RADNOR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dedicated to positively impacting people around the world, QlikTech, (NASDAQ: QLIK) a leader in Business Discovery – user-driven Business Intelligence (BI), this week announced that its employees helped exceed its fundraising goal by supporting its Change Their World program partner HOPEHIV, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting children and young adults affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa.
The employee-driven initiative was part of HOPEHIV’s 1010 Challenge, where Phil Wall, founder of HOPEHIV, gave 1,000 QlikTech employees $10 in cash and challenged them to turn it into 10x that ($100) in 10 weeks. Employees began the challenge in January at QlikTech’s annual all employee meeting where they were encouraged to invest the $10 and “use who they are” to make it more. There were raffles, dinner parties, poker nights, bake sales, yard sales, Super Bowl pools, and a QlikBay auction site. Employees’ creative activities ranged from:
- Hosting a partner-sponsored event in NYC where QlikView services were auctioned and training was donated;
- Organizing a charity run in a German hometown with 300 people and 167 registered runners;
- Convincing an Aboriginal Artist to donate a painting, using the money for paint and canvas;
- Finding a bag of yarn at Goodwill for $8 and asking a sister-in-law to knit hats;
- Buying ingredients for tea and an Indian appetizer, hosting a cooking class for $10 each;
- Arranging a Playstation Singstar challenge to raise $150;
- Sponsoring donations pounds of weight lost over the 10 weeks, which totaled 17; and
- Raising almost £400 for a “Marathon on a Treadmill” fundraiser at a local UK fitness club.
“I’m so proud of the creativity and hard work our people committed to raise funds for HOPEHIV's important mission,” said Lars Björk, CEO, QlikTech. “Making a positive impact on the world is something we strive for, and this effort reinforces the culture at QlikTech – positive, compassionate and dedicated to teamwork. When I heard about HOPEHIV’s disruptive approach, flipping the model to fundraising and focusing on individuals that can each make an impact I knew they were a perfect match for us.”
QlikTech’s adoption of HOPEHIV’s 1010 Challenge was so successful that the program was rolled out to nearly 1,000 QlikTech’s partner attendees at the Qonnections Partner Summit. That challenge commenced in April and will wrap up at the end of June.
“Although we have done the 1010 Challenge before by giving out cash, we have never done it to this scale with a single corporation in one room. The power of harnessing the goodwill of everyone there was something to watch. QlikTech is a special company – they entered this initiative with a mixture of enthusiasm and kindness that is rarely found,” said Phil Wall, founder, HOPEHIV. “What an impact this money will have on some of the most vulnerable yet inspiring young people in the world.”
QlikTech recently announced that since launching in the Change Their World grant program in 2010, it has awarded 50 grants to organizations in 18 countries, including HOPEHIV who use its software for free. HOPEHIV uses QlikView to keep track of supporter engagement, map ongoing projects throughout Africa, and manage financial data.
Philanthropic organizations interested in applying for a Change Their World grant for free QlikView software and services can visit http://www.qlikview.com/changetheirworld.
About QlikTech
QlikTech (NASDAQ: QLIK) is a leader in Business Discovery—user-driven Business Intelligence (BI). Its QlikView Business Discovery solution bridges the gap between traditional BI solutions and inadequate spreadsheet applications. The in-memory associative search technology QlikTech pioneered created the self-service BI category, allowing users to explore information freely rather than being confined to a predefined path of questions. Appropriate from SMB to the largest global enterprise, QlikView’s self-service analysis can be deployed with data governance in days or weeks. The QlikView Business Discovery platform’s app-driven model works with existing BI solutions, offering an immersive mobile and social, collaborative experience. Headquartered in Radnor, Pennsylvania, QlikTech has offices around the world serving approximately 25,000 customers in over 100 countries.
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