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Crowdsourcing and Traffic

IdeaScale

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving which means that many of you are traveling to be home for the holidays. And if you are traveling that means that you’re trying to avoid something that no one enjoys: traffic! So we thought we’d look at some of our favorite crowdsourcing and traffic stories.

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What Are Some Examples of Crowdsourcing Innovation?

IdeaScale

There’s no better demonstration of the power of crowdsourcing than proof of it in action. Here are four examples of crowdsourcing in action improving everything from financial services to government communications. So the bank turned to its internal crowdsourcing group , UpSquad, for ideas.

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Innovation and the Baskin-Robbins effect

Jeffrey Phillips

I like to eat ice cream at home, and when I am traveling I like to sample the local styles and flavors. Yet another person says "innovation" and means crowdsourcing and employee engagement systems. How to choose This raises another Baskin-Robbins dilemma: how to choose across highly variable projects with uncertain outcomes.

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University Crowdsourcing Zero Carbon Goal

IdeaConnection

To help it achieve this goal it is going to crowdsource a new zero-emissions program, covering its operations and built environment. In an interview with edie.net the University of London’s sustainability projects lead Matt Wilkinson said: “In terms of the technologies, we’re hoping for a wide range of options to be discussed.

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

IdeaScale

This summer, I had the opportunity to travel to New York City where I participated in an informative and lively workshop with 15 Latin American Mayors. The Mayors traveled to the United States from Brazil to learn about innovations in community policing. This blog post is part of a series authored by IdeaScale employees.

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Mammoth Crowdsourcing Exercise to Compile Viking Database

IdeaConnection

Research into Viking culture has been given a huge boost thanks to the World-Tree Project, a new crowdsourcing initiative that is attempting to compile the world’s largest online Viking database. University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland is behind the project , which is enlisting the public’s help from all over the world.

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5 Principles of Writing Good Crowdsourcing Challenges

100%Open

Writing effective questions for a crowdsourcing community is an art as well as a science. Here are 5 top tips that we’ve learned to help create an interesting, engaging, productive and innovative challenge: A Need not a Want – Successful crowdsourcing usually tackles challenges that are both interesting and important to our organisation.