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What if you could enlist the best minds in the tech industry to consult for your nonprofit or startup? What if you could corral the top product designers, search engine marketing experts and platform gurus from Google, Twitter, Facebook and Microsoft in one room, describe your marketing challenges and have them brainstorm areas for improvement?
A few months ago, at the inaugural “social hackathon” (sponsored by Bing and Windows Live Hotmail) we did just that. In the spirit of advancing social good, folks like Chris Brogan, Beth Kanter Chris Messina, Kathy Sierra, Chelsea Howe and Leah Buley lent their time to help DonorsChoose.org brainstorm ways to address their ongoing technology and marketing challenges (things like API strategy, repeat user engagement, site design, social media marketing, etc.)
Today we are pleased to make available the output of that meeting: an eBook focused on social good titled The Goodness Engine: Driving Greater Social Impact in the Digital World . The best ideas, tactics, and creative solutions from the day were distilled down into an in-depth analysis by the folks at Deep Focus and are now available for free to everyone.
Industry competitors checked their egos at the door, rolled up their sleeves, and gave advice for designing widgets and dynamic ads, urged more storytelling and “meaning” in the recruitment of donors, and urged the charity to revisit Facebook advertising using a new approach. They suggested design approaches to ensure conversion and repeat donations, and tactics for evaluating how well search keyword buys were performing for DonorsChoose.org.
For a deeper look at what was shared with DonorsChoose.org, download the e-book here. Over the course of the next week, we will be updating the site with more than a dozen videos including interviews with the social hackathon experts- so check back here to watch.
For those of you going to South by Southwest Interactive, check out the panel where we will highlight how you too can organize your own social hackathon. The panel will be held on March 15, 11 am Room 10AB in the Austin Convention Center. Though not all names are up, the panelists include Scott Porad CTO of Icanhazcheezburger.com, Chris Messina of Google, Hope Frank CMO of Webtrends, Ian Schafer CEO of Deep Focus, and other hackathon attendees who will share their experiences. Hope to see you there!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the creation of the hackathon!
Betsy Aoki, Senior Program Manager, Bing
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