Technology & Community Development

The 48HL Event, hosted by The Company Lab, is an event for entrepreneurs to develop their business idea with the help of volunteers and to show what they accomplished 48 hours later. An event that has occurred for a couple of years, the 48HL is quickly becoming popular among startups in Chattanooga. Next week, another 48HL begins Friday evening (November 11, 2011), and concludes the following Sunday evening. Smooth Stone Services has chosen to participate in this event.

There are two parts to this Blog Post: The Introduction to Twitter and the Twitter Glossary below it.

As non-government organizations (NGOs), community development organizations require a lot of assistance in the technology sector, as their primary focus is on assisting the people who they seek to assist. If an organization does domestic development in the United States, the technology know-how and resources available might be a little more accessible than to an organization that does international development (like World Vision or Food for the Hungry, to name a few).