Random Hacks of Kindness in Berlin (mostly) and in the Rest of the World (a bit) Anke Domscheit-‐Berg opengov.me
RHoK is fun -‐ for a good cause
What else is RHoK?
• Global iniDaDve – bringing hackers, NGOs, governments and industry together to solve big problems in 1 weekend – every 6 months
• Founded by Google, MicrosoN, Yahoo, Worldbank, NASA – at 2009 conference
• Growing ever since... • Problems:
– Desaster recovery, crisis management (RHoK0-‐2) – + Climate change (RHoK#3) – + All humanitarian issues (RHoK#4)
Facts and Figures RHoK#2 (Dec. 2010)
• 1000 developpers • 26 locaDons • Berlin: – 30 parDcipants with 10 naDonaliDes/countries of origins
– 6 hacks – Caritas hack – used in HaiD, Pakistan, Japan – Emergency Call App – downloaded 7000 Dmes
Facts and Figures RHoK#3 • Globally:
– 1.200 registraDons – 122 problems – 69 soluDons – 31 events/locaDons
• Berlin: – 6100€ budget (not enough) – 300 bo`les of soN drinks – 75 parDcipants – 50 registraDons in last week – 15 females – 10+ countries of origin – 8 Subject ma`er experts – 7 hacks – 5 winning teams
Teamwork is best pracDce...
Work was done in teams of 2-‐9 ppl
Sponsors
Food, Drinks, Space rental, Prices... Sponsored by companies, FoundaDons and NGOs
We had a bar downstairs...
Best PracDce *1* • Involve Designers!
(should be easy in Helsinki)
• Berlin invited Design Thinking School
• Nicer Apps, higher share of women ;-‐)
• Designers worked for all teams (on call)
• Some went an extra mile (to bring equipment)
Recognize everybody
Berlin RHoK#3 • T-‐shirts for everybody • CerDficates for
everybody • O‘Reilly cerDficate (1
book download free) • SDckers at RHoK#2
Special Awards for RHoK Stars J
Berlin RHoK#3: • Winner shirts with
gold, silver, bronce digits and award icon at the back
• Prices, such as X-‐box with kinect, shop cerDficates, books, home media servers, fatboy
Invite a Top Level – Diverse Jury
BERLIN RHoK#3 • 3 Jury members
came from 3 Senates – Interior – Economy +
Technolog – Environment,
Health, Consumer ProtecDon
• 1 from NaDonal MunicipaliDes AssociaDon
• 1 Partner NGO • 1 Sponsor
Special Challenge -‐ Wheelmap
• „Social Heroes“ NGO • Created wheelmap.org • Needed bug fixing • Needed new languages
roll out • Needed new fundraising
strategies • Needed new supporters • Got it all • And got an extra price
Global Website – with selforganised community
Global page collects problems, soluDons
• Problems are described in structured way • Teams sign up for problem soluDon • SoluDons are uploaded to github and
documented systemaDcally • Everything must be open source
Orga Team worked with local Wiki
ORGA
• Free wireless, half a million power plugs
• Catering (included night soup), Free soN drinks, tea and coffee
• Name tags for all • Press briefing package • Jury briefing paper and
judgement form • Leaflet – for press, hackers,
sponsors, partners (1000 updates)
ORGA
• Enough space to come together and work in all sorts of groups, room to play/chill/hang out
• Flip charts – for problem definiDons, work flows etc.
• DocumentaDon team (twi`er, blogger, pics for flickr group)
• City hashtag (#rhokBLN) for tweeDng
• Use event to find help/sponsors for next event
Media Summary – Status 06.06.2011
• 275 reports • 3 out of Top 5 naDon wide papers reported • 6 TV channels reported (online) – 1 Austrian • 1 documentary film maker (Belgian) • 3 Radio staDons reported (2 naDonal) • 2 out of top 3 weekly journals • The leading weekly paper • Half of reports averages 4.400 characters, has pics • 100% of reports were posiDve
Contact
• Anke Domscheit-‐Berg • Orgateam member RHoK#2 and RHoK#3 in Berlin • mailto: rhok@domscheit-‐berg.de • Follow:
– @rhokBerlin (#rhokBln) – @anked – @opengovme
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