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LIMITED TICKETS: BOOK YOUR TICKET ON EVENTBRITE:
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/tech-4-good-app-challenge-2021-tickets-141951848801
Make sure to also BOOK A TICKET for Part 2: Develop your App on 30 March.

Have you an idea for a social impact app? Sign-up for our series of FREE workshops. Powered by Thunkable - realise your app idea from scratch! To take part you must be able to attend both workshops! Format: Series of two practical workshops led by Domhnall O'Hanlon (Thunkable) alongside Tech for Good Community support to help you make a Tech for Good App!

• Sign-up as an individual or team (all team members need to register).
• To take part you must be available to attend both workshops.

Benefits

• Gain positive and constructive feedback on your App idea from Tech for Good Dublin community.
• Find out how to design and develop an app for scratch – with no coding skills required - using free tools – Figma and Thunkable.
• Two free workshops and peer support.
• Inspiration from a showcase of different Tech for Good apps.
• Downloadable checklist and App ideation templates.

Workshop 1 – App Design and Inspiration (Tuesday 16th March)

There’ll be inspiration a plenty with a showcase of tech for good apps created globally using the Thunkable tool. This will be followed by overview of App production process and introduction to Figma - design tool and Thunkable - development tool, with group discussion to help you further develop your app idea. You’ll also have some homework  to develop a basic design before the follow-up workshop.

Workshop 2 – App Development and Launching (Tuesday 30th Mar)

We’ll deep dive into app development and share how to turn your design into a working app. During our group session you’ll demo your prototypes to the Tech for Good Dublin community and Domhall will then guide us through the next steps to create a functioning app. There’ll be an opportunity for asking questions and trouble shooting. We’ll also agree how to champion or support some of the ideas further.

App Challenge Team:Lead facilitator at both workshop is Domhnall O’Hanlon – Head of Creator Success at Thunkable.App Challenge Creator - Máirin Murray Hosts include Mairin Murray and Ellen Ward – Co-Founders of Tech for Good Dublin.

Community support via Tech for Dublin Meetup Discussion Boards and Slack (TBC).

Resources:

https://thunkable.com/#/
https://www.figma.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTVZRyybOCDBL2zLXSeQVsw

Tech Community Groups :
https://www.meetup.com/TechForGood-Dublin/
https://www.meetup.com/Dublin-No-Code-Meetup-Group/

(Zoom link will be added shortly before each meeting)

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