If you’re a web developer looking to work on something worthy and potentially bag a cash prize in the process, check out Social Actions’ Change The Web Challenge.
Social Actions has created an open database of over 60,000 actions from more than 40 sites — including GlobalGiving, Change.org, DonorsChoose.org, Kiva.org, Idealist.org and VolunteerMatch. Now it’s looking to get those actions out there on the web sites, blogs and social networks we visit every day, and that’s where you come in.
The Challenge is to create web applications and widgets that draw on Social Actions’ database and help people connect to actions on blogs, web sites and social networks — you can see some examples on the Social Actions site. Apps and widgets entered to the contest will be voted on by the public, with 20 finalists being judged by an expert panel. Winners will share $10,000 in prize money. Submissions close April 3rd, so get your skates on!
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