- Test your skills in the real world
- Brainstorm like never before
- Try researching against the clock
- Tackle a wicked problem
- Experiment with new technologies
- Build things
- Learn to use open data
- Experiment with service design
- Discover design tools
- Develop your business skills
- Learn to pitch ideas
- Give public speaking a go (if you want!)
- Speed light prototyping
- Test your idea with real people
- Brush off on your team skills
- Develop leadership skills
- Network with people with different or similar expertise
- Boost your Linkedin profile
- Meet your future employers
- Discover a new passion
- Got a great idea? Turn into a start-up
- Make friends
- Have fun
- Get inspired!
- And … did we mention great prizes?
Want to add your reasons to join a hack? Tweet us #WhyHack
.@wearesnook‘s 25 reasons to attend a hack: http://t.co/ezYQP69mWL I’ll add that hacks often need digital comms people. Why not try it?
— Kate Bagley (@kate_bagley) May 29, 2015
It’s the pizza and a feeling of accomplishing something in double-quick time 😉 https://t.co/4XHfLMQRnA
— GovJam SX (@GovJamSX) June 2, 2015
If you’re itching to get involved in a Hack now, we have a few upcoming events:
– CycleHack 2015, kindly sponsored by Sustrans
Not convinced yet? We have a brilliant example of how powerful a small idea can be: Penny in Yo’ Pants! This Hack was born during the Cyclehack 2014 event in Glasgow and has reached more than 3.4 million people around the globe so far! The idea is simple – a rubber band and a penny make skirts bikeable. After the Hack, the team started to further develop and prototype their idea, and are currently working to translate this into a business. Watch this brilliant TEDx talk to find out more about the lessons they’ve learnt.