ammado, the global community of people who care, connects nonprofits, socially responsible companies and engaged individuals dedicated to positive change at a global and local level. The platform enables individuals and organizations to connect, communicate and mobilize around shared values.

ammado has recently launched a fun and flexible donations feature that allows people around the globe for the first time to donate to their favorite nonprofits (charities, sports clubs, schools and universities) around the world from one central space.

ammado is looking for Video/Animation to generate a buzz around the ammado Giving Circle and inspire people to make a difference

3 prizes for the 3 best video/animation:

• 1st : 2500 USD
• 2nd : 1500 USD
• 3rd : 1000 USD

Deadline is 14 January, 2009. Visit the site for more information, including logo, brief and rules.

MyToons.com, the world’s first and only online animation community to deliver HD animation, today announced the launch of its latest artwork and animation challenge, Toons for Tots. In the celebratory spirit of the upcoming holidays, the Toons for Tots challenge calls for artists to submit their holiday-inspired creations for the chance to have a donation made in their name to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. Both new and old works are welcome, and artists are invited to share every holiday inspiration, from Hanukkah cartoons to New Year’s e-cards.

“We want to help spread joy not only through great art, but also by contributing to the greater community and supporting children in need during these trying economic times,” says Stacey Ford, co-founder and CCO of MyToons.com. “The holiday season is about sharing and giving, and we hope to spread this spirit by supporting the Marine Toys for Tots.”

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They like to do things a little differently at Micro Focus. Conference T-shirts form a basic component in many a delegate pack, but what they aim to do for MFW’09 (Micro Focus World) is to tap into the enormous creative potential of their customer community through the ExpressIT competition, to design the graphic image that will be printed on the back of the conference T-shirt.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to create a graphic that reflects one of the core themes of the conference. Your creative can either be an image or maybe a catchy slogan, and should be suitable for t-shirt print (the colour of which is pre-determined as dark blue). Fun, exciting and dynamic ideas will of course triumph!

The creative genius who is triumphant will be showered with gifts and praise! This will take the form of a 20” Apple LED Cinema Display, with the winning submission printed on the back of every t-shirt, and your name and picture included in the conference website and delegate packs.

Participants can enter individually or as a team (maximum of three people). For further details, including a submission policy and competition rules, download the ExpressIT competition guidelines [PDF]. Deadline is 15 January 2009.

Design a cover to .psd Magazine and get published - a great addition to any graphic design or photography portfolio! The upcoming issue is about retouching, and you can enter as many times as you wish. Even second and third place winners will have their tutorials published in this issue.

This contest ends on 15 January 2009, and entries are judged on whatever criteria the judges decide to use. Overall, YOU judge the quality of your piece and how well you think it resembles a magazine cover. Visit the site to learn more about qualifications for this competition.

Karmaloop.com and The Cool Kids have teamed up to deliver the biggest contest ever to hit the internet – the $10,000 Cool Kids Cool Cash Contest. They’re looking to find the illest t-shirt design that exemplifies the style, creativity, originality, and straight up dopeness of the Cool Kids! The Grand Prize winner will take home a never-heard-before $10,000!

The winner will be chosen on or before 31 January 31 2009 by loyal Karmaloop customers through online voting. The top 10 vote getter’s designs will be presented to Mikey Rocks and Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids, and they will pick which design is the winner. The winner will then take home the $10,000. Make sure you get all your friends to vote for your design! Visit the site to learn more.

About every two weeks another language dies, taking with it an unwritten account of history and culture. In an effort to save languages from extinction, DESIGN 21: Social Design Network–an online platform founded by Felissimo and UNESCO to inspire and promote design for the greater good–is proud to announce its latest call to action for designers. Developed by DESIGN 21 to help UNESCOraise awareness about the importance of multilingualism, Languages Matter! is a competition for its international base of 14,000 members to design the official poster for International Mother Language Day February 21st, 2009.

Linguistic and anthropology experts predict that within the span of a few generations, more than half of the world’s 7,000 languages will disappear because they are absent from education systems, the media, publishing and the public eye in general. As stated by UNESCO’s Director-General, Mr Koïchiro Matsuura, “languages lie at the heart of all social, economic and cultural life. They matter when we want to promote cultural diversity, and fight illiteracy, and they matter for quality education, including teaching in the mother language in the first years of schooling.”

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