Joining Open Innovation CommunitySubscribe to the Open Innovation Community: https://listserv.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/cdi-openinnovation Open Innovation Listserv Email: cdi-openinnovation@listserv.usgs.gov Subscribe to the CDI Listserv: ttps://listserv.usgs.gov/mailman/listinfo/cdi-all If you have questions or comments about the Open Innovation Community, email Sophia B Liu sophialiu@usgs.gov and citizen_innovation@usgs.gov |
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Description: The Open Innovation community welcomes the participation of anyone interested in Open Innovation efforts like Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science, Civic Hacking, and Challenge & Prize Competitions at USGS and other DOI bureaus. Connect with other USGS and DOI bureaus on related open innovation efforts. Participate in monthly USGS and DOI meetings and working groups to share best practices, resources, and emerging open innovation projects.
Point Of Contact: Sophia B Liu (Innovation Specialist at Science and Decisions Center), sophialiu@usgs.gov
Open Innovation Community
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.
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.
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.
The purpose of Open Innovation Community is to:
- Promote an understanding of the role and potential benefits of open innovation efforts (crowdsourcing, citizen science, civic hacking, challenges & prize competitions) for USGS as well as across the DOI bureaus and offices;
- Facilitate and enhance connections between the USGS and the larger federal and public Citizen Science and Open Innovation communities;
- Provide access to information and tools to support the proper, effective, and creative use of these open innovation efforts within the USGS and across DOI bureaus;
- Engage the public to foster and improve the public's scientific literacy and use of USGS and DOI products and services.
Open Innovation Monthly Meetings
Monthly Meeting Logistics
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/461778105
Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 6833 Meeting ID: 461 778 105
Or One-Tap Mobile: US: +16699006833,,461778105#
Past Monthly Meetings
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern - (Google Doc Meeting Notes)
- DOI Generic Information Collection Request - Draft Survey and other resources in Google Drive Folder
- USGS Open Innovation Strategy - Strategy Google Doc and Draft Guidance Document
- Announcements: Past and Upcoming Events
- May 14 at 2 pm ET - Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar - Episode 2: Challenge.gov
- May 29 at 11 am ET - USGS SDC Seminar Series: Jay Benforado, EPA Chief Innovation Officer
- May 14 at 2 pm ET - Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar - Episode 2: Challenge.gov
Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing & Citizen Science (FedCCS) Monthly Meeting
- Every 4th Thursday of the Month at 2:30 - 4:30 PM Eastern
- FedCCS Resources and Past Meetings on Trello: f you need to sign up for Trello, go to: http://bit.ly/FedCCSTrello
- Sign up to the FedCCS Listserv by emailing FCPCCS@listserv.gsa.gov (Federal Employees Only)
Citizen-Centered Innovation Monthly Meeting (Google Doc Meeting Notes)
April 17, 2019 at 3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern
- OSTP Report to Congress for the Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act - Google Drive Folder
- DOI Generic Information Collection Request - Google Drive Folder
- USGS Open Innovation Strategy
- CitizenScience.gov Website - USGS CCS Projects
- Announcements: Past and Upcoming Events
- Citizen Science Association (CSA) Conference - March 13-17, 2019
- Federal Crowdsourcing Webinar - Episode 1: Citizen Science - April 9, 2019 at 2:00 - 3:00 PM
- Citizen Science Association (CSA) Conference - March 13-17, 2019
August 15, 2018 at 3:00 - 4:00 PM Eastern
- Overview of the Report to Congress for the Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act (15 U.S.C. 3724)
- Updated CitizenScience.gov Website
- Announcements: Upcoming Conferences and Meetings
- CrowdSourcing Week (CSW) Global - October 24-28, 2018
- Wilson Center Event - November 2018
- Citizen Science Association (CSA) Conference - March 13-17, 2019
- March 21, 2018 at 11:00 - 12:00 EST and at 3:00 - 4:00 Eastern
- Overview of the Citizen-Centered Innovation Community (CitizenScience.gov,Innovation.gov, SciStarter)
- Introductions from Participants (Google Sheet, Map of Participants)
- Continue Discussion of DOI Generic Information Collection Request (Notes from DOI Bureau Coordinators)
- Feedback on Future Citizen-Centered Innovation Meetings
- Announcements: Upcoming Conferences and Meetings (CSW Global, BOEM Citizen Science Workshop, AGU in DC, ACES in DC)
February 21, 2018 at 11:00 - 12:00 EST (VIDEO) and at 3:00 - 4:00 Eastern (VIDEO)
- Overview of the Citizen-Centered Innovation Community (CitizenScience.gov and Innovation.gov)
- Introductions from Participants (Story Map of Members) - AGOL Instructions and Information
- Update on Secretary Zinke's Town Hall question (Video Clip)
- Discussion of DOI Generic Information Collection Request (Notes from DOI Bureau Coordinators)
- Feedback on Future Citizen-Centered Innovation Meetings (Doodle Poll)
- Announcements: Upcoming Conferences and Meetings (CSW Global, BOEM Citizen Science Workshop, AGU in DC, ACES in DC)
- Citizen Science: Theory & Practice Special Issue "Policy Perspectives in Citizen Science" (Call for Papers PDF)
Science and Decisions Center (SDC) Citizen-Centered Innovation Seminar Series
Resources
USGS and DOI Resources
Other Agency Resourcs
Related Community and Activities Sites
Federal Resources
- CitizenScience.gov: https://www.citizenscience.gov/
- Federal Community of Practice for Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science (FCPCCS)
- FCPCCS@listserv.gsa.gov, the FCPCCS listserv (federal agency staff only)
- Innovation.gov: https://innovation.gov/
Non-Federal
- Citizen Science Association
- The Crowd and The Cloud: http://crowdandcloud.org/
- SciStarter: https://scistarter.com/
- CrowdSourcing Week: http://crowdsourcingweek.com/
- Crowdsourcing Week Global: October 2018 in Washington, DC
- CitSci-discussion-L@cornell.edu, the discussion-based public listserv for the community supporting citizen science, volunteer monitoring, and other forms of public participation in scientific research.
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