Building with Neighbors: Community Build Days
About this Event
Building with Neighbors is a free series of community build days where people bring real problems and ideas, then work alongside neighbors with different skills and experiences to explore them and build useful solutions.
Whether you're bringing an idea, sharing a skill, or simply curious about how things get built, you're welcome here. No technical or business experience required.
Join us for one day or both:
- December 5 - Explore & Learn: Work through real problems, challenge assumptions, and learn how to turn ideas into something testable.
- December 6 - Connect & Build: Meet potential collaborators, exchange ideas, brainstorm together, and work on projects.
Each day offers something different, and you don't need to attend the earlier session to participate in day 2.
Hosted by Bakita as part of the Google Data Center Community AI Fellowship, powered by Watson Institute in partnership with Google.
12/5
🕑: 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Welcome
Info: Meet people, open discussion on ideas, problems, skills, and questions, and see what knowledge is already in the room.
🕑: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Understand the Problem + Make It Testable
Info: Learn how to get to the bottom of the real problem, identify and rule out assumptions, and turn ideas into something small enough to test.
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch Break + Optional Demos/Q&A
Info: Eat, connect, or join informal demos of useful tools and approaches.
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Community Problem Lab + CoLab
Info: Work through one example together, then apply the process to your own idea, someone else’s, or a guided activity.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
What Changed + What’s Next
Info: Reflect on what you clarified or created, who you connected with, and your next step.
12/6
🕑: 01:30 PM - 01:45 PM
Welcome and project introductions
🕑: 01:45 PM - 02:30 PM
Solution Speed Dating
Info: The people bringing ideas or problems sit at stations. Everyone else rotates every 10 minutes.
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:40 PM
Break Time
🕑: 02:40 PM - 03:00 PM
Hivemind Sessions
Info: **Hivemind Sessions**
Bring a question, half-baked idea, or something you've been curious about. We'll put our heads together and see where the conversation takes us. No pressure to find the perfect answer.
🕑: 03:00 PM - 04:15 PM
Open Build Time & Help Wanted Board
🕑: 04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Wrap-up
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
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