The
HandsOn Tech Corps is a national program sponsored by Google, the
HandsOn Network, and the Points of Light Foundation. HOTC focuses on
increasing the nonprofit sector's effective use of technology to
increase community resources and improve outcomes for low-income
communities and families in 7 cities. 24 AmeriCorps*VISTA members make
up the HandsOn Tech Corps and are working full-time for one year. HOTC
started in September with a one-week training at Google headquarters in
California, where we learned about nonprofit tools and cloud-based
offerings from Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Salesforce.com and LinkedIn.
Throughout the rest of the year, we will be developing introductory
seminars and in-person trainings for smaller nonprofits that are working
to lift people out of poverty.
HandsOn Tech Corps Seattle is hosted at NPower Northwest in the Central District neighborhood for the 2011-2012 service year.
We
provide free technology trainings to community members and nonprofit
staff and will soon be starting a program to offer free consulting
serivces to qualifying Seattle organizations.
Check out our calendar, overview, and get involved sections to learn more about the program and to connect with low-cost computing resources!
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