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Three questions that changed how I think about volunteers/audience
In this guest post, Sadie Coffin shares her thoughts on the value of asking herself questions about the people she hopes to attract to her project, Redshift Wrangler, and encourages you to do the same.
New Tools to Find the Good in Our Archives!
Our recordings are now organized by themes. You can also the search tool, which will return results from video collection and blog.
NASA Citizen Science Project Finder Tree
Access a handy decision tree to help people find projects that fit their interests.
Toolkit for Librarians: Building community and science literacy through NASA citizen science projects
Check out the Toolkit for Librarians: Building community and science literacy through NASA citizen science projects. A recorded webinar introducing the toolkit is also available.
Rethinking Data: Building Collaborative Relationships in Citizen Science
In this guest blog post and video by Sadie Coffin, Sadie shares three big ideas from three videos in the NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series archives. Each focuses on an aspect of research data and its management.
Resources Explained: Navigating US federal funding for participatory sciences with the NASA Cit Sci Leaders Series
This blog post summarizes and links to events focused on funding from the NASA Cit Sci Leaders, with an emphasis on information of perennial value.
Lessons from Projects that have Cultivated Advanced Participation
In this guest post by Sadie Coffin, Sadie explores advice shared in the NASA Cit Sci Leaders Series regarding makes volunteers feel empowered and motivated to bring their own ideas and expertise to the table.
Design Thinking Tools to Guide Project Design and Performance Improvement
Are you designing a new project? Or looking to optimize your current one? These guides can help you focus your efforts and succeed.
Building community in a citizen science project: fostering social interaction for meaningful engagement
In this guest post by Sadie Coffin, Sadie dives into what she has learned about the value of social engagement to retaining volunteers. She shares from her own project leadership experience and the advice experts have shared in the NASA Cit Sci Leaders Series.
Introducing new AAPS/NASA Citizen Science Fellow: Sadie Coffin
Sadie Coffin, the newly named 2025 Association for Advancing Participatory Science and NASA Fellow. fellow introduces herself.
Lessons Learned from NASA’s 2nd Annual Citizen Science Community Workshop Online Series
The Planning Team shares their suggested practices for effective online events, drawing from their shared reflections on the series of biweekly online talks, panels, and conversations that served as NASA’s 2nd Annual Citizen Science Community Workshop in 2020.