Our efforts are being recognized by Alberta’s digital media industry! Chaordix was recognized at the Digital Alberta Awards, winning the B2C Innovation Award for our work with Orange (France Telecom). As part of their Corporate Social Responsibility initiative, Orange engaged Chaoridx to crowdsource ideas for how people could use mobile devices to volunteer their time…
“While large companies like P&G have forged ahead with open innovation there are many still to take the first tentative steps. Dr John Kapeleris provides a primer on how to go from thinking about Open Innovation to trying it out with a crowdsourcing project.” Read more How to Begin the Process of Open Innovation: A…
“Companies are turning to crowdsourcing middlemen to make “good” crowds.” Read more at MIT Technology Review http://www.technologyreview.com/business/37078/page1/
We all love seeing the results of our efforts, but it’s especially wonderful when you can see your client’s results from your efforts! And it’s even better when the result is something that will make a difference in the world. We hit the trifecta today! Those of you who have been following Chaordix know we…
If you are among the many people and companies that are considering using crowdsourcing for the first time, after a bit of research you’ve probably started to realize that there are many considerations that you need to take into account. The good news is that while it may seem daunting at first, we’ve seen and…
A few weeks ago, the Chaordix crew headed to Mount Royal University (MRU) to listen to a talk being given my Chris Anderson. Chris is editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, and is probably known most for his book, The Long Tail.
However, Chris was not at MRU to talk about The Long Tail, or his newest book, FREE. He was there to talk about his latest Wired magazine article about next industrial revolution – In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits.
In a recent chat with a crowdsourcing-knowledgeable innovator within a large enterprise, he shared good honest dialog about the open innovation benefits he’s seen in his organization, and also the challenges he faces. The two biggest challenges he mentioned are: 1) getting other organizations inside the enterprise to embrace the concept of open innovation and…
Last fall, we wrote here about “When Crowdsourcing Goes Wrong”, which pointed out that when a sponsor’s major motive for crowdsourcing is marketing and awareness, the crowdsourcing program itself is often flawed, with potential backlash on the sponsoring brand. We used The Pepsi Refresh Challenge and the Mad Men Casting Contest as two such examples.…
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…