What to Build

Teams must build a solution that addresses the nonprofit challenge provided at the Opening Ceremony. Your solution should combine strategy and technology and be designed for real-world implementation.

The technical component should be a lightweight, demo-able proof of concept (POC) that shows how CIC could deliver role specific value over time without a full platform rebuild: a simple way to capture or assign member segment and priorities, a basic membership experience that surfaces curated responses and clear next steps (i.e. by role and membership stage), a small set of maintainable engagement prompts (i.e. scheduled emails or in-portal reminders) to encourage repeat visits, and using minimal measurement that tracks whether members are actually re-engaging and using relevant content. Ideally, the admin setup should be simple enough for CIC staff to update pathways and content without ongoing developer support and the teams should clearly state assumptions, scope limits, and tools required so that CIC can judge feasibility against internal capacity.

By the end, teams should present a demo that shows the redesigned membership experience working end to end, with minimal ongoing effort required from CIC. Mock data is acceptable. Teams should clearly state their assumptions and explain, in practical terms, what CIC would need to do each month to operate and maintain the solution.

What to Submit

By the submission deadline, teams must submit the following :

• A slide deck (submitted by email) outlining:
  • Problem understanding and key insights
  • Strategic recommendations
  • Implementation plan and expected impact
• A 3-5 minute video demo and description of your technical solution (submitted here on devpost), including:
  • Link to a live prototype or repository
  • Screenshots, mockups, and a recorded walkthrough

Hosting sponsored by .xyz

For teams that want to host their technical component, follow instructions in the link below:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZCMrxWIq6VPO0NSDYMqzBR4hlw_B1g0F/view

Your code is DEG26. This code expires on Mar 31 2026 (America/Los_Angeles). Basically they gave this google drive pdf on the instructions on how to set up the domains