I’ve done more than 200 hackathons around the world
as organiser, mentor and facilitator…
This is what I’ve learned…
Let’s Start With Some (My) Definitions
“A hackathon is a high energi event of any duration where people come together to solve problems…”
Future HacksExplore - disrupt - connect…
“Weekend-long technology and trend exploration format”
Creative problem solving
Why are hackathons important...
An often much neededbreak from the known…
Less Talk
More Action...
Interdisciplinary skills…Internal/external…
One example of “the flow”…
Inspiration/ideation
-> Judging…
->
The hardest part is the start
Avoid talk talk talk...
Less Talk
More Action...
Go head first!
Make a lot out of nothing…
A GREAT PROTOTYPE of a drone…
An autonomous delivery drone
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Get USER validation!!!
Users/customers are hardest judges…
Establishing a fail Fast culture
A KICK ASS FACILITATOR!
My Biggest Hackathon Mistake!
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Accept that you never really know where it’s going...
What really matters…
?!?!
High energy…
Just the right amount of information…
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Limited time
A good problem definition…
Cool people
A cool location
GREAT FOOD!
What would be a good reason to do/go to a hackathon…
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Your industry is being disrupted - and you want to be part of it… You want to solve/understand a problem… You want to connect with new talents… You want to give your employees a chance to unleash creativity… You want to explore the potential of a new technology… You want to build an innovation network around your company… You want to change your company culture
A hackathon is NOT Free labour… A way to get a predicted result Creating things with immediate ROI
Less Talk
More Action...
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Future of X…
http://futureoffood.dk
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