This presentation outlines the collaboration process. NASA's International Space Apps Challenge is an innovative incubator program. In 2014, over 8000 participants from around the world convened around NASA data in five mission challenge areas [asteroid, earth watch, human spaceflight, robotics, and space tech] to create 671 solutions. This presentation to the US federal government challenge community answers the question about how teams in a challenge environment.

1. 2014 International Space Apps Challenge
Beth Beck, NASA Open Innovation Program Manager

2. 2014 International Space Apps Challenge
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3.  46 countries participated
 735 virtual participants
 69 virtual team projects
Space Apps 2014 kicked off Thursday night in Doha, Qatar at
midnight and ended in Seattle, Washington at 6 p.m. Pacific time
—76 hours of around-the-world hacking on NASA data challenges.
Volunteer Engagement Around the Planet
2014 Space Apps Challenge Overview
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4. Earth Watch: Where on Earth (44 projects)
Cool It (21)
Robotics: Exomars Rover is My Robot (42)
Asteroids: Asteroid Prospector (38)
Space Tech: Space Wearables (25)
Alert-Alert (24)
Space Flight: Growing Food for A Martian Table (22)
SpaceT (20)
Most Popular Challenges
2014 Space Apps Challenge Overview
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5. Global Winners
2014 Space Apps Challenge Overview
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6. 2014 Space Apps Challenge Overview
Global Winners
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7. Collaboration = Complex + MESSY!
Open-ended solutions,
No rules of engagement,
No one is in charge,
Individuals bring baggage.
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8. Key Ingredients:
Motivation
Contribution
Disruption
Collaborative Secret Sauce
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9. What Brings Us Together?
Shared Purpose/Passion
Collaboration: Motivation
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10. Self-fulfillment within
community context:
Create social good
Solve problems
Demonstrate skills
Try something new
Collaboration: Motivation
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11. What do we bring to the community?
Intellectual + Social + Physical Capital
Collaboration: Contribution
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12. Collaboration: Contribution
Teams, like solutions, come in all shapes and sizes
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13. Solvers Come in Unexpected Packages
Collaboration: Contribution
Space Family Robinson: Toronto’s People’s Choice Winner
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14. Diversity of Thinking:
Coders + Designers + Artists + Makers
Divergents + Convergents
Deductives + Inductives + Abductives
Right Brains + Left Brains
Extroverts + Introverts
Collaboration: Contribution
Vive la différence!
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15. Challenge deadlines MAGNIFY tensions.
Goals & expectations,
Methods,
Personality quirks,
Idea ownership, and
Unequal recognition.
Individuals differ over:
Collaboration: Disruption
Uncertainty and change = discomfort, tension, conflict
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16. Collaboration: Disruption
Disruptive thinking reveals new possibilities!
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Wanted: Disruptive Thinking NOT Disruptive Behavior!
Share ideas, resources, time.
Treat each other with respect.
Listen.
Seek ideas of others.
Offer expertise, as needed.
Collaborate, don’t dominate.
Create Code of Conduct:
Collaboration: Disruption

18. Collaborative Match-Making Process
Tables organized by challenge for self-selection.
Provide Virtual + Physical Connection Points
Nametags designate team interests or skills.
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19. Collaborative Match-Making Process
Not all teams work.
Be prepared to referee…if necessary….
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20. Collaboration = Complex + Messy, but WELL worth it!
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21. Space Apps: Brought to you by NASA’s Open Gov Team
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