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Inspirational Quotes About Imagination

Nov-23-12 By IdeaConnection
At the heart of every creative endeavor, every challenge surmounted and problem solved is imagination.

Here is a healthy dose of Friday inspiration with some choice quotes about the power and importance of imagination.

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand.”
Albert Einstein

Crowdfunding Campaign Raises an Incredible $6.5 Million

Nov-21-12 By IdeaConnection
Games developer Chris Roberts, the brains behind the Wing Commander and Starlancer franchises raised the colossal multi-million dollar sum from fans to help finance the upcoming Star Citizen video game title. And it’s taken little more than a month to do it.

To date, the title is the most successfully crowdfunded video game ever. And financial pledges are still being made.

Crowdsourcing Cures for Cancer

Nov-20-12 By IdeaConnection
Millions of computer users all round the world are being invited to help speed up cures for cancer via an interactive website.

Cancer Research UK has created a mini website - ClicktoCure - so that people can help analyze data from its studies of the disease.

How the Crowd Can Help End Modern Slavery

Nov-19-12 By IdeaConnection
According to the International Labor Organization there are between 10-30 million slaves worldwide. Modern slavery is a cruel blight on humanity and it takes a number of forms including human trafficking, child soldiers, forced marriage, and forced labor. Crowdsourcing intelligence company Chaordix will soon launch a new initiative to engage human rights activists, students, and scholars on college and university campuses in every country in the global ChallengeSlavery.org contest.

Coca-Cola Embraces Open Innovation for Sweeter Future

Nov-17-12 By IdeaConnection
To achieve its well-publicized aim of doubling the size of its business by 2020 (Vs. 2009) Coca-Cola has to “think and act like a lean start-up company” and foster disruptive innovation.  That is innovation that’s not just new to the multinational drinks company, but new to the world.

Those were the messages that Coca-Cola chief procurement officer Ron Lewis delivered at a recent trade show in Las Vegas, and picked up by Food Navigator USA in this article.

Crowdsourcing Sanitation Solutions in Ghana

Nov-14-12 By IdeaConnection
In Ghana’s second largest city Kumasi, lack of access to adequate toilet facilities either in the household or in public spaces is a common problem.

Though makeshift solutions can provide some help they can also create serious health risks through the spread of cholera, dysentery and other diseases. This scenario is not uncommon in many other places in the developing world.

To help improve life for Kumasi residents, Unilever turned to open innovation for ideas to improve toilets and waste management.

FundaGeek: Crowdfunding for Tech Innovations

Nov-10-12 By IdeaConnection
The geeks may one day inherit the Earth, but not before they've had some financial backing to get there.

Fundageek is a relatively new crowdfunding platform for technical innovations, enabling inventors, software developers, and engineers to secure the backing they need to breathe life into their bright ideas.

Dairy Research Institute to Milk Ideas Through Open Innovation

Nov-07-12 By IdeaConnection
The Dairy Research Institute in the US is embarking on an ambitious open innovation program.  It is now actively seeking ideas, concepts and solutions from within and outside the industry to accelerate research and answer specific industry needs.

And to expedite its OI efforts the institute has launched a submission site.

Crowdsourcing Boosts Consumer Perceptions of Companies

Nov-05-12 By IdeaConnection
Companies that crowdsource have been given a huge seal of approval by the general public.

Consumers perceive organisations that incorporate the crowd into new product development have higher innovation abilities than those that do not. And this perception is promoting a higher consumer demand for the products of firms that are actively engaging with the crowd.

P&G Highlights Open Innovation Partners for their Game-Changing Contributions

Nov-03-12 By IdeaConnection
Global consumer goods company Procter & Gamble is often looked upon by many other businesses as a source of inspiration for its pioneering open innovation efforts, particularly its Connect+Develop (C+D) program.

This week it turned the spotlight on others and recognized seven, among its hundreds of partners for their innovations and collaborative efforts.