Change the Web Challenge

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Emily Kornblut

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Mar 24, 2009, 7:31:38 PM3/24/09

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I wanted to let you all know about Social Actions' Change the Web
Challenge, a contest for creating innovative web applications that
promote opportunities to take action all over the web. At the end of
our first "Twitter for Good" online chat this afternoon, #changetheweb
was the top trending topic on Twitter, which really speaks to the
potential for Twitter-related entries into this contest. Here's how it
works:

* Social Actions has created an open API of over 60,000
opportunities to make a difference from 50+ sources including
Change.org, Kiva.org, VolunteerMatch, and Idealist.org
* Developers are invited to create web applications that draw on
Social Actions' database and help people connect to actions on the
millions of websites we visit everyday.
* Entries are voted on by the public. Then 20 finalists will be
judged by an expert panel with winners sharing $10,000 in prize money.

Submissions close April 3rd and winners will be announced at NTEN's
Nonprofit Technology Conference April 28th. To learn more, visit:
http://www.socialactions.com/changetheweb. You can also check out the
Developer Resources: http://www.socialactions.com/developers and join
the Social Actions' Developers Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/social-actions-dev.
Thanks and look forward to seeing your entries!

Alex Payne

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Mar 25, 2009, 1:46:07 PM3/25/09

to twitter-deve...@googlegroups.com

If you've been looking for a fun Twitter mashup project, this looks
like a great cause.