The online Executive Auction was run over the course of three years, holding eight Executive Auctions and two Business Media Auctions. The winning bid went completely to charity and the executive met the bidder with us as host of the meeting, to help us network. Not only did it raises funds and awareness, as you will see in the article below, it helped us find new friends, people who were looking to come forward and needed a rallying point.
For a sample of the executives and ads run in the Ottawa Citizen Business Section and High Tech sections over the three years:
 David Mann Profile 219KB
Ian McLaren Profile 194KB
Rod Bryden Profile 202KB
Moris Simson Profile 193KB
Bruce Gregory Profile 275KB
Business Associations helped their members network through the auction, and helped promote the auction to their members:
- The Ottawa Life Sciences Council
- Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation
- TEXEC - The Technology Executive Development Centre
- CATAlliance
- Wired Woman Society
- DigitalEve
- Le Regroupement des gens d’affaires
- The Innovators Alliance
- The Greater Ottawa Chamber of Commerce.
More than 30 media personalities were auctioned online, some of them many times. They promoted the cause to their audiences.
Radio
CFRA, Chez 106.1, The Bear, 101.1 Xfm, KOOL FM, and Y105
TV:
CJOH, A-Channel, Rogers
Print:
Ottawa Citizen (including the Publisher), Ottawa Sun, Ottawa Business Journal
Internet Portals:
Canada.com - Two years on the home page of Montreal, Vancouver and Ottawa sites.
Bell Globe Media's CanadaPlus.ca in the Ottawa section.
For a sample of the press coverage:
Executives on Auction for charity
byline: Vito Pelieci
location: Business Section, Page 2, top
source: The Ottawa Citizen
date: Friday, May 4, 2001
An Ottawa charity is auctioning off the leisure time of the technology elite to the highest bidder.
Executives on Auction raises money to help people with Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Kevin Francis, chief executive of Jetform and one of the available executives, said yesterday that he became involved after finding out his sister suffered from fibromyalgia.
"It was a way to help," he said, "My sister has lived with this for a long priod of time."
Mr. Francis said fibromyalgia is a complex disease which has caused debate among doctors. Some think it's mere fatigue, others are convinced it's a specific medical condition.
But the charity says that it causes more than 1 million Canadians to feel constantly tired, suffer pain in their joints, (affects their immune systems), and in more severe cases, affects the ability to concentrate.
"I've met quite a few people who have this, and I don''t know how I would survive if it were me," said Mr. Ernst, executive director of Executives on Auction.
"There may be as many as 30,000 people here in the Ottawa area who have it."
Getting ready for its third season which opens today, Mr. Ernst said there are 25 technology executives now up for bids at the auction's Web site at executivesonauction.com
"Each (golf) game between an executive and bidder is played at their mutual convenience," said Mr. Ernst. "It's quite an offer."
He said the auction can arrange for the executive to take in a show at the National Arts Centre, (play golf), or even suit up for a day of white water kayaking.
The Executives on Auction charity site has raised more than $30,000 (for the charity), and hopes to raise alot more.'
Mr. Ernst said the (charity's overall) goal is now $1.2 million "within our first two years."
That sometimes seems to be very far away, and yet given the size of the problem it is not alot of money."
For a partial list of the executives and media on auction for the cause:
The 2001 1st annual Business Media Auction
Simon Tuck, Globe and Mail
Colin Trethewey, New RO
Paul Brent, HTTV & CJOH
Derek Mellon, Silicon Valley North
Scott Evans, OBJTV
Dan Pihlainen, CFRA Radio
Vito Pilieci, Ottawa Citizen
Sean McKibbon, Ottawa Sun
Summer 2001's executives
Andrew Foti, IT Partner, Oglivy Renault
Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen
Cyndi Edwards and Colin Trethewey, Anchor & Technology Reporter, The New RO
Dana Ono, Biotech VC, Venture Investment Management Co. LLC, (Boston)
Dan Pihlainen, Technology Reporter, CFRA
David Mann, Compassion in Action; Past Chair, OCRI; fmr. Nortel Vice President
Derek Mellon, Editor, Silicon Valley North
Doc and Woody, Wakeup Show Hosts, Chez 106.1
Doug Hewson, CEO, StartingStart-ups.com
Gerry Turcotte, President, Canada Communications Research Centre
Graham Mayes, Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Guardian Capital Advisors
Greg Strong, Vice President, Calian
Ian McLaren, Executive Advisor, Orchestream
Jim Roche, President, Tundra Semiconductor
Jim Orban, VP, Ottawa Citizen
Ken Lawless, Executive Director, Ottawa Life Sciences Council
Kevin Francis, CEO, Jetform
Lynda Partner, CEO, GotMarketing.com
Mark Papousek, Radio Host, Y105 Radio
Michael Prentice, Columnist, The Buzz, Ottawa Citizen
Paul Brent, Assignment Editor, CJOH News
Peter Becke, VP, Business Services & Human Resources, Nortel
Peter Charbonneau, Partner, SkyPoint Capital
Scott Evans, Host, OBJTV
Shawn P. Ling, CEO & President, Quarterstone Communications
Simon Tuck, Technology Reporter, Globe and Mail
Stephen Goodman, VP, SpaceBridge
Vito Pilieci, Technology Reporter, Ottawa Citizen
The first auctionees, summer 2000, winter 2000-1.
