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Election 2016: Do We Need to Change Our Process?

IdeaScale

Innovate Your State ran the Challenge using IdeaScale ’s crowdsourcing platform. The winning idea was Proposition 54 : The California Legislature Transparency Act was submitted by Sam Blakeslee (former California Senator and Assemblyman) and it was created in the spirit of making government more accountable to citizens. and counting!)

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Lessons Learned About Innovation Communications from the City of Calgary

IdeaScale

In fact, government is sometimes seen as one of the least innovative industries , but some of our best stories this year came from the government. In this case, the City of Calgary was a leader in generating engagement with their innovation program. But how did they do it?

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

IdeaScale

Some presenters demonstrated how to first determine what their citizen priorities might be and then lead the way in defining their local agendas — similar to how the NYPD increased citizen engagement through a crowdsourced idea campaign. This post is by Tim Sussman, Director of Government Solutions at IdeaScale.

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Spigit Customer Spotlight: Crowdsourcing Safety with PUSD’s InnovationU

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Crowdsourcing innovation is one of today’s most powerful tools for effecting real, lasting change. It was exactly this benefit that led the Poway Unified School District of California to develop their InnovationU program, backed by Spigit , to crowdsource ideas for improving the safety and security of all students and staff district-wide.

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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

IdeaScale

Crowdsourcing a winning ballot measure! Connecting citizens in the global south to their governments. Engaging city-wide employees in an online dialogue for city improvements. Finding the top-selling product of all time. 2015: Innovate Your State. Western Australia Police. Saving millions of dollars and thousands of man hours!

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Is Innovation Just a Buzzword?

IdeaScale

It included crowdsourcing , SaaS , cloud-based , B2B , ideate and the big one: INNOVATION. I got to talk about city governments looking to save money found success by inviting all employees to share ideas like the City of Atlanta or space nerds and NASA working and wondering together about Mars. Crowdsourcing isn’t just a fad.

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How to Conquer Distance with Collaboration

IdeaScale

In addition to a more engaged, collaborative workforce, the ideas coming from Frontline 2020 have already had a positive impact on the administrative and logistical side as well, saving thousands of hours of work time. To find out more about the Western Australia Police and Frontline 2020, click here to download the recent case study.