Nominations on for Yahoo! ‘Internet for Good’ Award

MANILA, Philippines -  Nominations are now open for the Yahoo! Internet for Good Gold Standard Award, which recognizes excellence in the use of the Internet in promoting charitable causes and community engagement. 

Now in its second year, the award is conducted in partnership between Yahoo! and PublicAffairsAsia, the network for senior professionals involved in public affairs, corporate communications, policy-making and regulation.

Entries should be lodged by Sept. 27 (or by Oct. 5 subject to prior notification) and entry packs can be downloaded from http://www.publicaffairsasia.net/goldstandard/internetforgood.zip.

Last year, the award was secured by Sonokids Australia which was honored in recognition of the All Abilities ePlayground project directed at increasing Internet access to young children with disabilities.

Among the other organizations short-listed were OurSay.org, which seeks to use the power of social media to revitalize critical participation in Australian democracy. Also nominated were the People of Fukushima for their use of social media to extend access to the Fukushima conference.

The Yahoo! Gold Standard “Internet For Good” Award is open to community groups, employees, charities, consultancies, trade groups, embassies, government and non-government organizations as well as the general public who have illustrated excellence in the innovative use of the Internet for good causes. There is no entry fee to nominate an organization in this category.

Nick O’Donnell, Yahoo’s regional manager of public policy for the Asia-Pacific, said, “We are delighted to once again support the Gold Standard Award. Our Yahoo! For Good initiative encourages all of our employees around the world to ‘Make Good a Daily Habit.’ We are excited to see so many of this year’s entrants harnessing the power of the Internet to achieve this same goal.”

Mark O’Brien, PublicAffairsAsia vice president, added: “This exciting category demonstrates that the Internet is more than just a business tool or a source of personal entertainment. It can play a key role in advancing good causes and community engagement and we look forward again to receiving entries from across the Asia-Pacific region.” 
The 2013 Gold Standard Awards will be judged by a panel of senior government affairs practitioners, corporate communications professionals, business leaders and government figures led by Elizabeth Hernandez, HP vice president of government affairs.