How to Use Challenge.gov: Supporting Federal Agency Challenges & Prize Competitions

On-Demand Webinar

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• Webinar recording: Challenge.gov (WMV, 81 MB, 59 minutes, September 2011) 
• Transcript: How to Use Challenge.gov: Supporting Federal Agency Challenges & Prize Competitions (PDF, 40 KB, 11 pages, September 2011)

Description

Join us as we celebrate the one year anniversary of Challenge.gov and the accomplishments of federal agencies who run challenge and prize competitions.* This webinar will cover the highlights from the year, review how to use the Challenge.gov platform with a deep dive into posting, public voting, blog capability, and to review features such as custom URLs, the judging area, and more!

We’ll include a question-and-answer session after the demonstration, and address the hot topics that keep our email and phone lines active.

What You'll Learn

• To understand the concepts behind challenge and prize competitions in government.

• To know the basic components of Challenge.gov (posting, public voting, blog page, etc.).

• To learn about agency initiatives and accomplishments in the one year of the site.

About the Presenters

Brandon Kessler is the founder and CEO of ChallengePost, a New York City-based company that serves as a platform for challenges. A challenge takes place when an organization or individual challenges the public to solve a problem, build something, or innovate. Challenges are a successful vehicle for innovation because they are capital efficient and they capture the public’s imagination. Current clients include the City of New York, First Lady Michelle Obama, Samsung, Thomson Reuters, the World Bank, and the federal government who chose ChallengePost to power the governmentwide challenge platform: Challenge.gov.

Prior to that, Brandon founded independent record label Messenger Records which was repeatedly singled out for its early embrace of the Internet and its creative use of grassroots promotions. Before Messenger Records and while in college, he founded a college radio promotion company and a street marketing promotion company.

Brandon holds undergraduate and MBA degrees from Columbia University.

Karen Trebon joined the Office of Citizen Services and Innovative Technologies, U.S. General Services Administration, in 2002.

As part of the staff for the Center for Excellence in Digital Government, Karen helped build the government challenge platform Challenge.gov. She helps other agencies use the site effectively, communicates with the Community of Practice, promotes challenges through Facebook and Twitter, and plans educational events that teach government employees about the importance of challenges and prizes.

Prior to government, Karen worked for Amplify Public Affairs and the American Power Association.  She also did three brief stints on Capitol Hill—Sen. Sarbanes, Rep. Hoyer, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee.

Karen has a Bachelors in Government from the University of Maryland College Park and a Masters in Public Administration from George Washington University.

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