ChangeEverything vs. Facebook - who will you vote for?

Written by Kate on 15 April, 2008

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A little while ago I nominated our online community ChangeEverything.ca for the 2008 Webby Awards - the Internet Industry's most respected symbol of success (kind of like the Academy Awards for the internet). Last week I got word that we have been selected as one of 5 finalists in our category (social networking).

This is a huge honour and a very big deal. The other four nominees in our category are some of the biggest developments in social networking of the last year or two (Facebook for example)

The two awards we are up for are considered the most sought after awards in the Internet Industry with over 10,000 entries from over 60 countries being submitted this year alone. The list of judges who selected us as a finalist and will select the winner include Matt Groening, David Bowie & Richard Branson.

This is something to be really proud of! And YOU made it a reality by being a part of this amazing community.

As I mentioned, the likes of Facebook is some stiff competition, but we are an amazingly powerful community who are using the power of our network to make real world change- no insignificant task. We deserve to win this award! And I think we have a shot at it if we rally together and get the vote out. Here are some things you can do.

1) Register on the Webby site and vote for ChangeEverything.ca. Our ballot can be found under the category "website" and then "social network". And when you register, be sure to check your spam folder as the invite to vote may go there.

2) Forward to your friends and family and ask them to vote for ChangeEverything.ca, the little Canadian online social network that could!

3) If you have a Facebook account, blog or similar, use it to get the word out about the vote

4) Post the button pictured here (above) on your website or blog

Above all make sure to vote!! How cool would it be if we won this award!?

Kate, I'm ready to spend 3 minutes registering and voting for ChangeEverything.ca on the Webby site

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I voted for

Written by Feeltheflow on 15 April, 2008

I voted for ChangeEverything!

Lets not forget the rights abuses and lawsuits against Facebook.

What we are doing here at Change Everthing is far more important than poking your friends on facebook.

Congratulations Kate.

Now...lets win this thing.

I voted too. ;) It was

Written by matthewb on 16 April, 2008

I voted too. ;)

It was super easy!
Plus its a great way to find out about interesting new sites that you might not discover otherwise.

Please go vote for Change Everything guys.

It's a way to send a message to businesses that this is what we want, what we care about and what we expect them to be doing, as a way to give back to their communities.

Vancity has been outstanding in this area and they deserved to be recognized and held up as an example of how to do it properly.

Cheers,
Matthew

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