Check out the photos below from our 2nd social impact hackathon!
#Hack4DomesticViolence was held over 8-10 December 2017 at MnM Institute.
We are now into day 2 of our social impact hackathon targeting Family and Domestic Violence #Hack4DV [8-10 Dec 2017]
In the lead up to #Hack4DV we caught up with the kind folks at StartSomeGood.com for an interview around our inspiration and motivations behind the project.
Check some of the answers below [full interview here]:
Where did you get the original inspiration for your project?
#Hack4DV is our second social impact Hackathon, following on from our successful first offering #Hack4homelessness in early this year in September.
Vibewire President, Gavin Heaton, has extensive experience in the Hackathon circuit. Hackathons are a great way of making significant change in a very short period of time! Many different corporates and community organisations can come together to share their knowledge and data for a common purpose.
What was the hardest aspect of starting a project?
The hardest aspect of starting a project like this is getting the word out! Attracting as many participants as possible and enough funding to make the event a reality.
What kind of support do you think that changemakers in your community need?
Mentorship and financial support e.g. grants, co-working space etc. It takes a lot of work to get ideas off the ground and young people need to be connected to the right people who share their common goal and believe in their project.
What would be your one piece of advice for people who want to make a positive impact?
Be persistent, keep drilling away and try to connect with the right people at Hackathon’s like #Hack4DV as well as through meetup groups like https://www.meetup.com/Young-Entrepreneurs-Sydney/
Stayed tuned for results from the #Hack4DV !!
Introducing Jon Westenberg who will be attending this weekends #Hack4DV (8-10 December) in a mentorship capacity.
Jon is the Chief Marketing Officer at Speedlancer Inc. and has shared his own personal childhood DV experience with us in the video interview below.
Limited spots are left to help us on our mission to solve for Domestic Violence at #Hack4DV but not too late to register and bring your ideas to the Hack starting tonight!
Register here now and let’s confront this challenging issue together!
Register to participate at the Hackathon here
Support our crowdfunding campaign here
See you tonight!
Introducing Sybil Williams who will be attending this weekends #Hack4DV (8-10 December) in a mentorship capacity.
Sybil is the Founder of Strategic Marketing Consultancy Atomic Tangerine and has shared her own childhood experience with us in the video interview below.
Limited spots are left to help us on our mission to solve for Domestic Violence at #Hack4DV but not too late to register and bring your ideas to the Hack starting tomorrow night.
Register here now and let’s confront this challenging issue together!
Register to participate at the Hackathon here
Support our crowdfunding campaign here
See you this weekend!
Simi Bajaj will be on the #Hack4DV judging panel this weekend (8-10 December). Simi is the Academic Course Advisor (Information Systems program) in the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics at Western Sydney university. Simi has been working in the area of DV actively from last 5 years supporting women primarily facing the challenges of DV. She is the DV coordinator for a charity organisation called Harman Foundation.
Simi has specialised in SDLC, Project Management, Test Strategy, Test Planning, Test Design, Test Execution, Defect Management, Test Management, Process Management and Implementation since 2004 and has a wealth of experience in all areas of the project and product life cycle and testing working with numerous industry sectors.
Simi has been doing research in the areas of Software Development, Software Testing, Information systems, Cybercrime, Phishing and Information Security. She has also acted as session chair in conference and published papers in local and mostly in International conferences. She has been reviewing papers for conferences and journals since 2004.
Learn more about Simi in the video interview below!
Register to participate at the Hackathon here
Support our crowdfunding campaign here
See you this weekend!