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The Vancouver Games were the first to officially integrate social media into their official communication channels and strategies. Olympic social media "firsts" include: the first official Facebook presence (1.1M fans), the first Games tweeted by an Organizing Committee, the first Games to produce a
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was set at CAN$ 1.76 billion, with a contingency of $ 77 million. This reflected an increase of $ 130 million over the $ 1.63 billion operating budget announced in May 2007, though VANOC said that if the accounting principles applied for the 2009 budget were retroactively applied to the May 2007
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daily series of videos on YouTube during the Games, the first Official Mobile App (over 1M downloads from over 50 countries), and the first to host audio and video podcasts on iTunes.
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sources such as sponsorships, licensing, merchandising, ticket sales and fundraising, as well as with a contribution from the
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budget, the operating budget would have remained "relatively unchanged." The VANOC operating budget was financed by
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VANOC ceased operations on December 31, 2010 after the Paralympic Winter Games has ended 10 months later.
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Comité d’organisation des Jeux olympiques et paralympiques d’hiver de 2010 à Vancouver - COVAN
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The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
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On January 30, 2009, VANOC announced its updated budget for the 2010 games. The
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www.CRSportsNews.com - Free Press Release Distribution Center (2009-02-24).
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governments, two from the City government of Vancouver, two from the
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participation in the planning and hosting of the 2010 Winter Games.
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responsible for planning, organizing, financing and staging the
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Nations, and a final director chosen by the other 19 members.
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One of VANOC's goals was to achieve "unprecedented"
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VANOC spent $ 16.6 million to upgrade facilities at
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The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Vancouver
British Columbia
John Furlong
vancouver2010.com
French
non-profit organization
2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Paralympics
2010 games were awarded
Vancouver
British Columbia
sport in Canada
chief executive officer
John Furlong
Irish-born
Canadian Olympic Committee
board of directors
Canadian Olympic Committee
Canadian Paralympic Committee
Canadian
British Columbian provincial
Resort Municipality of Whistler
Lil'wat
Squamish
operating budget
private sector
International Olympic Committee
government of Canada

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