Jackie Fame, founded by kid entrepreneurs Zachary Swauger (age 13) and Joshua Swauger (age 10), launched its initial Jackie Fame Network in January of 2011. After the positive response and tremendous membership growth, the brothers put a halt on growth initiatives while focusing on enhanced development efforts of its platform. With continued feedback for improvements from the FAME Kid Advisors, the brothers developed FAME 2.0 – a custom, feature rich, with a scalable network, infrastructure. Also, not surprisingly, Jackie Fame offers an interactive Android and iPhone mobile app available to download for free on over 2,500 wireless devices – FAME Mobile.

In 2011, the Swauger brothers also penned their first book in the “Kid2Kid Book Series” titled “Kid2Kid, Keepin’ It Safe Online” (ISBN: 9780615500256). This fun to read book about internet safety, which includes a chapter on anti-bullying, is now available at book stores, Barnes & Noble, Amazon, and public libraries.

As a complement to the book, they also launched their anti-bullying site “We Have the Power” – www.WeHaveThePower.net – which is a grass-roots effort encouraging kids to join together in the fight to end bullying.

“What we set out to do was build an awesome place on the web for kids to communicate, share and create new friendships, continue to develop our brandFAME and its superior lines of quality products, provide financial opportunity for our investor team, and prove to the admission officers at Stanford University that we have what it takes to be a Cardinal – in about 5 years,” said Joshua Swauger.

“FAME 2.0 is epic!” added Zachary Swauger. “Unlike many other social networks for kids and teens, with Jackie Fame there is no charge to be a member, no advertising in-your-face messages, and our members have the choice to be as private or as public as they want to on their page.” Initially, the system defaults to full privacy for all members to provide instant protection. “After that, it’s their choice who they friend,” added Zachary. In addition, users’ data and content is not sold to brands, advertisers, etc. “We ARE ‘the brand’ and with our merchant partners engaged with the FAME members via our FAME50 platform, coming soon – it’s really awesome.”

Jackie Fame’s BrandFAME will initially launch with the FAMEbody “body treats” personal care line and FAMEnails, the companies nail polish line, due to be in national retail store locations by Q4 2012. BrandFAME, the company’s apparel line is expected in stores by Q1 2013. All lines and been developed, branded, quality tested, and are now in the pre-sale process.

About Jackie Fame:
The Company continues to expand its Jackie Fame brand with the national retail launch of the “FAMEbody” personal care and cosmetic lines (www.ReadySetWow.net), BrandFAME apparel lines, www.FAME50.com merchant platform and Face-the-Fame; FAME America! the online music & talent contest for kids is launching in 2012.

To learn more about Jackie Fame network, please visit http://www.JFame.com .

The Mission of the Jackie Fame Network is to be the leading kid/teen social networking destination with the largest, most engaged audience and community. The network will be supported by its unique position as one of the strongest, most valued brands focusing in the highly coveted kid-teen audience.

Jackie Fame is a privately held company and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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“It is both an honor and a privilege to serve on the board of directors of the ThePeoplesVote.com. In light of the tumultuous political climate, the timing of their entrance to the market could not be better. I firmly believe our Founders would be proud of what ThePeoplesVote.com has set out to accomplish: to provide a platform that accurately reflects the true will of the American people. Chuck Kirkpatrick and his talented team have a far-reaching vision, and I am proud to bring my breadth of entrepreneurial experience and focus to the team. As FaceBook and Twitter has forever changed the world of social networking, I believe ThePeoplesVote.com will have the same effect on American politics,” states Mr. Jensen.

Jensen Expansion Capital, Inc. offers strategic advice and assistance for emerging growth companies in the areas of expansion capital and the securing of high profile, professional board members. George Jensen, the founder and CEO, is an experienced CEO and successful entrepreneur raising in excess of $250 million dollars during his career. He is the former Founder, Chairman & CEO of USA Technologies (NASDAQ:USAT) which became the leader in providing wireless payment solutions for the self-serve market

“As an emerging company, we are very excited to have Mr. Jensen on our Board. He brings a wealth of experience and strategic contacts to the table, and he also shares our aggressive long term vision,” states ThePeoplesVote Founder and President, Chuck Kirkpatrick.

