NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

The fine people at Social Actions have announced a new contest that hopes to further social change (the hoped-for final result), online democracy (the community will vote to determine winners), and abject geekiness (you get to code for a cause). social actions mashup. You have until April 3rd to submit your project.

Mashup 36

Mashup Change Plugin API 36

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. Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Our entry was not only fun, but useful -- a bonus!

Data 82

Data API Mashup Contest 82

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 7, 2012

Think battle of the bands, a concert, a DJ mashup, or a party that people will pay to attend or have a karaoke night where attendees not only pay to participate but can donate to see your staff sing! Focus on gathering people together and including fun side events or contests. Host a dinner or breakfast.

Ideas 56

Ideas Fundraising Mashup Registration 56

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

Social Actions has designed the Change the Web contest to stimulate innovative and effective web application development that facilitate social actions. Firefox Ubiquity Command : A Firefox mashup that lets you highlight any phrase as your browse the web and find related ways to take action.

Action 50

Action Web Change Plugin 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2007

Full Stop Campaign - google maps and flickr mashup. Creative Commons Swag Contest and I won! Freedom from Oil Flickr Photo Contest. March of Dimes Contest (features community voting). Nature Conservancy Photo Contest. One.org Campaign Add Your One Face To Flickr Group. Example of Technical Support How To.

Flickr 50

Flickr Comment Resource Contest 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 16, 2010

Crowdsourcing for knowledge creation can include “mashups of data.&# Crowd voting has been used in Cause Marketing. There has been an explosion of “Vote for Me&# contests that have become contests in techniques for vote getting and inspired cause fatigue at worst. 2) Crowd Creation.

Measure 96

Measure Fund Impact Minnesota 96

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

Blog commenters are contributors, as are people who engage in contests. Online, this may mean participants creating their own mashups or using organizational data to construct visualizations.

Model 98

Model Activities Active Activism 98

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! There's also a profile of the Humane Society's recent $50,000 contest win from Microsoft. One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective.

Nptech 50

Nptech Slides Summary Tag 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Examples include Creative Commons Swag Contest and Fight Hunger Video Contest. Content used in mashups is typically sourced from a third party via a public interface or API Many people are experimenting with mashups using Google, eBay, Amazon, Windows Live, and Yahoos APIs. Examples of Mashups. Who Is Sick?

Remix 50

Remix Professional Technorati Wiki 50

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 3, 2009

Winner of the Creative Commons 2006 Photo Schwag Contest I believe in setting my content free. The cover is from a remix mashup. It provides a huge return on investment. Here's why: A way to crowd source ideas. People can add and embellish your content and if you have access to the remix, it can give you new ideas.

License 56

License Remix Content Free 56