Prizes

Challenge winners received the following prizes:

1st Place:

• Flip Slide HD – Capture up to 4 hours of high quality HD video with Flip’s latest and greatest mini-camcorder
• Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 video production software - edits multiple formats, from DV to uncompressed HD; output to DVD, Blu-ray Disc, and the web
• Optoma EP-PK-101 PICO Projector - set up an impromptu movie theatre or slideshow with this compact (only 4 ounces!) pocket projector
• Citrix GoToTraining - online training software lets you hold interactive training sessions with up to 200 people – right from your desk. This one year subscription also includes GoToMeeting (web conferencing for up to 15 attendees).
• 1-year premium subscription to FirstGiving, an online peer-to-peer fundraising tool with full online fundraising management for events and campaigns, data and reporting services, email capabilities, account support and more (available only to U.S.-based 501(c)3 organizations).
• A one-hour story consultation with Michael Margolis. The author of Believe Me: A Storytelling Manifesto for Change-makers and Innovators and President of Get Storied, Michael can help you get others to believe in your story.

2nd place:

• Flip Ultra HD - capture up to 120 minutes of HD video with this pocket-sized HD camcorder featuring one-touch recording and digital zoom
• Citrix GoToTraining - online training software lets you hold interactive training sessions with up to 200 people – right from your desk. This one year subscription also includes GoToMeeting (web conferencing for up to 15 attendees).
• Adobe Premiere Elements 9 - organize, create, enhance, and share movies with the # 1 selling consumer video editing software worldwide
• 1-year premium subscription to FirstGiving, an online peer-to-peer fundraising tool with full online fundraising management for events and campaigns, data and reporting services, email capabilities, account support and more (available only to U.S.-based 501(c)3 organizations).

3rd place:

• 2 Flickr Pro Accounts - online photo management and sharing application that allows unlimited photo and video uploads, storage, and bandwidth
• Eye-Fi Connect X2 – wireless SDHC memory card that allows you to automatically upload photos and videos to your computer and to your favorite websites
• Citrix GoToTraining - online training software lets you hold interactive training sessions with up to 200 people – right from your desk. This one year subscription also includes GoToMeeting (web conferencing for up to 15 attendees).
• 1-year premium subscription to FirstGiving, an online peer-to-peer fundraising tool with full online fundraising management for events and campaigns, data and reporting services, email capabilities, account support and more (available only to U.S.-based 501(c)3 organizations).

All winners will also receive pro bono ad space to promote their digital stories on Publishers with a Purpose, a consortium of online publishers who have pledged 5% of their total ad inventory to selected nonprofits and social causes. (Pending approval of the specific ads and content from each winner by the Publishers with a Purpose team).

All participants can receive a free ZingZag! Pro, a rich media tool for the Social Web here.

Audience Choice Awards

In 2011 we added a Special Audience Choice Award! The winner received an iPad with Wi-Fi, sponsored by Zoomerang Online Surveys & Polls.