MCIC Project Prize & Data Innovation Awards

Posted: September 2nd, 2010 | Author: Kauerbach | Filed under: Data Innovation Awards / MCIC Project Prize, MCIC news | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

To mark two decades of working with the region’s nonprofit community, MCIC will host the MCIC 20th Anniversary and Data Innovation Awards Reception honoring the rising stars and emerging leaders of open data in Chicago. To learn more about the goings-on of Chicago’s innovators and to help choose the MCIC Project Prize winner, join us on September 15th.

Data Innovation Awards

The inaugural year of the Data Innovation Awards is an opportunity for us to celebrate organizations that demonstrate the MCIC core values. The three award winners exemplify the pursuit of actionable knowledge and contribution to quality of life through power and reach.

Winners have been chosen by a panel of guest judges representing thought leaders in open data and the nonprofit community:

  • John Tolva, Citizenship & Technology Director, IBM
  • Dan Lyne, Director of Business Development, World Business Chicago
  • Kara Kennedy, Executive Director, Lumity
  • Sharon Burns, Chief Information Officer, MacArthur Foundation
  • Adrian Holovaty, Founder, Everyblock

This year’s Data Innovation Award winners are:

  • Center for Neighborhood Technology
  • Chicago Climate Action Plan
  • Chicago Transit API

MCIC Project Prize

MCIC will also present one nonprofit organization with the 2010 MCIC Project Prize service grant of $3,000. MCIC has selected three finalists to be featured at the Awards Reception on September 15th. Attendees at the event will vote for the organization they feel is most deserving of the MCIC Project Prize, based on the information presented there by the finalists.

The 2010 Project Prize finalists are:

  • LUCHA
  • Midwest Palliative and Hospice Care Center
  • Resource Center

Congratulations to our winners and finalists! We look forward to celebrating your achievements on September 15th.

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3 Comments on “MCIC Project Prize & Data Innovation Awards”

  1. 1 Tweets that mention MCIC Project Prize & Data Innovation Awards | MCIC -- Topsy.com said at 2:31 pm on September 2nd, 2010:

    [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by CNT, Nicole Gotthelf, MCIC, CCAP, MCIC and others. MCIC said: Congratulations to MCIC's first ever Data Innovation winners @CNT_tweets @chicagoclimate + Chicago Transit API (@harper)! http://ow.ly/2yDeP [...]

  2. 2 CNT Wins Award for Innovative Data! : Center for Neighborhood Technology said at 5:51 pm on September 2nd, 2010:

    [...] dedication to producing ground-breaking data has earned us a ‘Data Innovation Award’ by the Metro Chicago Information Center for the ‘outstanding achievements CNT has committed to [...]

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