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And the new name is … Faculte!

June 2nd, 2009  by miki  Filed Under Faculte, Faculte Story  

Wait, did I just read that right?

Yes. We’ve decided to stick with our existing name Faculte. It wasn’t an easy decision because we got a lot of great suggestions in as part of our naming contest. We even narrowed it down to a shortlist of our favorites. However, when stacked up against “Faculte”, these names couldn’t evoke the same spirit we’ve come to love.

The Middle English Dictionary’s top two definitions of “Faculte” are: 1. The power, ability, facility, opportunity, possibility to do something 2. A field of knowledge or experience. We believe that the name “Faculte” captures in one word the essence of our entire mission, which is to enable professionals and organizations to easily share knowledge online. To give them the ability to inform, explain or educate in the most lively way.

We’re fully aware that some of you don’t have such a flattering impression of the word Faculte (or rather Faculty) because it conjures up images of unpleasant experiences dealing with the teaching and administrative force in your university days.

Let’s step away from that picture for a moment.

I want you to think of an inspiring professor, one that was so passionate and knowledgeable about the topic he or she was teaching that the experience was enjoyable and you understood their concepts right away. Now imagine hundreds or thousands of teachers just like that! Well that’s what happens when you enable experts to share their knowledge easily (and be able to have fun doing it!)

We want the word Faculte to inspire. Take a look at TED for example. We love TED. They bring you amazing talks from the world’s brightest minds. There are bright minds in your company and organization. Let’s give them the platform to share their knowledge! That’s what Faculte means to us.

So what about the prize money?!

We were very serious about finding a new or better name. Each of us even had our favorite contenders. So as a consolation prize, we’ve decided to award $200 each to our top 5 favorite names. In our next post we’ll take you through our top 5 and some notable runner-ups.

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