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Is your organization telling a great story via video? If so, enter your video today in the 6th Annual DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards, presented by See3 Communications and You Tube. 

If you have an innovative media technology idea, you might be able to get funding from the Knight News Challenge contest.

Run by the Knight Foundation, the grant competition awards up to $5 million annually for innovative projects that use digital technology to transform the way communities send, receive and make use of news and information.

More info can be found here: http://newschallenge.org. The site includes application information, as well as details about past winners.

This year's application deadline is December 1. The News Challenge is looking for applications in four categories: mobile, authenticity, sustainability and community. All projects must make use of digital technology to distribute news in the public interest.

The contest is open to anyone in the world.

A simple description of the project is all you need to apply. Submit a brief pitch to http://newschallenge.org. If the reviewers like it, you'll be asked to submit a full proposal later.

If you have questions you can a) reference the FAQ: http://www.newschallenge.org/frequently-asked-questions, or; b) check the archived chat transcript here: http://www.newschallenge.org/1026-live (another live chat will be held before the end of the contest period, time/date TBD)

You can follow Knight Foundation at http://twitter.com/knightfdn. The News Challenge Twitter hashtag is #knc

Think Creative Group

Do Good. Think Big.
Enter our non-profit contest for online branding

You’re overwhelmed, understaffed and have a non-existent budget. You need to communicate with your target audience why they should help support you. Why they should volunteer, donate and be part of your cause. But where do you start? How do you get in front of them with an easy to manage communications plan?

That’s where we come in.

We love non-profits. And we love Connecticut. So we figured, why not help out a non-profit in Connecticut! We are donating our online branding expertise to help your cause develop a strong online strategy, from social media, to blogs, to emarketing.

Tell us about your non-profit organization [remember, your non-profit/charity must be 501©(3) organization]. What makes you so special? How do you “do good” and why you should be chosen?Remember…tell us a good story about your cause because the public will be reading your story and voting to determine the finalists. So you don’t need to just tug at our heartstrings…you need to tug at everyone’s!

How do you win? Simple.

1. You submit your non-profit’s story to our contest.
2. Tell your existing friends, supporters and fanbase to vote for you.
3. Get the most votes to be one of the top 5 finalists.
4. Our panel of judges will make the final selection.

More info here.