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How Communities Are Leveraging Technology to Address Racial Equity

IdeaScale

Overview: Technology is allowing communities to both understand the scale and the nature of racial inequity in their midst. By improving access to technology, developing more effective technology, and using it to drive policy, they’re beginning to address long-standing racial issues. Is Technology Biased?

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Announcing the 2016 Innovation Management Award Winners

IdeaScale

Having received some fantastic entries, we have officially chosen and are extremely pleased to share our winners for the 2016 Innovation Management Awards. JUMP stands for J oin the discussion, U nveil innovation, M otivate transformation, P romote technology-to-market. City of Calgary—Best Engagement Strategy. What We Learned.

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Make America Innovate Again – Digital Transformation, Citizen Participation, and Government Efficiency

Qmarkets

As a general rule, we hold our governments to a higher standard than that which we hold private businesses and corporations to. Private sector businesses are expected to only look out for themselves, but the government is meant to look out for us. Or, for that matter, any government body at the local, state or national level.

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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

Learn more about any of these stories (2013 – 2016) by following the links in their summaries: 2013 : The Cerebral Palsy Alliance. Identifying employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Connecting citizens in the global south to their governments.

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The urgent need for a new global development model 

Christensen Institute

According to the Devex piece I reference above, to ensure success the new global development model must put funding directly in the hands of local leaders and community based organizations, and would greatly benefit from alliances between the government, private sector, and philanthropies. If this doesn’t sound familiar, it should.

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Citizen Science and the Future of Cancer Research

IdeaScale

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research and training. In 2016, The National Cancer Institute launched the Cancer Research Ideas crowdsourcing website to enable the research community and the public to submit ideas on how best to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer.

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The Innovation Intensity needed in the Energy Transition

Paul Hobcraft

We need to accelerate innovation and technology adoption. The IEA assesses the status of 46 critical energy technologies and sectors and offers some general advice on how to get “on track” with this SDS approach. There is significant pressure on Governments as they attempt to stimulate their economies.

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