Whether you're a designer or a developer, a copywriter or a coder, working in tech or at a creative agency, Goodby Silverstein & Partners invites you to join us for a hackathon event we're calling Hack SF.
San Francisco Bay Area nonprofits La Casa de las Madres, the Eviction Defense Collaborative, and Goodwill of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin will kick off the event by talking about their missions. Each organization will also share one key challenge it faces that, if addressed, would have a significant positive impact on its ability to fulfill its mission.
Hackathon teams will then have 24 hours to come up with their best ideas. Ideas may range from affordable-housing fixes to apps to beautification projects or business ideas that will help the nonprofits fulfill their missions. Really, it’s up to you.
We’re confident that putting a bunch of creative people together for a weekend will lead to some innovative solutions.
We’ll also have a bunch of different APIs and databases you can work with from the city of San Francisco’s Open Data Portal.
You don’t need to have an idea or a team formed before you come to the event. Part of the fun of a hackathon is meeting other people and coming up with your own idea during the event.
An idea by itself lives only in the mind of an individual, but an idea shared among many can become reality.
On Saturday, February 22, and Sunday, February 23, Hack SF teams will have 24 hours to come up with ideas to improve life in San Francisco.
The judges will select three winning teams, one for each of the three nonprofits that participate. Prizes will be given to the nonprofits themselves so that each of them can implement the winning idea devised to benefit their organization. See the Prizes section for more details.
The SF Mayor's Office of Civic Innovation keeps government accountable, accessible and responsive. Our role is to create an environment that allows innovation to flourish in City Hall. Yours is to help us continually improve how government works, for everyone.
Ben Davis is the visionary behind THE BAY LIGHTS and the creator of Pi In The Sky. He is founder and CEO of Illuminate the Arts, the non-profit that aims to alter the arc of human history through the creation of transformative works of public art. He is currently championing major art installations in San Francisco and beyond.
Scott Schwaitzberg recently moved to San Francisco from New York City where he spent much of his career in business management and technology consulting. In his current role at Google.org, Scott is partnering with cities in a philanthropic and technology context to improve connectivity between residents and government, specifically with regard to services and civic engagement. Previously he has served as Deputy Chief of Staff to Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson in the City of New York and worked as an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co.
Ellie joined GSP in 2007 and has produced many award-winning interactive productions for a variety of clients, including Adobe, Yahoo! and Sprint. She currently leads the interactive department and manages a diverse team of interactive producers, developers, technologists and UX designers. Nothing makes her happier than mentoring and motivating her team to produce best-in-class interactive work.
