FOR COMPANIES
Fighting Stagnation With Innovation!
Leverage Hackathons as an untapped channel to increase brand awareness, promote innovation within an organization and bring together diverse, qualified, and purpose-driven individuals.
WHAT IS A HACKATHON?
Hackathons are short, pressurized competitions where ideas are designed, developed, deployed and demonstrated. We don't just use them to develop IT applications, we use Hackathons to develop viable, feasible and desirable action plans!
"Hackathons are a mixture of teamwork, ingenuity, commitment and diversity, where you can add your experience to a portfolio and resume"
- Angela Bee Chan, Co-Founder of Hackathons International
HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER HACKATHONS?
Our Hackathons help you with your employee value proposition and marketing goals
T
Targeted
We have specifically crafted our experiences (using emotional intelligence) so that everyone shines - not just the extroverts, but also the introverts too!
E
Educational
Design Thinking is a successful method which allows you to design solutions for end users with a single problem statement in mind. Let's educate your teams as well!
C
Certainty
We've worked on over 500 Hackathons with several companies so we know that our method is proven and reliable to generate business growth and proven ROI
H
Hands On
Rather than just in informative session with a PowerPoint presentation, we use an interactive whiteboard so that everyone can voice their opinions.
THE TEAMS
Whether individual participants are a data analyst, designer, researcher, developer, budding entrepreneur, student, or just someone who is willing to learn, Hackathons need a mix of diverse people in order for innovation to occur.
Usually teams comprise of the Minimum Viable Team which consists of the:
THE BENEFITS OF A HACKATHON?
There are five main reasons why companies, organizations, educational institutions, professional association groups, charities and governments run Hackathons - which are also the five reasons why participants enjoy hackathons! Remember: 'T.E.S.T.S.'
TALENT
Recruiting skilled individuals.
EDUCATION
Inform communities about the possibilities.
SOCIAL
Bring like-minded individuals together to create a solution.
TECH
Demonstrating the potential of emerging technologies
STARTUP
Kick off a new project or solution.
How We Help
Your Organization
Leverage outcome-driven Hackathons as a proven channel to increase brand perception, drive hiring outcomes and promote innovation.
Increase your brand awareness
Whether locally, regionally, or globally, our Hackathon events will help increase your brand awareness and perception among diverse candidates.
*We recommend our CityHacks*
Drive hiring outcomes
Tailor to modern candidate preferences, provide value, and assess applicable & soft skills in our pressurized Hackathon hiring environment.
*We recommend our HackersUnited
Promote innovation
Leverage our hackathon framework to help individuals work as a team, network, understand challenges, and create meaningful and innovative solutions.
*We recommend our Internal Hacks*
HOST YOUR OWN HACKATHON?
Hackathons International specializes in creating engaging, online experiences intended for global audiences. We offer three different types of hackathons, each tackling a specific problem with it's solution tailored to your outcomes.
Hackers United
Fill open positions with a teammate you can trust
Hackers United hackathons let you view candidates up close through live demonstration of their stand out skills and collaboration abilities.
City Hacks
Community leads to innovation.
City hackathons are designed to enhance the creativity and ingenuity of anyone and everyone with the passion to build a better future.
Internal Company Hackathons
Consistent innovation leads to growth
Let us show you how an internal hackathon can solve your business problems and build employee belonging.
BECOME A SPONSOR
#HackTO
Toronto, Ontario|
May 22-23, 2023
#HackTN
Nashville, TN|
February 19-20, 2023
#HackATL
Atlanta, GA|
November 4-5, 2023
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#HackSEA
Seattle, WA|
June 10-11, 2023
#HackTUL
Tulsa, OK|
September 16-17, 2023
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#HackSF
San Francisco|
July 15-16, 2023
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Read what Hackathon Alumni said about us!
Josephine Chu
#HackTN was the perfect way to invigorate my passion for entrepreneurship, innovation and inclusion in one quick weekend. As a student, I found this experience easy to join, exciting, and well worth my time!
Jalen Duncan
This has been great, not only for learning about Amazon, but also for learning about my own skills and limitations as a developer. Networking with other developers has opened many new viewpoints, as has seeing Amazon's scale of thought.