Talk:IDigBio Summit 2016

Recommendations from Summit V Survey

1. Participation in the “new TCN orientation” should be open to anyone interested but not required of every member of a new TCN.
2. The orientation session should emphasize the services and resources offered by iDigBio and the various ways participants can get involved without focusing too much on the iDigBio website.
3. Provide a glossary of acronyms (e.g., GBIF, IPT) and emphasize to presenters and discussion leaders the importance of avoiding acronyms and jargon and/or defining them.
4. Consider a session or presentation that describes the history of the ADBC program and/or the relationships among the various organizations and agencies involved.
5. Explore alternative formats for the presentations.
6. If there is buy-in from Working Groups or the community, prioritize breakout group/discussion session topics for which clear action plans are feasible and there is likely to be follow-up.
7. Align the labels assigned to sessions (e.g., workshop, informational session, break-out) with their goals.
8. Ensure the future venues have excellent Internet capabilities and plenty of seating for informal conversations.
9. Explore ways to formalize mentoring relationships between older and newer TCNs.
10. Explore ways to better market the Summit.

Discussion Topic Ideas

• Data Management
• Education & Outreach
• iDigBio Resources
• Research Tool Development
• Project Management
• Citizen Science
• Sustainability
• Collaboration & Communication

Use-of-Venue Ideas

• Noticed "cool" A/V room set up at TechTown for recording.
  • perhaps arrange for video shorts from participants?
• Write-on walls
  • think about how best to use these? instructors at ASU workshop enjoyed using these.
• 3-D printing
  • the online video tour of TechTown shows 3-D printers. If these are always there, and available for our use, it would be great to have a specimen or three printing out while we are there. And we can highlight the work of grad student Claudia Grant, and others -- to show how these are used for research and in the classroom.
• Are there other tech bits there like SmartBoards?
  • Why is this good to know? Would be great to know what tools are available to use in presentations and breakouts
    • for the participants and the speakers / instructors.
• Tweet team (like it's done at the Entomological Society of America meeting).
  • We need several (2 min.) persons whose "job" it is to tweet the exciting, enticing bits of our meeting.