhood America-Customer Touch Specialists", Network World, Mar 19, 2007. Accessed July 23, 2009.
- ↑ [14], 2009 Communicator Awards
- ↑ [15], Mobile Marketing Association Announces 2007 Global Award Winners
- ↑ [16], BPT Partners Website
- ↑ [17], Sims, David "Paul Greenberg, BPT Announce Steppin' Out", TMCnet, Feb 20, 2007. Accessed February 25, 2008.
- ↑ [18], American Planning Association, 2003 National Planning Award Winners
If you like SEOmastering Site, you can support it by - BTC: bc1qppjcl3c2cyjazy6lepmrv3fh6ke9mxs7zpfky0 , TRC20 and more...
