What impact will hackathons have in society when all potential gamers quit gaming and take on real world problems as their challenge? This presentation I gave at the 10th edition of Campus Party Brazil. The biggest tech festival in the world where 7500 gamers, geeks, makers and entrepreneurs stay together in one huge indoor campzone and an arena. 100.000 people visit this event annually in 5+ different places globally.

1. HACKATHONS IN
LEARNING
NICKVAN BREDA
24H EDUCATION HACKATHON
@nickvbreda – Nickvanbreda.com |Trendwatcher & Hackathon
Organizer | Innovation Evangelist JackYoung Network Group |
Co-organizer Campus PartyThe Netherlands

3. TODAY….
• We will discuss what a hackathon is... OVERALL
• Why I started participating and organizing hackathons… PERSONAL
• Why you should consider organizing a hackathon… ORGANIZATIONAL
• What type of hackathon is right for your challenge… FORMAT
• What are key resources to make it a success… RESOURCES
• Who can help and support your hackathon... SUPPORT
• When to organize one… TIMING
• How to apply it in Education… START
• Q&A QUESTIONS

4. Corporate | Society| Student | International Hacks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsZneoXRibc

5. SETUP #1:WHAT,WHY &WHO?

6. WHY?
http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/view/1314

7. NEW ECONOMY =
NO NEED FOR ORGANIZATIONS
+
+
= Abundance

8. THE AVERAGE LIFESPAN OF A
FORBES 500 BUSINESS
In 1920 = 67Years
In 2017 = 15Years
Source: Richard Foster ,Yale University

9. The post-normal era

11. FUTURETRIBES ®
•FLAT
•SELF ORGANIZED
•PURPOSE DRIVEN

16. WE ARETHE FIRST GENERATIONTHAT
HASTO DEALWITHWORLD PROBLEMS

17. FROM ACTIVIST ----------TO PRACTIVIST
Become a Changemaker Today: bit.ly/joinu30change
Personal change Group/Organizational change System Change

18. My why? How?What?
WHY?To much people die before the have lived towards their passions.
“I am here to reduce the people that have a job that drains their energy and doesn’t drive
any passions or ambitions they have”
HOW? By organizing impact events like hackathons & creating self-organized learning
platforms
“I offer people with dreams a place where they can teach themselves the 21st century skills
making them independent and able to create their own jobs”.
WHAT? “Before I become 30 years old I will train 1 million people in how to turn their
ideas, curiosity and passion into jobs”.
VISION: to prepare and lead a society of changemakers that are able to create new jobs,
tackle world problems and find purpose in their life & work.
Personal > Group > System

19. RUNESCAPE 2001- 2012

20. 1st Campus Party Europe in NL
&Young Creator of the year
Coordinated 27 Hackathons in 4 Days
Solving 10/17 Global Development Goals
Check http://nl.campus-party.org/challenges
VOTE 4 ME  OBRIGADO
http://youngcreators.co/award

21. IN NUMBERS -THE PROBLEMS I’M
TACKLING
• 87% of todays’ employees
don’t do work they are
intrinsically motivated about.
• 74% of people under 20 play
games of which many are not
motivated to go to school
• 1,7 million Dutch citizens are
lonely, 3x as much as in 2001.
• Over 85% of entrepreneurs
have intrinsically decided to
become one.

22. HIGHLIGHT: INDIVIDUALISATION
“Mensen die aangeven zich eenzaam te voelen, hebben vaker weinig contacten met
vrienden en hebben vaker gezondheidsproblemen dan mensen die zich niet
eenzaam voelen.” > LONELY PEOPLE DIE 15YEARS EARLIER, COSTS +-40M
ANNUALLY
“Daarbij participeren eenzamen minder in de samenleving. Ze doen bijvoorbeeld
minder vrijwilligerswerk en doen minder vaak mee aan activiteiten van
verenigingen.” – CBS > RETURN +-0%
stamboomrealisatie.strikingly.com

23. GAMERS &
EDUCATION
> HIGHLY MOTIVATEDTOTACKLE GREAT CHALLENGES TOGETHER
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpet4TJi41A

24. Time to use gamification to solve these challenges
Aid (6)
Arms Control (7)
Biodiversity (9)
Causes of Poverty (14)
Climate Change and Global
Warming (32)
Corporations (13)
Environmental Issues (50)
Fair Trade (5)
Food and Agriculture Issues (26)
Food Dumping [Aid] Maintains
Poverty (3)
Free Trade and Globalization (14)
G8: Too Much Power? (4)
Genetically Engineered Food (10)
Geopolitics (45)
Health Issues (15)
Human Population (7)
Human Rights Issues (11)
International Criminal Court (6)
Refugee Crisis (3)
Natural Disasters (6)
Nuclear Weapons (5)
Sustainable Development (13)
Third World Debt Undermines
Development (11)
Trade, Economy, & Related
Issues (67)
http://www.globalissues.org/issue
- HACKATHONS (24h+)
- MAKATHONS (4-24h)
- IDEATHONS (4-8h)

25. RESOURCES

26. PROJECTTEAM
- VISIONARIES: People/ambassadors
with a mission & vision to solve a
personal, group, organization or
system problem
- EVENTPLANNERS: People who can
plan & organize assets
- SALESPERSONS: People who can
negotiate
- MAKERS:Who understand & mentor
the participants
- FIELDEXPERTS:Who can support
during and after the event

27. HACKATHON HUBS
& LOCATIONS

28. HOSTING PARTNERS

29. MENTORS & JURY

30. MENTORS & JURY
• DECIDE ATHEME &TECHONOLOGIES
• SEEK FOR INTERNAL & EXTERNAL EXPERTS/INFLUENCERS INTHAT FIELD
#twitter #FBGroups #LinkedIn
• INVITETHEM OVER AS A MENTOR &/OR JURY ASK4BIO
• DECIDETHE KEYMETRICS |WHEN ISTHE HACKATHON A SUCCESS?
• GIVETHEM A STAGE – LETTHEM PRESENT ABOUTTHEIR KNOWLEGDE
• LETTHEM INVITETHEIR CONNECTIONS
• THREATTHEM WELL!

31. FINANCIAL PARTNERS
• WHO’s PROBLEM AREYOU SOLVING?
• WHAT ISWORTH ITTOTHEM IN:
- Marketing
- Branding
- Recruitment
- Innovation development
- Learning & Development
• CREATE PERKS & NEGOTIATE A DECENT PRIZE

32. COLLABORATION PARTNERS

33. COMMUNICATION
• WHERE IS OURTARGET AUDIENCE?
• WHAT LANGUAGE DOTHEY SPEAK?
• HOW DID OTHERS ENGAGE WITHTHEM SUCCESFUL?
• WHAT ARETHEIR INCENTIVESTO COME?
• HOWTO HELPTHEMTO A NEXT LEVEL?
Young Creators analyzed
via tools like Grytics.com
http://bit.ly/HacksNL

34. WHO &WHEN?
• NOT: DURING EXAMS
• NOT: DURING FESTIVE DAYS
• NOT:WHENTHERE ARE OTHER HACKATHONS OR BIG EVENTSTHEY LOVE
• GOOD: RIGHT AFTER EXAMS
• JUSTAFTER OR BEFORE HOLIDAYS
OPTIONS:
• THE START OF A SCHOOLPERIODOF 10WEEKS
• AS AN PRACTICAL EXAM
• DURING EXCHANGE PROGRAMS