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Open Challenges Harness Local Knowledge for Local Change

Tech Soup

Chris Worman, senior director of alliances and community engagement at TechSoup, founded TechSoup Romania and was heavily involved in ReStart Romania and TechSoup's other open community challenges. "We had to build some momentum — some sense that you could overcome the system," Worman said. spanhidden.

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The Future of Fundraising, Part Two

Tech Soup

The Restart Romania challenge resulted in citizens proposing technological solutions to a range of real world problems such as corruption in the medical system. , which means "enough," began online and moved offline to solidify a movement to create a better Bosnia and Herzegovina.