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3 Lessons Learned from Open Nation 2017

IdeaScale

They came to discuss how crowdsourcing ideas is changing their organizations and to learn best practices from each other. Tim Parsons (@rookzero) November 2, 2017. — Whitney Bernstein (@whit_berns) November 2, 2017. To tide you over until next year, you can view presentations from Open Nation 2017 here.

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Crowdsourcing and APIs: Everything You Need to Know

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing is the act of harnessing the power and work force of a crowd to accomplish a task. Lately, companies creating documentation for APIs have turned to crowdsourcing. Becky Todd, a content manager at Atlassian (a collaboration software company), gave a talk at 2017’s Write the Docs Prauge. Advantages. Disadvantages.

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Key Takeaways from Open Nation 2017

IdeaScale

In the next few weeks, we’ll upload the presentation content from the day, which includes some great thoughts from the United States Coast Guard, IKEA, and others, but in the meantime, please enjoy some of these key takeaways that surfaced over the course of two days: Not every problem is a problem to be solved by crowdsourcing.

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IdeaScale’s Open Nation 2019 Set to Inspire Innovation

IdeaScale

Harvard Business Review says some common ways of measuring innovation — outside of revenue production — include counting the number of ideas that were put forth and projects in the works and determining the scope of progress on these projects as well as their impact on the bottom line. Crowdsourcing in the military?

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Benefits of crowdsourcing: Common Misconceptions In my previous post , I gave a working definition of crowdsourcing and described two major crowdsourcing approaches: adding capacity and accessing expertise. Some of the reasons for the slow adoption of crowdsourcing are rooted in the very nature of the method.

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The 3 Most Common Questions about Idea Management Software

IdeaScale

In 2017 I’m talking through the same concerns as I was 6 years ago. Yes, for an internal employee facing project you do. Well for a number of reasons: Security – We know that in 2017 cybersecurity is a top concern of CEO’s (and IT alike). I’ve been with IdeaScale since 2011. I’ve been on thousands of prospect calls.

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Does Crowdsourcing Need “Rethinking”?

Qmarkets

Why aren’t organizations recognizing the benefits of crowdsourcing? In my previous post , I gave a working definition of crowdsourcing and described two major crowdsourcing approaches: adding capacity and accessing expertise. However, many companies still struggle to match crowdsourcing to their specific requirements.