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To Build or To Buy (Innovation Software): That is the Question
Every seasoned salesman has had this question posed to him on a semi-regular basis, “What is the value of buying your software when I can just build my own?” Not surprising, since we are living in an...
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70 Creative Reward Suggestions
No matter what you’re using your ideation or crowdsourcing community for, it’s proven that using incentives can improve not only the level of engagement, but also the quality of the content that’s...
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Innovation Happens Anywhere with a Flexible API
Last month, IdeaScale showed how introducing an onsite public display could increase innovation community engagement in a webinar about Agora 2.0. If you didn’t get a chance to see how these...
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IdeaScale Is Always Evolving, The Crowd is Always Collaborating
Which is why our idea management solution looks a lot different today than it did even a year ago. We’re looking to find new ways to get organizations to talk with their networks and to make real...
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5 Key Elements to an Environment of Innovation
image curtesy of Boegh via flickr How does one create an atmosphere of innovation? As a leader in your organization it is up to you to not only bring innovation into your working environment, but...
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Don’t Just Expect Success, Plan On it
image curtesy of clint mickel When asked, the majority of business leaders will tell you, without hesitation, that their corporation is innovating. Right now, innovation in every industry is driven by...
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It’s All about Engagement
photo curtesy of erika via flickr Crowdsourcing can result in disruptive ideas, in ideas that will improve efficiency, new product ideas, ideas with impressive return on investment. Innovation is a...
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How to Succeed in Crowdsourcing: Know Your Crowd
Crowdsourcing has led to success in every field imaginable. Crowdfunding through sites like Kickstarter and GoFundMe allows entrepreneurs to raise the capital required for new ventures. Crowdsourcing...
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Break out of the Boardroom
image curtesy of Paško Tomić via flickr The scene: a conference table long enough to rival a wealthy King’s feasting table during the Renaissance, ergonomic swivel chairs to support the most...
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Change My World in One Minute
Right now 17 million people around the world are living with Cerebral Palsy. Of the children living with CP: • 1 in 4 cannot talk • 1 in 3 cannot walk • 1 in 2 have an intellectual...
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Innovating with COSTAR: Converting Ideas Into Business Plans
image curtesy of mike linksvayer via flickr What happens when you have an idea, but what you need is a value proposition? The process of nurturing an idea from its first inspiration into something that...
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Beyond the Idea
image curtesy of firelknot via flickr A great idea can be hard won or emerge in a moment. But the idea isn’t the end of the journey, it’s only the beginning. The ground between a great idea and a great...
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The World Cerebral Palsy Alliance is Asking for Help from the Crowd
Change My Wold in 1 Minute, the IdeaScale community launched by the World Cerebral Palsy Alliance, is nearing the end of its idea and vote phase. In celebration of World CP Day, the community gathers...
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4 Lessons Learned from IdeaScale’s OI Awards
image curtesy of mo riza via flickr One of the most important reasons that IdeaScale hosts the IdeaScale Open Innovation Awards is to be able to learn, share, and develop industry-leading best...
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IdeaScale is Ranked #513 on the Inc. 5000
It’s been nearly five years since IdeaScale launched it’s first campaign – an Open Gov initiative from the office of President Obama. We were recently ranked #513 on the Inc. 5000 list. In the three...
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What Does Flex Time Really Imply?
Everyone is fond of bringing up 3M and Google’s practice that offered their employees “20% Time” to try out new ideas outside of their job description. In other words, one day out of their week – they...
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3 Challenges to Innovation Without Borders
IdeaScale blog readers are probably very familiar with the idea of innovation without borders – a theory similar to open innovation – in which all ideas can come from anywhere (internal or external –...
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