If you weren’t at the DoGooder Awards ceremony at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in Washington D.C. or didn’t get a chance to check out the YouTube homepage on Saturday March 19^th, you might not have seen the winners of the 2011 Awards. 

It’s okay. You’re still a good person!  And the winners are still on the contest website for you to watch, enjoy, and pass on to your friends.  So without further ado, here they are:

• Best Small Organization: “300 Years of Fossil Fuels in 300 Seconds” by the Post Carbon Institute
• Best Medium Organization: “Meet the Digits” by the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin
• Best Large Organization: “A Public Service Announcement NOT Approved by AJWS” by the American Jewish World Service
• Best Thrifty Video (special category for videos produced on a tiny budget): “It’s in Your Hands” by the Watershed Management Group

These awards went to 4 incredible organizations in recognition of their creating the 4 best nonprofit videos of the past year. These videos were creative, clever, informative, interesting, and above all – they were impactful.  They exemplify how nonprofits can (and must) connect with the world and tell their stories using sight, sound, and motion.  More and more, the world learns about itself via video. Those organizations that strive to do good have the opportunity to reach and teach using this medium, and the ones that put care into their content, the ones who really go the extra mile, will do so much good for their org and their issue. See3, YouTube, the Case Foundation, Flip Video, and NTEN couldn’t be happier for the winners and we hope they continue to do such great work.