[okfestival-discuss] a session proposal - how to run a social hackathon. Do you like the idea? Would you participate?

Sat Mar 29 09:34:08 UTC 2014

This great feedback Emanuil! Definitely, writing anything up would require
a proper research on existing resources and revising what could be of use.
 think what would make this session stand out is that it would be a
collaborative effort and a collaborative piece of wisdom in the end : )

I am glad that you feel like it could be of interest for you!

I will wait for some more voices and submit tomorrow : )

Have a great day!
Alicja

Alicja Peszkowska
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On 28 March 2014 19:21, Emanuil Tolev <emanuil at cottagelabs.com> wrote:

> I've fielded a few questions about organising hackathons and my colleagues
> even more so. It's quite a difficult thing to do well.
>
> Not sure if I can think of something I would need to prepare for a social
> hackathon as opposed to a not-specifically-social hackathon/hackday.
> Obviously the hackathon topic would differ, but does the organisation
> differ? Is posing the right questions different? Mapping out the problem
> space? Not sure I've participated in enough social good ones to give solid
> answers to these myself.
>
> The topic itself is interesting, I'd certainly like to know more about
> organising hackathons well :). It's by no means an easy task.
>
> Outcomes seem fine, a set of guidelines/tips.
>
> The only slight issue I see (I could be entirely wrong about its
> importance, remember) is that there's a lot of advice online in the shape
> of guidelines or tips for organising hackathons. If I was submitting I'd
> feel like including a couple of sentences detailing what makes this session
> stand out - there are no easily discoverable *social* hackathon resources.
> And why is it important to have a resource which focuses on *social* ones
> as opposed to generic hackathon organisation.
>
> Greetings,
> Emanuil
>
>
>
> On 28 March 2014 15:24, Alicja Peszkowska <alicjapeszkowska at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I'd like to share this idea with you to see if it resonates and if you
>> feel as inspired by the thought of "doing it" together at the OKFest this
>> year : )
>>
>> All the comments are welcome - the idea is explained in detail in the
>> attachment. The topic is: how and why organize social hackathons, and the
>> format which it could follow is a booksprint or half a booksprint. I have
>> already run a session at the OKFest once, in Helsinki, and I remember how
>> inspiring that was : )
>>
>> Let me know what you think!
>>
>> Alicja
>>
>> Alicja Peszkowska
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