Got Ideas? Crowdsourcing for Innovation and Community Engagement#13NTCideas
Lindsay HansonNicco MeleSteve MillerNaomi Pesky
Session Learning Objectives
Gain an understanding and knowledge of:
• The power and pitfalls of utilizing crowdsourcing as a tool for innovation and community engagement
• Top lessons and best practices for utilizing crowdsourcing
• Trends and tools available to nonprofits for crowdsourcing
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Why Should Nonprofits and Foundations Use Crowdsourcing?
• Collaboration• Innovation• Engagement
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ACTIVITY: If you could require one real-life experience that everyone should have before they can be a CEO or hold elected office what would it be?
1. Work in a restaurant
2. Teach in a junior high school
3. Travel abroad
4. None of these
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To respond:
Tweet the number 1, 2, 3, or 4 with #13NTCideas
Examples of Crowdsourcing
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• Prize competitions and “challenges”• Community innovation platforms• Branding and creative projects • Virtual town halls and community planning
Publications and Articles of Interest
• Change the World, and Win Fabulous Prizes
• Prizes with an Eye Toward the Future
• Innovation for the People, by the People
• Pepsi Refresh Project Case Study
• And the Winner Is...
• Harvard Business Review (hbr.org)
• The 1% Difference: 3 Keys to a Successful Crowdsourcing Program
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