Hack4Good Overview for Supporters and Sponsors

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?


Who thinks it’s this?


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!


Intense collaboration


Time bound


Harnessing New Technologies… Hack4Good InnovaCon


Extraordinary Feel Good and Do Good Events… Hack4Good


“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 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


Hack4Good NGO and Challenge Partners


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


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


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


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

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Hack4Good Overview for Supporters and Sponsors