5 Lessons from the Hack for Western Mass

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How can you make the best use of your time at a Hackathon? Here are some of the key lessons I took away from my first hackathon, the Hack for Western Mass.

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http://cris.lc/h4wma-5lessons

Feel Free to
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Creative Commons | by 4.0
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1. Questions Before Code
2. Know What You Need
3. Think Ahead
4. Be Ready to Train
5. Prepare for the Presentation

Some useful questions...
What is the key
objective?
What are our
team’s skills?
What is just
“nice-to-have”?
How can our team
work in parallel?

Two Lists
Need to know NOW!
➔ What are our constraints?
➔ What data are we using?
Can we use it as-is?
Need to know soon...
➔ Is there an existing
solution we can use?
➔ What are the
implications of [x,y,z]?

Hackathon is just the start...
Will they remember
how to use it?
How do they train
new employees /
volunteers?
If it breaks, how do
they ask for help?

Technical
Various coding languages
www.codecademy.com/learn
Using Git / Github
youtu.be/0fKg7e37bQE
References for web languages
(CSS, HTML, etc.)
www.w3schools.com
Useful Links
Non-Technical
Screencasts with Jing
www.techsmith.com/jing
Sharing with Google Drive
support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822
How to Give a Killer Presentation
cris.lc/hbr-killerpresentation

Why Bother?
I could totally build [x,y,z] feature instead!

George Santayana
Those who do not study the
past are doomed to repeat it.

(including you, next year)
Your experience will help
other Hackers after you.

Challenge
Move from paper
data / forms to a
digital format.
Impediments
Couldn’t test with
real data due to
confidentiality
concerns.
Produced large
quantities of test
data using baby
name generator &
lipsum text.
One way to organize...
Solutions
Background
Rick’s Place helps support grieving children and their
families.
Outcome
Built Google Forms
& Spreadsheets,
and taught
Community Partner
how to use them.

The best thing about civic hackathons?
Organizations continue to benefit
long after the volunteers go home!
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5 Lessons from the Hack for Western Mass

1. 5 Lessons from

2. Read the Blog Post! http://cris.lc/h4wma-5lessons

3. Feel Free to Remix These Slides! Creative Commons | by 4.0 http://cris.lc/h4wma-5slides

4. 1. Questions Before Code 2. Know What You Need 3. Think Ahead 4. Be Ready to Train 5. Prepare for the Presentation

5. Questions Before Code

6. Some useful questions... What is the key objective? What are our team’s skills? What is just “nice-to-have”? How can our team work in parallel?

7. Know What You Need

8. Two Lists Need to know NOW! ➔ What are our constraints? ➔ What data are we using? Can we use it as-is? Need to know soon... ➔ Is there an existing solution we can use? ➔ What are the implications of [x,y,z]?

9. Think Ahead

10. Hackathon is just the start... Will they remember how to use it? How do they train new employees / volunteers? If it breaks, how do they ask for help?

11. Be Ready to Train

12. Technical Various coding languages www.codecademy.com/learn Using Git / Github youtu.be/0fKg7e37bQE References for web languages (CSS, HTML, etc.) www.w3schools.com Useful Links Non-Technical Screencasts with Jing www.techsmith.com/jing Sharing with Google Drive support.google.com/drive/answer/2494822 How to Give a Killer Presentation cris.lc/hbr-killerpresentation

13. Prepare for the Presentation

14. Why Bother? I could totally build [x,y,z] feature instead!

15. George Santayana Those who do not study the past are doomed to repeat it.

16. (including you, next year) Your experience will help other Hackers after you.

17. Challenge Move from paper data / forms to a digital format. Impediments Couldn’t test with real data due to confidentiality concerns. Produced large quantities of test data using baby name generator & lipsum text. One way to organize... Solutions Background Rick’s Place helps support grieving children and their families. Outcome Built Google Forms & Spreadsheets, and taught Community Partner how to use them.

18. One last thing...

19. HAVE FUN!

20. The best thing about civic hackathons? Organizations continue to benefit long after the volunteers go home! http://cris.lc/h4wma-5slides (cc by 4.0) http://hackforwesternmass.org http://cristoslc.com

21. Thanks! http://cris.lc/h4wma-5slides (cc by 4.0) http://hackforwesternmass.org http://cristoslc.com

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