ThePeoplesVote.com provides an internet based, “ballot enabled” social utility that removes the uncertainty as to how citizens expect their elected officials to represent them on important public policy decisions. Designed to handle tens of millions of users, this System replaces the “catch all” methods of phone, fax, email, letters, website comment forms, tweets, and FaceBook posts with one high security communication tool.

This non partisan platform is based on the 100 year old Initiative and Referendum Process and will help citizens understand the issues, and communicate more effectively with their elected officials.

The Peoples Vote will provide a free membership option and has an estimated market of 279 million registered and eligible to vote citizens, including a youth program for ages 13 and up, and 35 million businesses. Their Corporate Headquarters will be located in Brevard County in the city of Palm Bay, Florida.

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According to WMN spokesperson Anna Chu Lin, “Mightybell is a social network employing a new paradigm which encourages members to create actual ‘experiences’ rather than just sharing information as they do on traditional social networks.”

The World Mind Network is an NGO with members in 37 countries which explores ways of using Internet and Smart phone technologies to solve global problems innovatively. The goal of the contest is to develop simple, understandable protocols for addressing important issues using popular Web 2.0 tools.

The award is called the Gantha prize. Gantha means “sacred bell” in Sanskrit. The winner will be announced online, during halftime of the Big Game between Stanford and Cal on November 19, 2011. The winner will receive either an Apple iPad 2, a Samsung Galaxy II, or a Kindle Fire, plus a Fair Trade copper temple bell from rural India, and a press release publicizing their project.

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According to Sarah Mendel of the NGO Friends Without Borders, UC has the size, reputation, and brainpower to show the world the under-realized potential of social networking, micro blogging, cell phone apps, online video, and other popular free electronic tools to solve problems in education, research, environmentalism, and social change.

Berkeley is no stranger to initiating new trends, having sparked the Free Speech movement of the 1960′s, and various other cultural, scientific, and academic shifts.

Wikis, search engines, social networking, and the other Web 2.0 phenomena are not new; what is new is the ability to combine their best features to create easily set up projects that allow individuals to have real impact on issues that previously could only be addressed by huge institutions.

Because so many of these things have been introduced to the public as toys, conveniences, or merely as ways to do traditional things a little more efficiently, we forget that programs like Google, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and the like allow modern humans to know almost anything, communicate with almost anyone, create and share almost any kind of content for free, and thus live a richer life than any previous generation. Because we rarely “step back” to examine how powerful these capabilities have made us, we often fail to realize their potential to bring solutions to age-old problems with far less time, cost, and stress than traditional methods.

Additionally, the fact that modern web tools allow individuals the ability to create large Internet “footprints” for themselves means that one person can create a permanent web niche for themselves around a particular issue. In practice, this means that Berkeley students are experimenting with making their work far more public, and yet more personal, at the same time.

Among other programs, Berkeley students have participated in projects which:

- Saved lives after the March 11 earthquake in Fukushima, Japan, by monitoring Twitter, Facebook, and SMS feeds to connect victims with rescuers;

- Created the world’s largest collection of pre-1900 archival French audio recordings and preserved them with iTunes and Windows Media files;

- Brought needed infrastructure improvements to villages in Kenya by devising a program which turned unused cell phone minutes from students in America into legal tender for Africans;

- Started a worldwide online discussion group which provided advice to legislators in Nepal who are writing a new national constitution;

- Built one of the world’s largest online crowd-sourced experiments which discovered several causes for a sudden fish die-off in Taal Lake in the Philippines, and suggested treatments which were successfully implemented.

