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Upwardly Global: Bridging the Opportunity Gap for Skilled Immigrants

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Although that plant was considered a model employer for refugees at the time, Jane met employees who included a former engineer from Iraq and a surgeon from Bosnia. As part of its model of success, Upwardly Global is very data-driven and integrates metrics into every aspect of its program. at their full potential.

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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

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The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget. The Digital Public Library of America held a hackathon to test the prototype DPLA platform and build apps for it. or Code for Oakland ). Library Hackathons. The ReStart Challenges.

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Nonprofit Technology News for November 2013

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The project is soft launching this month, and going public in March 2014. We are testing it out at hackathons this month in San Francisco and also in Sarajevo in Bosnia. " It is intended to be a dynamic public database of tech innovators for good around the world. TechSoup Technologies for Good. Hacker Helper. All Things D.

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