Overnight Website Challenge tips from last year’s winning team

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As you can see we had a pretty good turnout for the Overnight Website Challenge Meet & Greet at New Horizons of Minnesota last week. This was an informal affair that gave the team captains from the web teams a chance to mingle with representatives of the nonprofits. A lot of great questions were asked and some good advice was given, including this list of tips from Susan Inglis who was on last year’s winning Team IB.

  • Add time for sleep into your iteration process. Even some quiet time in a dark room to rest will help
  • Identify roles and responsibilities and get team buy in before the challenge even starts. Make sure everyone agrees and someone is appointed to make a decision when it seems a decisions cannot be made
  • Remember the customer is part of the team
  • Be respectful and diplomatic. It will be tough when you haven’t slept in a long time
  • Nonprofits, bring everything you have — logos, brochures, wishlists, colors, pictures, everything
  • Nonprofits shouldn’t be afraid to ask for the moon, what might seem crazy and impossible to them might be a 2 hours project for the right nerd
  • Bring slippers, a change of clothes, deodorant, wipes — remember you will be there ALL night long

Tomorrow we’ve got some video from the event with a few on the nonprofits talking about why their website is so needy