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Ms. Stevens-Lovell is a well respected business manager with a successful track-record of experience working with high-tech firms at the senior executive level, in and around Dallas and Houston, Texas. As the latest addition to Active Empty Nesters, she will help grow the membership base, oversee new and relevant content, generate new commercial membership programs and help shape the future development of the website by using feedback from members to create new website functionality.

“I am thrilled to be a part of Active Empty Nesters,” explained Stevens-Lovell, who has worked with such companies as Oracle Corporation and Unisys “I, too, am a baby boomer and it is exciting that there is now a site that has been developed specifically for the over-fifty crowd and provides content and interest/activity opportunities that are relevant.”

ActiveEmptyNesters.com has seen a huge growth in popularity with baby boomers since opening in April. Ms. Stevens-Lovell will be responsible for managing the continued expansion and membership activities on a national level from her Houston, Texas location. She will also act as the website’s Texas coordinator and will be the website’s main representative and liaison for all of our current and future Texas based members. Active Empty Nesters is currently focusing on building membership in the Texas market.

“I totally get our founder’s vision of the Active Empty Nesters site being one of not only social interaction but also of connecting with others of like interests and activities,” Ms. Stevens-Lovell explained. “It is medically proven that we live longer and happier as long as we are active – whether it is physically or mentally. This site provides both in a non-obtrusive and safe environment.”

Membership to the site is completely free and, once registered, members can begin setting up their personal profile, inviting friends to events, and communicating with old and new friends alike, through the site’s built in social-networking features. There is a “group” feature that allows member to join interest and activity groups that appeal to them. As an added benefit, a section called the Activity Marketplace provides members with daily discounts on products and activities. Members can find greatly reduced prices on activities like bowling, skiing, book clubs and many other categories that will inspire and challenge Empty Nesters to get out and explore an active and meaningful lifestyle.

“Patti brings a technical understanding to the team that allows her to communicate with our developers,” said Ronald Mercier, founder of the baby boomer and senior website. “She is a baby boomer herself with an outgoing personality that has made her successful in her past professions. She is quick to adjust to market needs and will be an advocate for our members.”

About Active Empty Nesters:
Active Empty Nesters, LLC is a Colorado Limited Liability Company formed by Ronald Mercier. Mr. Mercier, owner and creator of ActiveEmptyNesters.com, has made it his mission to help his generation stay involved in, and educated on, the rapidly changing technology of today’s modern world. The result is Active Empty Nesters, a website designed specifically for the demographic of 50-and-over to catch up with friends and find new ones.

About Patti Stevens Lovell:
Patti is a native Texan and has worked for high-technology companies such as Unisys and Oracle Corporation as well as holding the position of CEO and Managing Partner for a software development company in its start-up, Victor-e Solutions. She has spent the past four years working with smaller consulting companies building their infrastructure as well as directing new business development.

Contact:
Patti Stevens Lovell
Tel: 281-433-4108
Email: patti@activeemptynesters.com .
Twitter: ActiveEmptyNest
FaceBook: ActiveEmptyNesters

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Ms. Wilson (MS, BS/BA, CG, CSA, Certified Senior Advisor) is a specialist in working with both individuals and families, helping them navigate the many healthcare and other issues an aging baby boomer generation, and their families, can face. Ms. Wilson is a court appointed guardian and host of the weekly talk show The Caring Generation® (630 KHOW-AM) “embracing life’s transitions with dignity, clarity and stability.” She coordinates services and provides education for listeners of The Caring Generation and others in the community who are overwhelmed by caregiving and needing care.

“According to the U.S. Health and Retirement Study, there are over 10 million people over 50 years of age that are Caregivers in the U.S.,” said Ron Mercier, creator of Active Empty Nesters. “Caring for a spouse or aging parents take away one’s social connections because of the need to stay with at home. ActiveEmptyNesters.com will provide a place for caregivers to socialize with friends and be involved in discussions on topics that are important to their situation.”

Ms. Wilson will be contributing guest blogs on ActiveEmptyNesters.com, as well as moderating the website’s interest group for Caregivers, and giving advice on how to approach aging by embracing life’s transition with dignity, clarity and stability.

