NTEN

MAY 4, 2009

Although I hate the idea of talking over lunch, I'm glad that two years ago, under former ED Katrin Verclas, we added the awards ceremony to our closing lunch at the NTC. Flickr Photo: ann.a.liese The NTEN Award is given each year to a person who lives the values of our community. The 2009 award was presented to the American Red Cross.

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Award NTC San Diego Open Source 36

Forum One

JANUARY 7, 2009

US Agency for International Development has run an interesting contest to identify innovative ideas in mobile computing for international development. They got some interesting nominations and have identified the top three winners : * Child Malnutrition Surveillance and Famine Response. Ushahidi v2 - Mobile.Crisis.Reporting. .

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Challenge Develop Award Contest 52

NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" > Learn more about the contest at [link]. They encourage you to use Sunlight's code libraries , which the Labs recently open sourced.

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Mashup API Contest Challenge 36

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 24, 2007

They are hosting a contest to win $10,000K to celebrate their launch. Sixdegrees.org is running a contest with Hanes T-shirts to win $10,000K. If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0.

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Summary Nptech Green Tag 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Ushahidi is an open source platform that facilitates crowdsourcing through the use of SMS/cellphones and online mapping. Crowd voting has been used in Cause Marketing. There has been an explosion of “Vote for Me&# contests that have become contests in techniques for vote getting and inspired cause fatigue at worst.

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Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

Forum One

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The students would prepare for the contest using a series of online practice modules and mobile phone based applications that would test the students on sample questions. Awards would be provided to students as publications of their ideas and USAID leadership recognition. income, age, etc.). Vote for this Idea].

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Ideas Share Disaster Government 47