For Hack Week this year, Allies was looking for a way to update their website to show the product’s evolution over the years. In January 2019, Allies launched Lighthouse, a software application that enables social workers, nurses, case managers, therapists, probation officers, and other professionals to identify victims of sex trafficking. It was exciting to use my skills to enhance Larkin Street’s onboarding program and make it interactive and engaging, and to help out a worthwhile community partner."Īllies Against Slavery helps partners identify victims of human trafficking to prevent their exploitation. We were on many Zoom meetings planning, doing demos, and finally revealing the program. I viewed the Larkin Street team as my partners and colleagues. “I blocked off my calendar for an entire week to dedicate to this project, to make sure we came up with a final result that was worthwhile and professional.
"Unlike traditional volunteering, this experience was more high touch,” says Rachel Bycer, new hire orientation lead at Dropbox. This Hack Week project included fun ways to integrate new team members into Larkin Street with ice breakers, client appreciation discussions, and a feedback survey to better understand areas for improvement in future virtual onboarding sessions.
Rachel Bycer, onboarding lead at Dropbox, created a thorough plan to transform Larkin Street’s 3-day in-person onboarding into an online experience for new staff. Larkin Street needed help onboarding new staff and showcasing their values virtually during COVID-19. It provides an overview of the company’s values, resources, and services. New hire orientation is critical to all organizations. The diversity of teams and offices that came together was instrumental in solving these problems. They ranged from helping develop a new onboarding experience for Larkin Street Youth Services and redesigning Allies Against Slavery’s website to creating a fundraising strategy for GOAL and much more. There were more than ten social impact projects across our seven Foundation and community partners. With a global pandemic, many nonprofits have been facing new challenges so Hack Week this year was the perfect opportunity for Dropbox employees and interns to help. Skills-based volunteering is vital to the Dropbox Foundation’s approach to supporting nonprofit organizations working to promote and protect human rights. Like previous Dropbox Hack Weeks, this was also a time that encouraged Dropbox employees to look beyond the company's products and to the community around us. The theme was ‘Working from the Cloud’ and it challenged employees and interns to find solutions to the new challenges we’re facing while working remotely. This summer, Dropbox hosted its first ever virtual Hack Week.
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