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Hack4Good
September 12-‐14, 2014
Where Geeks Around the Globe Team-‐Up to Design and Create Great Products the World Needs
Made Possible through Corporate Support, with the Assistance of Non-‐Governmental OrganizaHons,
and Human Beings Everywhere
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change -‐ September 12-‐14, 2014
Who are we? Who’s been to a hack before?
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change -‐ September 12-‐14, 2014
Who thinks it’s this?
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change -‐ September 12-‐14, 2014
Hack4Good is a Unique Hackathon
A hackathon (aka hack day, hackfest or codefest) is an event in which computer systems designers, engineers, programmers, and others involved in software development, collaborate intensively on a software project for social good.
It’s building amazing stuff!
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change -‐ September 12-‐14, 2014
Intense collaboration
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change -‐ September 12-‐14, 2014
Time bound
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Harnessing New Technologies… Hack4Good InnovaCon
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Extraordinary Feel Good and Do Good Events… Hack4Good
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change -‐ September 12-‐14, 2014
“united globally we hack a better world”
u A global movement - multi-city 48-hour hackathon events
u Uniting leading minds – software engineers and NGOs collaborate intensively to build solutions to some of humanity's greatest challenges
u Creating real-world impact – 1 in 5 projects continue
u 122 cities and growing
Hack4Good is a Global Social-‐Good Movement
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change -‐ September 12-‐14, 2014
Hack4Good Works Geeks from the Geeklist global community create products that
help people, socieCes, naCons, and our planet
Web browsing control applicaHon for vicHms
of paralysis
Tracking the Supply Chain Pedigree of Sustainably
Sourced Timber
Organizing Natural Disaster Aid Relief & CommunicaHons
ReporHng on Human ExploitaHon Trafficking
Fostering Drinking Water ConservaHon and
SanitaHon
Improving Mobility and CommunicaHons for the
World’s Blind
Actual Products Produced from Previous Hack4Good Events
Image: Climateoutreach.org.uk
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Hack4Good NGO and Challenge Partners
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Hack4Good NGO Climate Change Challenges
Awareness
! Public awareness
! Personal impact
! Digital acCvism
! Compelling visualizaCon
! Climate negoCaCons
AdaptaHon
! Resilient communiCes
! Response to temperature rise
! Response to extreme weather
! Ecosystems and nature
! NGO collaboraCon
AcHon ! Influencing consumer
behavior
! Energy producCon
! Responsible finance
! Sustainability and energy use
! ReforestaCon
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Hack4Good Against Climate Change
On September 12th -‐ 14th, Geeks from 20 countries assembled in 48 ciCes will create new products to tackle 15 global climate change challenges.
The most promising products and their developers -‐-‐ as judged by forward-‐thinking leaders in business and society -‐-‐ will we will showcase this November in New York City during the United NaCon’s Climate Summit 2014.
Among the judges are Sir David King (UK's Special Rep on Climate Change), Bram Cohen (founder of BitTorrent) and Andy Skipper (CTO of Comic Relief)
Building Products for a Be_er World
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Hack4Good Partners & Sponsors
Technology Partners & Sponsors
Share our vision
Make available useful enabling tools and technologies
Provide mentoring and technology experCse
Provide or host local city venues
Support teams in launching sustainable long-‐term projects
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Hack4Good Sponsorship Corporate support of Hack4Good events around the globe is a powerful brand exposure opportunity
Corporate CiHzenship
Demonstrate awareness and meaningful engagement on pressing issues of the day
Talent Management
A_ract and the best and brightest from the global workforce of the future
Real World Impact
Enhance the quality of lives of employees, customers, and people everywhere
Customer Awareness
Foster visibility to corporate values and generate posiCve customer impressions
Hack4Good Against Global Climate Change
Where Geek Around the Globe Team-‐Up to Design and Create Great Products the World Needs
For addiConal Hack4Good support and sponsorship informaCon, please contact:
Douglas Neary Geeklist Hack4Good Americas 215.820.0393 [email protected]
September 12-‐14, 2014