Hackathons as an internal advocacy tool

In DevRel we speak a lot about external advocacy. But are we also giving our internal community the love it needs? In this talk we explore strategies and go through practical tips for running impactful internal hackathons.

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1. Hackathons as an internal advocacy tool Myrsini Koukiasa, Community Manager at Nexmo
2. @myrsiningos @myrsiningos
6. External advocacy @myrsiningos
7. Internal advocacy @myrsiningos
8. @myrsiningos
11. Are we giving our internal community the love it needs? @myrsiningos
12. Is a hackathon the right way to go? @myrsiningos
13. Think Feel Do @myrsiningos
14. Stage 1: Setting goals @myrsiningos
15. Internal Hackathon Goals Community goals Company priorities Devrel team values @myrsiningos
16. Hands-on with products @myrsiningos
17. Company culture @myrsiningos
18. Fun and bonding @myrsiningos
19. Stage 2: Planning @myrsiningos
20. Clarifying the rules @myrsiningos
21. Working with the team @myrsiningos
23. Name and branding @myrsiningos
24. @myrsiningos
25. Facilities team @myrsiningos
26. Stakeholders @myrsiningos
27. Comms @myrsiningos
28. Logistics @myrsiningos
29. Sage 3: Delivery @myrsiningos
30. 1/3 @myrsiningos
31. 86% @myrsiningos
32. 59.8% @myrsiningos
47. Stage 4: Post-event @myrsiningos
48. Survey @myrsiningos
49. Workplace and Slack @myrsiningos
50. Internal newsletter @myrsiningos
51. Email blast @myrsiningos
52. Blog @myrsiningos
53. 79.1 NPS @myrsiningos
54. Internal hack is achievable Empowered Make it happen
55. Thank you! Myrsini Koukiasa @myrsiningos
56. Icons list Slides 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 14, , 24, 40, 46: Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com Slide 5: Icons made by smalllikeart from www.flaticon.com Slide 7: Icons made by Scott De Jonge from www.flaticon.com