During the month of October, we reached out to members of TuDiabetes, asking for video submissions on which they described life with diabetes through one of the five senses (sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste). This contest was called Making Sense of Diabetes.

This is the compilation video we've produced in time for World Diabetes Day (Nov. 14), highlighting some of the best contributions made during the contest. We hope it will help people who do not have diabetes to better understand what life with diabetes is like.

I'm hoping to participate in a very unique trip to India for social entrepreneurs from JustMeans, and by participating hope to bridge networks, form new partnerships, and spur collaborations for as many in the NetSquared Community as I can.  Because my goal for this trip is very much centered on the work and inspiration of this group of changemakers, I wanted to share my application here.  You are invited and welcomed (and hugely thanked) for any support you give (by voting or commenting) as well as providing feedback about how I can help you!

India Social Entrepreneurship Journey, February 2010 Contest: Help me help you!

ZeroDivide is happy to announce the “ZD Technology Haiku Contest.” As a fun way to promote the use of social media and other technology tools in our communities, Zero Divide invites you to submit a technology themed Haiku on behalf of a non-profit organization for a chance to win them a grant up to $2,000.

Learn more and submit your own Haiku

How to Participate

Haiku’s may be submitted on three different platforms:

The District-by-District Organizing Tool is officially in the running for the Change the Web competition. I'm cutting it a bit close since I'm knee-deep in bioinformatics studying for finals coming up in a week.

Looking forward to seeing what other entries are submitted in the next 24 hours. 

Sunlight Labs has announced its newest challenge: Apps for America!  Prizes go to developers who can use data from Sunlight and our partners that makes Congress more accountable, interactive and transparent.  Learn more and submit your idea.

Replyforall is a new tool that lets you support nonprofit causes in a sustainable way: your email signature!  Their just-launched Your Message, Your Vote contest could mean your favorite nonprofit wins $10,000!

How does replyforall work?

Replyforall is built on the knowledge that we all send a lot of emails - to our friends, our colleagues, our family.  We have a lot of emails, and replyforall helps us change all of the emails we have into things we can do!

The World Summit Youth Award is a global contest to create inspirational online content promoting the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations to create a humane, just and liveable world. 

"The World Summit Youth Award showcases you as young developers and serves as a platform for people from all UN member states to work together on the efforts of reaching the Millennium Development Goals!"

Award Guidelines

The Knight News Challenge is giving away around $5 million in 2009 for the development and distribution of neighborhood and community-focused projects, services, and programs!

What fits the challenge?

With elections and politics consuming news programs and conversations around the world right now, the Democracy Video Challenge asks you to make a short video to finish the sentence, "Democracy is..."

The second Digital Media and Learning Competition from HASTAC and the MacArthur Foundation is here!  This year, the competition focuses on participatory learning, including "the many ways that learners (of any age) use new technologies to participate in virtual communities where they share ideas, comment upon one another's projects, and plan, design, advance, implement, or simply discuss their goals and ideas together."<