Forum One

MARCH 15, 2010

We've written previously about the Obama Administration's Open Government Directive. Last week the White House issued a new memorandum titled " Guidance on the Use of Challenges and Prizes to Promote Open Government " (PDF) — a further step towards citizen engagement. State Department.

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The Next Web

JUNE 6, 2013

Sansam also maintains that small businesses aren’t put off by the group’s association with government. Last spring, we successfully pitched our real time social TV analytics platform at the IC tomorrow ‘Digital Innovation Contest – TV and Film’. Indeed, IC tomorrow’s problem is not one of intent or execution, it’s about awareness.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Obama administration is close to unveiling a new Open Government Directive to push agencies to become more transparent, accountable, and collaborative. The directive builds upon the memorandum on transparency and open government released by the administration in January, and was announced by US CTO Aneesh Chopra during the Gov 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 14, 2011

I’ve had a lot of experience with online contests, both as a participant (winner) and working two reflection papers for the Case Foundation ‘s America’s Giving Challenge. I said that I wished contest designers would take a Hippocratic Oath to do no harm to nonprofits! Designate a cheer leader.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 13, 2018

ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests in order to build your email list and collect user generated content. Worldometers tracks stats in real-time about world population, government and politics, natural resources, health, and media.

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Classy

JUNE 21, 2021

Host a Contest With Multiple Ways to Participate. Hosting a contest can be an effective way to raise funds and encourage participation, but it’s important to remember that friendly competition isn’t for everyone. If you registered for the dog surf contest, a fundraising page was automatically created for you.

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The Verge

JULY 15, 2020

billion) in back taxes to the Irish government. Vestager concluded that a “sweetheart deal” from the Irish government meant the iPhone-maker paid an effective tax rate of less than 1 percent, a uniquely preferential deal that counted as “illegal state aid.”. “The Today’s decision might yet be overturned once more.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

not astronauts selected, trained and employed by their respective national government) make its way to the station. Contestants will compete for a SpaceX trip to the International Space Station in new reality TV show. That should be the first time we see a crew made up entirely of private individuals (ie.,

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Amy Sample Ward

JUNE 15, 2010

We need to move beyond our customary categorical thinking and invite everybody – business, government, communities, organizations, individuals – to work together to address the issues we face before it’s too late.”. And now they are up to something again: MMT is looking for a million dollar idea to support!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

ViralSweep is an sweepstakes and contest platforms that easily allows you to launch and management online contests. Worldometers tracks stats in real-time about world population, government and politics, natural resources, health, and media. For multi-lingual surveys, it is a better service than SurveyMonkey. Event Management.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2014

from entertainment media and news, brand strategy, technology, government, nonprofits, and business. What role could digital medium-specific competitions or contests play in increasing demand? As you can imagine, we were overcome with feedback, insights and ideas, which you can read about here.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2009

Over the past month, I had the privilege of being the Forum One Project Manager for a fun, open-source web application development contest: the Apps for America 2: Data.gov Challenge. Tags: Communication Government Transparency Strategy Technology. Register for a Sunlight Labs account. Cast your ballot. Thank you for helping.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 17, 2009

" Apps for America Contest - Check out some of these really innovative (and cool!) open source applications for helping make the government more transparent from Sunlight Labs. Would love to hear if there are any you especially think are useful to your work!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 9, 2021

It didn’t win that contest, but that hasn’t kept it from winning the interest of investors elsewhere. government is already a customer, thanks in part to strategic investors like Booz Allen. (In Roughly a year ago, Latent AI , a now three-year-old, Menlo Park, Ca.-based ’s national defense strategy.).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Vaibhav Jain, Hubilo’s founder and CEO, told TechCrunch that many of its customers before the pandemic were enterprises and governments that used its platform to help organize large events. Event discovery network IRL raises $16M Series B after refocusing on virtual events. Those were also the first to stop hosting in-person events.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2022

Football or soccer, the latter commonly used in the US, is the most popular and watched sport globally with over five billion football fans according to its apex governing body , FIFA. Eksab takes a percentage of all the fees paid on the platform, especially on premium contests and merchandise.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2014

The government is even planning to appoint a chief data officer to manage the effort, earning praise from the Open Data Institute as the most advanced government in the field of open data. local governments are using open data to improve their services. You can see some of the apps generated by the contest at civicapps.org.).

