Want to change the world? Then get a license to RHoK! Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global initiative to create practical open source solutions to humanity's toughest challenges. Organized by Google, Microsoft, Yahoo!, HP, NASA and the World Bank, RhoK brings together thousands of the best and brightest developers from around the world - like YOU - to participate in fast–paced and competitive marathon coding events resulting in real applications that are making an impact on humanity. The RHoK community has grown rapidly over the past 2 years, with 3000 participants from 43 cities who have worked on 214 distinct solutions. This talk will bring together "RHoKstars" to provide an overview of the initiative, discuss some of the solutions developed, describe how the SxSW community can contribute to the effort and most importantly, brainstorm about what is next.

2. #RHoK
@randomhacks
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3. Introductions
Todd Khozien Nicholas Skytland
@toddicus @skytland
SecondMuse NASA
Christiaan Adams Elizabeth Sabet Patrick Svenburg
@spinmap @esabet @svenburg
Google SecondMuse Micrsoft

4. RHoK-stars

5. RHoK-stars

6. RHoK-ing

7. RHoK-ing

8. RHoK-ing out

9. What is RHoK?

10. A community of
innovation
developing
practical open
solutions for
social good

11. How Does it Work?
Subject matter experts Volunteers work on Together, they move
define the problems open technology those solutions to
solutions implementation and
impact

12. “Hacking for
Humanity”

15. Who Can Participate?
Everyone

16. History of RHoK?

17. Next Up:
The RHoK Journey Global Hackathon
Impact June 2-3, 2012
Dec 3-4, 2011
5th Hackathon
28 Cities
June 4-5, 2011
4th Hackathon
19 Cities
December 2010
3rd Hackathon
22 Cities
June 2010
2nd Hackathon
7 Cities
December 2009
1st Hackathon
Silicon Valley, CA
June 2009
@ CrisisCamp
Time

21. Who is RHoK?

22. 4000+ people

23. 45+ cities

24. 180+ partners
Core Partners
Regional Partner Operational Lead

25. Why RHoK?

29. Problem Definitions

30. A good
solution starts
with a good
problem

31. Brainstorm. Define. Refine.

33. Success Stories

34. sheltr.org

35. Partnerships with The Coalition Against
Hunger, Project H.O.M.E., and the
Philadelphia Office of Supportive Housing
Interest from many cities across the U.S.
Expanded hack to include food sources
Press coverage NPR Interview
Awards for best civic hack
Homeless service providers reaching out

36. CHASM (Combined Stability and Hydrology Model)
Created at RHoK #1
Chasm is an integrated
slope hydrology/slope
stability software package
that aids the assessment
of slope stability
conditions
Academic researcher
came to RHoK with the
concept and base code
without interface
Proactively used and
deployed in Latin America
And the Caribbean

37. www.phillysnap.com

38. Assessing (and aggregating) beehive health
beepods.com

39. The
Hackathon Brainstorm.
Process Define. Refine.
Hack.
Support and
sustain for
impact.

40. A License to RHoK

45. Introductions
Todd Khozien Nicholas Skytland
@toddicus @skytland
SecondMuse NASA
Christiaan Adams Elizabeth Sabet Patrick Svenburg
@spinmap @esabet @svenburg
Google SecondMuse Micrsoft

46. rhok.org @randomhacks #RHoK
Thoughts?
Questions?
Discuss!