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Hackathons Helping Nonprofits: The Overnight Website Challenge Offers Pro Bono Redesigns

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The Nerdery’s Overnight Website Challenge, which the Minneapolis-based agency has done in multiple cities for nearly a decade, is designed to give local nonprofits the chance to succeed with the help of some talented creators burning the midnight oil. Since 2008, the challenge has assisted nonprofits in and around Minneapolis and St.

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Why 30 Nonprofits Chose to Be Hacked

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The three 24-hour hackathons were held in Chicago; Kansas City, Missouri; and Minneapolis-St. Paul, near the Nerdery’s headquarters in Bloomington, Minnesota. The events capitalized on the skills and expertise of volunteer web professionals and developers who provided the free service. “We

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Obama Military-Surplus Rule Change Draws Mixed Response

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In its place will be new standards for “effective community policing”—a clear response to recent outbreaks of violence between police and civil rights activists in Ferguson, Missouri, and elsewhere. I was surprised, and, frankly, so were our members. Our concerns seem to fall on deaf ears.”.