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    "title" : "Get Started with Challenge and Prize Competitions |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Get Started with Challenge and Prize Competitions","summary" : "Interested in running a challenge and prize competition, but don’t know where to start? Well, here are all the resources GSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies has to offer: 1) Challenge.gov. Put your agency’s challenges on this government-wide listing and learn about more than 300 public","date" : "2014-03-31T10:00:13-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"ktrebon" : "Karen Trebon"},"topics" : {
        
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      "filepathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/blob/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-31-get-started-with-challenge-and-prize-competitions.md",
      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2014/03/2014-03-31-get-started-with-challenge-and-prize-competitions.md","slug" : "get-started-with-challenge-and-prize-competitions","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/31/get-started-with-challenge-and-prize-competitions/","content" :"\u003cdiv class=\"image image-right image-right-legacy\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/03/250-x-220-stack-of-books-resources.jpg\"\n    alt=\"A stack of hardcover books\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInterested in running a \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/11/01/federal-government-challenges-and-contests/\" title=\"Link to definition of challenge and prize competition\"\u003echallenge and prize competition\u003c/a\u003e, but don’t know where to start? Well, here are all the resources \u003ca href=\"http://www.gsa.gov/portal/category/25729\" title=\"link to OCSIT page on GSA.gov\"\u003eGSA’s Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies\u003c/a\u003e has to offer:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"link to Challenge.gov\" href=\"https://challenge.gov/\"\u003eChallenge.gov\u003c/a\u003e. Put your agency’s challenges on this government-wide listing and learn about more than 300 public prizes run over the past four years. You can filter by agency and challenge type, such as software, ideas, designs. Built and hosted by GSA, you can also use it to run crowdsourcing competitions end to end.  This is available for federal agencies at no cost. \u003cstrong\u003eOn-demand webinar:\u003c/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2014/03/11/crowdsource-ideas-with-new-competition-platform/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCrowdsource Ideas with Competition Platform\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"link to Challenges page on DigitalGov.gov\" href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/topics/challenges-and-prize-competitions/\"\u003eDigitalGov.gov\u003c/a\u003e. Step-by-step toolkits on how to run many types of challenges:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/11/06/software-and-apps-challenges/\" title=\"Software/apps challenge toolkit\"\u003eSoftware/apps\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/10/31/creative-challenge-contests/\" title=\"link to toolkit on how to run a video poster or photo contest\"\u003eCreative: video/photo/poster\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/10/31/technology-demonstration-and-market-stimulation-challenges/\" title=\"link to toolkit on how to run grand scientific and technical challenges\"\u003eTechnical demonstration and market stimulation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2013/11/14/ideation-challenges/\" title=\"link to toolkit on how to run challenges that collect ideas\"\u003eIdeation\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis includes details on the policies and \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/whitehouse.gov/files/omb/memoranda/2010/m10-11.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"\u003elegal authorities\u003c/a\u003e, like the \u003ca href=\"https://cio.gov/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2012/09/Prize_Authority_in_the_America_COMPETES_Reauthorization_Act.pdf\" title=\"America COMPETES Act Summary Memo\"\u003eAmerica COMPETES Act\u003c/a\u003e, under which agencies run their competitions.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003col start=\"3\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDigital Gov University. A robust resource of \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/events/\"\u003earchived training\u003c/a\u003e and \u003ca title=\"link to upcoming DigitalGov University training\" href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/events/\"\u003eupcoming events\u003c/a\u003e. Some of the most popular webinars are:\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBnQhDS1gZg\"\u003eMetrics and measurements\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QWyidc67lo\"\u003eWhat drives competitors\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1NrFuiQWGM\"\u003eHack-a-thons from start to finish\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSocial Media. Follow \u003ca title=\"link to Challenge.gov's Twitter account\" href=\"https://twitter.com/ChallengeGov\"\u003e@ChallengeGov on Twitter\u003c/a\u003e and check out our\u003ca title=\"link to Challenge.gov's Facebook page\" href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ChallengeGov\"\u003e Facebook\u003c/a\u003e page. You can use these to learn about public prizes and we can help promote your agency’s challenges.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"link to GSA Schedule 541 4G information \" href=\"http://www.gsaelibrary.gsa.gov/ElibMain/sinDetails.do?scheduleNumber=541\u0026specialItemNumber=541+4G\u0026executeQuery=YES\"\u003eGSA Schedule 541 4G for Challenge and Competition Services\u003c/a\u003e. Sixteen vendors who can help you run public prizes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/challenges-prizes/\"\u003eCommunity of Practice\u003c/a\u003e email address: \u003ca href=\"mailto:challenges@listserv.gsa.gov\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"mailto:challenges@listserv.gsa.gov\"\u003echallenges@listserv.gsa.gov\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/a\u003e. This is a government only listserv, if you have questions you want to ask all the other agencies in the group. You’ll also receive email alerts about training, events, networking opportunities, and new reports and resources.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd the last resource is… the Challenge.gov team! Email us at \u003ca href=\"mailto:challenge@gsa.gov\"\u003echallenge@gsa.gov\u003c/a\u003e if you would like to set up a consultation. We help with overall competition strategies, issues and needs, problem definition, metrics and measurements, access to guidance and policies, introductions among peers in the community of practice and more.\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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