How to organise a hackathon?
During a hackathon, people collaborate intensively to solve a specific problem in a short time frame. The goal is to create a high-quality and innovative solution to a problem. But how to organise a hackathon? Where to start?
If you plan to organise a hackathon – I recommend first reading my post about the many different organisational aspects of a hackathon.
Afterwards – fill in your details to get a hackathon org pack – a set of practical templates that will help in your journey towards the next hackathon!
The hackathon org pack includes the following materials:
- Hackathon org team toolkit
- Essential checklists for the org team to follow through all aspects of hackathon
- Org team meetings template
- Hackathon feedback survey template
- Hackathon presentation guide
- Guidelines for the idea authors for pitching their ideas before the hackathon
- Guide for creating a successful hackathon team
- Advice on hackathon demo presentations
- Hackathon demos evaluation template
- Full calculation details for determining hackathon winners by taking into account jury and employee vote with specific weights applied