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Come with a dream
Not a pitch-deck fantasy — something you actually want to move forward, right now.
Dream Hackathon™
Hack the path between where you are and where you want to be.
Not a coding hackathon. Come with a dream, take action on it, and leave having moved it forward.
What changes in the room
You don't come to be inspired. You come to take action.
Before
“I want to build a business.”
After
- Who is it for?
- What problem am I solving?
- What assumption needs testing?
- What's one experiment I can run?
- Who do I need to talk to?
- What's my first milestone?
- What will I do this week?
You leave having moved your dream forward.
How we work
Clarity before motion. Motion before performance.
Solutions-focused
We don't stay in inspiration — we move toward a workable next step.
Root cause clarity
We get clear on what's actually in the way.
Levers of transformation
We find the few moves that change the path.
Come. Take action.
Bring a real dream. Work on it with others. Test something. Make a decision. Take the next step.
Hack doesn't mean code.
A hackathon runs on time pressure — not open-ended discussion. The event itself is an act of moving the dream forward.
You won't hack the dream alone.
Bring your perspective. Borrow someone else's. Challenge assumptions. Make connections. Build on each other's thinking.
Collective problem-solving around individual dreams.
What it feels like in the room
This isn't something you could do by watching a webinar.
- Small teams working on real dreams side by side
- Assumptions challenged out loud — not in a slide deck
- Quick experiments sketched, tested, and revised
- Introductions made and next steps committed before you leave
What happens in a Dream Hackathon
Bring the dream → D.R.E.A.M. it → Take action → Move it forward.
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Take action together
Limited time. Real collaboration. Put the dream on the table and work on it — not talk about it.
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Test and decide
Run a small experiment. Make a choice. Commit to what you'll try before you leave.
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Leave with progress
A milestone taken. A conversation started. An introduction made. A step taken — the dream is further along than when you arrived.
Every Dream Hackathon follows the D.R.E.A.M. method.
Not a workbook. Not a lecture. A way to move a real dream forward.
D.R.E.A.M. is the method. Action is the outcome.
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Define
What exactly are you trying to make real?
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Reflect
What possibilities, assumptions, and paths are you overlooking?
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Establish
What would progress actually look like?
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Align
Does the path fit what matters to you?
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Move
What will you test, try, or do next?
Bring Dream Hackathon to your community
Schools, colleges, companies, youth programmes, communities, and leadership cohorts can bring the experience to their people.
SchoolsCollegesCorporatesCommunitiesYouth ProgramsLeadership Cohorts
- Dreamers Network helps you find the people.
- Dream Hackathon helps you take action on the path.
- Live Aware helps you stay on it.
Bring the dream. Take action. Move it forward.