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Leaders in Entrepreneurial Innovation Team with Spigit to Deliver Innovation Platform and Processes to Clients

Posted : Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:17:13 GMT
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ROCKVILLE, Md. - (Business Wire) Path Forward International, creators of award-winning “Get IT” methodology, today announced their partnership with the leader in enterprise-level social productivity software, Spigit. Spigit’s innovation management platform enables idea contribution, visibility and evaluation using social networking concepts such as reputation management, and awards in an easy-to-use and flexible environment.

"Having proven our 3-phase innovation methodology, “Get IT” across the globe, partnering with a leading-edge software platform like Spigit was our next logical step," said Julie Lenzer Kirk, CEO and Chief Muse of Path Forward. “So many of our customers were asking how to justify the use of social networking concepts internally and Spigit provided the perfect answer that lines up with our process beautifully.”

Spigit's award-winning innovation solutions are used by a number of Fortune 2000 companies. The company recently closed a $10 million funding round with Warburg Pincus, and was named a Top 50 Startup by InformationWeek.

Path Forward, founded by successful and serial entrepreneurs Julie Lenzer Kirk and Renee Lewis, was recognized as one of the Top 100 Diversity Businesses in 2008 and is certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).

“We are pleased to partner with Path Forward International,” said Paul Pluschkell, CEO of Spigit. “The approach that Julie, Renee and the Path Forward team follow – Get Sparked, Get Real, Get Results – is a great way for organizations to improve the pace and quality of their innovation. Their consultative model fits the philosophy and functionality of the Spigit enterprise innovation management platform. We look forward to working together to help organizations drive innovation.”

About Path Forward International

Path Forward International helps companies, entrepreneurs, and communities leverage innovation to drive economic development. Their 3-phase “Get IT” methodology - Get Sparked, Get Real, Get Results – has been proven to drive creativity that benefits the bottom line. For more information visit http://www.PathForwardIntl.com.

About Spigit

Spigit is the leading developer of social productivity software for enterprises to drive innovation and empower decision makers. Spigit's product offerings range from the intra-enterprise InnovationSpigit(TM) to its customer-facing IdeaSpigit solutions. Spigit currently powers innovation at numerous Fortune 2000 companies and has been named Best of Software Interop 2008 and is listed on the AlwaysOn Global 250 list, the power list of the top 250 private global technology companies. For more information, visit www.spigit.com.

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