“I am excited to join with ActiveEmptyNesters.com to provide education on the subject of aging, caregiving and everything in between. This is an area of great concern and stress for individuals facing these issues who continually tell me they desire a single source of reliable information,” said Pamela Wilson.

The Active Empty Nesters website provides a dynamic social gathering place allowing members to meet others with similar interests and provides the tools to easily interact with other users and friends. Membership to the site is completely free. Once registered, members can begin setting up their personal profile, inviting friends to events, and communicating with old and new friends alike through the site’s built in social-networking features.

About Active Empty Nesters:
Active Empty Nesters, LLC is a Colorado Limited Liability Company formed by Ronald Mercier. Mr. Mercier, owner and creator of ActiveEmptyNesters.com, has made it his mission to help his generation stay involved in, and educated on, the rapidly changing technology of today’s modern world. The result is http://ActiveEmptyNesters.com, a website designed specifically for the demographic of 50-and-over to catch up with friends and find new ones.

About Pamela D. Wilson:
Pamela D. Wilson, MS, BS/BA, CG, CSA, Certified Senior Advisor, specializes in working with individuals and families to navigate healthcare and aging issues. Whether it’s a situation of immediate crises and decisions must be made quickly, a situation where a longer term plan is required or simply an educational need. You can find more information on Ms. Wilson at www.TheCareNavigator.com and www.TheCaringGeneration.com .

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ActiveEmptyNesters has added two new “interest groups” to their social networking site that will make it much simpler for members to find extra players with similar handicaps and for lone players to locate foursomes seeking additional players.

“Active Empty Nesters is a great way for men or women to reach out for free to others with similar interests,” explained Ronald Mercier, creator of the ActiveEmptyNesters.com website. “Often golfers need up to 4 players for a given time on a busy course. After you’ve exhausted your friends, you may have someone assigned to your foursome at tee time by the starter. This sometimes pairs good players with a not so good player, and as a single player, it can often be difficult to find others with a similar skill level and the free time to play.”

The two new groups are: “Houston Metro Women’s Impromptu Golf Group” and “Houston Metro Men’s Golf Pick-Up Group.” Members of either can broadcast messages to the group (or to an outside email address) for any golfing event. The event can list the tee time, the number of players they are looking for, preferred handicap, and the location of their game. This allows both groups and individuals to find players of a similar caliber, and because the groups are open to any skill level, it ensures a wide range of handicaps are available.

There are several such groups on the site located in metropolitan areas within the U.S. However, if there’s not a Golf group in a member’s area, we encourage our members to start a group themselves. We’ll provide all the tools they need to set the group up, get it running smoothly and begin promoting it to friends and other members. ActiveEmptyNesters.com will even help members create their group – all a member has to do is email us with their request. There is no charge for members to set up a new group.

The http://ActiveEmptyNesters.com website provides a dynamic social gathering place allowing members to meet others with similar interests and provides the tools to easily interact with other users and friends. Membership to the site is completely free. Once registered, members can begin setting up their personal profile, inviting friends to events, and communicating with old and new friends alike through the site’s built in social-networking features.

About Active Empty Nesters:
Active Empty Nesters, LLC is a Colorado Limited Liability Company formed by Ronald Mercier. Mr. Mercier, owner and creator of ActiveEmptyNesters.com, has made it his mission to help his generation stay involved in, and educated on, the rapidly changing technology of today’s modern world. The Active Empty Nesters social media website is designed specifically for the demographic of 50-and-over, to catch up with friends, and find new ones.

Contact:
Patti Stevens
Tel: 281-433-4108
Email: patti@activeemptynesters.com .

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The experiment is based on the fact that popular Web phenomena like Skype, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Google apps are rarely used in combination with each other to effect real change in the developing world. Formulas have been developed which use each of these, as well as Smart Phone apps, to build and scale projects quickly and efficiently. As programs grow, they are designed to divide into new units and grow, like amoebas, so that more student leaders can join.

