It's time to go! [Feb. 21, 2012, 9:46 a.m.]
You made it this far, so don't be nervous. You too are learning. Be adaptive, follow your plan, be clear and maintain focus. If you do those things, participants will enjoy themselves.
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Run through the agenda as prepared in Task 4. If it is a long event, make sure to build in periodic breaks, including personal and food breaks.
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Allow participants to assign themselves roles. Let people work together in teams and throughout the jam encourage them to take on specific roles on their project., such as visual designer, coder, project manager, documentarian, etc. Find out what people are interested in and then inspire them to commit to doing something that stimulates that interest.
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Take pictures, lots of pictures. You'll want to document the event well. Also, make sure people use the event's hashtag to talk about what they're learning and making.
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Get feedback from your participants. Before the end of the hackjam, find out what your participants thought. Ask them to talk about what they made, what they liked or disliked about the event. Gather the participant's responses and create a summary. Post it below.
- Determine Next Steps At the end of the day, your participants are going to be pumped. Discuss next steps with them. Do you want to arrange a meetup? Get your participants involved in the planning process! Post your next steps here as well.
Comment on two of your peers participant resonses and next step posts. Think about what your peers have said, you might want to reference their comments in the next challenge!