I recently had the opportunity to connect with John Brennan, the driving force behind OpenAction.org, which empowers individuals and organizations by helping them tell the world about the positive impact their actions have.  John participated in the Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions in 2009 and received $5,000 for his winning Project: Social Actions Interactive Map.  You ca

Hi,

please consider voting for my Change The Web Entry, Social Friends. It let's you search for social actions via the socialactions.com search engine, and then checks on Twitter for people referring to those actions.

Please don't let the looks distract you. I was running out of time for working on the design, but the applicaton is functional. I think it could become very useful, if more and more people are encouraged to post their social actions on Twitter.

If you like it, please vote for me!

Many thanks!

Björn

Social Actions has created an open database of 60,000+ actions from 40+ sites -- including GlobalGiving, Change.org, DonorsChoose.org, Kiva.org, NABUUR, TakingITGlobal, Idealist.org, and VolunteerMatch. Through a search engine, Open Actions XML micro-format, an open API, and third-party tools and widgets, you can find and share ways to get involved in the causes you care about.

You're invited to join in a live and open text chat to discuss how the iPhone can be used for social change. In particular, we'll be exploring and brainstorming iPhone applications that inspire and enable a better world. "iPhones for Good" is part of the Change the Web Conversation Series, a series of open chats that explore specific technology platforms for good, running concurrent with the Change the Web Challenge.

The Change the Web Challenge from Social Actions is now officially open! Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the Web sites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit every day. "We want you to dream up a new tool to help people find and share actions.