Big Bloom is a global initiative that aims to accelerate social innovation. We organise hackathons for Good: collective intelligence seminars where participants work in mixed teams on strategic challenges for associations. In 4 years, we have organised over 200 hackathons in 15 countries.
We are looking for new organisers to keep the project growing!
Big Bloom is a global initiative that aims to accelerate social innovation. We organise hackathons for Good: collective intelligence seminars where participants work in mixed teams on strategic challenges for associations. In 4 years, we have organised over 200 hackathons in 15 countries.
We are looking for new organisers to keep the project growing!
Big Bloom is a non-profit association under the French law of 1901. Its members are the organisers of Big Bloom hackathons for Good.
We are a “social franchise”: access to the Big Bloom method, ecosystem and brand is free for members. Our goal is to have an impact.
Members are generally coaches, consultants, designers, or trainers, freelancers or employees in small organisations. At the beginning of 2023, the Big Bloom association has 17 members: 5 in France and12 internationally.
The project is directed by Marie Van Gucht and Yvan Gatignon. They run both the association and the Big Bloom Paris company, a cooperative that organises large international hackathons and provides support to the organisers. Big Bloom Paris has 8 employees.
– Collective intelligence professionals
– Passionate about the Social and Solidarity Economy
– Established in a geographical or sectoral ecosystem where Big Bloom could develop
– Ready to commit to an international collective
– With good human values
– With a strong entrepreneurial spirit
The annual fee to join the association is 500€ but that’s not the main thing 😉 Becoming a member of Big Bloom is above all an investment in time: it takes 1 to 2 years to develop your business of hackathons for Good.
Some organisers do Big Bloom hackathons full time, others only organise one hackathon per year. Each organiser chooses the investment that suits them best. However, we are looking for people first and foremost who are willing to significantly commit (minimum 20% of their time).
The initiative has a turnover of €1.2M before tax. Most hackathons are billed between 8,000€ HT and 20,000€ HT depending on the number of participants. Our clients are large companies, SMEs, and local authorities. Half of the hackathons are paid from training budgets, the other half from CSR or team building budgets.
The organisers invoice their clients themselves and pay their service providers. They do not have to pay anything to the association. In accordance with our values of mutual aid, the organisers first call on coaches and designers who are existing members of the community.
In September 2023, we will welcome five or six new members:
– September: we welcome them to the community, and they meet with other organisers
– by the end of December: “action learning” – support in organising your first hackathon for Good
– January – April: “selling and organising a hackathon for Good” training in 3 sessions of 2 days
The Big Bloom team will give you access to the brand, the network of contacts, the methodological supports and the marketing tools and will accompany you in the sale and communication of your hackathon.
👉 Next recruitments in September 2023!
You can apply alone or in pairs. We will ask you:
– a page presenting your background and specifying the 1st hackathon we could do together
– a YouTube link to a one-minute video explaining why you want to join us
