DC Nonprofit Generator

Your ideas solve problems

Hello!

This is who I am:

This is who I work for:

http://www.caravanstudios.org@CaravanStudios

Today, our task is to find opportunities for technology to help with the issues about which we care the most.

• Generator• Lunch (!)• A word from our supporters:

– Sunlight Foundation– Connect.DC

• People are making the world better:– HeartSpark– Moneythink– Changecause– CallBot App– Open Schools!– Affordable Housing– Abolishop App

• Brought to you by:– Code for America– TechSoup Global

• Big finish

GENERATOR

Pick an issue.

Name your constraints.

Time to organize your stickies.

How might we…

How might we……keep food out of the waste stream?

How might we……keep food out of the waste stream?…provide homeless individuals quick access to services?

How might we……keep food out of the waste stream?…provide homeless individuals quick access to services?…support youth who are impacted by gun violence?

Generate as many responses to your questions as you can.

Before we do anything else, let’s talk theory.

There are issues.

http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/2011/09/problems-and-solutions-difficulties-and.html

And there are problems.

http://philanthropy.blogspot.com/2011/09/problems-and-solutions-difficulties-and.html

We can’t confuse the two.

Technology can illuminate issues.

http://ilovemountains.org/my-connection

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/01/white-house-garden-subsidized-crops_n_869616.html

Technology can pinpoint differences.

http://seeclickfix.com/kansas_city

http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-environment-atlas.aspx

Technology can prompt people to act.

http://wvmetronews.com/2014/01/17/map-goes-blue-governor-says-water-is-safe/

Is it an opportunity to illuminate, pinpoint, or act?

So, what happens next?

We will describe the opportunities on HackerHelper.org so that developers can take action.

Hackathon, June 2014 San Francisco, CA

LUNCH (!)

A WORD FROM OUR SUPPORTERS

sunlightfoundation.com@SunFoundation

connect.dc.gov@ConnectdotDC

PEOPLE ARE MAKING THE WORLD BETTER

The Ground Rules:• 7 minutes to present• 3 minutes for questions

Really.

1. HeartSpark 2. Moneythink3. Changecause4. CallBot App5. Open Schools!6. Affordable Housing7. Abolishop App8. Scout

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

codeforamerica.org@codeforamerica

techsoup.org@techsoup

BIG FINISH

Thank you.

Caravan Studios is a division of TechSoup Global, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

We are @caravanstudios.

This has been a #caravangenerator.