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    "title" : "Challenge.gov Program Launches New Training Opportunities |Digital.gov",
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    {"title" :"Challenge.gov Program Launches New Training Opportunities","summary" : "Seven new training modules aim to help Federal Challenge and Prize Community members learn more about using prize competitions to solve problems.","date" : "2015-07-14T13:52:31-04:00","date_modified" : "2025-01-27T19:42:55-05:00","authors" : {"judy-romano" : "Judy Romano"},"topics" : {
        
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      "editpathURL" :"https://github.com/GSA/digitalgov.gov/edit/bc-archive-content-3/content/news/2015/07/2015-07-14-challenge-gov-program-launches-new-training-opportunities.md","slug" : "challenge-gov-program-launches-new-training-opportunities","url" : "/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/2015/07/14/challenge-gov-program-launches-new-training-opportunities/","content" :"\u003cp\u003eSeven new training modules aim to help \u003ca href=\"/preview/gsa/digitalgov.gov/bc-archive-content-3/communities/challenges-prizes/\"\u003eFederal Challenge and Prize Community\u003c/a\u003e members learn more about using prize competitions to solve problems. The expert series, Designing and Operating Prizes to Maximize Success, kicked off module one on July 14, 2015, with “Prize History, Prize Theory and What Makes a Good Prize.” Module one is designed to give challenge managers a foundation on prizes starting with their role in history and demonstrate well-known advancements that have resulted from prizes.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg\n    src=\"https://s3.amazonaws.com/digitalgov/_legacy-img/2014/04/600-x-165-ChallengeGov-logo.jpg\"\n    alt=\"Full logo for Challenge.gov with the tagline: Government Challenges, Your Solutions.\"/\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe new training modules come in response to an ever-increasing demand across government to use challenge and prize competitions to drive innovation and solve mission-centric problems. We invite members of the vendor and government community with expertise to share successes and lessons learned as panel members on future expert series. \u003ca href=\"https://www.challenge.gov/contact/\"\u003eContact\u003c/a\u003e the Challenge.gov team for more information.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the coming months, the remainder of the modules and additional expert series will be offered via webinar to government community members interested in learning more about prize competitions. “Module 2: It’s All About the Teams—The Importance of Operational Incentives in Prizes” is scheduled for August 4, 2015. Registration is now open.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the coming months, the remainder of the modules and additional expert series will be offered via webinar to government community members interested in learning more about prize competitions. “Module 2: It’s All About the Teams—The Importance of Operational Incentives in Prizes” is scheduled for August 4, 2015. Registration is now open.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWatch modules one through seven on DigitalGov\u0026rsquo;s YouTube channel:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0_CgUfHL04\"\u003eModule 1: Prize History, Prize Theory and What Makes a Good Prize\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_-UKCfyjUQ\"\u003eModule 2: It’s All About the Teams—The Importance of Operational Incentives in Prizes\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6a1V-AXpN8\"\u003eModule 3: Operational Best Practices and Lessons Learned\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEyFIzj_7RM\"\u003eModule 4: The Importance of Marketing and Public Education\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJzjZtjkwnc\"\u003eModule 5: Legal Considerations for Prizes\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JhOZP61_XI\"\u003eModule 6: Building a Community\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdLSB2rjV9w\"\u003eModule 7: Post-Prize Industry and the Post-Prize Impact\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eApproaching its fifth year, Challenge.gov has seen participation on a global scale. There have been over 100,000 solvers who have participated in over 400 challenges from 76 agencies and more than $120 million in prizes awarded for successful solutions. There have been more than 3.5 million site visits to the platform from every country around the globe, including participants from every state in the U.S.\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n"}
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