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The Pitfalls of Crowdsourcing: How to Overcome Them to Spur Innovation

Viima

A study shows that 85% of the top global brands have used crowdsourcing during the last decade. But is crowdsourcing truly effective to spur innovation? So, we decided to write this article and show you the hard facts of crowdsourcing, which will help you decide if this is something your organization can benefit from.

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IdeaScale CEO Shares Innovation Tips with SuperbCrew

IdeaScale

From his background in crowdsourcing software as part of the open government initiative, Rob and co-founder Vivek Bhaskaran founded IdeaScale, which was promptly adopted by 23 federal agencies. Rob Hoehn started his crowdsourcing software career as part of the open government initiative in 2009.?.

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Community Engagement Tips

IdeaScale

Crowdsourced innovation communities only succeed when they bring in new voices and encourage them to share ideas. Companies with higher ideation rates are associated with higher profits and net growth, but how are you supposed to bring people in and make them feel heard. Sonja Sulcer. “ Whitney Bernstein.

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Are You Working on the Right Things? The Power of Collaborative Channels

Planview

We’d recommend creating channels for collaboration – crowdsourcing via the web – at all junctures in the work management lifecycle. Hmmm, crowdsourcing. “Oh, Crowdsourcing can take place at all points of the innovation cycle. These contributors enjoy participating in crowdsourcing at this stage because it is easy.

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Qmarkets CEO Shares Tips on How to Achieve Innovation ROI with Adi Mazor Kario

Qmarkets

Noam’s number one tip for leaders who want to learn how to achieve innovation, is “start small, take one business unit and a specific challenge and choose quick wins so that you convince your organization that this is a step in a right direction.

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Top Resources for Driving Engagement

IdeaScale

Take home messages: By increasing your employees creative confidence you will energize them to be more participatory in ideation and other crowdsourcing activities. Tip Sheet – Community Engagement + 10 Quick Tips. Ted Talk: How to Build your Creative Confidence. Video: The value of onlyness.

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4 Reasons Why Defining Goals is Critical to Successful Ideation Challenges

Planview

Defining goals is critical to running successful ideation challenges. I’ve been working with several ideation program managers recently to launch their first crowdsourcing challenge and noticed that many try to bypass the step of defining goals. We’re fortunate to have a behind the scenes look at what works and what doesn’t.