I have hosted/been part of 50+ hackathons in the past decade. I was working with organisations like the International Cooperative Alliance for bringing more youngsters to cooperative entrepreneurship.
Hackathons are found to be a very effective way to engage youth to understand the concepts of cooperatives and how to build and nature cooperatives in the digital world we are living in.
After our successful experiments with hackathons as a method for youth inclusion, Hosting hackathons became part of the Global Cooperative Entrepreneurship program. The ambassadors in the program as supposed to do hackathons in their regions to attract more youth to the possibility of cooperatives in the languages millennials understand using the tools they are familiar with such as startups.
Sharing some resources that could be helpful for people who are looking to host a hackathon as well as who are doing train the trainer for hosting hackathons.
Title: How do we create cooperative startups?
Resorce Link
Type of Content: Presentation
Summary: presentation for train the trainer sessions around hackathons and cooperative hackathons
Title: Custom Hackathons handbook
Resource Link
Type of Content: Document
Summary: a handbook and explainer document for train the trainer sessions around hackathons and cooperative hackathons
Title: Hackathon Floor Map Canvas
Resource Link
Type of Content: Poster
Summary: The canvas can be a tool for summarising all the activities done during the train the trainer workshop. It will show a miniature of all the aspects of the hackathons that they are going to host.
Coopathon 1.0 After Movie
Type of Content: Video
Summary: We hosted coopathon 1.0 in IIM Kozhikode, Kerala, India. The focus of the program was making use of technology to solve problems from a cooperative background. It was more like a tech hackathon with coop problem statements.
Coopathon 2.0 After Movie
Type of Content: Video
Summary: We hosted coopathon 2.0 in NCUI, Delhi, India. In the second version of the coopathon, it was more on hacking the business models of the cooperatives to adapt to the changing world around us. How to stay relevant in the uberish world of the connected and digital economy.
Startup Weekends
Resource Link
Type of Content: Website
Summary: Startup weekends are a well-established method of bringing people around ideas over a weekend and build startups products. They have a well-curated set of resources that can be helpful for hackathon hosts to change and adapt to cooperative environments.
Hacking for harmony | The co-operative hackathon story
Type of Content: Blog
Summary: I was the host for two cooperative hackathons, this was my personal experience as a host in the first coopathon. Might give cool aspects of hosting one hackathon.
I will keep modifying these documents, let me know if I’m missing something in specific.
I hope this was helpful in some ways. Reach out to me if you need to discuss anything specific around the same.
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