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How NASA is Crowdsourcing its Innovation Strategy

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And NASA has taken one of its first steps into its own new frontier: Crowdsourcing. The Crowdsourcing Frontier. NASA’s reluctance to crowdsource in the past has largely been a product of its culture. Some of NASA’s biggest crowdsourcing initiatives have been tied to its desire to know more about the Solar System.

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Citizen Science and the Future of Cancer Research

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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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Election 2016: Do We Need to Change Our Process?

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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.

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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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Lessons Learned About Innovation Communications from the City of Calgary

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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

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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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A Look Back at the Innovation Management Awards

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Crowdsourcing a winning ballot measure! Connecting citizens in the global south to their governments. Identifying employment opportunities for people with disabilities in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Finding the top-selling product of all time. 2015: Innovate Your State. Western Australia Police.