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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 18, 2004

Non-profit leaders begin laying the roadmap to future technologies

WASHINGTON - PICnet, Inc. (www.picnet.net), a technology consulting firm for non-profit organizations, today inaugurated its first roundtable in a ten part series on innovation in the non-profit marketplace. The event was attended by senior members of non-profit organizations, coalitions, and technology vendors.

"This roundtable series will give non-profit organizations a chance to define a vision for future technologies for their community," said Ryan Ozimek, CEO of PICnet. "Innovation is key invigorating the non-profit community, which desperately needs to find better technology solutions to solve common problems."

Tonight's roundtable provided a wide variety of viewpoints, and touching topics such as online engagement, e-advocacy, and international collaboration. Future roundtables will focus on specific issue areas, including politics, international collaboration, and grassroots activism.

After each of the roundtable events, participants will add their thoughts and opinions to the roundtable's Web site (www.picnet.net/roundtable/). The information collected on the Web site over the next ten months will be compiled into a compendium report which will be freely distributed to the non-profit community.

"Fueling these roundtable discussions is the belief that the ideas generated in the series will be used to spark important projects and solutions that will ultimately help solve many of the problems non-profits face on a daily basis," said Ozimek.

"It's time to give non-profits a better alternative to the hand-me-downs from business sector," said Ozimek. "The Innovation Roundtable provides the forum in which innovation can be nutured to build new technology made specifically for the non-profit community, by the non-profit community," said Ozimek.

The Innovation Roundtable series takes place once a month in Washington, DC, and will continue through October 2004.

For more information about the Innovation Roundtable series, please contact Ryan Ozimekat (202) 585-0239 or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it.

About PICnet

PICnet, Inc. empowers the missions of non-profit, government, and international organizations through technology. Based in Washington, DC, PICnet was founded in 1999 to provide Web design, application and database development, Web hosting, technology strategy, and network support to the public service sector.

To learn more about PICnet, visit us on the Web at www.picnet.net.

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