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- Share the lift. It helps to have a team organizing an event or hackathon, rather than just one person. Some people are great at organizing and promoting events. Others at identifying & leading the technical challengetechnical challenges, practical sessions, or presentations. When we all work together, we can tap into our collective strengths.
- Give some structure, not a lot. Our . We want our meetings to be community-driven. For our Implementers' Meetings, this means we use a semi-unconference format, which means where conference participants propose & organize sessions on the topics they are most interested in. To lend some structure to the event, proposed sessions can be grouped & scheduled to reflect meeting themes or community strategic priorities.
- Whether it's a large, in-person community meeting or a virtual "mini-meeting," work open time into the schedule for Lightning Talks, Showcases, or open discussion. For Hackathons, bring technical leads from OpenMRS implementations into discussions about the technical challenges or themes that will be the focus of the hackathon. To lend some structure to the event, proposed sessions can be grouped & scheduled to reflect meeting themes or community strategic priorities.
Resources
Preparations
- Ops Plan
- Expense Calculator
- OMRS Implementers Meeting Host Country Criteria
- OMRS Implementers Meeting Host Country Application
- OMRS Implementers Meeting Talk Announcements
- Host Country Applications
- Host Country Announcements
- Save the Date
- Registration
- Meeting Schedule Template
- Virtual Meeting Zoom Room & Registration
- OpenMRS Events Calendar
- Speaker Guidance
- Strategic Invitation Letter
- Meeting Invite List (MailChimp)
- Virtual Meeting Slide Deck
- Lightning Talk Sign Up & Talk Post
- Showcase Sign Up
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- How to Organize a Hackathon
- Sample Hackathon Talk Posts
- Illustrative Hackathon Concept Note
- Illustrative O3 Hackathon Schedule
Useful Community Tools & Conventions
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