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Award Winning Combinations for Social Change

Care2

Frequently, the best innovative solutions to community challenges are those that creatively combine ideas from multiple disciplines. The recent award winners of the 2012 Grinnell Prize are a great example. Many amazing people do this kind of work in our communities, and you probably know a few.

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Microsoft’s Networked Approach To Accelerating Social Change Through Technology

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Ed Granger-Happ, Nethope; Claire Bonilla, Disaster Response Microsoft; Daniel Ben-Horin, TechSoup Global, Vida Durant, CARE USA. Microsoft researchers are collaborating with the academic community on environmental problems, such as aggregation and visualization of complex scientific data from many sources.

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How the NetSquared Challenges Have Accelerated Tech for Good

Tech Soup

" Ushahidi has since supported critical information gathering to provide a picture of human needs for many natural disasters, political violence, and human rights violations. Next, 20 or so finalists were chosen via online community voting. Finally, three winners were chosen by the community to receive cash grants.

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Mobile Storytelling: An Evolving Story

NTEN

Most noteably it was deployed in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Haiti to crowdsource unsafe conditions and aid relief coordination. It’s the news of Beyonce’s pregnancy announced during the MTV Video Awards that takes the honor of #1. How did you hear about Steve Jobs’ death? A newborn life wins over death.