As team PM or cohort captain, your role is to drive progress, create and host team sessions and be the point person for your project. (Other than herding cats. 🐱)
2025 Team and Project Set up (at Month 1)**
| Project Name | Cohort Captain / PM | LeadsCohort Fellows | Facilitators | Mentors | Deliverable/ Prototype | Duration | Link to Project Work Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Great Dane | Kris Rubiano | ||||||
| Simran | |||||||
| Radhika | |||||||
| Rizel | |||||||
| Jocelyn | Anh Le | ||||||
| Katie Wilson | |||||||
| Bianca Ng | Amy Shim | Coded Webpage Hosted on Github | One Day Workshop |
One Week sprint | ‣
LINK TO WEBSITE | | Project Foxhound | Mari Ford Erika Jeffers
| Uma Smith | | Jordie Yap | Workshop + Webpage | One Day Workshop | ‣ | | Project Husky | Kellee Massey | Medha Paturu Simran | | Tony Alboher Abi Munoz
| Landing Page Content Modeling Plan | 4 Weeks bi-weekly | Project Husky: Bridging Academic Research Using Conversational AI (Virtual) |
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YOUR GOAL
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What happens during the day?
Plan the program cadence
By hackathon time, teams should have an idea of what their project is about. You shoule be able talk about your project proposal for 5 minutes at PITCH and MEET with the audience at 11am.
What’s a pitch and meet?
Three pairs of leads will stand in 3 corners of the room. You will have a canvas and markers to write simple notes that help you tell a story about your project.
It’s an informal way to talk about your work in front of mentors attendees etc.
This run for 15 mins each time, and all attendees do 3 round robins across the 3 projects.
ELEVATOR PITCH could be presented as:
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ACTION ITEMS
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