Congratulations to Peter Deitz for being a winner at the NetSquared N2Y3 Mashup Challenge! My favorite project from the beginning - I found the value proposition provided by his Social Actions project clear and compelling.
The problem: There are too many social action platforms around. People have not enough time to monitor or search all of them for actions that they are interested in contributing to.
The solution: Provide a platform that aggregates the social actions of the other platforms, a central place to monitor and search for actions of interest.
The a-ha!: The platform creates a better fit between contributing donors/volunteers and recipient social action organizations/platforms. This raises aggregate giving for those on the platform.
The so-what?: Aren’t there already other social action platforms that aggregate the needs of individual non-profit organizations?
The difference: Many of these existing platforms serve an important function to collect and organize grassroots needs into higher-level social actions, e.g. end homelessness, or end global hunger. However, Social Actions provides an open API that provide these platforms as well as larger non-profits a way to exchange and trade opportunities with each other, and to expand the channels through which they can more effectively reach potential contributors.
Thanks again to the NetSquared organizers of the conference and mash-up competition for organizing a remarkable event. Their work in bringing emerging Internet technologies into the non-profit sector cannot be understated.
