Innovative-e Hosts SharePoint Workshop and Dragon Boat Racing Fundraisers to Benefit Canadian Charity Thinking Forward

Join Innovative-e for two special fundraising events, a SharePoint workshop and a dragon boat racing event, held after SharePoint Saturday Toronto and just before the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

Innovative-e, Inc. hosts two special fundraising events-a SharePoint workshop on Friday July 6 and a dragon boat racing event on Sunday July 8-to raise proceeds to benefit the Canadian charity Thinking Forward. Thinking Forward is a nonprofit organization focused on the character development of children, youth and adults in Toronto.

SharePoint Workshop Fundraiser:
Innovative-e is hosting the SharePoint workshop, "How to Plan, Manage and Control SharePoint Projects" on Friday July 6, 2012, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. The cost of the event is a donation only. Participants choose how much to donate. Donations of $25 or more are tax-deductible and will include a receipt. By attending this workshop, participants will learn proven techniques on how to best manage the people, process and technical aspects of SharePoint initiatives, including upgrades, new implementations, migrations and custom solution development. Participants are eligible to earn six Project Management Institute (PMI) professional development units (PDUs). Participants will also receive relevant artifacts and templates, including project schedules, checklists, requirements documents, design documents, and business case documents. All proceeds from the event will go to the Toronto charity Thinking Forward. To register, visit http://delshpos.eventbrite.com/.

Dragon Boat Race Fundraiser:
Innovative-e is hosting a dragon boat racing fundraising event at the PaddleCore Boat Club on Sunday July 8, 2012, at 7:30 a.m. - 10 a.m. following SharePoint Saturday Toronto and just before the 2012 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Canada. All proceeds from the event will go to Thinking Forward. There are three ways to participate:

1. Become a corporate sponsor.
2. Sign up individually.
3. Help spread the word through social media and email.

Participants do not need to have experience rowing to join. Free T-shirts will be given to all participants who pre-register by June 27. The cost to participate is $99 per person. Payments are tax-deductible. To register, for the dragon boat racing event, visit http://dragonboatwpc12.eventbrite.com/.

For more information about the charity Thinking Forward, visit www.thinkingforward.ca. For more information about Innovative-e, visit www.innovative-e.com.

About Innovative-e, Inc.
Innovative-e Inc., is a business consulting and technology services company that helps clients achieve tangible business results with Microsoft SharePoint technologies. Offerings include business process consulting, executive briefings, application development, training, project management solutions, systems integration and support. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, Innovative-e is known for thought leadership in the areas of applying SharePoint technologies to improve Project Management and for developing and promoting best practices for implementing SharePoint solutions (SharePoint for PM and PM for SharePoint). Innovative-e has locations in Atlanta, Georgia, and Reston, Virginia, with technology delivery centers in Sri Lanka. For more information about Innovative-e, visit www.innovative-e.com.