Digital Hackathon Timeline

Timeline

Digital Hackathon

4 to 9 Months Before

• ​Finding the Date & Purpose​

• ​Building Your Leadership Team​

4 months before

• ​Setup a Placeholder Website​

• ​Understanding Sponsorship​

• ​Make your Hackathon Budget​

• ​Putting Together a Sponsorship Prospectus​

• ​Start Sponsor Outreach​

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​Apply to become an MLH Member Event!​

3 months before

• ​Start your Hackathon Marketing & Outreach​

• ​Make your Main Website live!​

• ​Collecting Registrations for the Hackathon​

• ​Start thinking about the experience of your hackathon​

• ​Start planning out your hackathon logistics​

2 months before

• ​Draft up your Judging Plans​

• ​Draft up your Mentorship Plans​

• ​Set up your Digital Hackathon Software​

• ​Set up your Hackathon Portal​

• ​Start Brainstorming Mini Events​

• ​Plan Engaging Workshops​

1 month before

• ​Create a detailed Run of Show​

• ​Start booking your Judges​

• ​Start booking your Mentors​

1 week before

• ​Sending reminders to the Participants​

• ​Set up your event​

• ​Do a schedule run-through with the team​

• ​Judges Followup​

• ​Mentor Followup​

Game Day!

• ​Check in Process​

• ​Running Judging​

• ​Doing Mentorship​

• ​Running Mini Events​

• ​Running Workshops​

• ​Running the Opening Ceremony​

• ​Running the Closing Ceremony​

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​After the Event​