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help the organization by researching and compiling information on government grants that may be available. Do a raffle, sweepstakes, contest, or giveaway in your community. Help the organization by researching and compiling information on foundations in your area or state. Check your state laws to make sure you are in compliance.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Lately there's lots of buzz about innovative ways that government can use new technologies share data, increase citizen visibility, and promote participation. Our staff and clients are excited by the Obama administration's pledge to promote transparency in government, as well as the DC government's recent innovations with public data.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Jeremy Ames who works in the Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor Environments Division, will speak about their Radon Video Contest -- the first video contest run by the federal government.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Along with 3 colleagues, we volunteered to develop an entry for the Apps for America 2 contest , sponsored by the Sunlight Foundation. Entrants built useful applications incorporating at least one data feed from Data.gov , in an effort to make government data accessible and usable. Our entry was not only fun, but useful -- a bonus!

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 5, 2023

The first official piece of policy around diversity efforts in venture capital may soon see the light of day, but not because of any action by the government. The program is the Fearless Strivers Grant Contest , and the fund hosts it four times a year in partnership with Mastercard.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Key among the contested issues is how the law should approach upstream AI model makers. Divisions over how to set rules for applying artificial intelligence are complicating talks between European Union lawmakers trying to secure a political deal on draft legislation in the next few weeks, as we reported earlier this week.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 2, 2013

TechSoup Global has had a busy year so far with new ventures, exciting contests, and global recognition. Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest. That's why TechSoup Global, NetSquared and Microsoft teamed up to launch the Windows 8 Apps for Social Good Contest last November. The TechSoup Digital Storytelling Contest is here!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

The day will be capped by a demonstration of the top three finalists in the Apps for America 2 contest. Tags: Events Government Transparency. We're attending the Gov 2.0 Expo Showcase in Washington, DC today. This will be accompanied by a quick final call for votes prior to an announcement of the winner by Sunlight Labs.

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NTEN

MARCH 15, 2010

Those are the values President Obama cited last December in his Open Government Initiative. Are those words you usually associate with your government? Even non- conspiracy theorists would likely have a hard time summoning up "transparent" as one of the top three adjectives to describe our government.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

We were also humbled by this laudatory blog post on whitehouse.gov by Peter Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget: Today, we celebrate the ingenuity of the American people with the announcement of Datamasher.org as the winner of the Apps for America contest.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

billion) in back taxes to the Irish government. “Member States cannot give tax benefits to selected companies — this is illegal under EU state aid rules,” EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said in 2016. The commission ordered Apple to pay €13 billion ($14.9

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Achieve

JANUARY 31, 2022

Online contests or challenges. Incorporate a few contests or challenges into your annual social media posting calendar to generate organic engagement with your followers. She has contributed to publications of BoardSource and The Governance Institute, as well as the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and The Giving Institute.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

When I heard about this contest, I asked myself, "Who would I know with API coding skills and a passion for government transparency -- and who likes winning money?" > Learn more about the contest at [link]. Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs. " Duh: the NTEN community!

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Crucially, for Holmes to be found guilty of wire fraud, the government must show that she knew she was lying when she gave investors bad information — mistakes aren’t illegal. The thing about today’s presentation, though, is that Theranos’ early work isn’t contested. According to the government, the fraud didn’t start until later.

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Tableau

AUGUST 24, 2021

Get new users up and running in Tableau with sample data sets or pre-populated workbooks, distribute corporate data sources, create a workbook to highlight a specific part of the business, even use the space to bring teams together for fun viz challenges or contests—the options are endless!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

She touched on some of the implications for staffing and governance. That changes the conversation for nonprofits. It also will change the types of skill sets that nonprofits will need now and into the future, for example “Data Analysts.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Last week, Paul reported that the European Commission threw the kibosh on having TikTok on work devices , and today, Amanda reported that Canada followed suit for its government devices. Christine and Haje The TechCrunch Top 3 Raise the roof : Continuing to work remotely in 2023 remains a hotly contested issue in today’s workplaces.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Earlier this summer, we talked about the Adobe MAX Awards, an awards program that recognizes multimedia achievements in the for-profit, nonprofit, and government sectors. If you already recognize one of the finalists, that's because METRAC's Finding Zoe was honored last year in our Show Your Impact contest. read more.

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Tableau

AUGUST 24, 2021

Get new users up and running in Tableau with sample data sets or pre-populated workbooks, distribute corporate data sources, create a workbook to highlight a specific part of the business, even use the space to bring teams together for fun viz challenges or contests—the options are endless!

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

There’s been an exciting development in online collaboration this month with GSA’s launch of Challenge.gov – a platform for Federal agencies to conduct challenges and contests. In the past, the government might have hired and managed people to try to find solutions the these problems. Since 2004 (or earlier!),

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