Via News Release
“February 27 application deadline for volunteer web pros (nerds) and nonprofit organizations
Who: The Nerdery seeks like-minded web professionals to join in giving their time and talent to help nonprofits create websites they couldn’t otherwise afford at The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge
Who Else: Eligible nonprofits (501c3-registered organizations in Minnesota) can apply by February 27 by articulating how nerds could help them do what they do – only better – online.”
Via News Release
“Who: The Nerdery seeks like-minded web professionals to join in giving their time and talent to help nonprofits create websites they couldn’t otherwise afford at The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge.
Who Else: Eligible nonprofits (501c3-registered organizations in Illinois) can apply by June 30 by articulating how nerds could help them do what they do – only better – online.
Why: Considering the collective good nonprofits do, losing sleep to help them is a wise investment – they pay it forward many times over by better serving our communities.”
Announced earlier this month, but a noteworthy cause nonetheless. More background and coverage from the latest Overnight Website Challenge at the U of M this past March.
“The Nerdery is in the midst of a major expansion at its Bloomington headquarters as it executes plans to nearly double its revenue and hire 100 new employees in 2011.
Earlier this year, the Web development firm formerly known as Sierra Bravo Corporation renegotiated its lease with the building’s property manager, Minneapolis-based Belgrade Enterprises. Under the new lease, the company’s space will more than double from 21,401 square feet to 44,625 square feet.”
It’s said that everyone’s a winner at The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge, so it’s only fair to decalare TST Media this weekends bi-winner.
Led by Captain Jason Reed, the 10 member crew beat-out 17 others at the 24+ hour charity hackathon held at the U of M Continuing Education and Conference Center 7a Saturday through 10a Sunday.
The finished product is a brand new website with an ongoing 24/7 support commitment for Bloomington United for Youth (BUY) — a 501(c)(3) coordinating agency where organizations serving the needs of Bloomington youth get together to plan, share ideas, find resources, and coordinate activities.
All in all, it’s estimated by The Nerdery’s VP of Marketing Mark Hurlburt that the combined efforts of over 200 individuals (participants, volunteers, and other miscellaneous characters) equates to half a million dollars in donated services for 18 unique nonprofits throughout the entire experience. Phenomenal!
Via News Release
With heavy commitment from volunteers web pros (nerds), The Nerdery today announced the 18 nonprofit organizations selected for The Nerdery Overnight Website Challenge, the web development firm’s volunteer-driven 24-hour event, returning to the Twin Cities the weekend of March 26-27. The winners are:
1. Autism Society of Minnesota (AUSM)
2. Bloomington United for Youth (BUY)
3. Can Do Canines
4. Children’s Program of Northern Ireland
5. Children’s Safety Centers
6. Clownfish Swim Club
7. Crossroads Adoption Services
8. Educate Tanzania
9. Eye-Link Foundation
10. Minnesota Hands and Voices
11. Mobility for Independence
12. Northeast Residence Inc.
13. Project 515 Education Campaign
14. Sexual Assault Resource Agency (SARA)
15. Someplace Safe
16. Springboard for the Arts
17. St. Paul Public School Foundation
18. Working Family Resource Center
Via News Release
“The Nerdery has re-launched overnightwebsitechallenge.com to open registration for its annual all-nighter event benefitting nonprofit organizations. Volunteers and nonprofits have until February 16 to apply themselves for the March 26-27 all-nighter.
Nonprofits apply by sharing their vision of how nerds could help their organization better carry out its mission through better use of interactive technology. Fans of nonprofits post online testimonials articulating why the organization they serve or support or benefit from are deserving of the opportunity to direct a team of volunteer web professionals for 24 hours.”
Primary Sponsors:
Entrepreneurial Law Firm Gray Plant Mooty (Returning)
Local Hosting Provider ipHouse (R)
Software Designers & Developers The Nerdery (R)
Student Employer & Staff Augmenter Maverick Software Consulting (New)
Secondary Sponsors:
Application Investor & Distributor W3i (R)
Public Relations Agency Bellmont Partners (N)
Web & Mobile Developers Bust Out Solutions (R)
Accounting & Financial Services Firm WellAdvised (R)
Other Sponsors:
Talent Acquisition Specialist Andcor (N) (Calendar)
IT Workforce Development Nonprofit Advance IT Minnesota (N) (Directory)
**Contact us for information about how to become a TECHdotMN sponsor**
By Mike Derheim, Sierra Bravo / The Nerdery
“When Luke’s plane went missing I told our staff I would do my best to communicate with them as openly as he always has. In so many ways, Luke is a tough act to follow – but in keeping with his tradition of publicly sharing staff memos – when appropriate – on our blog, here’s the note I sent to Nerdery staff last Friday.
Like many of you, I’ve been re-reading emails from Luke. I’ve spent a good amount of time doing this. This is time I won’t get back and wouldn’t if I could. After going over contingency plans and meeting with our executive team, we’ve decided that I will have the tall order of taking over as Nerdery CEO.”
By Bob Geiger, Finance and Commerce
“Amid all the depressing jobs and employment reports issued lately, it’s good to find that one interactive firm has actually increased its staff size this year by 50 percent.
That rapid expansion, from 100 in January to an expected 150 positions with expected hires by Oct. 25, involves interactive marketing and software development firm The Nerdery.“
Greetings – a quick update on things happening at TECHdotMN which our readers should know about:
Sponsors
StartupShoppe joins Gray Plant Mooty, The Nerdery, ipHouse, Marcato Partners, W3i and WellAdvised as site sponsors; Bust Out Solutions is our new calendar sponsor.
THANK YOU SPONSORS!
Calendar
We implemented a new calendar today to allow for deeper integration with the rest of the site. From design to data, the purpose is to make for a better experience all-around. There are new ical & xml subscriptions for this calendar feed as the old ones will be phased out soon (see comment below). Drop us a note if you find a bug and send your Minnesota tech events here for posting.
Weekly Digest
Based on feedback, we’ve changed the frequency of our email digest from monthly to weekly. If you’re not already subscribed you can drop your email address in the box on the right to receive a recap of the previous weeks headlines and upcoming weeks events.
Giving Back
100% of the gross revenue from our first round of sponsors is being re-invested into the community 50% going towards under-served youth in technology and 50% into a new Minnesota startup. Moving ahead, 51% of TECHdotMN’s gross revenues are going into a youth technology initiative. We’ll be announcing the details soon, but in the meantime contact us if you or someone you know has an interest in helping Minnesota youth become more technologically literate.
Stay tuned & have a nice weekend,
The TECHdotMN team
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