The world’s leading innovator in secure, anonymous reporting for the athletic community joins the ranks of Nvidia, YouTube and Taco Bell
RealResponse was added to the Fast Company annual list consisting of the World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. The technology company based in Charlotte delivers secure, trusted and anonymous reporting for sports communities and their constituents. Founder and CEO David Chadwick, has guided RealResponse on the path to make the prestigious list as one of just ten companies in the multibillion-dollar sports industry, with their client, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) also noted, alongside the ranks of Nvidia, YouTube, Taco Bell, and others. The Sports Techie community blog curator would love to see RealResponse become a required component for the upcoming elections working alongside any company working in campaign financing, or voter machine and vote counting, to include private, non-profit and government entities, so to enable potential whistleblowers assess to a secure platform to report illegal activities, if there are indeed any. Elevating voices is what RealResponse does extremely well as one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024.
“This recognition by Fast Company reinforces that a secure, accessible, and trusted way to communicate within the sports community is critical for turning valuable feedback into timely action,” Chadwick said. “Whether it’s enabling safe and protected communication for athletes, coaches, and employees, or simply breaking down barriers to foster a better information exchange within sports and other industries, RealResponse will continue to innovate and elevate voices on and off the field of play. We want to thank all those who have joined us in ensuring everyone’s voice is heard.”
2024 Fast Company Innovators
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business.
This year’s list spotlights a variety of businesses shaping industry and culture by innovations. Each named organization is setting new standards and achieving remarkable milestones in all sectors of the economy. Alongside the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, Fast Company recognizes 606 organizations across 58 sectors and regions.
The World’s Most Innovative Companies stands as Fast Company’s hallmark franchise and one of its most anticipated editorial efforts of the year.
Fast Company’s editors and writers identified the companies driving progress around the world and across industries, evaluating thousands of submissions through a competitive application process. The result is a globe-spanning guide to innovation today, from early-stage startups to some of the most valuable companies in the world. Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies package is available online, as well as in-app form via iTunes, and on newsstands beginning March 26. The hashtag is #FCMostInnovative.
“Our list of the Most Innovative Companies is both a comprehensive look at the innovation economy and a snapshot of the business trends that defined the year,” said Fast Company editor-in-chief Brendan Vaughan. “We saw extraordinary innovation across the board in 2023, but we also saw a handful of clear patterns: the growing footprint and impact of AI, the triumphant return of live events, and great leaps forward in climate tech. We face daunting challenges on many fronts, but the solutions we celebrate in MIC give me plenty of hope about the future.”
Fast Company will host the Most Innovative Companies Summit and Gala on May 16. The summit features a morning and afternoon of inspiring content, followed by a creative black-tie gala including networking, a seated dinner, and an honoree presentation. This event celebrates the Most Innovative Companies honorees and provides an inside look at cutting-edge business trends and what it takes to innovate in 2024.
Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with its sister publication Inc., and can be found online at www.fastcompany.com.
ABOUT REALRESPONSE
Founded in 2015, RealResponse provides a secure, confidential platform for individuals to provide feedback on difficult or sensitive issues within an organization. We ensure voices are heard and people are empowered – with real-time, two-way anonymous communications. These insights enhance communications between participants and their respective organizations and provide valuable opportunities to turn feedback into action.
Over the last two years, RealResponse has diversified beyond its college and university athletics roots to work with pro sports leagues, like Major League Baseball (MLB) and NASCAR. Leading integrity organizations, like the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and the International Testing Agency (ITA), are utilizing RealResponse to help support their efforts for clean sport. The Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit (HIWU) is using the platform to identify equine doping violations, and US Integrity and RealResponse have partnered to help keep athletes safe from gambling related harm. The company’s collaboration with the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) also shows the continued value and vision of its evolution across the sports industry.
That growth includes a bigger focus on mental health (NFLPA) and well-being for more than two million users of RealResponse, while never losing sight of its core clients, which have always been student-athletes, coaches and employees at over 150 campuses across North America. What Chadwick started as an undergraduate class project has become a global communications platform addressing a variety of needs.
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Sports Techie, the former Division I basketball player at Valparaiso University started RealResponse nine years ago.
Chadwick’s original intent was to provide a safe and anonymous way for athletes, coaches, and support staff to provide feedback and to advance a positive student-athlete experience.
Now, the RealResponse platform has expanded to global markets and is used by intercollegiate athletics, colleges and universities, professional sports, governing bodies, integrity units, youth organizations, and more.
RealResponse has become a trusted resource by many for protected communications on some of the most serious concerns across sports and youth organizations – mental health and wellness issues, hazing, doping, match-fixing, abuse, and other illegal activities. RealResponse has become a pipeline for positive change, and I couldn’t be happier about the difference the platform is making.
Can politics, and also financial integrity say in the stock market regarding insider trading, please be next.
Congrats to David and his colleagues for developing the technologies at RealResponse that are pioneering the anonymous reporting space leading to being recognized by Fast Company for its innovation in 2024.
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