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USGS Open Innovation Teams Site (Code: mom37z3) - Only accessible to USGS and other DOI Bureaus Join Open Innovation Community Listserv: https://listserv.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/cdi-openinnovation Open Innovation Listserv Email: cdi-openinnovation@listserv.usgs.gov
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AnnouncementsCOVID-19 Open Innovation EffortsA curated list of links to novel coronavirus COVID-19 open innovation efforts and other interactive dashboards, maps, and visualizations from the usual and unusual players, as well as other spontaneous open innovation efforts around the world.April 2020 NewsletterA monthly newsletter with links to upcoming and past events related to open innovation. Upcoming Open Innovation Meetings |
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Next Open Innovation (OI) MeetingSeries of talks and open discussions to inform the USGS Open Innovation StrategyAll Hands on Deck: COVID-19 Open Innovation Efforts and The Opportunity Project Earth Sprint ET |
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Open Innovation AnnouncementsApril 2020 NewsletterA monthly newsletter with links to upcoming and past events related to open innovation. FEMA PrepTalk Released |
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Dr. Sophia B Liu shares her journey in studying the use of social media in disasters since 2005 with Professor Leysia Palen, researching the use of citizen science to inform earthquakes and coastal hazard models at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and helping to initiate the FEMA Crowdsourcing Unit at the National Response Coordination Center with Chris Vaughan and Emily Martuscello. In the past 15 years, the use of social media and interactive maps has evolved to become effective communication channels in disasters, emergency managers and hazard scientists are integrating data from the public to provide actionable intelligence during emergency response, and digital volunteers are becoming vital in curating data across the internet and untraditional channels during disasters to inform situational awareness. PrepTalks are sponsored by FEMA, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Naval Postgraduate School, and National Homeland Security Consortium. Other FEMA PrepTalks that might be of interest are:
Upcoming Open Innovation Meetings
April is Citizen Science Month!
Citizen Science Month resources
Distance Learning at Home and with Citizen Science
Share educational resources to learn at home for kids
Federal and other citizen science projects for kids
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What does Open Innovation mean?Open Innovation: Open Innovation is an umbrella term that refers to participatory methods and techniques for obtaining ideas, expertise, and resources from the public, organizations, and experts in an open way. Citizen Science: The public participates voluntarily in the scientific process, addressing real-world problems in ways that may include formulating research questions, conducting scientific experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, making new discoveries, developing technologies and applications, and solving complex problems. Crowdsourcing: An open call for voluntary assistance from a large group of individuals for gathering ideas, observations, or services. Many crowdsourced efforts use rigorous procedures to ensure data quality, such as checking for agreement from multiple volunteers or developing verification protocols. Challenges & Prize Competitions: An approach to federal contracting that promotes innovation by offering a monetary or non-monetary reward upon completing a specific objective or task. Prize competitions are a proven way to increase innovation for the public, private, and philanthropic sectors. Incentivized, open competition is a standard tool in many agencies’ toolboxes for delivering more cost-effective and efficient services, and advancing agencies’ core missions. Civic Hacking: A creative and collaborative approach to problem solving. Hackathons are gatherings that encourage meaningful engagement between technology developers, designers, data scientists, subject matter experts, civil society, and other relevant stakeholders, making them great places to understand our users, build volunteer community and capacity, as well as recruit new talent. The goal is to produce quick and creative solutions, learn new tools and skills, and meet new people. |
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