Welcome members old and new! Thanks for being a part of SFTech4Good. Check out the links to both our events and suggestions from the group below.
In case you missed our Tech Platforms for Volunteering panel with the heads of Taproot Foundation, LinkedIn4Good, and VolunteerMatch on June 9, you can watch the recording here (1 hr 15 min). Many thanks to Lauren Hermele Photo & Video for videotaping!
Looking for updates in between our monthly newsletter? Please use the upcoming events and job board here to post things you want other members to know about: http://www.meetup.com/sfnetsquared/messages/boards/forum/2623142
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SF Tech for Good Events
No SFTech4Good events this month - we’re chilling this summer. But do check out our Code for America partner events!
Weekly on Wednesdays: Code for America Civic Hack Night
http://www.meetup.com/sfnetsquared/
Interested in helping San Francisco? Excellent! Whether or not you know how to code, you can help! Join a weekly hack (hacking = building) night focused on open government and civic tech in San Francisco.
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Events we are not hosting, but which we think you want to know about:
Anytime - Share your Tech for Good Activities with #OneCitySF the #SocialGood arm of @sfciti
Share what your company is doing to give back to the community and make us #OneCitySF.
100 words - video/photo optional but encourage).
http://www.onecitysf.org/#share
(SFTech4Good is featured here, FYI.)
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Volunteering - Skills Based Projects Around the World
Want to travel and use your professional skills to make an impact?
As opposed to “voluntourism,” MovingWorlds.org supports Experteering - giving professionals the opportunity to give what they're good at, anywhere, anytime, for any length of time - from a few weeks to a few months or longer. (See coverage in HuffPost here and here or on TV here).
What: You can volunteer your professional skills in tech, business/marketing, creative/design, and more. While membership is $125 for life (one time fee only), they guarantee you’ll like it. If you don't find a project you love or don't love the service, you get your money back.
Benefits: they scope and vet the projects, provide personal support to every matched volunteer/project, have trainings and facilitate a planning process to ensure you make a real impact AND learn valuable skills. Plus, research shows that experiences like this are GREAT for your career.
SFTech4Good members get 10% off your membership with this coupon: SFTech4Good-Rocks-2015-VQ7Y
They also have corporate programs and can help you pilot one at your own company.
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Nonprofits & Data Science Volunteers Needed (San Francisco)
DataKind San Francisco is looking for nonprofits that need data science help, and data scientist hackathon volunteers, for an upcoming fall DataDive.
E-mail sfbayarea@datakind.org for more information!
Past DataDive hackathons have included work on both local and global challenges, like:
- Helping TechSoup understand trends in nonprofit technology requests in Europe
- Helping MEDA ensure San Franciscans have financial independence
- Helping SFHIP ensure San Franciscans stay safe in their neighborhoods
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Data Scientists / Nonprofits - Scaling Projects
DataLook has curated a list of impressive reusable data-driven projects for social good. The #openimpact marathon aims to maximize their replication. There are all sorts of projects you can bring to your city to do social good. Some have already been replicated and the rest should spread since they’re that great!
Two projects for example:
Food Inspection Forecasting | Predicts food establishments most at risk for the types of violations most likely to spread food-borne illness
Cute Pets Twitter Bot | Twitter bot for animal shelters that increases the likelihood that potential adopters find adoptable animals
To bring 10 projects to your city, just join #openimpact on Slack! Or spread the word with some sample social media blurbs here:
You <3 #data + #code + #hacking + #philanthropy? Then check out the #openimpact replication marathon http://blog.datalook.io/openimpact/
Wondering how to use your data skills to give back? Then check out the #openimpact replication marathon http://blog.datalook.io/openimpact/
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Nonprofits: Need Fundraising Help? Try This
SFTech4Good member Hang Zhang, who attended the July brunch event, is currently looking for nonprofits that are looking for new ways of fundraising using a tech platform.
The idea is to re-brand giving among donors as a consumer purchase. He can work with you to break down your mission into specific impacts that donors can understand and then figure out the true, sustainable cost of delivering that impact. Donors could then buy a specific impact they want to see happen in the world and you would help communicate back to them the change their money made in the world. The main value they would provide you is access to a new donor pool that might be hard to reach yourself.
The commitment from nonprofits would be about an hour a week. Interested? Contact Hang Zhang, hang@bumblebeelabs.com, for details.
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August 22 - Volunteering Opportunity in Oakland / Donations Needed for Schoolkids
If you are looking for a team building volunteer activity to do you with your company, please read below!
