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Hackathons for Good: Techies, Thinkers, and Activists Unite

Tech Soup

A hackathon is an event where programmers, developers, designers, and leaders come together to collaborate on an app, website, or software projects. The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget. or Code for Oakland ).

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Mr. Manager, Tear down this wall!

Forum One

The model for disseminating web content is evolving. However, these traditional models are breaking apart. Vivek Kundra, Chief Technical Officer, for the District of Columbia, discussed the District’s radical transformation a model of the to the digital public sphere model. It also allowed the U.K.

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Nonprofit Tech Trends from Tech Impact

Tech Soup

By using data sets published by the government, they developed an interactive tool that allows child advocates and policymakers to assess health, security, and education opportunities for the most vulnerable in the District of Columbia. Take a look at the power of this information here. Microsoft has been a leader in this effort.

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