29Aug 2018 by Amy Slocombe No Comments
Free Seminar with Martin Brocklehurst – 11 Sept

Free Seminar with Martin Brocklehurst – 11 Sept

Collaboration & partnerships, Communication & promotion, Uncategorized
The Australian Citizen Science Association, CSIRO and GeoScience Australia present the following FREE public seminar by Martin Brocklehurst: Global Citizen Science - Can Citizens Deliver and Make a Difference? Tuesday 11 September, 2018 9:30am - 10:30am CSIRO Discovery Theatre Black Mountain, ACT REGISTER NOW! More Information We are witnessing an explosion of Citizen Science activity as technology makes it possible for citizens to take part in science and deliver unprecedented levels of quality data across the globe. Martin Brocklehurst has been at the fore front of activity to bring the global citizen science community together to develop global programmes that have the potential to provide data and information that can be used to: Empower citizens to manage emerging risks to their health and wellbeing; To provide information to Governments that…
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02Aug 2018 by Amy Slocombe No Comments
Seed Grants available for ACSA Members – call for applications!

Seed Grants available for ACSA Members – call for applications!

Communication & promotion, Engaging citizens
ACSA is excited to announce a new initiative.  As a way of giving back and investing in our members we’ve started the ACSA Seed Grants. The Seed Grants are $500 each and will be awarded to three ACSA members to seed their professional growth or their project’s growth in line with ACSA’s strategic goals of Participation and Practice. These goals are: Participation - Encourage & promote broad and meaningful participation of society in citizen science so people become partners in creating science & increasing science literacy. For example (but not limited to): Activities that encourages participation in a citizen science project, could be a workshop, an event or a school outreach program or an app. Development of a citizen science project that aims to meet these goals Resources or training…
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07Jun 2018 by Agi Gedeon No Comments

ACSA-WA Meet + Greet

ACSA development, Collaboration & partnerships, Communication & promotion, Engaging citizens
By Agi Gedeon, ACSA-WA Chair The WA Chapter of the Australian Citizen Science Association was officially launched in February 2018 at the Australian Citizen Science Conference, #CitSciOz18. We had our first ACSA-WA public event on Saturday 12th May and invited citizen science practitioners, volunteers, scientists and end-users to meet and mingle to learn about many active and successful projects. It was a perfect sunny day in King’s Park and there was a good number attending. A few new faces as well. We heard about a number of interesting projects including an astronomy project to be launched by ICRAR, also a bit about DolphinWatch and fungi walks and a PhD project on red-tailed black cockatoos, another on non-insect pollinators and Birdlife Australia. [caption id="attachment_15324" align="alignleft" width="960"] Deborah Bowie, MicroBlitz Project Manager, speaking to…
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22Jan 2018 by Amy Slocombe No Comments
ACSA t-shirts are here!

ACSA t-shirts are here!

ACSA development, Communication & promotion
What will you be wearing to #CitSciOz18? Your brand new ACSA t-shirt of course! Free for all ACSA Members, this groovy black and orange t-shirt features the 'tools of citizen science', and will be available for collection at the conference registration desk from Wednesday 7th February! A variety of sizes will be available for you to choose from. For those ACSA members not coming to the conference, your t-shirt will be mailed out to you. Additional t-shirts can be purchased for $20 each!  
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17Jan 2018 by Erin Roger No Comments
ACSA heads to the United Nations

ACSA heads to the United Nations

Blogs, Collaboration & partnerships, Communication & promotion
By Erin Roger, ACSA Chair I’d heard about the traffic gridlock in Nairobi- but I guess I never really understood how bad it could be. I am stuck in traffic heading back to my hotel and going nowhere fast. [caption id="attachment_6167" align="alignleft" width="587"] A public bus or ‘sacco’ in Nairobi traffic[/caption] But let me re-wind. I’m in Nairobi as one of around 20 people who are part of an international citizen science delegation attending the United Nations Science-Policy-Business Forum from December 2nd-3rd at the UN Complex. The UN complex in Gigiri is an oasis of green set on 140 acres and filled with indigenous tree species and Sykes’ monkeys. The focus of the Forum is pollution and how to bring together and encourage collaboration between science, policy and business to…
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27Nov 2017 by Amy Slocombe No Comments
Caren Cooper’s new book: Citizen Science

Caren Cooper’s new book: Citizen Science

Communication & promotion
Caren Cooper, one of our exciting keynote speakers for #CitSciOz18, has a new book out "Citizen Science: How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Discovery". Released in the USA about a year ago, it is now available in the UK, and ACSA is excited to have been sent three free copies from the London publisher...which we will be offering as conference prizes! Professor Muki Haklay, University College London, has written a blog post reviewing the book, which you can read here. Have you read the book? Let us know your thoughts! We look forward to hearing more from Caren at #CitSciOz18 in February 2018.  
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04Oct 2017 by Amy Slocombe No Comments

Event promotion via ACSA social media

Communication & promotion
Keen for ACSA social media to promote your event? Make it graphic! Posts with images perform well and make it easier to share information across social media. The information is ingrained in the image, so there is less onus to get the accompanying text correct! You can make great graphics for free through the website www.canva.com. When making a graphic, be sure to include: Name of event, e.g. ACSA Conference Date and time, e.g. 7-9 Feb, 2018 Any social media tags or accounts, e.g. #CitSciOz18 @CitSciOZ Website or contact info, e.g. www.citizenscience.org.au Simply send your graphic or event details to Michelle Neil, ACSA's social media moderator, and she will post and tweet away!
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