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Crowdsourced Innovation: Three Things I Learned

IdeaScale

During my first two weeks as a Marketing Intern for IdeaScale, I learned about how the business world operates, particularly how an organization uses crowdsourced innovation with tools such as IdeaScale. Every company says they want to be “innovative” and some of them use “crowdsourcing” to do so. But what do those words really mean?

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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. She describes falling into crowdsourcing management with no proper training. She spent most of her days editing content and training contributors.

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A Lateral Way to Expose War Crimes and Fight Disinformation

Destination Innovation

Bellingcat identified the coordinates of an Islamic State training camp and the site where an American journalist was killed. In fact they are fully independent and their funding comes from grants, donations and selling workshops which train people in the skills of of open-source investigations. Follow Bellingcat on Twitter.

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Scaling Innovation Training: How to Start, Maximize, and Scale Innovation Training

IdeaScale

I’m always surprised at the number of organizations I speak with that tell me they don’t have any training programs for their employees. Less than a half-day of effective training can make a big difference in helping people to generate more and better ideas for a crowdsourcing project. Learn through doing. Make it easy to start.

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Why Is Innovation Vital for Your Organization and What Innovation Services Are Available to Help?

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing helps you quickly gather a wealth of ideas that lead to positive change. Take advantage of IdeaScale’s innovation services to get the most out of your crowdsourcing experience. Crowdsourcing Approach. The approach to crowdsourcing is different for everyone. Community and campaign training.

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Catch Up on IdeaNation 2019 Interviews in the New Year

IdeaScale

From training and education to open innovation, support for SMEs and more, it’s all at your fingertips. For the past eight years, NASA has been running an internal crowdsourcing program with great success. This webinar highlights that success and delves into best practices for internal crowdsourcing from the minds at NASA.

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Five Questions to Answer Before Crowdsourcing

InnovationManagement

As the director of the IdeaScale Crowd community, I recently had the opportunity to share some insights and best practices for innovators who are new to crowdsourcing, and may not have conducted their first campaign yet. The post Five Questions to Answer Before Crowdsourcing appeared first on InnovationManagement.