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Announcing the Third Impact Lab on Climate Justice

Saleforce Nonprofit

Our first Impact Lab cohort designed Service Match , an open-source app designed for case managers who connect people experiencing homelessness to vital human services. Impact Labs convenes community experts across sectors to co-create new technology solutions to support specific issue areas.

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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. Another interesting concept was a mobile tech shop for homeless shelters. ReWrite Oakland.

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A Few Reflections from SXSW Crowdsourcing Panel

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

And, of course, crowd sourcing is a technique being used across the social sector for different goals. So, we decided to " eat our own dog food " that is model the use of crowd sourcing to design and implement the panel. Invisible People , an nonprofit that uses video storytelling to help de-stigmatize homeless people.