Social UAT Over Drinks
- Social event: drinks at a networking event, social event, or a bar/pub.
- Developers bring mobile apps to test with public. What better way to meet new people, get valuable feedback, and promote your product all at the same time!
- Users rate the app based on quality, functionality, style.
- A little healthy competition: winner gets their tab paid for and a prize!
Burning Issues Whiteboard Jam Sesh
- Developers throw down! Let's do this thing!
- Developers selected who have "burning issues" - the coding issue that will not go away! Crikey!
- First, they share their feels. Get it out brother! Everyone empathizes. Awe.
- Then the developer hits the whiteboard to model the problem visually for everyone and petition for help. Its okay, its safe here.
- The community steps up one by one to add insight and help solve the problem on the white board with them.
- Community problem solving over drinks! Everyone learns. Every is heard. Its like group therapy. Sharing and caring.
Code Gauntlet (like a Pitch Burn but less serious)
Business Partner Matchmaking- Only for the bravest developers!
- 2-3 developers are pre-selected for "code burns." Aweyeah.
- Single developer presents their app to a panel of experts in design, development, and optimization and receives a 360-degree feedback review from coding sharks. Nom. Nom.
- Truth in coding: honest feedback delivered in a loving and insightful way - all over drinks to take the edge off and make it fun!
- Everyone else: social hackfest, learning, watching and giggling at the entertainment.
- Team up with Social Media mavens to cross-pollinate ideas for fusion sesh!
- Icebreaker: Everyone goes around the room and shares what excites them in mobile/social... share the passion. Raise the energy.
- Panel shares WWDC conference experience, discusses issues/findings, future of a particular space/niche, cross pollinate ideas from industry events in space. Panel fireside chat.
- The floor is open to Q&A.
- Breakout for small group discussion: new opportunities on the horizon/natural brainstorming flow… Who shares someone's same vision? Is this the one thing that excites someone else? Facilitate connections.
- Breakout to hackfest groups over food and drinks.
- Partner up or mix and mingle with someone who shared your same passion/vision/issue.. show and tell each other's current work. Collaborate with someone in a different space to explore integrated opportunities. Easy progression to close - allow no-pressure "business partner matchmaking" magic to happen.
Hack Accelerator
- Freestyle hack, social, and drinks.
- Fast hack: 30 minutes of full engagement.
- Accelerated round robin: Each person presents a problem they found and how they solved it in 2 minutes or less.
- Pick "Best Lesson Learned"
- Repeat fast hack and accelerated roundtable (time X)
- Freestyle hack, social, and drinks.
- Best lessons learned wins prizes!
