Originally posted December 8, 2010 at infogovcommunity.com The Winter Solstice is the time for Data Governance Predictions. And here are mine for 2011: 1. Systemic Risk Councils will proliferate. The Dodd-Frank Bill established a Systemic Risk Council in the Federal Government to aggregate financial data from across the economy to detect patterns of exposure that…
Originally posted by Niel Robertson at trada.com From our friend Niel at Trada… awesome blog post which offers excellent insight, particularly the seven crowd learnings. A key point from our perspective: “In our model, we want the crowd to work together”… something Chaordix continually strives to make happen. – SK Trada recently celebrated its second…
“Crowd-sourcing lets voters vet cities’ fiscal plans – The Globe and Mail investigates crowd-sourcing as method for cities facing tough choices and major financial constraints, to allow voters to participate in the budget process and other decisions so that any controversial outcomes come with public vetting.” Read more: Crowd-sourcing lets voters vet cities’ fiscal plan…
While adopting crowdsourcing for innovation certainly can lead to breakthrough ideas, solutions and crowd efforts, I believe there is too much focus on the breakthrough and not enough value assigned to the many other benefits of engaging your stakeholders using crowdsoucing methods. In fact, even if a breakthrough is unlikely, there are still ample reasons…
Chaordix is always interested in pioneering uses of crowdsourcing, so we were excited to talk with Veer Gidwaney about the Humanity Calls project. HumanityCalls.org is a fundraising tournament website designed to bring together nonprofits, companies, and individuals focused on addressing global causes such as the environment, health, education, poverty and human rights. Veer was a…
Consumers are speeding product development & reducing market failures Heading into Christmas buying blitz 2010, it’s fun to try to predict what will be the bestsellers. Remember last year it was Wii everything? What will it be this year? Sing-a-Ma-Jigs? It’s interesting to hear in January what’s sold most, but it’s game-changing for retailers to…
Boy, it seems that everything is coming up crowdsourcing these days, doesn’t it? Talk about hype! All of a sudden marketing contests like Dunkin’ Donuts’ design our next donut campaign isn’t just a contest anymore, it’s crowdsourcing. (ok, maybe it is, kinda). It seems like anything that involves more than a couple of people…
Naheed Nenshi, one of the technically astute candidates for mayor of Calgary, needed a YouTube video to help communicate the 3 themes of his campaign. Having previously worked with the Chaordix team, I kept my eyes open for crowdsourcing opportunities to help improve the video’s quality and accessibility. Here is a brief summary of the…
Anyone who’s been to London, knows the phrase “Mind the Gap” which warns people riding the Underground to watch their step as they go from platform to train. As I watched The Gap’s logo “update” unfold last week, “mind the gap” seemed apropos as a caution for businesses: watch your step or you might get hurt. …
Wow, it was pretty cool – we got to spend the day in a room filled with our crowdsourcing friends! @liman from SAP joined @shelleykuipers for the day at CrowdConf (Chaordix had a panel slot and sponsored the event) The planned keynote was Jeff Howe @crowdsourcing but he unfortunately missed the event – Lukas Biewald…