christineegger Influentials in nonprofit tech Beth Kanter was named one of the most influential activists by Fast Company Magazine as part of a recent feature on women and web 2.0. Beth expanded on the list and added several categories of potential interest to readers here, including: Nonprofit Technology, Social Change Activists, Big Picture Thinkers,
Buckminister Fuller Award and Jury One of the first famous people I ever heard about was Buckminster Fuller - my dad is a fan of his work. So the 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge seemed to rate a mention. You can get a sense of the challenge's goals just by reading about the jurors.
Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards The James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards recognize individual leaders who are advancing innovative and effective solutions to significant issues in California. The award aims both to recognize the leaders’ successes and to advance the solutions they have implemented. Nominees for the award may be working in any field — such as
bronfman Nominations for Change The Charles Bronfman Prize The Charles Bronfman Prize has launched its 2009 award cycle, marking the start of this year's international quest for extraordinary, young humanitarians. The Prize celebrates the vision and talent of an individual or team under 50 years of age, whose humanitarian work has contributed
Data + Prizes = "made for me" blog topic I spend a lot of time and energy thinking about the data we need to make better giving decisions. This has led to a lot of time watching data providers in the social capital market space grow and diversify. This has lead to a growing discussion group that is thinking
everywhere Success and failure I'm on the run today, here are some quick observations, thoughts, blah blah blah: 1. I've blogged about failure as a precondition for success. Was thrilled to learn that one of my posts on said topic was picked up as "suggested reading" by a
Portfolio.com on Prize Philanthropy Phenomenon Here's a good story on the prize philanthropy phenomenon from Portfolio.com - looking at Changemakers, Innocentive, RWJ Foundation - and quoting us here at p2173. Tags: philanthropy, prizes, portfolio.com, prizephilanthropy
2L Virtual worlds meet prizes meet public good Three of the topics I write about frequently - philanthropy and prizes, philanthropy and technology, and philanthropy as a single part of the revenue stream for public good - have all come together in Second Life. Procrastinating from writing, I was perusing my blog reader when I noticed Cory Ondrejka&
Ruckus Nation Semifinalists announced Ruckus Nation announced 56 semi-finalists today, heading toward the grand prize announcement on March 17. List of semi-finalists is here. Each of them won $250 and are in the running for bigger prizes, exposure, and possible investment. Ruckus Nation is an online idea competition sponsored by HopeLab. It is designed
dml From 1000 entries... ....come 17 winners. The MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning inaugural competition (conducted in partnership with HASTAC) announced its first 17 winners today. The full announcement and list are here. And mark your calendars for March 17 when HopeLab announces the winners of the Ruckus Nation contest. DISCLOSURE: I work
givingchannel Prizes on The Giving Channel What does it mean when first an economist and then an environmentalist each win a major prize for peace? For that matter, what is it with philanthropy and prizes these days? While some prizes have been around for ages, new ones are popping up everywhere. Taken all together, they spark
markets These are (just two) of my favorite things © NewsFutures (Chart is of odds of Al Gore winning 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, for 7 days prior to announcement) What two things? Prediction markets and prizes. By now, Al Gore's Nobel Peace Prize win is old news. What you may not know is that he was the hands
pbs Project Enterprise - Your Turn to Vote! The judges (me included) have done our part - now its your turn. Choose from among the four posted finalists and vote here for the PBS NOW Project Enterprise winner. Polls are open until October 31st. The winning group will receive coverage on the website and be part of an
media When it all comes together What if a vaunted name in prizes tried to start a new philanthropic prize in an emerging technology field, promising Hollywood-level buzz and money? It would all be a hoax. A hoax documented by professional journalists, even while those involved were Googling or Wikipedia-ing all kinds of information that would
Peter Diamandis on Prize Economy Diamandis, founder of the X Prize Foundation, has an important post on prizes and philanthropy over at Huffington Post. Read it (and the comments) here. The comments are especially worth reading. Here's a sampling of ideas they raise: * From an employment self-interest standpoint, disease charities have no incentive
Chicago Tribune on Prizes Here is a good story on philanthropy and prizes from Sunday's Chicago Tribune. Note this quote from an 18 year old winner of one the contests sponsored by ASHOKA and Changemakers: FreasChangemakersAshoka Freas Turning $800 into $6000 worth of grant money and office supplies and $70,000 for
Prize winners...and more prizes Here's some more news from the prize front. First, the winners: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation announced the finalists for the 2007 Games for Health Competition. The winners are: The finalists in the 2007 Games for Health Competition (Open Competition): "Open Prototype: Neuromatrix, submitted by Morphonix of
