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.