Download - Wearable Hackathon
WEARABLE HACKATHONLennox Akoto
FOSTER A CULTURE OF INNOVATION, COLLABORATION AND NIMBLENESS BY RUNNING A WEARABLE HACKATHON
Why: To help cultivate a “maker” culture of innovative thinking, collaboration and nimbleness. The plan is to run a number of Radar room events annually
Event: To hold a 2-day rapid prototyping Hackathon Includes a pre-event session to share and agree ideas/teams ahead of the actual Hackathon
Challenge: How can we drive loyalty by incentivising desired behaviours using wearable technology?
Success: Building at least one demonstrable prototype
Budget: £1.5-£5k (includes new wearable technology, food, prizes etc.)
Resources: 15-20 employees. 2 working days away from BAU
Comms: All-staff e-mail & Topspot group promoting the event
TO CULTIVATE A CULTURE OF
INNOVATION
SPEED
NIMBLENESS
COLLABORATION
LET’S HACK
WEARABLE TECH: THE NEXT FRONTIER FOR BIG DATA
HOW CAN WE DRIVE LOYALTY BY INCENTIVISING DESIRED BEHAVIOURS USING WEARABLE TECHNOLOGY?
SUCCESS IS BUILDING AT LEAST ONE DEMONSTRABLE PROTOTYPE
RESOURCES
BUDGET
DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
EMPLOYEE RESOURCES & TIME
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
BUDGET
C.£1.5 - £5K:
• New wearable technology: £250
• Prizes: £300
• Misc. (t-shirts, extra equipment): £150
• Food: £500-700
• Wallace Space approx. £4k incl. food
• Max 20 employees
• 2 day event (+ pre-event 1 hour session)
• Each team will require at least 2 people with
coding abilityEMPLOYEE RESOURCES & TIME
• We will encourage a BYOD, however spare devices
need to be available
• Require wearable API’s and SDK’s
• ALP development tools
DEVELOPMENT TOOLS
• Passion & Balloon
• Radar room and nimble areas for collaboration
• Whiteboards/ flip boards to enable creativity
• Wallace Space is preferred venue
PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
PRE-EVENT & THE HACKATHON
COMMUNICATIONS STRATEGY
• All Staff e-mail promoting sign-up to Hackathon
• Topspot page for ideation and collaboration
• Supply documentation & API’s
PRE- EVENT
• Invite selected Hackathon participants for pre-event
• Share and choose initial ideas
• Organise teams
THE HACKATHON
• 2 days: 9am-5.30pm
• 15-20 people, incl. enough with the ability to code
• Hackathon followed by demonstrations, voting & awards
HACKATHON TIMELINE
Mar/ Apr April 30th June 1st June 8th June 22nd June 29th June 30th
Event Planning
Approval from Phil
Announcement e-mail
Ideation & collaboration
phase
Pre-event
Hackathon