Diverse Range of Nonprofits Nominated for Online Awards Cody Switzer - Chronicle of Philanthropy | |
go to original April 19, 2012 |
A new US survey finds that seven in 10 groups expect giving to rise in 2012, largely because of the improving economy, but small groups continue to struggle. |
Amnesty USA, Girl Scouts of the USA, and the Sesame Workshop are among the nonprofits whose sites and Internet projects were nominated for the 16th annual Webby Awards and Webby People’s Voice Awards, which recognize the best online content.
Nonprofits Change.org and Kiva are up against Internet giants Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube for the People’s Special Achievement for Social Change award.
Other nonprofits nominated for features of their Web sites include:
New York’s Museum of Modern Art was nominated for its “I went to the MoMA and…” site.
In online film and video, the arts nonprofit Art21 is nominated for documentary series with PBS’s “Women, War & Peace” series and the Doctors Without Borders “Urban Survivors” series. Human Rights Watch’s “Revolutionaries: Egypt’s Transformers” was also nominated for best news and politics video series.
In mobile and apps, the PulsePoint Foundation was nominated for the best use of GPS or location technology for its application that alerts people trained in CPR that a medical emergency is happening nearby.
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