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HIVE

Challenges Entered: 
Braintrust: Braintrust is largely a document repository. Users have the ability to mash up their own plans, applications, manuals and protocols from the brainpower of many instead of toiling in solitude. Braintrust harvests unused IP and repurposes it for a common good. Organizations can choose to post current or “old” documents (e.g. last year’s fundraising letter). The point is to share information, ideas, ways of framing issues, and of doing business that broaden the perspectives of members. Norms will be established for leadership development within the e-community.The Hub: Besides building a localized community, the Hub will be a resource for regional information through various features: community boards, events calendar, podcasts/video of presentations and interviews, blogs (policy and nonprofit), job classifieds, wiki for community dialogue, foundation news aggregator, photosharing, mentor management, member dashboard…all to integrate young nonprofit professionals, mentors, funders and political leaders through information sharing. KM features will allow users to track their learning through skill set acquisition icons and milestone measures, creating incentives that challenge users to establish a life-long learning strategies that are reinforced through visual achievement indictors built into their profiles. Although Hive and the Hub will be built for people age 20-35, having participation from professionals 35+ will be critical.

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Ann Arbor, MI
United States
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Ann Arbor, MI

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  • Microsoft
  • Yahoo
  • Business Objects
  • Raincity Studios
  • Mozilla Foundation
  • Ready Talk
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  • Adobe
  • Linden Lab
  • Network For Good
  • Wild Apricot
  • Stanford Social Innovation Review
  • L'Atelier North America
  • The Panelist
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