booleanings / colahacks

hackathon repo for colahacks

colahacks

This is a repo for us to keep track of deadlines, documents, etc for planning this hackathon (woot woot).

Here is some basic info: Name: ColaHacks Date: April 13 2017 6pm-8pm April 14 Mission: Make Columbia the tech capital of the South.

Deadlines

Currently there are four milestones to organize our deadlines. However these are the particular deadlines:

1. Create Budget (Dec 10)
2. Create Logo/Color Scheme/Name/Topic (Dec 15)
   1. Reach out to Alex
3. Create sponsorship template (Dec 20)
   1. https://github.com/MLH/mlh-hackathon-organizer-guide/tree/master/Organizer-Resources/Previous-Sponsorship-Decks
4. Reach out to all companies we want to (Jan 15)
5. Lock down venue (Jan 25)
6. Make website and open registration (Jan 30)
7. Design two workshops/Make schedule (Feb 15)
8. Lock down judges (Mar 1)

colahacks's Issues

Make website

Need to have a formal website created for the hackathon for students and mentors to register.

Branding Design

For essential branding, we need to organize these things:

• Color Scheme:
• Logo:
• Name: ColaHacks
• Topic:

Should possibly reach out to Alex (art kid) for this

Create Budget

Excel spreadsheet need to be created to detail the budget for the event.

Here is the Google Sheet doc for the budget:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OhvySdA_No7IkjpRhEtOh0v1E2TMxr1r7NGB0gZH8Bg/edit?usp=sharing

Below are some helpful links (please feel free to add to this)
https://medium.com/hackers-and-hacking/the-hackathon-budget-d636b5b2ed6c
Example Budget

Lock down venue

Need to decide on a venue location for the event. Here are some possibilities:

• Darla Moore
• Innovation Center
• IT-ology

Lock down judges

Need to find judges for hackathon. Should also decide on number of judges at some point.

Design workshops + schedule

Need to design at least 2 technical/educational workshops to go alongside the hackathon.

Also need to lock down a schedule for daily activities.

Reach out to all companies we want to

Here are just some of the companies we'd like to contact

• PWC
• RedVenture
• SPAWAR
• Swampfox
• AgFirst
• 52Inc
• IAB Board companies

Should also reach out to career center to see what connections they have.

Create sponsorship template

To start asking companies for resources and sponsorship, we need to organize a template and sponsorship guide level. This should be preferably a letter to send out as well as a pdf explaining support needs.

Example Sponsorship Desks:
https://github.com/MLH/mlh-hackathon-organizer-guide/tree/master/Organizer-Resources/Previous-Sponsorship-Decks