On Saturday August 22, Alternative Family Services is having a Back-To-School Luau for foster youth and their families. This volunteer event will compile school supplies for youth. Alternative Family Services is an agency located in Oakland, CA, helping to support young people in Foster Care.
If you have any school supplies (backpacks, pencils/pens, calculators, etc.) that you would like to donate, e-mail Erinne Seay at Pivotal Labs - eseay@pivotal.io. Please make sure the items are in new/great condition. Donations are due no later than Saturday, August 22 to help the kids have a great beginning to the school year!
You are also welcome to help volunteer at the Luau on Saturday, August 22, 2015 in Oakland. Click here to volunteer.
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Volunteer Professional Advice on Job-Hunting with Conversations for Good
Finding a job can be a challenging - and finding an engaging career can be next to impossible.
Conversations for Good, a growing 501c(3) non-profit, aims to end the mystery and confusion that always seems to surround the job matching process by matching professionals (Career Advisors) with jobseekers (Advisees) for 30 minute phone interviews.
Conversations for Good encourages professionals with limited time to give back with a small time commitment and offers Advisees insights and interview practice as they find their respective passions. The organization has partnered with an Oakland youth group called Youth UpRising to connect our volunteer Career Advisors to their youth group to learn about the landscape of different career paths.
In the coming months, Conversations for Good is hosting a series of events for hackers to find a way to better match Career Advisors with Advisees.
Volunteering details & more info: http://www.convoforgood.org
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Volunteer Opportunity for Your Company: Startups Give Back
You don’t need to be at a big company with a foundation or philanthropy budget to be able to give back.
Startups Give Back matches nonprofits and startups for volunteering events. It’s simple: people in the startup community get out of their offices and work on projects that make a difference in their communities. The mission is simple: to make philanthropy a top priority for startups around the world.
Attendees have an opportunity to make a significant impact and, at the same time, meet people from fellow startups (tech and non-tech). The combination of volunteering and networking creates an unforgettable experience. And you can walk away with meaningful connections, but more importantly, knowing you made a difference.
If you want to show up for a few hours or a day and volunteer, Startups Give Back can help you find a volunteering opportunity (currently in San Francisco only, but expansion is planned). Check out www.startupsgiveback.org for details! Or contact Jeremy Brown at jeremy@startupmoxie.com with any questions.
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Volunteer Business Advisors Needed
BusinessAdvising.org is seeking advisors to work with their roster of small business owners and entrepreneurs!
Use your unique skills and hard-earned business knowledge to help small businesses create new jobs in lower-income communities. Advisors are needed with skills in traditional and online marketing, social media, operations, and strategy.
Advisors can be based anywhere, and advising sessions can be online, over the phone, or in person.
Learn more: http://businessadvising.org/
Sign up here: http://businessadvising.org/advisors/
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Get Adobe Creative Cloud at 60% off!
If you haven’t joined TechSoup (it’s free), you should. TechSoup has just added Adobe’s Creative Cloud to the USA discount catalog for nonprofits.
This is HUGE news because Photoshop and the other heavy-hitters of the Creative Suite are now available at a discount to nonprofits. Details:
While it’s not free, there is no limit on the number of requests for the discounted software you get each year, so this is especially relevant if you’re at a larger nonprofits and need lots of licenses. Plus it’s all the latest version. No more juggling of file versions because you’re running four different software versions. Time to get creative!
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Social Media Intern Needed (European citizens preferred, paid with stipend)
DataLook, a Germany-based non-profit on data for good, is seeking English speaking paid interns to grow DataLook’s digital outreach. European citizens / people in the EU will have preference.
DataLook needs someone who excited about the digital space who’s active on social media to run campaigns, ads and traffic analytics. The goal is to engage and excite users to get involved in DataLook’s work.
The role is part-time or full time, and their office is in an incubator in Hamburg, Germany but are open to remotely based candidates anywhere in the world. The Job Description is here.
To apply, send your resume and a brief email about why you’re interested and your experience with social media and community management to jobs@datalook.io.
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Thanks to our awesome sponsors!
- The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN)
- TechSoup Global via NetSquared
- Rolling Out Cafe
- General Assembly San Francisco
- ThoughtWorks
- Geekdom SF by Rackspace
- Udemy
General Assembly Front Row
- Aspiration Tech
- Microsoft Store - Westfield Centre
Old Newsletters in our Discussion Forum
If you need to find one of our old newsletters, you can find them here in the Discussion section on our Meetup.com page.
That’s all for August!
SFTech4Good organizers
P.S. Find us on Twitter at #SFN2 or @SFTech4Good