If you've been looking for a fun Twitter mashup project, this looks like a great cause.
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 16:31, Emily Kornblut <emilyjanekornb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I wanted to let you all know about Social Actions' Change the Web > Challenge, a contest for creating innovative web applications that > promote opportunities to take action all over the web. At the end of > our first "Twitter for Good" online chat this afternoon, #changetheweb > was the top trending topic on Twitter, which really speaks to the > potential for Twitter-related entries into this contest. Here's how it > works: > > * Social Actions has created an open API of over 60,000 > opportunities to make a difference from 50+ sources including > Change.org, Kiva.org, VolunteerMatch, and Idealist.org > * Developers are invited to create web applications that draw on > Social Actions' database and help people connect to actions on the > millions of websites we visit everyday. > * Entries are voted on by the public. Then 20 finalists will be > judged by an expert panel with winners sharing $10,000 in prize money. > > Submissions close April 3rd and winners will be announced at NTEN's > Nonprofit Technology Conference April 28th. To learn more, visit: > http://www.socialactions.com/changetheweb. You can also check out the > Developer Resources: http://www.socialactions.com/developers and join > the Social Actions' Developers Google Group: > http://groups.google.com/group/social-actions-dev. > Thanks and look forward to seeing your entries! > -- Alex Payne - API Lead, Twitter, Inc. http://twitter.com/al3x
