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Waffle Hackshop: a board in Waffle.io with cards for each action you should do to kickoff a project.
https://hackshop.waffle.io
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Develop an Agenda #2

Open zmon opened 8 years ago

zmon commented 8 years ago

Develop an Agenda

Your agenda will vary depending on the goal of your hackathon and it’s something that you should determine early on in your planning.

There’s a temptation to have hackathons become two day sprints with participants getting little to no sleep. However, if the goal of the hackathon is to develop prototypes versus fully working apps, you may not need really need to make a coffee run at 2 in the morning.

One Day Hackathon Example

Variations on this include having the talking portion of the event happen on a Friday night. (This is particularly helpful if you’re trying to have working prototypes by the end of the event.) This allows for a full day (or full two days) of hack time.

Two Day Hackshop Example

See The Hackshop Playbook for more information and resources.

Day One

Day Two

\ These are just general examples and in the course of running the event you may find yourself running a bit behind. We always assume that things are going to run over by about 15 mins and just prepare accordingly. (You can use the lunch hour to make up for time.)