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Democracy 2.0 Competition

Democracy 2.0 applicants and participants  have the opportunity to win two types of investments from Mobilize.org by turning their ideas into projects that address community college completion into community, campus or online projects; Democracy 2.0 Awards and Mobilize.org Seed Investments.

Democracy 2.0 Awards

All Democracy 2.0 Summit applicants are invited to submit their ideas for Democracy 2.0 Awards; financial investments up to $7,500 and one year of expert support from Mobilize.org. Prior to the summit, Mobilize.org will select up to 15 proposals and invite the individual or team to compete in the Democracy 2.0 Competition.

During the Democracy 2.0 Award Competition, held on the final day of the summit, each competitor will have five minutes to present their idea to summit participants. Each participant will use a personal interactive keypad to vote on each project according to its:

• Relationship to Democracy 2.0
• Use of New and Social Media Communications
• Creativity and Innovation
• Potential Social Impact
• Sustainability

The five projects receiving the top votes will win Democracy 2.0 Awards and one project will win the Democracy 2.0 Viewers Choice Award, selected by the summit’s webcast viewers via interactive online voting. Democracy 2.0 Award competitors are encouraged to invite their peers and classmates to tune in and vote at www.Mobilize.org.

Mobilize.org Seed Investments

All summit participants have the opportunity to submit ideas developed during the summit for Mobilize.org Seed Investments; awards up to $2,500. Participants are encouraged to collaborate with each other and with on-site partner organizations to develop solutions into project ideas and will be asked to submit their proposals. An announcement is made during the summit about when and where project proposals are due.

Following the summit, Mobilize.org and its summit partners will select up to 3 projects to win Mobilize.org Seed Investments and will publicly announce the winners within two weeks of the summit’s close.