Making hackathons more inclusive, pt3.

Creating an ethical hack event for mental health. Part three.

Hackathons are great, they do however exclude people! I created a plan for a hackathon to include people who may normally be excluded from taking part. Encouraging people to understand the problem through research. Offering training and up-skilling for those who are not confident in coding or design.

You may want to read these first:
Making hackathons more inclusive — part one
(Identifying the problems with hackathons and defining a good problem statement.)
Making hackathons more inclusive — part two
(A communication strategy, tone of voice, personas and pricing events — working towards a common goal.)

Previously…

I defined the problem statement to solve and provided a framework to deliver a hackathon to help solve access to mental health services in the UK. And then I detailed how to create an effective communication strategy, tone of voice and pricing structure.

A critical reflection of hackathons, what could be done better (pandemic aside).

The what?