Vitrue, has launched the industry's first award designed to recognize the best social media community managers. The "Vitrue Community Manager of the Year Award" will be given annually on "Community Manager Appreciation Day," beginning with the announcement of the inaugural 2012 winner on January 23, 2013. "Community Manager Appreciation Day" was created by Altimeter's Jeremiah Owyang, who serves as one of the judges for the award.

Boomi invites salesforce.com customers to contribute and vote for their "dream widget" -- a widget in this case is an integration between any third-party application and Salesforce CRM. Boomi is opening up the selection process to the salesforce.com community to decide which integration would be the most useful in today's business environment. Ideas, may include anything from social media applications to enterprise software. Boomi would build the most popular selection and offer it for free to any salesforce.com customer who visits the Boomi booth at Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009, the cloud-computing event to be held from Nov. 17 to 20.

“Cloud Computing is gaining a lot of hype in the technology industry, with many claiming it will change the face of computing.  But do people really know what it’s all about?  This is your chance to clear up the confusion about cloud computing, have a little fun doing it, and win up to $3,000 cash.  Simply submit an original video on this YouTube group explaining what cloud computing is to the average Joe (or Joan).” The first runner up gets $1000 and four honorable mentions even pocket $250! Happy filming. 18+, 1-2mins, Deadline: November 2nd 2009