On 25 March 2013 10:21, Jon Davies <
jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
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> Interesting....
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> Dear Jon,
>
> Today Google launched the Global Impact Challenge. Over the past few
> months ACEVO has been working very closely with Google and think that this
> game-changing award will celebrate the innovative work happening within the
> sector. So we are inviting charities and voluntary organisations to showcase
> how they would use technology to transform the lives of their beneficiaries.
> The top four entries of the competition will each receive £500,000 and
> support to help their project become a reality. A team at Google will
> announce 10 finalists in mid-May and the public will be invited to vote and
> donate to their favourite project.
>
> The prestigious panel judging the finalists will be inventor of the
> Internet Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Mogul Sir Richard Branson and founder and CEO
> of Forster Communications Jilly Forster. It’s thrilling to know how similar
> Google and ACEVO’s approach is in celebrating innovation - I feel that this
> is the start of a great corporate friendship.
>
> Applications opened today so apply here
www.g.co/impactchallenge for your
> chance win.
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> Best wishes and good luck,
>
> --
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