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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.

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Stop the Spread: Facilitating COVID-19 Response Campaigns

IdeaScale

A 2017 survey revealed 57 percent of company leaders reported difficulties fostering an internal culture of experimentation and innovation. As the largest cloud-based innovation software platform in the world, we continue to provide a means of global innovation through crowdsourcing and idea-sharing. IdeaScale has more than 4.5

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Case Study: Medicins San Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders)

IdeaScale

Overview: Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has always been in need of innovation, so it took advantage of its natural organizational structure and the broad range of talent involved to develop a new innovation unit in 2010 that was updated in 2017 and has produced several improvements to how MSF does its crucial work.

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Crowdsourced Innovation: How Enterprises Generate Explosive Employee Engagement

Planview

According to Gallup’s 2017 State of the Global Workplace Report , a staggering 85% of employees are disengaged at work. Over the years, many forward-thinking companies – AT&T, Siemens, and Pfizer to name a few – have found success in a practice that has enabled them to supercharge their employee engagement efforts: crowdsourcing.

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Top 10 Features To Look in Any Idea Management Software

Acuvate

Using an idea management software to capture the idea pool emerging out of your organization is a key solution to ensure all your ideas are captured, identified, collaborated and evaluated. If you’re thinking to invest in an idea management software , there are several key functionalities and features you need to look out for.

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Ideation Software: It’s Not Just for Innovation Departments

Planview

ideation software. It is called “innovation” software after all, right? Based on in-depth customer research we conducted, which you can read more about in our 2017 Business Innovation Report , it’s clear that ideation isn’t a siloed initiative any longer. The use cases for ideation software are vast. Final thoughts.

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The Total Economic Impact of Spigit’s Ideation Management Software

Planview

To address this, Spigit commissioned Forrester Research to conduct an independent study examining the value customers receive from implementing Spigit’s ideation management software. In comparison, our 2017 Business Innovation Report showed similar findings. Creating a robust pipeline of ideas. 78% said employee engagement was key.