Prepare to RHoK

What to expect at Random Hacks of Kindness?
Toronto Canada
June 4 – 5, 2011

We are a team of volunteers who drummed up this event for you. For two days, we will brain and hack on humanitarian aid, climate change and disaster risk reduction problems.
We are a satellite event, so we got funding from local sponsors. The event counts on each of you to help us make it great.
So, really, you are the event : )
RHoK Toronto

RHoK
How to…

All hackers need to sign up for an account on rhok.org
Add your name, some basic details.
WHY?
Get to know people who you might hack with
Track your work to a problem definition
Add your Account to rhok.org

New problem definitions are being added to the RHoK site daily.
Check out the definitions
Start brainstorming
Ask the organizers questions
Review the problem definitions

Share your details to help the RHoK TO team prepare: skills or dietary/allergy info.
https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFZnREF2R3ZXSlR5STdBZkdMYWR5OGc6MQ#gid=0
Tell us about yourself

If you can’t attend, please email rhokto@gmail.com
We can give your spot to someone else.
Can’t Attend?

Want to meet fellow hackers and help us prepare?
Pre-RHoK event for participants:
We invite you to attend our RHoK Warm-up Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011Time: 19:00 – 21:00 ETLocation: CamaraderieAddress: 102 Adelaide St E.
Join the Toronto pre-RHoK event

RHoK Toronto will provide you with: Food, drinks, t-shirt, stickers, some swag and prizes for winning hacks.
RHoK Toronto thanks our amazing sponsors: CIRA, Jonah Group, Aaron McGowan, Syncapse, Global News, Nitido, MarketCrashers, Rightsleeve, Yahoo Canada, University of Toronto, Camaraderie, and Tropo
The Main event

Your Laptop, power bar, power cords, demo equipment, dongle
Camera, webcam, headphones
Smile and an open mind
Coffee mug
Pocket coffee chocolate expresso beans for your fearless leaders ^V^
What to bring?

University of TorontoOISE 252 Bloor Street West, 5th floorToronto, Ontario M5S 1V5Canada
Questions? rhokto@gmail.com
Where is RHoK Toronto?

8:00 – 9:00am Arrive, help us set-up and enjoy breakfast9:00 -9:30 Introductions and Questions9:30 – 11:30 Pick your problem definitions and teams. Start brainstorming11:30 – 1:00 Lunch1:00 – 5:00 Coding, doing, brainstorming5:00 – 6:00 Stand-up – Quick Discussion about your team’s work6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner7:00 – ongoing (Optional to stay late. Otherwise, we’ll see you the next day)Midnight – home
Saturday Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 am Arrive, Help us set-up and enjoy breakfast9-11:30 More coding11:30 – 12:30 Lunch12:30 – 3:00 Go teams!3:00 – 5:30 Demos and Prizes6:00pm End of event
Sunday Schedule

RHoK Toronto has four judges:
Paul Osman – Open source tech developer
Karen Snider – NGO
Julia Howell – RHoK Global Partner (Microsoft)
Jesse Brown – Technical journalist
Who are the judges?

For RHoK events we recommend the following criteria when local judges assess and rank projects presented at their eventcreativity / innovative / unique:
utility, can it be used in the field?
applicable, does it solve a problem
impact, local or global
progress (on existing work, or starting from nothing)
usability
other...
How does Judging Work?

Stay tuned! We are working on these.
What are the prizes?

Monitor RHoK Toronto here:
UStream: Username: rhokTOTwitter: @rhokTOYoutube:rhokTOFlickr: rhokTO, RHOK, Randomhacks
We also have a skype room set-up. Ping us on twitter.
Can I play along at home?

Thanks!

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Prepare to RHoK

by Heather Leson on Jun 01, 2011

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