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Webinar: How United Way Served Community Needs During the COVID-19 Crisis

IdeaScale

By December 2020, nearly 40% of those surveyed by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities had difficulty meeting household expenses, 21% of those surveyed who rented were at least one month behind on rent, and 10% of those surveyed didn’t have enough to eat. It teamed up with a major consulting firm to design a social innovation challenge.

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Top Innovation Conferences for 2021

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And this conference explores how they interact and how businesses can use innovation strategy to design the right solutions. 2020 was a year that demanded innovation strategy and change management. To get the latest on innovation management, request a demo !

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How Government Innovation Promises to Help Communities Fight Wildfires

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According to a Congressional report , over 17,000 structures burned across ten million acres during 59 fires in 2020 alone. However, they’re most often used to design and manage controlled burns, as those are planned out conditions that can be more easily predicted. The Scale Of The Problem. Computer Models. They can be smaller than 2.5

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How the 2021 Olympic Games Are Some of the Most Innovative Yet

IdeaScale

The Tokyo Olympics were originally scheduled for 2020 but were delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. They’re carefully designed and programmed to avoid the notorious “uncanny valley,” where robots are just convincing enough to seem human, but enough details are off to unnerve people. The Challenge.

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These are the Top Female Innovators of 2020

IdeaScale

COMP is a device for conducting video chats that’s designed for seniors. The one-button design makes it easy to reach out to family members and chat, and it’s been especially crucial throughout the pandemic. Contact us and request a demo today. . Tammarrian Rogers. the creator of Snapchat.

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Small Entities, Big Impact: The Surprisingly Sized World of Sustainable Development

Anaqua

With World IP Day 2020 celebrating the theme of a greener future, the following are some highlights of the many important contributions small entities are making today. One interesting application is for a wind turbine (patent # US9228564B2 ) designed for use in urban and suburban environments. 2020 World IP Day Is About Tomorrow.

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Idea Crowdsourcing at MARTA: Encouraging Innovation in the Public Sector

Qmarkets

As part of that effort, in 2020 MARTA started to use Qmarkets’ idea management platform to gather ideas from both inside and outside the organization, in order to drive their public sector innovations. That campaign was more streamlined as we only had four designs, and this time we got even more feedback.