Join with other citizen science leaders to reflect on the resources and strategies you currently use to engage and support volunteers. Get ideas for strategies you can implement tomorrow, and strategies you might build to over time. Get the most out of this workshop by preparing with the Volunteer Supports Reflection Tool. Come just to listen or share.

Speakers will share insights on strategies to give new volunteers the knowledge and skills they will need to be helpful to your project and concurrently motivate and deepen their participation. Speakers will address the interrelated challenges of developing skills, deepening understanding of science, and building comfort in the social practices of projects.

Join with other citizen science leaders to reflect on how your project website is serving your goals for engaging the participants you want in your project, and get ideas for small changes that might make a big difference. Get the most out of this workshop by preparing with the Website Reflection Tool. Come just to listen or share.

Whether your goal is to attract more project volunteers or to welcome a more diverse volunteer pool, how you present your project online can help or hinder. Hear inspiring stories from NASA project leaders who are working on these goals, and concrete suggestions on web communications from NASA’s own Citizen Science Communication Officer.