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And the winner is...
The judges have weighed in, and our community has voted! Go to the TechFugees Melbourne gallery to congratulate the winners and check out all of the awesome submissions.
Even though the competition is over, you don't have to stop coding. Update your portfolio to inform your followers about new projects and get feedback from fellow hackers.
Questions?We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.
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Techfugees Melbourne Pitch Order
The order has been selected
| Pitch Sequence | Team | One Liner |
| 1 | Friendfugee | support network. Connect young volunteers |
| 2 | AI Sensei | language learning with AI |
| 3 | The Comets | \literacy issues. Picture dictionary. English audio & add translation |
| 4 | #Findmyfamily | tracing / locate family |
| 5 | Interpreter central | Dialects preview platform |
| 6 | Welcomed | find resources in own language |
| 7 | Open doors | Cooking class help learn english |
| 8 | 7 musketeer's | Askari.. platform for services |
| 9 | Ninja seals | welcome new arrivals |
| 10 | M-hub | migration / isolation. Images to connect to services |
| 11 | The Enablers | employment for refugees. Resume builder platform based on experience |
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Public voting is now open
It's your turn to pick the Popular Choice award winner! Browse the TechFugees Melbourne submission gallery and vote for your favorite app. Be sure to spread the word via your social networks, too!
Questions?We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.
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Tools - Startup Dashboard / Lean Canvas / Universal Pitch Deck
Hi All,
Here's some tools the Techfugee Sydney folks used to help structure your Idea / Pitch Presentation:
Startup Dashboard
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KX0F827db5-xyQT8uva7H44LwkPpVP-7hQqPu0gOY08/edit?usp=sharing
TechFuGeesAus Pitch Presentation (guidelines)
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u5uFUlxbA9SDaQ-EXJ_PpjOHkb-bcrk8z4gic0qonW0/edit#slide=id.p17
Make a copy of these documents and share them back with the community on DevPost to add to your presentation.
Questions?
We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.
about 7 years ago
Techfugees Melbourne Kicks Off Tonight
Looking forward to seeing you all tonight at LaunchPad for the kickoff of Techfugees Melbourne
Some resources to assist
- problem statements
- resources & data aligned to the problems from data.vic.gov.au
- mentors who will be around to help
- Techfugees Hackpad for existing projects that also need help!
Questions?
We're here to help. If you have any questions about the hackathon, post on the discussion forum or email support@devpost.com and we'll respond as soon as we can.
about 7 years ago
Problem statement themes
Just a few more days to go to Techfugees Melbourne.
We've posted the problem statements and these are the themes
Disability access and support
The inability of people with a disability to know about and access support.
Employment
Lack of recognition of qualifications; lack of work references and Australian employment experience.
Entrepreneurship
Lack of ability to access support to become familiar with systems, knowledge and networks to start own business in Australia.
Food security
Lack of income for many asylum seekers and refugees on low incomes is a daily issue for prioritising seeking employment, transport, children’s needs and food
Health…
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Newsletter : 06/04/2016
Webinars, DevPost and Pitch CeremonyLess than 10 days to the Techfugees Hackathon. I hope you are as excited as we are!
Important Webinar
Never been to a hackathon? Not sure what to expect for this one? We are hosting webinars prior to the hackathon to take you through how to work with the former refugee community in co-designing solutions and answer any questions you might have.
Sign up for one of the information sessions
11.30am Tuesday, 12 April or 6.00pm Thursday, 14 April
Submitting Your Solutions
At the end of the weekend, you'll need to submit your work via DevPost. Here,…
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Techfugees Melbourne Newsletter : 24/03/2016
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Tech hackathon to help refugees settle in Australia is coming to Melbourne
Terrific coverage about TechFugees Melbourne in StartupSmart recently.
Tech hackathon to help refugees settle in Australia is coming to Melbourne
The Melbourne tech and startup sectors will be uniting in April to come up with innovative new ways to help refugees settle in the community.
The Techfugees hackathon follows a similar event in Sydney in November last year that saw 150 founders, entrepreneurs, developers and investors team up with NGOs and refugees to formulate new ideas and startups.
Angel investor and former refugee Shelli Trung is organising the event in conjunction with the Sydney team, and says Melbourne is the…