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Making an Impact through Humanitarian Free and Open Source Software GHTC 2013
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Making an Impact through Humanitarian Free and Open Source SoftwareGHTC 2013
How Did I Get Here?
MIT Loans Paid, 2 Startups and 24 Years Later…
Come do social good with me!
When can I start?
SCALEINNOVATION
What Does Benetech Do?
create software forMaximum Social Benefit
solve large, critical problems in Areas of Need
human rights
global literacy
environment
Technology Assists Students with Learning and Physical Print Disabilities
Jessica, Steffon and Shane are three of 250,000+ memberswho can access Bookshare’s library of 210,000+ books, textbooks and periodicals with reading tools tailored to their special needs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sUMmzi3nmig
Open Source in our Global Literacy Program
Build Upon Create & Contribute
Poet
Why: Economics
Why: Economics
Why: Innovation Needs Collaboration
Benetech Organizational Truths● We prefer open to proprietary● We think we can do more togetherhttp://benetech.org/about-us/mission-history/
Benetech
DAISY
IDPF
LRMI
Academia
W3C
Why: Expanding our Impact
Bookshare / Chafee Qualified
Other Disabilities (e.g. ADHD,Austism) and English Language Learners
Why: Harvest Volunteer Contributions
Microfinance
Education
SocialCoding4GoodApply your tech skills to social good by volunteering with
organizations like Benetech, which develop HFOSS
Disaster Relief
Human Rights
Global Health
Impact in Microfinance: Mifos
From basic 3-hour tasks to expert three-
month projects, SocialCoding4Good
matches volunteers + projects based on
experience, skillset, and availability
Mifos is used by microfinance institutions around the globe to provide financial inclusion for more than one million people working their way out of poverty • Deanna McCusker volunteered for three
months, designing a user interface for the newly launched Mifos X software. She continues to contribute time to guiding its implementation!
Impact in Education: Mozilla Webmaker
Mozilla’s Popcorn adds interactivity & real-time context to online video using browser technologies like HTML5• Cisco teams developed easy ways for teachers
to create digital learning resources - like this in-video quiz, or this real-time feed that displays keywords and research links to information on a video’s topic
At Cisco Back-to-School Volunteer
Day & Code Sprint, web developers created Mozilla
Webmaker plug-ins for use in
educational settings
Impact in Human Rights: Mobile Martus
Hack on projects and prototypes that will live
on beyond the hackathonand become sustainable
field ready products
Getting Involved
● Visit http://socialcoding4good.org
● Fill out volunteer profile– Skills– Availability (hours, days, weeks)– Open source experience
● Get your employer involved– Skills-based / probono employee volunteering programs for
Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Resources groups– Current program partners include VMware, HP
