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Operation Smile, an international children’s medical charity, has announced that Cydcor, the global leader in outsourced sales, is launching the first-ever “Day of Smiles” beginning October 4th and running through October 6th to help children around the world who are born with facial deformities. All proceeds will benefit Operation Smile.
Cydcor and its network of independently-owned sales offices across North America will be working together on the same day to raise funds for Operation Smile. All participants will wear tee-shirts emblazoned with Operation Smile’s 30th anniversary campaign theme, change ™, designed to make a lasting impact for children born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities.
Last year, Cydcor and its independent sales offices raised more than $150,000 to support a medical mission. This year, Cydcor and its network of independently-owned sales offices met another goal of $150,000, which will enable them to sponsor another medical mission.
Cydcor has set an overall goal of raising $400,000 to help Operation Smile provide free surgeries for children around the world born with cleft lips and cleft palates. Together, Cydcor and Operation Smile are giving smiles and transforming children’s lives worldwide.
Last year, during Cydcor’s medical mission to Rio De Janeiro, Operation Smile provided more than 95 free surgeries and more than 162 healthcare evaluations for children who were suffering from cleft lips and cleft palates.
Every three minutes, a child is born with a cleft. One in 10 will die before their first birthday. For 30 years, Operation Smile and its network of more than 5,400 medical volunteers from around the world have provided more than 3.8 million healthcare evaluations and performed more than 200,000 free surgeries for children in need. However, many children are still waiting – children who often can’t eat or speak properly. Operation Smile can help give them a healthy, productive life filled with hope.
“It is such a pleasure to partner with Cydcor and its independent sales office teams, because they are incredibly motivated and dedicated to helping give smiles to these children around the world,” said Dr. Bill Magee, CEO and Co-Founder of Operation Smile. “Their teams truly understand how incredible it is to change the life of a child forever – a child who was been born into the world with no hope. Our work wouldn’t be possible without the support of companies like Cydcor.”
“We believe that our success is based on our distinctive culture; there is a passion we all have to give back to our communities,” said Vera Quinn, chief operating officer at Cydcor. “I personally have been on a medical mission and have seen the new smiles on the faces of these children. We have all been developing programs throughout the year to raise money. Our ‘Day of Smiles’ program will unite more than 200 offices on the same weekend to help hit our $400,000 goal.”
To help support Cydcor’s fundraising efforts, visit www.operationsmile.org/cydcor. For more information on Operation Smile’s global efforts, visit www.operationsmile.org, follow @operationsmile on Twitter, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/operationsmile.
About Operation Smile
Operation Smile, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia, is an international children’s medical charity with a presence in more than 60 countries, whose network of more than 5,000 medical volunteers from over 80 countries is dedicated to helping improve the health and lives of children. Since its founding in 1982, Operation Smile has provided more than 3.5 million healthcare evaluations and conducted over 200,000 free surgeries for children and young adults born with cleft lips, cleft palates and other facial deformities, as well as patients suffering from burns. To build long-term self-sufficiency in developing countries, Operation Smile trains doctors and local medical professionals in its partner countries so they are empowered to treat their own local communities, donates medical equipment and supplies, provides year-round medical treatment through Comprehensive Care Centers.
About Cydcor
Cydcor is the leading provider of outsourced, face-to-face Cydcor sales teams to a diverse client base of companies in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, office products, retail, energy, and financial services. Serving Fortune 500 and emerging market clients in the business-to-business, residential, and retail channels through in-store marketing initiatives, Cydcor works with a network of more than 300 independently-owned corporate licensee (ICL) Cydcor sales offices, providing clients access to more than 3,300 sales professionals. The privately-held company is based in Westlake Village, California. For more information about Cydcor, log on to www.cydcor.com.
Operation Smile
Sabrina Zimring, 757-321-3207
Director of Public Relations
sabrina.zimring@operationsmile.org
The Heavy Hitter Sales Blog recently reported on the seven types of sales managers. We wanted to review the types and then ask you what type you may fall under and which manager you prefer to have. So here they are!
For more detail, read Steve W. Martin's post on the seven types of sales managers over at the Heavy Hitters blog.
Cydcor worked together with the network of independent sales companies to create fundraising events to raise enough money to fund a medical mission for Operation Smile. The trip, at a total of $150,000, will fund a team of surgeons to help correct cleft palates in poor countries.
Independent sales companies sold brown bag lunches, threw parties, held events and sales, and many more creative ideas from coast to coast. Check out our video of all of our fantastic, engaged team members.
Operation Smile has been a big part of Cydcor for the last few years, and we are working on raising even more money to help restore smiles all over the world. Cydcor wants to say THANK YOU to volunteers and donors for their support of this great cause.
