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…
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…
Originally posted at SimonMainwaring.com. Follow Simon on twitter As more brands embrace social media as a marketing strategy, many are racing to establish a sizable social footprint. For their marketers, that translates to creative briefs like, “How can you get me to a million Facebook fans fast?’ or “What bots can I use to fast-track…
Editors note: Here at Chaordix we are very excited to be working with 100%Open, Good Business and Orange on the Mobile Volunteering project now underway. Our partners 100%Open posted this nice overview on their site a bit ago and with their permission, are guest posting it here. Originally posted at 100% Open. We are excited…
Originally posted at Innovate on Purpose on August 31th, 2010. I’ve just finished reading a book called Intangible Capital (more on that in another post) by Mary Adams. The book does a good job describing the value and importance of knowledge, intellectual property and other intangible assets, and why innovation is key to the creation…
Originally posted at rediff.com on August 16th, 2010. Social media is no more a buzzword today. Given the rate at which it is growing and the impact it is making in our everyday lives, we will soon see the answer to this question: ‘Why should I care about social media?’ Over the last three years,…
Originally posted at 15inno on August 9th, 2010. One thing that defines a strong, innovative company in the future is the interaction it has with its stakeholders and in particular with its customers. Not many companies do this as well as Lego as you can tell from the below impressive list of fan communities, market…
Originally posted at Convince & Convert on June 23rd, 2010 with some great discussion. While many businesses are excited about opportunities to reach their customers on the social web, few actually believe they have done so successfully. According to a recent Social Media and Online PR Report from Econsultancy, 86% of companies surveyed planned to spend…
Originally posted at Trends in the Living Network on July 26th, 2010 MyCustomer.com has just published a nice article based on an interview with me, titled Ross Dawson: Six tools to kickstart your crowdsourcing strategy.