neoHack14
Girl Develop It's Newbie-Friendly Hackathon
Welcome to #neoHack14
We are in for an exciting weekend! Unlike traditional hackathons, this event offers a newbie-friendly environment with mentors for every team, tech talks from industry experts, and sessions for teams to rehearse their final “pitches” before presenting to the judges. Prizes include cash, donations to non-profits in the teams’ names, and premium packages to technology services.
Join the neoHack14 chat to communicate throughout the weekend!
Contents
Schedule Day 1
| When | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 5:30 | Registration Opens | 7th floor |
| 6:00 | Dinner + Mingling | 7th floor |
| 7:00 | Welcome - Logistics - Sponsor intros - How to kill it at your first hackathon | 7th floor |
| 7:25 | API talks - Adobe PhoneGap - Firebase API - Macy's API | 7th floor |
| 8:10 | Networking Bingo | 7th floor |
| 8:25 | Data/Tools - D3 - Health Data - Adobe Bracket | 7th floor |
| 9:00 | 60-second idea pitches | 7th floor |
| 10:00 | Go home and dream of code |
Schedule Day 2
| When | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00am | Doors open, breakfast is served | 7th floor |
| 9:00am | Design sprint process | 7th floor |
| 9:20am | Mentor guides team through storyboarding and paper prototyping | 7th floor |
| 30min breakout Sessions: | various | |
| 10:00am | D3 with Aysegul Yonet | 8th floor, bender |
| 10:00am | Adobe PhoneGap with Julee Burdekin | 6th floor, presentation area |
| 10:30am | Firebase API with Jenny Tong | 8th floor, presentation area |
| 10:30am | Macy's API with Damian Bennett | 7th floor, presentation area |
| 11:00am | Hacking continues, API helpdesk available all day | |
| 12:00pm | Lunch available (working lunch) | 7th floor |
| 12:30pm | Lightning Talk: How to pitch | 7th floor |
| 1:00pm | Pitch rehearsals | 7th floor |
| 5:00pm | Presentations | 7th floor |
| 6:45pm | Judges convene and select winners | 7th floor |
| 7:00pm | Winners announced | 7th floor |
| 8:30pm | Go home, eat, and enjoy the evening! Self-organize drinks if you’re interested! |
Maps
6th floor
7th floor
8th floor
Prizes: $1000s in prizes
Prizes include: 1st place - $1000 cash plus $500 donation to charity of your choice 2nd place - $500 cash plus $200 donation to charity of your choice 3rd place - $200 cash plus $100 donation to charity of your choice 6 months Firebase Bonfire plan ($900 value) for 1st place team and Best Realtime App team $500 cash for best use of Macys.com API Adobe Creative Cloud annual subscription ($350 value, non-transferable) HackReactor JavaScript Fundamentals series ($400 value) O'Reilly books on advanced JavaScript from industry experts Hardware kits and goodies ...and more prizes for everyone to help you keep learning, thanks to our sponsors!
Rules
Teams must have 2 - 6 members, with at least 2 members who self-identify as beginners, to be eligible to win. We welcome all genders, and encourage those who don’t identify as female to invite a female colleague. Prizes will be awarded based on 1) execution in given amount of time 2) creative use of technology 3) idea. Code should be written at the hackathon, but participants are welcome to make use of open source libraries and starter projects.
Slides
How to Hack Your First Hackathon
Sponsors
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