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Force Multiplier Podcast Episode 1: Addressing Hidden Hunger in our Communities

Saleforce Nonprofit

A comprehensive solution will require a collective effort, and creative collaboration across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. Kyla Johnson-Trammell, superintendent of Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), offer a model for how to tackle complex issues. OUSD is Focused on Holistic Student Support.

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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. or Code for Oakland ). The hackathon model is ideal for nonprofits and libraries because it brings together motivated volunteers to expedite a project on a limited budget.

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Introducing the 2021 Classy Awards Leadership Council

Classy

Foundation’s ability to provide 16 million meals to children and families in the Oakland area in 2020 . If you haven’t already, submit your nomination application by May 11 for the opportunity to share how your team embraced new ideas, creative models, and the latest technologies to better serve the world at large. . Foundation.

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Nonprofits and App Developers Combine Forces for Community Change

Tech Soup

Caravan Studios' SafeNight app uses a similar model, in which individual donors can fund hotel rooms when domestic violence shelters are full. Yo Yoshida, the founder, said that the Bayview neighborhood in San Francisco was the first to use the platform for government and nonprofit leaders to collaborate.

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Nurturing Inner City Entrepreneurs: Jose Corona of Inner City Advisors

Have Fun - Do Good

He was recently named 2009 Young Professional of the Year by the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. Jose sits on various economic development boards: the Oakland Workforce Investment Board, the Bay Area Business Advisory Board of Directors for the Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, and the OneCalifornia Bank Advisory Board.

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Funding Personal and Social Transformation: Paula Sammons, Seasons Fund

Have Fun - Do Good

Your mission statement says, "The Fund, a collaborative effort led by several private foundations, springs from a shared belief that cultivating a rich inner life is both a worthy end in itself and an overlooked pathway to heightening the impact, effectiveness, and sustainability of social change initiatives."

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News by the Spoonful: TechSoup's 2015 Tech Predictions

Tech Soup

Forrester is forecasting that public cloud vendors will begin offering more of a hybrid model that includes some on-premise implementations to meet growing demand. " Collaboration Tools. He recommends the Oakland-based charity Digital Detox and perhaps a stay at Campgrounded in the California redwoods. Mobile Payments.

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