http://www.netsquared.org/tags/peer-review share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/sarah-lohrius/prize-finalists-selected-products-open-for-public-comment <p>The Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest has&nbsp;selected six exciting dewelopers and products that are being considered as finalists for its inaugural prize.&nbsp; The&nbsp;final prize recommendation&nbsp;will be made by an advisory panel but we would also like to hear from you.&nbsp; We would like to invite&nbsp;you&nbsp;to share your impressions of the products, their usability, elegance and relevance.&nbsp; The finalist developers and products are:</p> <ul> <li>George Hotelling, Citizen Speak</li> <li>Donald Lobo, CiviCRM</li> <li>Jamie McClelland, Basebuilder</li> <li>Ethan McCutchen, WagN</li> <li>Zack Rosen, Civic Space</li> <li>Kevin Smith, The Martus Project</li> </ul> <p>If you are familiar with these products or would like to take&nbsp;some time and explore them a bit and share your insights with the Prize Advisory Panel, we welcome your feedback.&nbsp; This is the first year of the Pizzigati Prize and we need your guidance as we select a prize recipient who has created an elegant and usable tool, had a practical impact on the effectiveness and capacity of nonprofit organizations, and also has promoted an ethic of collaboration and sharing.&nbsp; You can find more about the Prize&nbsp;and the&nbsp;finalist products, and share your thoughts&nbsp;at <a href="http://forums.pizzigatiprize.org/index.php#5">http://forums.pizzigatiprize.org/index.php#5</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/sarah-lohrius/prize-finalists-selected-products-open-for-public-comment">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/sarah-lohrius/prize-finalists-selected-products-open-for-public-comment#comments peer review prize public comment software prize Open source for nonprofits Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:48:59 -0400 Sarah Lohrius 1953 at http://www.netsquared.org