There are lots of awards and contests lately all showcasing great examples of nonprofits and uses of technology. There’s a lot of good you and your organization can learn from! I blogged about all of them on the Net Squared community blog, so check it out!
- Nonprofit Tagline Awards: 12 nonprofits highlighted by Nancy Schwartz and the Getting Attention blog!
- UK Catalyst Awards: 8 examples of individuals or groups using social technology for good!
- Growndswell Awards: These awards haven’t been decided yet; find out how to get your organization nominated for innovative use of growndswell technologies (like wiki, blogs, and social networks)!
Does your organization have a great story about using technology to connect with your community? What has been your organization’s biggest challenge in adopting social technologies? I’d love to share your stories!
Last night another important awards ceremony took place that affects nonprofits, the Sourceforge awards, which this year were awards for any open source software project anywhere, not just those in their repository. These software projects all provide free tools that can make the lives of nonprofits easier, for free, and some of them are better than their commercial rivals. The winners and also the other finalists are all worth taking note of.