Blake Says: Go Barefoot to School & Work on April 8

I met Blake from Tom’s Shoes at Summit Series in April 2008. He asked me to post this.

Coming up April 8th is our One Day Without Shoes campaign and we are really blowing it out this year.  Actually shooting for 500,000 people to go barefoot and we built this special site www.OneDayWithoutShoes.com where people can sign up to host barefoot walks, post videos, etc.
 
Carpe Diem,
Blake Mycoskie
Tom’s Shoes

Tech Awards: $50K for Using Technology to Address Humanity’s Challenges

Tiffany Yee from Santa Clara University reached out tonight to ask me to share information about the upcoming Tech Awards which is offering five winners $50k each to scale their innovation solving a major human challenge.

The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum, honors innovators from around the world who are applying technology to address humanity’s most urgent challenges.

In partnership with Santa Clara University’s Center for Science, Technology, and Society, 15 Laureates are selected annually and $50,000 is awarded to one Laureate in each category: Environment, Economic Development, Education, Equality, and Health.

Individuals as well as nonprofit and commercial organizations are eligible. Anyone may submit a nomination. Self-nominations are accepted and encouraged.

Deadline for nominations is March 31.
Deadline for final applications is May 5.

This year’s Laureates will be honored during a week of activities in Silicon Valley leading up to The Tech Awards Tenth Annual Gala on Saturday, November 6, 2010.

You can nominate today at www.techawards.org

Past winners can be found at http://www.techawards.org/laureates/