With the Mantra of May Those Who Help The Most Win, it is hard not to want to learn more about Google’s project 10 to the 100th.

Never in history have so many people had so much information, so many tools at their disposal, so many ways of making good ideas come to life. Yet at the same time, so many people, of all walks of life, could use so much help, in both little ways and big.

In the midst of this, new studies are reinforcing the simple wisdom that beyond a certain very basic level of material wealth, the only thing that increases individual happiness over time is helping other people.

In other words, helping helps everybody, helper and helped alike.

How this project works is that you submit your idea for helping others to Google by October 20th. Your submission can be in written or Video Format. The ideas will be posted at Google on January 27th and the public will choose 20 semi-finalists. Then an advisory board will narrow those 20 down to Five. Google will them provide $10 million dollars to implement those 5 ideas.

Because rules can stifle creativity, there are very few rules. Google has basically set up Categories and criteria to follow and that is it.

Categories:

* Community: How can we help connect people, build communities and protect unique cultures?
* Opportunity: How can we help people better provide for themselves and their families?
* Energy: How can we help move the world toward safe, clean, inexpensive energy?
* Environment: How can we help promote a cleaner and more sustainable global ecosystem?
* Health: How can we help individuals lead longer, healthier lives?
* Education: How can we help more people get more access to better education?
* Shelter: How can we help ensure that everyone has a safe place to live?
* Everything else: Sometimes the best ideas don’t fit into any category at all.

Criteria:

* Reach: How many people would this idea affect?
* Depth: How deeply are people impacted? How urgent is the need?
* Attainability: Can this idea be implemented within a year or two?
* Efficiency: How simple and cost-effective is your idea?
* Longevity: How long will the idea’s impact last?

To learn more about the idea Click Here and to submit your idea, Click Here