Crowdsourcing how to do it the right way
Applications - Benefits - Challenges - How to Do It Right
So... What IS Crowdsourcing? A company uses people outside of their organization to help them solve problems o Paid or unpaid o Amateur or expert o Variety of fields and tasks "It's Wikipedia... with everything." o Jeff Howe, Author of Crowdsourcing
Applications of Crowdsourcing R&D, Innovation o Inno-Centive, Netflix Market Research o Affinova Forecasting o NewsFutures/Lumenogic Customer Service o User feedback
Applications of Crowdsourcing Knowledge Management o Wikis Systems Testing o NIST cryptography, Peer-to-Patent Crisis Response o Cajun Navy
Applications of Crowdsourcing Knowledge Management o Wikis Systems Testing o NIST cryptography, Peer-to-Patent Crisis Response o Cajun Navy
Benefits Engagement with the customers Rewarding contributors Community of improvement More agile business response
Benefits
Challenges
Challenges Control Misbehavior Diversity vs. ignorance Intellectual property
How NOT to Crowdsource
What is the "right way" ? Mechanisms for control Feedback loop Mutually beneficial Informed Sustainable
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