Untap platform has always prioritized an easy & intuitive user experience; why? Years ago, we used to manage programs for our customers hands-on, using traditional tools, while building Untap platform. We learned all the ins and outs of managing open-call programs and built a platform to make managing those programs a breeze.
As the leading initiative in MENA for learning programming languages in Arabic, the One Million Arab Coders initiative – a Dubai Future Foundation project – needed to use their vast network of coders to act in a very short time frame and come up with tech-based solutions for the Arab world to lessen the challenges caused by COVID-19.
Planning a hackathon has its own specifics, from coming up with the concept, through managing applications, to selecting winners. Keeping a checklist is the simple yet most effective way to close all the gaps in organizing such an event.
The multi-round funnel allows you to break down the applications and judging process into phases, each with a set of requirements based on the progress of participants in the applications funnel.
After the hackathon launch, things get a little intense; you are supposed to handle several tasks such as manage applications, communicate with judges and mentors, moderate the hackathon community, all in parallel.
As a hackathon organizer, you need to orchestrate the entire event,
In this article, we will cover the first and most crucial phase of your journey, the preparation phase. We put together ten items to check before the launch of the hackathon. Let’s go straight to the first one:
Your call for applications is your way to identify talents, generate insights, and gain access to innovative solutions. But managing such programs can be a hassle.
Running a multiple submissions round competition, is time consuming by nature. Managing and evaluating submissions requires a lot of repetitive tasks. That is why you need to run submissions on a platform that supports multiple rounds or phases, to help make your data and tasks more organized.