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Innovations in Community Policing: Security & Public Safety for Cities of Brazil

IdeaScale

This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to New York City where I participated in an informative and lively workshop with 15 Latin American Mayors. The Mayors traveled to the United States from Brazil to learn about innovations in community policing. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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Innovation and the Baskin-Robbins effect

Jeffrey Phillips

I like to eat ice cream at home, and when I am traveling I like to sample the local styles and flavors. Yet another person says "innovation" and means crowdsourcing and employee engagement systems. I'll start out this post by noting that I like ice cream. In fact, one could say that I am a connoisseur of ice cream. And so on.

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The Growing Value in that Crowd- Encourage it Out.

Paul Hobcraft

The use of crowdsourcing : the goal for me, is to engage and move the crowd towards a new direction, by encouraging out individual thinking and discovery, searching for combining these contributions; ones that lead to novel, new answers that move a challenge forward into a solution, one that has improved value over the existing.

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The Growing Value in that Crowd- Encourage it Out.

Paul Hobcraft

The use of crowdsourcing : the goal for me, is to engage and move the crowd towards a new direction, by encouraging out individual thinking and discovery, searching for combining these contributions; ones that lead to novel, new answers that move a challenge forward into a solution, one that has improved value over the existing.

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Add Rocket Fuel to Your Innovation Process with Gamification

IdeaScale

Gamification can take a number of forms, and draw from a number of tropes, especially when combined with crowdsourcing. And it absolutely works; it’s been found that gamification can increase engagement by up to 20%, regardless of the audience. And most importantly, your goals need to be clear.

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How to Boost Innovation by Recycling Existing Ideas

IdeaScale

The idea management platform utilizes crowdsourcing so that your business can suggest possible product ideas to an actively engaged community who will vote and comment upon the effectiveness of your ideas. This is where IdeaScale can help. You can contact Miss Tanya at AmberTanya1991@gmail.com.

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Expert Interview Series: Jennifer Riggins of Happy Melly On Growing Your Brand Using Collaboration And Innovation

IdeaScale

I’ve seen him spending the last couple years traveling the world, bouncing ideas off of members, until he found a void in workshop management software. How can collaboration help workers feel more engaged, and more a part of a company and a community? For sure crowdsourcing ideas is valuable.