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Win Cash Monies for Changing the World
The fine people at Social Actions have announced a new contest that hopes to further social change (the hoped-for final result), online democracy (the community will vote to determine winners), and abject geekiness (you get to code for a cause).
The "Change the Web Challenge" will give away more than $10,000 in prizes. For an idea of what they're looking for, check out these examples of projects already using the Social Actions API:
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'Related Ways to Take Action' WordPress Plugin: A plugin you can add to any WordPress.org blog that identifies the keywords of each blog posts and then displays related ways to take action.
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Twitter Action Pack: A directory of 30+ Twitter accounts that automatically post actions on the issues you care about.
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Firefox Ubiquity Command: A Firefox mashup that lets you highlight any phrase as your browse the web and find related ways to take action.
You have until April 3rd to submit your project. The winners will be anounced at the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference.
May I suggest you learn more and get cracking?
NetSquared Challenge: Last Day to Submit Your Mashup
Do you have an idea for a mashup that could be a tool for social change? Can you imagine a way to combine data from more than one source into an integrated tool that would increase awareness around an issue? NetSquared, a project of TechSoup, is awarding a share of $100,000 in prize money, and a trip to the NetSquared Conference, to the top 20 winners of the NetSquared Mashup Challenge.
Submit your idea for a mashup with social impact by March 14, 2008 at 5 PM PST. Submission forms are available at http://www.netsquared.org/mashup.
There are three parts to the Challenge: