Rotary International and Citrix Online Join Forces to Empower Local Service Clubs with Online Meetings
GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar Give Rotary Members Freedom to Easily Meet and Collaborate With Anyone, Anywhere
SANTA BARBARA, CA and EVANSTON, Ill. – September 23, 2009 – Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), and Rotary International, one of the world’s first service club organizations, today announced a partnership to offer Rotary clubs and their members new tools to meet, collaborate, raise funds and communicate via the Web. Rotary International wanted to give its members access to the simplest, most cost-effective tools for conducting online meetings, so they turned to Citrix Online an industry leader with a reputation for delivering products that are reliable and easy-to-use. Rotary International will encourage its members to use Citrix® GoToMeeting® for online meetings and Citrix® GoToWebinar® for online events. With these award-winning services, Rotary members can extend their reach to new members, volunteers and donors; collaborate more easily with colleagues across town or across the globe, and simplify project management, education and fundraising activities.
“Rotary International has been a leader in humanitarian service for more than 100 years, and we are always looking for innovative ways to help our clubs accomplish their goals more effectively,” said Edwin H. Futa, general secretary of Rotary International. “Web-based technologies such as online meetings and Webinars can help us meet the evolving needs of our members and the people we serve. GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar have the added advantage of being easy to use, which will further encourage the adoption of these services by our membership to help boost attendance at meetings, expedite joint projects, expand community awareness and reduce costs. We welcome this collaboration with Citrix Online, with the shared goal of expanding service to the community through technology.”
“In communities around the world, the vital work being done by Rotary depends on the ability to communicate person-to-person regardless of location,” said Bernardo de Albergaria, Citrix Online vice president and general manager of Global Marketing and eCommerce. “Online meetings and events, whether impromptu or planned, can play an important role in Rotary’s stated mission of Service Above Self. We applaud the dedication of Rotarians and are proud to partner with this great organization to support its efforts.”
Promoting Community Service in Multiple Ways
GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar are the simplest, easiest-to-use and most cost-effective Web conferencing solutions. GoToMeeting is designed for smaller, collaborative meetings with up to 15 attendees, while GoToWebinar is purpose-built for conducting Web events for an audience of up 1,000 attendees. Both provide unlimited usage for a flat monthly fee. These Web-based services offer Rotary International many opportunities to complement on-site meetings and events with online activities, enabling anyone to participate from anywhere. Project management and other business activities can be done via the Web to keep all team members up to speed. Larger audiences can be engaged by holding a virtual press conference, launching a new service project or conducting a Web-based fundraiser. GoToMeeting and GoToWebinar are also ideal for online training of members and volunteers, as well as for public education and advocacy regarding Rotary International’s areas of service.
Individual Rotary members can use these tools to accomplish similar goals in their own organizations, from marketing and sales to training and collaboration.
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About Rotary International
Rotary is a global network of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace in the world. There are more than 1.2 million Rotary members in over 33,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical regions. Visit www.rotary.org for more information.
About Citrix
Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) is the leading provider of virtualization, networking and software as a service technologies for more than 230,000 organizations worldwide. Its Citrix Delivery Center, Citrix Cloud Center (C3) and Citrix Online Services product families radically simplify computing for millions of users, delivering applications as an on-demand service to any user, in any location on any device. Citrix customers include the world’s largest Internet companies, 99 percent of Fortune Global 500 enterprises, and hundreds of thousands of small businesses and prosumers worldwide. Citrix partners with over 10,000 companies worldwide in more than 100 countries. Founded in 1989, annual revenue in 2008 was $1.6 billion.
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