After the Hackathon is Over

When the hack

  • Mark the event as “completed” from the doaction.org dashboard.
    doaction.org event status: Completed
  • Balance your budget. Ensure all your vendors have been paid, record any expenses or income not yet added, and determine if your hackathon was within the budget. 
  • Send the event statistics to support@wordcamp.org. This step is vital as the WordPress Foundation WordPress Foundation The WordPress Foundation is a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software. Find more on wordpressfoundation.org . uses these details for financial and activity reporting.
    • Number of websites created
    • Number of attendees
    • Total cost
  • Send a thank you note (or email) to every sponsor, supporter, and non-profit rep. Include some event stats in your email to show how many people benefited from their support.
  • Send a follow-up email to all attendees. Thank them for coming, make any lost/found announcements, and recommend they get involved with the local WordPress meetup Meetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook . group to keep the love going all year.

Make sure to celebrate the work and rest up. Your team truly deserves it!

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