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
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
After the Event