Thank you to a ‘friendly-peer review group’ for their feedback on a research project focused on tracking micro-time spent by senior volunteers. The discussion covered user interface importance, managing time granularity, and the complexity of capturing incidental volunteer activities.
Continue readingThe IPOOG session framework outlines event planning and risk management. Participants indicate their interest and possible future involvement based on attendance, ranging from indifference to active participation. Key topics include IPOOG Model complexity, time tracking, and discussion on improving tool effectiveness.
Continue readingA Citizen Science experiment to assess time-tracking for professional interests using the nonprofit planning tool IPOOG. Volunteer participants will contribute 3-4 hours providing feedback through peer review sessions, exploring the benefits and ethics of systematic time tracking. Results will be publicly shared in 2025.
Continue readingThe IPOOG model supports event planning and nonprofit management. It structures time tracking time and prioritizing tasks. This is an interim report on using the time tracking aspect of the tool over the past three months. Future improvements will be based on peer feedback.
Continue readingAt the end of this month, I will let my name stand for the president of SAPAA, an organization supporting citizen stewardship in Alberta. The following are my thoughts about what should be the organization’s priorities.
Continue readingI was a panelist for a workshop on: Citizen Science & Policy: Monitoring to Drive Change which was hosted by an organization called ‘the Citizen Science Hub of Alberta representing the Stewards of Alberta’s Protected Areas Association (SAPAA).
Citizen Science is one of those terms I have been vaguely aware of but never spent too much time thinking of… and then I needed to think because of that ‘… on the panel thing‘.
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Organizational Biology 