We appreciate all the hard work and dedication. We are continuing to partner with this organization and have some very fun events coming up in the near future! Stay tuned for more news and events. You can also donate to our team page at Adopt-a-smile right now.
Garage Sale Funds Two More Surgeries!
A big thank-you to our team members who volunteered to come out last Saturday for our MEGA Garage sale to raise money for Operation Smile. We raised over $600, which is enough to help two children have a better life by restoring their smile.
The sale took place on Saturday, September 7th from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Earth Elementary School’s basketball courts. Gently used items were donated by Cydcor team members just days before the sale.
Team members that donated items were also eligible for raffle tickets to win a lunch with our CEO, Gary Polson. Volunteers who helped us set up and take down the sale got five tickets! Congratulations to our winner, Miriam Caballero, who also received recognition this week from our Joy Germ Club for spreading the most smiles around the office.
The Cydcor home office has now reached our overall goal of raising $30,000 for Operation Smile. In addition to the sale, we organized a snack bar, wine tasting, movie nights, a karaoke event and more. The $30,000 is part of an overall company goal to fund a $150,000 medical trip overseas. This is the second year in a row that Cydcor has been able to raise over $150,000 for Operation Smile.
Why Cydcor is A Best Place to Work
By Vera Quinn, Chief Operating Officer
What makes a great company? We can answer that - according to the recent Best Places to Work assessment sponsored by the Los Angeles Business Journal.
Cydcor ranked in the top 100 companies to work for in Los Angeles County – coming in 38th best of mid-sized companies. There are thousands of companies of our size in Los Angeles County and many of them participated in this year’s competition. As you can imagine, the LA list is quite popular. The list is in its seventh year and has grown significantly, attracting employers from all over Los Angeles County. We are proud to have been named once again!
We are doing even more with the following in the works:
· Resource staffing plans – working with departments to properly resource for success
· Performance management – a new performance appraisal process
· Compensation study – researching pay by position and responsibilities to ensure we align with the market
· Program for our people – including development of consistent onboarding, training and development programs
So, while we never rest on our accomplishments – there is a lot to make our families proud, our friends jealous, and us feel great!
Everyone can do his or her part on how to make the office a great place. Keeping a positive attitude, creating professional development goals and keeping communication lines open.
As the dominant market leader in outsourced face-to-face sales, Cydcor’s capabilities and approach to doing business are like our team members: truly unique! As someone who started with Cydcor over 17 years ago, I am honored to be part of a company that is getting recognition to be a great place to work. We are proud of our team members, and I know that we will only continue to grow stronger with all the great people we have here.
To learn more about Vera Quinn, take a look at our executive team biographies.
Cydcor, the global leader in outsourced sales, has raised more than $150,000 once again for Operation Smile with its network of independently-owned sales offices across the United States and Canada.
This is the second year that Cydcor has been able to fundraise for a medical mission for Operation Smile, a children’s medical charity that provides free cleft lip and cleft palate reconstructive surgeries worldwide. Cydcor has held popular fundraisers, including bowling and cornhole tournaments, movie night, and an upcoming Karaoke night.
“We announced our continued partnership with Operation Smile late last year and set even higher goals for 2013 – and so far, we have met all of them,” said Vera Quinn, chief operating officer. “In addition to this milestone, we are also planning to raise enough for a third medical mission. I know we can – and will – accomplish it.”
In 2012, Cydcor funded a medical to Rio De Janeiro, where they helped Operation Smile provide more than 95 surgeries and more than 162 healthcare evaluations. This year, Cydcor is planning to fund another medical mission to a remote location – the destination to be decided in coming weeks.
“We are so grateful that Cydcor and its network of sales offices have chosen to partner with Operation Smile for a second year commitment,” said Dr. Bill Magee, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Operation Smile. “For the last three decades, Operation Smile has expanded to more than 60 countries so we can reach even more children in need; this would never have been possible without the support of companies like Cydcor.”
To help support Cydcor’s fundraising efforts, visit www.operationsmile.org/cydcor. Check out Cydcor on Facebook and Twitter.
About Cydcor
Cydcor is the leading provider of outsourced, face-to-face Cydcor sales teams to a diverse client base of companies in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, office products, retail, energy, and financial services. Serving Fortune 500 and emerging market clients in the business-to-business, residential, and retail channels through in-store marketing initiatives, Cydcor works with a network of more than 300 independently-owned corporate licensee (ICL) sales offices, providing clients access to more than 4,600 sales professionals. The privately-held company is based in Westlake Village, California. For more information about Cydcor, go to www.cydcor.com.
