Live from the Netsquared conference in San Jose, CA: 21 non-profit finalists are competing to win $50,000 in prize money for the most innovative use of social media for social good.

Here’s an interesting one:

Michael Dale from MetaVid.org, which makes video clips of lawmaker hearings universally accessible and mash-up-able

My take: Awesome. Could allow 1 million Jon Stewart-style video satires/critiques to bloom.