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2012 SXSW Interactive – #nptech Highlights

Amy Sample Ward

Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups – whether nonprofit organizations or not – to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. Case, and her….

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2012 SXSW Interactive Roundup

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Hot Button Issues at SXSW: Kony and Homeless Hotspots. Start Some Good, a platform for social good groups - whether nonprofit organizations or not - to raise funds and build community, highlighted eight diverse projects working for social impact at an evening event hosted by Center61 at SXSW. This topic was especially relevant….

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. Burlington hosted its first-ever Day of Civic Hacking event. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters.

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15+ Giving Tuesday Campaign Ideas (and Expert Tips) for 2021

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Many local news organizations like to host an annual food or gift drive around the holidays. Host an auction. Auctions are fun at any time of year, but Giving Tuesday presents extra opportunities for your nonprofit to host a successful auction. On the day of, check in with your hosts to ensure things are going smoothly.

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

that Caravan Studios and Twilio.org have co-hosted. They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. The data was compiled using service information from San Francisco homeless organizations. Referral Services.

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What do web stats mean, anyway?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I don’t think we want homeless shelters, food pantries, mental health organizations, etc., Secondly, I certainly saw that over the five years I was the IT Director at the Coalition for the Homeless that our clients were increasingly interested in initiating and maintaining electronic communications with our case workers.

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