impactNPO Auckland Charity Hackathon Weekend - September 2017

Welcome to impactNPO! We are pleased to announce our 13th event in Auckland at GridAKL, 101 Pakenham Street West, Auckland. To be part of this amazing weekend, all you need to do is get a ticket from Eventbrite. The weekend starting on Friday 1st September from 6 pm to 8 pm with networking, charity introductions, and team formation. You will be volunteering your weekend (Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September from 9 am to 5 pm) where we all will be giving back to the community by providing IT solutions to charities. We will be providing the food and drinks this weekend to keep you well fed and energised! A big thank you to our GridAKL who are sponsoring the venue and Suncorp New Zealand who are sponsoring the food. The 4 amazing charities that will be joining us on the Hackathon weekend are: - She#, She# 's vision is to see gender stereotyping in the technology sector broken down, and to see girls and young women making educated, unbiased decisions about their future career paths. They wish to see industry and academia thrive with balanced gender distribution reflective of societal demographics. She# is seeking help from the ImpactNPO community to further develop and utilise digital means to better engage with their target community. They would like to improve their website and create an online store to purchase She# merchandise. They also wish to create a newsletter template, redesign branding, and setting up a proprietary email system. - Social Enterprise Auckland is a collaborative group of social enterprises and their supporters from the sector, business community and both local and central government. SEA aspire to build momentum and connect social enterprises together, illuminate their stories, and amplify investment opportunities. The team of Social Enterprise Auckland is excited to work alongside our amazing volunteers to build an online platform that will function as the home of social enterprise in New Zealand. - Betterment exist to unite entrepreneurial people and help them grow conscious businesses that respect the follwing creteria: Environmentally Restorative, Socially Responsible, Cruelty Free and Honestly Good. Betterment's vision is to see the world full of conscious compassionate people, impacting life for good. The social start-up is seeking help from our fantastic volunteers to create a new engaging website. - The New Zealand Medical Student Association looks to represent, unite and empower New Zealand medical students to reach their overall goal of improving health of New Zealanders. Due to their limited resources, they are currently struggling to maintain the online solutions and platforms that allow them to reach their community. NZMSA would love the support of the impactNPO community to learn how to use IT solutions to achieve their goals, especially in preparation of their 2018 Conference. FAQs What do I need to bring? An open mind, a smile and your own computer/laptop. Don’t forget your phone, chargers or any other gadgets that you rely on. What's in it for me? First and foremost we aim to help local non-profits. NPOs often have quite a lot of IT challenges. Through this, you may find that you meet new people from different companies or industries, find contacts if you're looking for work, or get to step outside of your comfort zone and learn something new through a weekend project. Or just have a fun weekend working in a team to deliver something that is really useful to the community! Furthermore, all volunteers that have successfully participated and contributed in a team for the entire hackathon will receive a Certificate of Participation for their efforts. Sweet stuff! What can we expect as results for the NPOs? This depends on you, your team and the needs of your chosen NPO! We have run many successful weekends, and have helped numerous NPOs with websites, IT infrastructure, design, branding, content as well as general advice. For a list of some of our accomplishments, and the NPOs that we have helped during the past weekends, have a look on our website: impactnpo.org What about catering options? To help us plan ahead and order food, we would love to know about your dietary requirement so please specify during registration whether you would require normal, vegetarian, or gluten-free option when you register. How can I contact the organiser with any questions? If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at nicole[at]impactnpo.org or drop us a message on Facebook (www.facebook.com/impactnpo) or Meetup (www.meetup.com/impactnpo) What if I have a change of plans? Please remember to let us know at least 3 days before the event if you're no longer able to come for the full weekend, as this will allow us to free up the reservation for people on the waiting list. Look forward to seeing you all there :) From the impactNPO organising team