As I have started to share the story of the National Day of Civic Hacking with my friends, local designers, programmers and family, I commonly receive the following question: What kinds of projects can I do?
I wrote this post so that you’re not stuck with “blank paper” syndrome. Innovation is sparked by context, looking at needs and challenges. When you attend a hackathon like the National Day of Civic Hacking, the organizers or event sponsors often share project ideas, challenge statements and support material. You, however, do not need to limit yourself to those ideas. I wanted to briefly share a few project ideas to help inspire you during your next civic hacking event. Most of the project ideas come from a community known as “Random Hacks of Kindness.” Please consider joining us and citizens around the nation in the National Day of Civic Hacking. (see details below) It will be a fun and innovative weekend of community service to YOUR community.
- Crisis volunteer management tool
- Simple Grade Book Software
- Small Business How Do I
- Non Profit Accelerator
- Donate My-School-Stuff
- MicroEnter: A tool for helping to jump start microenterprises
- Open Food Network – Making it easy to buy and sell local food
- On the Map – Utilize cell phones to map rural communities
- PromiseTracker
- VolunteerMatch
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