December 31 Deadline Rapidly Approaching for Competition with $650,000 in Cash and Prizes for Wireless and mHealth Solutions



The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance announced the last call for submissions for the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and the mHealth Alliance Award, a competition designed to spark innovation and help solve pressing global issues. Proposals will be accepted through December 31.




Join us in congratulating the NCTech4Good - NetSquared Local Organizer, Judy Hallman, on winning the NTEN Lifetime Achievement Award!

The award was presented to Judy at the 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference by Paula Jones, Director of Technology and Administration for the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits.

Since 2008, the Nonprofit Tagline Awards (aka the Taggies) have been rewarding organizations for using strong taglines in their marketing materials. A powerful tagline can be the centerpiece of a strong marketing campaign, and can serve to both clarify and simplify your message. Does your nonprofit have an organizational tagline or a tagline for a campaign, program, or event? If so, enter to win a Taggie Award from Getting Attention.

The Taggie Awards:

The deadline for entering is July 28. The form takes about 3 minutes to fill in, so why not do it right now?

The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) Social Justice Award has just been announced here at NetSquared's N2Y4 Mobile Conference. A panel of judgest reviewed all the N2Y4 Featured Projects for their potential to address social justice issues.  The five awardees* are...

NetSquared and The French American Charitable Trust (FACT) are pleased to announce the inaugural FACT Social Justice Awards. All N2Y4 Featured Projects will be reviewed by a panel of three judges for their potential to address social justice issues.  Five awardess will be announced on May 27 at the N2Y4 Conference.

Learn more about the FACT Award

Are you a social entrepreneur or the leader of a social venture, or do you know someone with a social venture that could benefit from capacity building, in-depth consultation on their business plan and mentoring by Santa Clara University faculty and Silicon Valley start-up veterans?

Helping Nonprofit Technology Blog author, Jocelyn Harmon, spread the word about her org's upcoming award deadline . . .

"Is Your Nonprofit Using Technology to Fundraise, Communicate, Advocate, Collaborate – Change the World? Then we want to hear from you!

We have a winner for the Yahoo! Green Award - Live Climate!

Last year, FamilyFarmed.org received the Yahoo! Green Award for its potential to use Web 2.0 tools to benefit the environment by connecting everyday consumers with their local farmers.

This year Yahoo! looked for an innovative “green mashup” that would inspire people to use social technology to help the environment. The winner was chosen from the project submissions included in the “Environment” Cause Area of the Project Gallery on the NetSquared web site.

Here's a statement from the folks at Yahoo! about why they chose Live Climate

"We chose Live Climate because they are using the internet in an incredibly innovative way - connecting people through investments in carbon offsets to relieve poverty AND improve the environment. We are excited to award them $5,000 in Yahoo! Search Marketing keywords to help them inspire people to take action on climate change in a very personal and empowering way. Yahoo! is looking forward to future mashups on this site that will allow carbon offset buyers to connect more directly with project owners in developing countries."

You can learn more about Live Climate on their web site, www.liveclimate.org, and get involved with their work by signing up for their newsletter, or making a donation of time or money.

Last year, NetSquared Featured Project, FamilyFarmed.org received the Yahoo! Green Award for its potential to use Web 2.0 tools to benefit the environment by connecting everyday consumers with their local farmers.

This year, Yahoo! is looking for innovative “green mashups” that will inspire people to use social technology to help the environment.

Yahoo! will review the project submissions included in the “Environment” Cause Area of the NetSquared Project Gallery. Using Yahoo! APIs is a plus, but not necessary. The most innovative green mashup will receive a $5,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing award.

Big congratulations to Marnie Webb, TechSoup's Co-CEO, who was awarded The 2008 NTEN Award today at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans. You can leave her a congratulatory message in the comments of this post, or on her blog, ext337.