Each student participant is paired with an enterprise adhering to international Fair Trade standards, and/or with a classroom belonging to iearn.org, a group which arranges electronic communications between schools around the world.

The team thus assembled then directs a research project which not only brings change to poverty-stricken communities, but carefully documents results so that successful strategies can be duplicated elsewhere. The Mendenhall Foundation will award two $10,000 cash prizes for the best project: one for the student committee and one for the village.

Beneficiaries include Cards from Africa (cardsfromafrica.com), an African enterprise which employs AIDS and Rwandan Civil War orphans to make greeting cards from recycled materials, HIP Pakistan (thehabitat.org) which promotes biodiversity in the Punjab and helps gypsy women market local handicrafts, and Artemisia (artemisia.org.br) a Brazilian social enterprise accelerator which supports Fair Trade groups.

Says project coordinator Sarah Mendel, “Students study the developing world all the time, but are rarely given a chance to bring about real change, in a way which can be documented and reapplied elsewhere. It turns out that social networking, Web 2.0 and Smart Phone apps, which are mere toys or conveniences to most people, are actually brilliantly suited to this task.”

Most projects have both a practical goal aimed at immediate benefit (i.e., using solar ovens to decontaminate drinking water and therefore save trees from being used as firewood), and a more abstract research objective (discovering whether simple actions at the village level can sequester CO2 in significant amounts). Each project is based on an objective which is specific, testable, actionable immediately, and combines in full measure student creativity with the native wisdom of the villagers. Each must lead to improved local livelihood, while decreasing carbon footprints and preserving habitats for flora, fauna, and people.

The Holloway Trust and Chilam Foundation plan to permanently fund those projects which show long-term sustainability.

Each project results in a win-win situation for both village and student: the rural community gets plugged into the world via the Internet, and the student owns a niche on the Web which will permanently serve as a nexus for future research.

The basic formula behind each project is that for every 10,000 people reached via social networking about a sustainability or environmental issue in Africa, Asia, the Middle East or Latin America, 850 will pass on the information to others via their own networks, 75 will contribute valuable ideas for improving the project, 55 will purchase Fair Trade goods, 40 will be inspired to start a similar program of their own, 30 will donate funds, and 3 will actually want to volunteer to help in person. Refining this general formula for every country and situation is one of the chief goals of this program. Suggestions for future projects are welcome.

For more information write to worldmindnetwork@gmail.com or visit http://networkingprojects.org or call (626) 230-8862.

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Over the past two years, Vivendi has provided leadership gifts for the critical preproduction and production phases of the Starbright World(R) redesign, earning recognition as the signature sponsor of the site. Vivendi recently renewed its support of Starlight once again through another generous award. The latest gift will be used to introduce new and enhanced features on Starbright World to satisfy the ever-changing expectations of its young community and keep the site on par with other popular social networks.

Many teens living with serious illness are isolated-both physically and emotionally-and feel left behind by friends. Starbright World enables teens to connect, socialize and establish meaningful relationships with others who are struggling with similar issues. In late 2009, thanks to generous contributions through Vivendi’s Create Joy Fund, Starlight unveiled its next generation of Starbright World, which brought the latest in social networking technology to the site. Starbright World members connect with each other via chat, take part in virtual contests and games, and express themselves through stories, photos, videos, e-cards and personal profiles.

“Vivendi is proud to be the signature sponsor of Starbright World as part of the company’s commitment to supporting children and teens who struggle every day with life-altering medical conditions,” said Flavie Lemarchand-Wood, Vivendi’s director of communications in North America. “Since our involvement, Starbright World has increased its membership by an estimated 42%. The Starbright World community is an incredible example of how technology and heart can bring the digital generation together in innovative ways.”

Pending enhancements to Starbright World include one-way video conferencing, webinar functionality, additional instant messaging capabilities and a music player. The grant will also support 20/7 live chat hosting and site moderation as well as marketing and outreach to promote awareness and member recruitment.

