Updated workshop presentation as presented in Ottawa, ON on April 19th. This presentation is a guide to crowdsourcing and citizen engagement for organizations from a variety of types. Also presented was the Ideavibes Crowd Engagement Platform.
2. Workshop Overview Time: 11:30am to 2:00pm Speakers: Paul Dombowsky Founder and ceo of Ideavibes / Fundchange Follow-up: Slides Demo of Ideavibes Crowd Engagement Platform 4
3. Agenda 11:36Welcome and Agenda 11:40Round table introductions - experience with crowdsourcing and citizen engagement 12:00What is Crowdsourcing? How can it be used for Citizen Engagement Examples Best Practices Challenges and Opportunities Engage4change Case Study Tools 1:25 Q&A 1:45 Wrap-up and Evaluation 4
4. Opening …the world is becoming too fast, too complex and too networked for any organization to have all the answers inside. YochaiBenkler, Yale University from the Wealth of Networks 2
5. Crowdsourcing Defined Crowdsourcing is an engagement process whereby organizations seek input from either open or closed communities of people, either homogenous or not, to contribute ideas, solutions, or support in an open process whereby the elements of creativity, competition and campaigning are reinforced through social media to come up with more powerful ideas or solutions than could be obtained through other means. Why Bother? Organizations have a difficult time engaging with their communities to strengthen their relationship and be customer/citizen focused. Internal or external, the community has ideas that can be harnessed that come from diverse backgrounds, experiences and education. 2
10. The Appeal 4 Crowdsourcing surfaces new perspectives Invites participation from nontraditional sources Infuses real energy into the process of generating ideas and content Empowers people when they feel their voice is being heard Technology can enable participation by disenfranchised (ie. PCs in libraries/shelters with citizen engagement campaigns) Builds engagement and relationships with new audiences
11. Crowdsourcing works best if: 4 Focuses on a well-stated challenge Links to clear, well-articulated outcomes Balances input from ‘non-experts’ with guidance from ‘experts’ Targets communities with particular perspective or experience, rather than general crowds Makes clear how participating will be valuable to the crowd
12. Example 1 – Product Development - Branded IdeaStorm was created to give a direct voice to Dell’s customers and an avenue to have online “brainstorm” sessions to allow them to share ideas and collaborate with one another and Dell. Their goal through IdeaStorm is to hear what new products or services you’d like to see Dell develop. In almost three years, IdeaStorm has crossed the 10,000 idea mark and implemented nearly 400 ideas! 6
13. Example 2: Product Development - Inventions Quirky is an all in one product development shop for inventors. 6
14. Example 3: Conference Agenda Ignite uses crowdsourcing for the source and crowd directed agenda at an upcoming event. 6
48. How Does Ideavibes Compare? Enterprise Collaboration or Idea Management Large – multi-functioning platforms for Idea Management Integrated into change management and process improvement lifecycles Middle-tier Focused Crowdsourcing Apps Purpose-built customizable apps focused on crowdsourcingand crowdfunding Departmental employee corporations Multiple crowdsourcing and crowdfunding campaigns Ad-hoc website or Social Media widgets Developed by web teams with basic functionality Functionality as opposed to business process driven 4