The “JobRaising” challenge, a new competition unveiled by the Huffington Post, Skoll Foundation, and Crowdrise, seeks to reward nonprofits with ideas for how to put Americans back to work.

You would think that with all that I know about these types of contests, I would have been prepared for what lie ahead with me at the helm of one.

One of the first to wish me a “Happy Birthday,” (besides my little sister) was Starbucks.

As I sit here at my desk typing with a steady flux of rain pounding at the window, I’m kind of sad that Mashable’s Social Good Summit is over. The past four days have been some of the best of the year.