see comments below. On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Etienne de Bruin <[email protected]>wrote:
> Greetings SDRuby > > I am involved with setting up a conference next year and more > specifically, with hosting a developer competition that will run for the > duration of the 2 day conference. The conference will attract many in the > non-profit/education space. I humbly ask your time and advice on helping > me with the following questions: > > 1. In your opinion, what makes for a good format for the competition? One > project, many teams? Many projects, one team? Other variations? > I'd look at http://railsrumble.com/ and its sister: http://nodeknockout.com/ Depending on the size of the conference you might run multiple pools like rails rumble does. But the question I have is why would I go to a conference to hack instead of paying attention to the conference? Is the conference free? Are the talks really that bad? > > 2. How would I attract companies and organizations to send their > developers to this conference and participate in the competition? > > I know very few companies encouraging they developers to participate in competitions. What's the value for the company? Can't they do it in their free time? I guess if you provide an awesome way to advertise or to recruit, then maybe some companies will be motivated. > 3. If you have participated or experienced this type of competition, would > you mind sharing a few thoughts with me on your observation or enjoyment? > > I want to create a buzz at the conference and thought I'd start with asking > the crew that gave me a buzz :) > > -- > Etienne de Bruin > > -- > SD Ruby mailing list > [email protected] > http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -- SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby
