The Charity Technology Trust is sponsoring the first ever UK Technology4Good Awards, which celebrates the hard work of people who use technology to make the world a better place.

Entry to the Awards is free and they are open to any UK-based charity, business, community organisation, public body or individual. Nominations are open until 5pm on Monday 9th May, with the winners announced at an Awards Ceremony on Tuesday 7th June.

The 5th Annual DoGooder Video Awards are off to a record start with over 1,350 videos from over 800 organizations - that's a lot of tear-inducing, action-starting, video storytelling! Now comes the hard part: voting. Along with the other partners, See3 Communications and YouTube are hoping that you can vote now and vote often to help select the winners!

How to Vote

The DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, from See3, in partnership with YouTube, are back again for the 5th year! The Awards are open for submissions from members of the YouTube Nonprofit Program until March 2nd.

Prestigious Competition Awards $650,000 in Cash and Prizes to Technology with Most Promise to Global Solve Pressing Issues

The Vodafone Americas Foundation and mHealth Alliance are pleased to announce a call for entries for the annual Vodafone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project™ and mHealth Alliance Award, a competition to identify and support promising wireless-related technologies to address critical social issues around the globe. Proposals will be accepted from September 27, 2010 through December 15, 2010, with the final winners announced at the annual Global Philanthropy Forum in Redwood City, CA in April 2011.

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TechSoup Global has entered The Financial Times-Justmeans Social Innovation Awards competition with winners selected by a panel of judges and presented in a New York City on March 23.

The Mobile Premier Awards (MPA) 2010 are due to take place in February as part of the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona.  These awards offer recognition for Mobile Startup Innovation, and provide an possible opportunity to pitch in front of investors, bloggers and press, media companies and peers. 

MPAs are being offered in the following areas

The Yahoo! Green Award is back for a third year at the NetSquared Conference.  Yahoo! is committed to empowering our communities to make a positive impact on the environment, and has reviewed the project submissions included in the “Environment & Energy ” Cause Area of the NetSquared Global Project Gallery on the NetSquared Web site looking for the most innovative green technology project to receive a $5,000 Yahoo! Search Marketing award.  And the winner is...

DatAgro Receives the Yahoo! Green Award!

Applied Materials and The Tech Museum and Innovation have announced the 2008 Tech Awards Laureates! The 25 winners come from around the world, representing 12 countries, with projects applying technology for social change.

Britt Bravo is on a much-deserved vacation, so I'm stepping in for her to keep news and information about the social change web coming your way!

The UK Catalyst Awards highlight examples of individuals or groups putting social technology to use in connecting people and doing good. "It doesn't matter if you're a community group, a charity, in business, or just doing something smart in your own time – we can all do our bit." These stories offer ideas and inspiration about innovative uses of social technology that you or your organization can learn from.

But who won? The eight winners include: