Do you have an idea for a mashup? Can you imagine a way to to
combine data from more than one source to make a web tool that can help
nonprofits change the world? The NetSquared Mashup Challenge may be for you.
You don't need to have tech skills — just a great idea.
Explain the change you are trying to make in the world, and
the information sources that you want to combine on the web in order to
help create that change. The NetSquared Team will reach out to the project managers and
developers who can help bring that idea to life.
In fact, the Google developers are already on board with a hackathon hosted at the Googleplex on March 7, 2008, where published projects can get practical help from Google's own API experts and those of other API providers.
Submit
your mashup dream to Netsquared's Mashup Challenge before March
14, 2008. The NetSquared Community will vote for the
mashups they think
are
the most innovative, and that will create the greatest social impact.
The top 20 winners, to be announced on March 24, will share in $100,000
in prize money — and receive an invitation to the NetSquared Conference (N2Y3) on May 27-28 in San Jose, California.
This year’s NetSquared Conference will bring together a unique mix
of people from the public and private sectors to develop and release
Mashups designed to provide deeper insight into the social issues
affecting communities around the globe.
Those "people" are you —
members of the NetSquared universe working on behalf of communities
everywhere and the technical experts who care about these issues.
If
we’re successful, we’ll learn something about cross-sector
collaboration, meet new and interesting people, and build a unique
gallery of Mashups that citizens, schools, and community-based groups
everywhere can learn from, replicate, and build upon.
Wild Apricot is a proud supporter of NetSquared in its ongoing efforts to remix the web for social change.