Logo for Social Actions

Awards $500

The client's request

Social Actions is looking for a new logo:

• A logo that reflects the energy & purpose of our nonprofit

• A logo that is instantly recognizable and memorable

We have no preconceived notions or attachments to our current look and feel.

Please be creative. Help us communicate what Social Actions is about.

Submission Guidelines

Some background

Social Actions is an award-winning nonprofit that connects people with opportunities to take action. We have created the only cross-platform database of actionable opportunities, ranging from making donations to volunteering and signing petitions to attending nonprofit events. Any opportunity that is actionable and has a social component can end up in our database. Currently, our database aggregates actionable opportunities from 30+ social action platforms, including DonorsChoose.org, Kiva, Idealist, and Change.org. To demonstrate the potential of the database, we have created a search engine for taking action and have developed several web applications that embed relevant actions in third-party websites. For example, Related Ways to Take Action is an AdWords-style widget that automatically scans the content of the web page on which it appears and identifies the top three keywords for that page. The widget then searches for related actions from 30+ social action platforms and automatically recommends opportunities to take action that are relevant to the content of the site. Social Actions was selected as a 2008 Stockholm Challenge finalist, won two prizes at this year's NetSquared conference, and has been mentioned in several leading news media including PBS Online, The San Francisco Chronicle Online, The Wall Street Journal, and The Daily Telegraph. We have also been mentioned in leading tech blogs including TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, Programmable Web and Mashable. We will launch the new logo at the same time as we unveil a redesigned website and new language to describe what we do. Our organization is making big waves at the intersection of technology, philanthropy, and social change. This is a huge opportunity to show off your graphic design work. We're looking forward to reviewing your submissions. Here are some relevant links Our search engine for taking action: http://search.socialactions.com Our Related Ways to Take Action widget: http://blog.socialactions.com/profiles/blog/show?id=2062983:BlogPost:5328 The Social Actions Google Group (for a record of the conversation to date): http://groups.google.com/group/social-actions Our Vision and Mission: http://www.socialactions.com/about/vision-and-mission Our blog: http://blog.socialactions.com Articles and Blog Entries: http://mashable.com/2008/09/25/social-actions-twitterfeed/ http://www.social- marketing.com/blog/2008/10/taking-social-actions.html http://www.gettingattention.org/my_weblog/2008/10/shouldnt-it-be.html