Communicopia

Darrell and I just got back from what is surely a highlight of each of our 10 year + Internet careers, in New York City at the 2007 Webby Awards. We were there with our client, the United Nations Foundation, whose Nothing But Nets project has now become a model for not just how the UN wants to run its other campaigns but is used by many of my senior colleagues as an example of how best to tell stories, build community, engage people, and raise money ($6.4M and counting so far) online. The night was amazing, and we are all so proud.

www.flickr.com Communicopia Internet's Webby Award 2007 photoset

For Immediate Release :: Vancouver, BC (May 3, 2007)

The Webby Awards, the leading international honor for web sites, named Communicopia website Nothing But Nets - a grassroots campaign to save lives by preventing malaria - for the Best Charitable Organization Nonprofit Web site of 2007 in the annual People's Voice voting. The Web site is produced by the United Nations Foundation in partnership with Communicopia. People's Voice Winners will be honored at The 11th Annual Webby Awards in New York City June 3-5, 2007.

Today we launch our Nothing But Nets Webby Awards campaign. The website we did for the UN Foundation was nonimated for a Webby Award — the online Oscars — which means we are already among the top 5 charity websites anywhere.