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James Kent edited this page May 12, 2020 · 7 revisions

Head of Advertisement

2019 Reference

2018 Reference

Contact Organizations/Departments for brainhack:

  • Potential Organizations/Departments
  • Example Email (2019)
    • Hi Becky,
      Could you pass the following announcement to the psychology email listserv for this opportunity?

      Summer Brainhack 2019
      Join us for a unique professional development experience to tackle data (management/analysis) problems in the field of neuroscience. If you collect and/or analyze data related to the brain, you qualify! Information & Registration: http://bit.ly/uibrainhack
      - July 23 & 24, 2019
      Thanks!
      James

  • Example Email (2020)
    • Dear _____,
      The UIowa Brainhack Committee would like to promote the following opportunities for members of your listserv. Would you mind passing it along?

      (1) Learning Python: Ever wanted to learn Python for your work in science? The UIowa Brainhack Committee will be providing links (provide link to our website with the links) to online resources and interactive weekly review sessions 3-5 pm on Zoom every Friday starting May 22-____. (Hacky Hour zoom ID = ______). Contact James Kent ([email protected]) for more information.

      (2) Neuromatch Academy 2020: An online school for Computational Neuroscience: "Started by the team who created CoSMo summer school, CCN SS, Simons IBRO, and neuromatch conference, we announce a worldwide academy to train neuroscientists to learn computational tools, make connections to real world neuroscience problems, and promote networking with researchers.”

      Prerequisites: basic neuroscience, basic math, understanding of Python programming language Dates: July 13 - 31, 2020 Deadline to sign up: May 7th
      Thanks,
      Gail

Create an event on the uiowa events page

The url is events.uiowa.edu and you should see an option to "Add New Events"

The 2019 Brainhack Event Page

Keep up facebook and twitter presence

Ask the head of the social media committee ([email protected]) to post about the event.

Create/Distribute Posters

Create Banner for event

2019 Reference

This banner should advertise the sponsors for the event and artistically display a brain/data logo. We did not create one for 2019 so there are no examples.

If funding is from INI, contact [email protected] for help.

Acquire swag for event

If funding is from INI, ask [email protected] for help to pick up squishy brains and pens