“We were so honored when Vivendi funded the rebuild of Starbright World,” said Jane Van Stedum, Interim Executive Director at Starlight. “Membership on the site is at an all-time high. Our teens report they absolutely love the new features, which allow them to find others with similar challenges and express themselves in a safe and accepting environment. Vivendi has been instrumental in ensuring that Starbright World incorporates cutting edge technology and remains an engaging hotspot-and emotional lifeline-for seriously ill teens.”

Since its debut in 1996, Starbright World has helped thousands of teens, ages 13-20, build on friendships, create new ones, and cope with their illnesses. “Research studies have demonstrated the very real benefits of Starbright World, which include a reduction in pain, anxiety, loneliness and withdrawn behavior, and an increased willingness to return for medical treatment,” said Joseph Bush, Ph.D., associate dean for research, Fielding Graduate University’s School of Psychology.

Visit www.starbrightworld.org to learn more about Starbright World and how to register. To keep the site safe, parental consent is required for membership, and the chat rooms are monitored at all times by trained, paid adult staff.

For more information about the Vivendi Create Joy Fund, please visit http://createjoy.vivendi.com .

About Vivendi:

“Offering the best to the digital generation,” Vivendi (VIV.PA / EPA:VIV) is at the heart of content, platforms and interactive networks. Vivendi combines the world leader in video games (Activision Blizzard), the world leader in music (Universal Music Group), the French leader in alternative telecoms (SFR), the Moroccan leader in telecoms (Maroc Telecom Group), the leading alternative telecoms provider in Brazil (GVT) and the French leader in Pay TV (Canal+ Group).

In 2009, Vivendi achieved revenues of EUR27.1 billion and adjusted net income of EUR2.6 billion. With operations in 77 countries, the Group has over 49,000 employees. www.vivendi.com .

About Starlight Children’s Foundation:

When a child or teenager has a serious medical condition, everyone in the family is affected. For more than 25 years, Starlight Children’s Foundation has been dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their families cope with their pain, fear and isolation through entertainment, education and family activities. Starlight’s programs have been proven to distract children from their pain, help them better understand and manage their illnesses, and connect families facing similar challenges so that no one feels alone. Through a network of chapters and offices, Starlight provides ongoing support to children, parents and siblings in all U.S. states and Canadian provinces with an array of outpatient, hospital-based and Web offerings. Programs are also delivered internationally through affiliates in Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. To learn more visit www.starlight.org .

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According to the Web site, the goal of MFF is to offer fishermen across the state opportunities to share local knowledge and to give the virtual community the information it needs to increase fishing success and encourage fishermen to try places they have never tried before.

One fully-convinced member says, “Michigan Fish Fanatic is a fisherman’s candy store. Where else can you interact with other fanatics and find the exact information you need on a given day to catch your limit?”

A dedicated gathering place for resident anglers, Michigan Fish Fanatic offers maps of more than 8,000 lakes, 550 rivers, and 90 harbors, including depth readings. Once inside the portal, visitors to the site are encouraged to enter their own personal knowledge of each of the thousands of locations, including access points, fishing reports, hot spots and tips, and other helpful information.

In addition to the maps, the Web site hosts community pages. Social networking similar to Facebook is part of the online environment, so visitors to the community can create profiles, share photo albums and keep running blogs of fishing trips and tips which can be made public or kept private depending on personal preferences.

MFF members are invited to submit articles, recipes, and fly-tying tips and tricks with step-by-step instructions. There are even classified ads of interest to the fishing and recreational communities.

And there are forums galore.

In order to reel in additional fishermen who are willing to share their knowledge of the state’s waterways and the fish that inhabit them, the Web site is sponsoring a contest to year’s end and will give away four springtime guided steelhead fishing trips on the Manistee River to the MFF members who contribute to the Web site in significant ways for the rest of the year.

For more information about Michigan Fish Fanatic or the current contest visit www.MichiganFishFanatic.com .

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