Adam Chowaniec, CEO, Tundra Semiconductor, and Chair, OED
Al McGale, VP, eCommerce@Cards, Royal Bank (Toronto)
Andrew Foti, Partner, Oglivy Renault
Antoine Paquin, CEO, Bitflash
Barb McNally, Vice President, OCRI
Bill Collins, President, OCRI
Bob Chiarelli, Ottawa-Carleton Regional Chair
Bob Perkins, Canderel Management Inc.
Brian Barge, CEO & President, Canadian Microelectronics Corp
Brian Foody, CEO, Iogen
Brian McArthur, VP, Business Banking, Royal Bank (Toronto)
Bruce D. Bianco, President, Synercard
Bruce Gregory, VP, Carrier Switching, PMC-Sierra
Cindy Willins, President, Timemakers
Curtis Coates VP, and Maggie Maier, Marketing, cs-live
Cyndi Edwards and Colin Trethewey, The New RO
Dan Pihlainen, Technology Reporter, CFRA
Dana Ono, Venture Investment Management Co. LLC, (Boston)
David Mann, Chair, OCRI; fmr. Nortel Vice President
David Scott, Senior Partner, Co-Chair, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Derek King, SVP, Merrill Lynch
Derek Mellon, Reporter, Ottawa Business Journal
Doc and Woody, Wakeup Show Hosts, Chez 106.1
Doug Hewson, CEO, StartingStart-ups.com
Eli Fathi, EVP, Business Development, March Networks
Gail Gillis, Director, Corporate Development, CroMedica
Gerry Turcotte, President, Communications Research Centre
Graham Mayes, Senior Vice President & Portfolio Manager, Guardian Capital Advisors
Grant White, CEO, TransMedia Europe, TransMedia Asia-Pacific
Greg Strong, Vice President, Calian
Ian McLaren, President & CEO, CrossKeys Systems
Jeremy Farr, Partner, Borden, Ladner, Gervais
Jim Roche, President, Tundra Semiconductor
Joanne De Laurentiis, President, Mondex Canada, (Toronto)
John Kelly, CEO, Reid Eddison
John Reid, President, CATA Alliance
John Soares, VP & Co-Founder, CMP Design
Jim Blattman, Sr. Mngr, Technology Banking, Royal Bank
Jim Orban, VP, Ottawa Citizen
Jim Watson, fmr.Mayor, Exec Dir. Canadian Tourism Commission
Keith Langille, Chief Relationship Catalyst, TEXEC
Ken Lawless, Executive Director, Ottawa Life Sciences Council
Kevin Francis, CEO, Jetform
Lori O'Neil, Partner, Deloitte & Touche
Lynda Partner, CEO, GotMarketing.com
Mark Papousek, Radio Host, Y105 Radio
Max Keeping, CJOH News Anchor
Mike Gerrior, Business Law, Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall
Michael LaPalme, Assistant VP, Telus (Toronto)
Michael Mansfield, President, Rebel.com
Moris Simson, Senior Vice President, Mitel
Paul Brent, Assignment Editor, CJOH News
Peter Becke, VP, Business Services & Human Resources, Nortel
Peter Eddison, Partner, Reid Eddison
Raman Agarwal, President & CEO, Akran Networks
Right Honourable Ramon Hnatyshyn, Gowling Lafleur Henderson
Rob Snow, CFRA radio, Ottawa Business at Night,
Rod Bryden, CEO, World Heart; NHL Owner: Ottawa Senators
Scott Evans, Host, OBJTV
Shawn P. Ling, CEO & President, Quarterstone Communications
Shawn Brennan, CEO, Once Corp.
Shirley Westeinde, SVP, Westeinde Group
Simon Tuck, Technology Reporter, Globe and Mail
Stephen Callary, Vice-Chair & CEO, Copyright Board
Steve Baker, President & CEO, Chrysalis-ITS
Terry Kimmel, VP & GM, Energy Ventures Inc.(EVI)
Tom Pullen, Director, Quick.Com
Vito Pilieci, Technology Reporter, Ottawa Citizen
Walt Lemon, VP, Emerging Products, Visa (Toronto)
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