This page seeks to briefly catalogue innovations created over time in community development. For current objectives and priorities, see the strategic plan for community development.
Related website tags: community
Related program areas of the Public Lab non-profit: Web Working Group, Community Development

2014

• organizers handbook
• organizers welcome email
• organizers summit
• "Ask a Question / Answer a Question" tagging system see all questions
• new, simplified front page on publiclab.org
• barnstar dropdown on research notes
• subscribe to tag (RSS)
• co-authorship of research notes
• in-line wiki editing
• callouts on publiclab.org via @username trigger email notifications
• OpenHour live call events
• barnstar brainstorming
• Event template and RSVP feature on research notes
• international edition of Grassroots Mapping Forum features XXX countries/regions
• regional "umbrella" mailing lists created for northeast, midwest
• plots-spectroscopy list reaches 1000 members, surpassing grassrootsmapping as the largest tool-specific list
• publiclaboratory list reaches 2500 members

2013

• commenting on research notes
• tabbed wiki pages
• toolshed raising
• lists created for software developers, education, and writing
• Mapknitter Club / Cartography Collective
• Start a chapter page created
• Guide to starting new projects
• PDF print stylesheets for wiki and research note pages
• research note templates
• publiclab.org launched with user dashboard and profile pages
• plots-infrared list launches, along with plots-airquality and plots-waterquality
• publiclaboratory list reaches 1500 members

2012

• creation of organizers group
• creation of /lists overview page and tracking of list growth
• barnstars & publiclab.org/barnstars
• user dashboard when logged in on website
• kit boxes include "Welcome to the community!" messaging
• illustrated guides translated into 10 new languages
• publiclaboratory list reaches 500 members, surpassing grassrootsmapping list

2011

• first ever barnraising
• publiclaboratory.org launched
• main publiclaboratory list started
• main laboratoriopublico list started

2010

• grassrootsmapping list