Riding the Latest Rails for Charity

As developers we often forget that with our development skills we have the power to change the world. This talk describes how our company organized a hackathon to create three open source projects that helped charitable organizations become more efficient at helping people. Bringing our team together around a shared philanthropic goal created more team unity, improved team communication and most importantly allowed us to apply our development skills to do good in the world.

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1. Riding the Latest Rails for Charity By: Joe Dean @joeddean
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20. 6 Tips on How to “Be the Change…” Find Your Motivation Explore many Charities to Identify the one for You Identify Charity Advocate Manage Expectations Build or Join a Team Define Completion and See it Through
21. What do YOU want to change in the World?
22. Contribute Today! - https://github.com/on-site/grantzilla - https://github.com/on-site/StockAid Education rubyforgood.org taprootfoundation.org Google Your Motivation! Joe Dean Engineering Manager joe@on-site.com @joeddean