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Welcome to Opportunity Hack 2024, where innovation meets impact! Join us for an exhilarating weekend of coding, collaboration, and community service. This year, we're challenging students, tech enthusiasts, designers, and problem solvers to create cutting-edge solutions for real-world challenges faced by nonprofit organizations.
Over 48 amazing hours, you'll have the chance to:
- Work directly with nonprofit partners to understand their unique challenges
- Leverage the latest technologies to build impactful solutions
- Network and collaborate with diverse teams of passionate individuals
- Learn from industry mentors and subject matter experts
- Showcase your projects to judges from leading tech companies
- Build your own portfolio
Whether you're a seasoned developer or a curious newcomer, Opportunity Hack offers a platform to apply your skills for social good. Our participating nonprofits span various sectors, including education, environmental sustainability, healthcare, and social services.
Join us in harnessing the power of technology to amplify the reach and effectiveness of organizations working tirelessly to make our world a better place.
Let's code for a cause and create lasting change!
Key Details:
- Date: October 12-13, 2024
- Location: ASU Tempe Campus, Arizona
- Prizes: Over $5,000 in cash and sponsored awards
- Eligibility: Open to all skill levels, from students to professionals
Register now and be part of a movement that proves technology can be a force for good. Together, let's turn ideas into action and code into impact!
Previous Hacks
2023 at ASU, 2023 Virtual, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014
Requirements
What to Build
Social good projects related to nonprofits that we present during the kickoff
What to Submit
1. 4 minute demo video (record with Quicktime, Loom, etc.) and upload to YouTube, Vimeo, etc. - no late submissions
2. Update your DevPost project - fill in the template they provide, add slides, your video, etc. Consider adding this to your "most amazing things I've built" part of your portfolio
3. Code in GitHub is checked-in, README is updated
Prizes
1st place
A prize to the 1st place team in the amount of $1000; to be split evenly among all team members.
2nd Place
A scholarship prize to the 2nd place team in the amount of $600; to be split evenly among all team members.
3rd Place
A scholarship prize to the 3rd place team in the amount of $400; to be split evenly among all team members.
1st place Statement of Work
Prize worth $4000 to a team of 2 - 5 team members that will complete the 1st place solution that satisfies the requirements of the Non-Profit representative(s).
The solution must be installed at the Non-Profits place of business on or before March 30th 2025.
Cloud solutions are also acceptable; provided the Non-Profit has access to the solution and a viable solution for hosting for a minimum of 1 year.
The members of the 1st place team identified at the event have first rights of refusal to work on completing the project.
Opportunity Hack will solicit interest from event participants interested in completing the 1st place solution in order to fill any vacancies encountered during the completion of the project.
2nd place Statement of Work
Prize worth $2400 to a team of 2 - 5 team members that will complete the 2nd place solution that satisfies the requirements of the Non-Profit representative(s).
The solution must be installed at the Non-Profits place of business on or before March 30th 2025.
Cloud solutions are also acceptable; provided the Non-Profit has access to the solution and a viable solution for hosting for a minimum of 1 year.
The members of the 2nd place team identified at the event have first rights of refusal to work on completing the project.
Opportunity Hack will solicit interest from event participants interested in completing the 2nd place solution in order to fill any vacancies encountered during the completion of the project.
3rd place Statement of Work
Prize worth $1600 to a team of 2 - 5 team members that will complete the 3rd place solution that satisfies the requirements of the Non-Profit representative(s).
The solution must be installed at the Non-Profits place of business on or before March 30th 2025.
Cloud solutions are also acceptable; provided the Non-Profit has access to the solution and a viable solution for hosting for a minimum of 1 year.
The members of the 3rd place team identified at the event have first rights of refusal to work on completing the project.
Opportunity Hack will solicit interest from event participants interested in completing the 3rd place solution in order to fill any vacancies encountered during the completion of the project.
Devpost Achievements
Submitting to this hackathon could earn you:
Judges
Charles Ennasi Raja
Sanyogeeta Lawande
Mohit Goel
Meetu Malhotra
Ajinkya Ghadge
Hrishikesh Paranjape
Prerak Trivedi
Madhu Chavva
Noor Aftab
Brinda Gurusamy
Nikhil Pentapalli
Prasuna Bumadi
Luis Mimilia
Tom Marthaler
Moses
Mollie Silva
Sunandan Barman
Judging Criteria
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Similar to what you find on ohack.dev
See https://www.ohack.dev/about/judges -
Scope of Solution
Impact on Community - how many people and nonprofits are impacted by this solution? Complexity of Problem Solved - how hard was this to do versus what is already out there? -
Documentation
Code and UX Documentation - clear how to use the solution Ease of Understanding - straightforward design -
Polish
Work remaining - minimal work remaining for MVP Can use today - deployed in the cloud, able to be shipped now -
Security
Data Protection - hard to gain access to data because of security controls Role-based Security - admin versus public access (where applicable)
Questions? Email the hackathon manager
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