SFBIG (San Francisco Bay Area Interactive Group) is a non-profit professional association dedicated to championing innovation in digital marketing to brand marketers, publishers and agencies through educational, networking, and association events.

SFBIG'ers,

My first words as SFBIG's incoming president are to wish all of you the start of a promising new year. On behalf of the board, volunteer staff, and members, I would also like to pass on much appreciation to Heidi Browning, our outgoing President, for her efforts towards cultivating our growth and vision in digital marketing within this organization.

We have a lot planned this year with no shortage of events. There will be plenty to keep us all engaged in with opportunities for professional development, industry analysis, and career networking. BIG has always remained committed in fostering innovation in digital marketing to help influence positive change. Technological advances within our industry have made it possible to witness the emergence of a digitally connected world. We should all be so proud.

Let's take those advances that we helped form and push it towards an even greater cause. The victims of the Haitian earthquake need help now. Clean water is diminishing. Food is in demand. Routes for relief groups have become difficult to traverse. Please donate any amount to organizations like the Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders. Salesforce will double any donation towards the cause. Text-to-help programs like Yele are plenty. Nothing pulls our digital community together even closer than working together to help others in their time of need.

If the new year signals the beginning of positive change, let's begin with this single step. Welcome to the start of a new decade. Let's get ready to go BIG.

John Durham
2010 SFBIG President

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