Prepare to RHoK

What to expect at Random Hacks of Kindness?

Toronto CanadaJune 4 – 5, 2011

We are a team of volunteers who drummed up this event for you. For two days, we will brain and hack on humanitarian aid, climate change and disaster risk reduction problems. We are a satellite event, so we got funding from local sponsors. The event counts on each of you to help us make it great.

So, really, you are the event : )

RHoK Toronto

RHoK

How to…

All hackers need to sign up for an account on rhok.org

Add your name, some basic details. WHY?

Get to know people who you might hack with Track your work to a problem definition

Add your Account to rhok.org

New problem definitions are being added to the RHoK site daily. Check out the definitions Start brainstorming Ask the organizers questions

Review the problem definitions

Share your details to help the RHoK TO team prepare: skills or dietary/allergy info.

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&formkey=dFZnREF2R3ZXSlR5STdBZkdMYWR5OGc6MQ#gid=0

Tell us about yourself

If you can’t attend, please email rhokto@gmail.com

We can give your spot to someone else.

Can’t Attend?

Want to meet fellow hackers and help us prepare?

Pre-RHoK event for participants: We invite you to attend our RHoK

Warm-up

Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011Time: 19:00 – 21:00 ETLocation: CamaraderieAddress: 102 Adelaide St E.

Join the Toronto pre-RHoK event

Github Skype Ushahidi OpenStreetMap Google Fusion tables Twitter Scribblelive, coveritlive, storify

Learn the tools

RHoK Toronto will provide you with: Food, drinks, t-shirt, stickers, some swag and prizes for winning hacks.

RHoK Toronto thanks our amazing sponsors: CIRA, Jonah Group, Center for Social Innovation, Aaron McGowan, Syncapse, Global News, Nitido, MarketCrashers, Rightsleeve, Yahoo Canada, University of Toronto, Mars, Camaraderie, and Tropo.

The Main event

Your Laptop, power bar, power cords, demo equipment, dongle

Camera, webcam, headphones Smile and an open mind Coffee mug Pocket coffee chocolate expresso beans for

your fearless leaders ^V^

What to bring?

University of TorontoOISE 252 Bloor Street West, 5th floorToronto, Ontario M5S 1V5Canada

Questions? rhokto@gmail.com

Where is RHoK Toronto?

8:00 – 9:00am Arrive, help us set-up and enjoy breakfast9:00 -9:30 Introductions and Questions9:30 – 11:30 Pick your problem definitions and teams. Start brainstorming11:30 – 1:00 Lunch1:00 – 5:00 Coding, doing, brainstorming5:00 – 6:00 Stand-up – Quick Discussion about your team’s work6:00 – 7:00 pm Dinner7:00 – ongoing (Optional to stay late. Otherwise, we’ll see you the next day)Midnight – home

Saturday Schedule

8:00 – 9:00 am Arrive, Help us set-up and enjoy breakfast9-11:30 More coding11:30 – 12:30 Lunch12:30 – 3:00 Go teams!3:00 – 5:30 Demos and Prizes6:00pm End of event

Sunday Schedule

RHoK Toronto has four judges:

Paul Osman – Open source tech developer Karen Snider – NGO Julia Howell – RHoK Global Partner (Microsoft) Jesse Brown – Technical journalist

Who are the judges?

For RHoK events we recommend the following criteria when local judges assess and rank projects presented at their event creativity / innovative / unique: utility, can it be used in the field? applicable, does it solve a problem impact, local or global progress (on existing work, or starting from nothing) usability other...

How does Judging Work?

Stay tuned! We are working on these.

What are the prizes?

Heather Leson, Coordinator Brian Chick, Communications and Tech Melanie Gorka, Media and Fundraising David Black, Venue Logistics Jessica Hazan, Food Logistics Christine Crowley, Project Management Amy Clouterman, Fundraising James Walker, Open Source Development Aaron McGowan, Open Data Development

And, our helpers Saleem Khan (media coaching),Kaleem Khan (Pitch coaching) and Greg Wilson (Fundraising).

Who organizes RHoK Toronto?

Monitor RHoK Toronto here:

UStream:  Username: rhokTOTwitter: @rhokTOYoutube: rhokTOFlickr: rhokTO, RHOK, Randomhacks

We also have a skype room set-up. Ping us on twitter.

Can I play along at home?

Thanks!