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A License to RHoK
RHoK (Random Hacks of Kindness) is a global community that develops open solutions for social good through collaborative hackathons involving experts and volunteers. Since its inception in 2009, RHoK has conducted multiple hackathons across various cities, focusing on defining problems and creating practical technology solutions. Notable projects include partnerships addressing hunger and developing tools for assessing environmental conditions.
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A License to RHoK
- 2. #RHoK @randomhacks Get your very own copy of this presentation: http://goo.gl/PcT8k
- 3. Introductions Todd Khozien Nicholas Skytland @toddicus @skytland SecondMuse NASA Christiaan Adams Elizabeth Sabet Patrick Svenburg @spinmap @esabet @svenburg Google SecondMuse Micrsoft
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- 10. A community of innovation developing practicalopen solutions for social good
- 11. How Does itWork? Subject matter experts Volunteers work on Together, they move define the problems open technology those solutions to solutions implementation and impact
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- 17. Next Up: The RHoKJourney Global Hackathon Impact June 2-3, 2012 Dec 3-4, 2011 5th Hackathon 28 Cities June 4-5, 2011 4th Hackathon 19 Cities December 2010 3rd Hackathon 22 Cities June 2010 2nd Hackathon 7 Cities December 2009 1st Hackathon Silicon Valley, CA June 2009 @ CrisisCamp Time
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- 24. 180+ partners CorePartners Regional Partner Operational Lead
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- 30. A good solution starts witha good problem
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- 35. Partnerships with TheCoalition Against Hunger, Project H.O.M.E., and the Philadelphia Office of Supportive Housing Interest from many cities across the U.S. Expanded hack to include food sources Press coverage NPR Interview Awards for best civic hack Homeless service providers reaching out
- 36. CHASM (Combined Stabilityand Hydrology Model) Created at RHoK #1 Chasm is an integrated slope hydrology/slope stability software package that aids the assessment of slope stability conditions Academic researcher came to RHoK with the concept and base code without interface Proactively used and deployed in Latin America And the Caribbean
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- 39. The Hackathon Brainstorm. Process Define. Refine. Hack. Support and sustain for impact.
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- 45. Introductions Todd Khozien Nicholas Skytland @toddicus @skytland SecondMuse NASA Christiaan Adams Elizabeth Sabet Patrick Svenburg @spinmap @esabet @svenburg Google SecondMuse Micrsoft
- 46. rhok.org @randomhacks #RHoK Thoughts? Questions? Discuss!