the open data challenge: organising europe's biggest open data competition
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A brief presentation giving an overview of the Open Data Challenge, Europe's biggest open data competition to date - as well as a behind the scenes look at how it was run.TRANSCRIPT
Organising Europe’sbiggest open data competition
Jonathan GrayThe Open Knowledge Foundation
Twitter: @jwyg / Email: [email protected]
Europe’s biggest open data competition to date
60 days€20,000
430 entries24 member states
Partners and supporters
Four categories
Winners announced by European Commission
Vice PresidentNeelie Kroes
Publicity and coverage
20+ outlets10+ countries
Full details at:opendatachallenge.org
Behind the scenes
February 2011: MootedMarch 2011: Started
April 2011: AnnouncedJune 2011: DeadlineJuly 2011: Ceremony
Equivalent of1 full time person
1. Concept
Who is this for?What are objectives?
Different streamsOne sentence pitchOne page proposal
2. Judges
High profileConscientious
Geographical spreadSectoral/domain spread
Public face of competition
3. Prizes
Multi-level sponsorshipIncentivising quality
Prize structureRules and guidelines
Logistics for ceremony
4. Website
Brief pitchPrizes
JudgesRules
Entry form
5. Launch
Media partnersPress release
Support from judgesCompetition partners
Local outreach
6. Countdown
‘X days left’Continuous coverage
Email and social mediaMonitoring entries
Close loop with partners
7. Evaluation
Keep it simpleTwo phase process
Pick 5 in order of preferenceFilter hundreds to dozens
Quotes and comments
8. Announcement
Post-competition publicityQuotes from judges
Short video on entriesAll winners on website
Prize ceremony
9. After
Big ‘thank you’ to all involvedVirtual ribbons for winners
Processing prizesWebsite as archive
Feedback for next time
Lessons
Keep it simpleToo many cooks
Partners, partners, partnersManage expectations
Don’t take stuff for granted
Jonathan [email protected]://twitter.com/jwyg
Open Knowledge Foundationhttp://okfn.org
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