LAFAYETTE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Everloop.com, the safe, online headquarters for kids to connect with friends, create, share and discover, has been named as an Award Finalist by the internationally-renowned 2012 Edison Awards. Everloop is a finalist in the Media/Visual Communication category, one of fifteen categories honored by the Edison Awards. The distinguished awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Alva Edison, inspiring America’s drive to remain in the forefront of innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy.
“More than any year, this year’s slate of Finalists demonstrate the enormous value of teamwork, experimentation, consumer focus and market awareness,” said Tom Stat, Chairman of the Edison Awards’ Steering Committee. It’s exciting to see companies like Everloop continuing Thomas Edison’s legacy of challenging conventional thinking.”
“We are honored to be chosen as an Edison Awards finalist,” said Hilary DeCesare, Everloop Co-Founder and CEO. “We have channeled the entrepreneurial spirit of Thomas Edison in our quest to create a safe, online homebase for kids to connect with friends, create, discover & grow, and are committed to helping kids become responsible digital citizens by providing a unique and age-appropriate online experience that is not only entertaining, but educational as well.”
At the core of Everloop’s innovation is its looping technology that allows kids to join groups by interest such as sports, crafts and music, allowing for discovery, friendship and mastery. Kids can join existing loops or start loops of their own. Parents can approve each loop their child joins.
The ballot of nominees for the Edison Awards is judged by more than 3,000 senior business executives and academics from across the nation whose votes acknowledge the Finalists’ success in meeting the award criteria of Concept, Value, Delivery and Impact. The Panel includes members of the powerful Marketing Executives Networking Group (MENG), which has been partnered with the Edison Awards since 2009.
Winners of the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will be announced April 26, 2012 at the Edison Awards Annual Gala, held in the historic ballroom of new York’s famed Capitale.
The members of the Edison Awards Steering Committee are senior executives with diverse marketing, scientific and business backgrounds who monitor the development and successful launch of innovative products each year. The Committee is responsible for bestowing the annual Edison Achievement Awards and serves as a guidepost in developing the list of nominees that is presented to the Edison Award judges.
The 2012 Edison Awards are sponsored by Nielsen, Discovery Communications, Science Channel, USA Today, CSRware and Applepeak. For more information about the Edison Awards and a list of past winners, visit www.edisonawards.com.
About Everloop
Everloop is the leading online site for kids to connect with friends, play games, discover new talents, create and have fun. Everloop's unique looping technology allows kids to join groups by interest and its breadth of content supports development of core skills including creativity, collaboration and communication, all needed for the 21st century child. Above all, safety is the top priority and Everloop employs the most comprehensive privacy protection and 24/7 monitoring technology of any kid’s site to guard young users against bullying, bad language and inappropriate sharing of information. Parents can decide the level of independence their child has and which features they have access to with the simple click of a button. Working together, Everloop and parents train kids to be responsible digital citizens. For more information visit www.everloop.com.
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