Cydcor
Gail Michalak, (805) 277-5500
And here's why: We have joined forces with 10n2 Technologies, the leading provider of software that prevents the use of mobile devices while driving. We're a provider of BizProtect™, a smartphone app that enables companies to enforce their mobile phone policies and protect their employees and businesses from the unnecessary costs and accident risk of distracted driving.
The App takes the temptation away to text, tweet, and surf the Internet while driving and is the proprietary technology that can stop businesses from losing millions of dollars per year on texting-related accidents. Cydcor is selling the service in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom and recently launched websites in the U.S. and U.K.
Cydcor announced that the company is a Platinum provider for 10n2 Technologies, the leading provider of software that prevents the use of mobile devices while driving.
Cydcor is a provider of BizProtect™, a smartphone app that enables companies to enforce their mobile phone policies and protect their employees and businesses from the unnecessary costs and accident risk of distracted driving.
The app takes the temptation away to text, tweet, and surf the Internet while driving and is the proprietary technology that can stop businesses from losing millions of dollars per year on texting-related accidents. Cydcor is selling the service in the U.S., Canada, and the United Kingdom and recently launched websites in the U.S. and U.K.
Texting statistics show that:
“This innovative technology prohibits people from texting and driving, period,” said Ciaran Hynes, CEO of 10n2 Technologies. “Texting and driving is a liability issue for companies, and BizProtect guards them against those unnecessary costs through our technology designed specifically to prevent accidents related to mobile phone usage. We’re proud to be working with Cydcor and its proven track record of bringing products to B2B customers.”
BizProtect offers numerous differentiating features, including:
“Our sales force caters to corporate level clients, and 10n2 will enable us to sell their unique product offering to thousands of companies across the globe,” said Cydcor president Jim Majeski. “We serve a diverse client base, and we’re thrilled to be able to expand our service offerings into this area.”
“This product is ideal for the target customer – those with fleets of automobiles or trucks,” said Jim Siegrist, senior vice president of business development at Cydcor. “This product not only helps prevent the great financial costs of accidents, but is a technology that is operationally efficient for those managing company fleets.”
Want to learn more? Check out Cydcor on Facebook and Twitter.
About Cydcor
Cydcor is the leading provider of outsourced, face-to-face Cydcor sales teams to a diverse client base of companies in a wide range of industries, including telecommunications, office products, retail, energy, and financial services. Serving Fortune 500 and emerging market clients in the business-to-business, residential, and retail channels through in-store marketing initiatives, Cydcor works with a network of more than 300 independently-owned corporate licensee (ICL) sales offices, providing clients access to more than 4,600 sales professionals. The privately-held company is based in Westlake Village, California. For more information about Cydcor, go to www.cydcor.com.
About 10n2 Technologies:
10n2 Technologies is a leading provider of software that prevents the use of mobile devices while behind the wheel, helping save lives and prevent injuries. For businesses as well as consumers, it can help reduce the costs, risks and liability associated with distracted driving accidents. 10n2 Technologies is working in partnership with companies, individuals, mobile phone operators, insurance companies, governments and all stakeholders to make our roads safer for everyone. Visit www.10n2tek.com for additional information.
Contact:
Cydcor
Gail Michalak
(805) 277-5500
This year’s Corporate Games were better than ever before. Why? Because we rocked! We participated in 12 events and medaled in 10 different individual events. It was the first year that we also won the overall points and winners trophy for the entire Division C competition, which is geared for companies with 85-100 people. We incorporated our fundraising for Operation Smile into the games, too, by selling water, having food trucks donate a portion of what they sold, holding a cornhole tournament, and so much more. Our participation was stellar, with a diverse group of team members participating at the events. Check out our video here.
Awards and medals won included:
GOLD
Basketball
Bowling
Dodgeball
Spades
Mini Golf
Best Group Photo
SILVER
Women’s Ping Pong
Double’s Ping Pong
BRONZE
Flag Football
Beach Volleyball
OTHER
Overall Points and Winners Trophy
We also raised $750 for Operation Smile – that’s about five Smiles! Our executives donated $100 for each gold, $50 for each silver, and $25 for each medal we earned.We’re sad to see the games end but can’t wait for next year when we can do it all again!
Last weekend, selected independent sales company owners from Cydcor’s network attended the Operation Smile black-tie gala at Cipriani in New York City. They had the opportunity to rub elbows with celebrities, interact with other high-level fundraisers, and celebrated their accomplishments together.
It was definitely a time to be celebrated; those selected have worked tirelessly with their sales companies to creatively fundraise for the organization, using creative resources to motivate their teams and help children across the globe receive new smiles. Last year, we raised enough for a medical mission to Rio De Janerio.
We’re well on our way to funding a second mission – about $118,000 has been raised so far! Check out our Operation Smile fundraising page. You can also take a peek – and join! – our Cydcor Operation Smile page.