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Study Reveals that Enterprising Crowdsourcing Delivers Up To 70% Savings Compared to Outsourcing

Study Reveals that Enterprising Crowdsourcing Delivers Up To 70% Savings Compared to Outsourcing

Dec-16-11 By IdeaConnection
Practitioners know that crowdsourcing and open innovation have long surpassed their ‘trend’ or 'fad' status. A new study has revealed that enterprising crowdsourcing is being relied upon even more heavily now by an ever increasing number of organisations.

The reasons? Impressive cost advantage and swifter access to larger pool of global resources when compared to traditional outsourcing models.
Ten of the Best: Inspirational Quotes about Innovation

Ten of the Best: Inspirational Quotes about Innovation

Dec-15-11 By IdeaConnection
How are you feeling today? Are your creative cogs lightly greased and turning at full capacity or do they appear to be on a break as you stare at a blank piece of paper wondering where your next genius idea is going to come from?

Every now and again we all need extra dollops of inspiration and motivation to get us firing on all cylinders. So here are ten inspirational quotes about creativity and innovation to keep you on track to achieving your goals.
Sci-fi Show Launches Crowdfunding Drive

Sci-fi Show Launches Crowdfunding Drive

Dec-13-11 By IdeaConnection
Isn’t it teeth-clenchingly annoying when TV networks cancel your favourite shows just when you get to the point of not being able to live without them? Network bosses are all powerful, more so than your remote,  but could a new crowdfunding initiative could be the start of the something big by putting TV shows into the hands of fans?

The television revolution is not going to happen overnight, but this could be where it starts to gain momentum. Some bright sparks at a new sci-fi web TV series called Immortal U have turned to the crowd for assistance with Episode 1 pre-production costs.
Webinar to Help You Get Up to Speed on IP and Open Innovation

Webinar to Help You Get Up to Speed on IP and Open Innovation

Dec-11-11 By IdeaConnection
One of the thorniest issues facing companies wanting to embark on a program of open innovation concerns Intellectual Property (IP). Questions such as how will my IP be protected? Who owns IP as a result of collaboration? – all spring from the lips of newbies. And understandably so as many see an inherent contradiction between wanting to participate fully with OI and owning the IP of all their products and services.

However, the two are not necessarily opposed to each other.  The challenge is to make them work.  But if your mind is still in a fog about all this there’s a free webinar this Thursday, 15th December that will tackle these IP issues and more.
Just in Time for Christmas: Great Reads about Innovation

Just in Time for Christmas: Great Reads about Innovation

Dec-09-11 By IdeaConnection
"Capital isn't so important in business. Experience isn't so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life." So said American businessman Harvey Firestone. And he should know he was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one the world’s first makers of automobile tires.

But ideas and innovation are not just the province of international business leaders and inventors. Everybody is capable of tapping into their creativity and ingenuity. It’s with that thought in mind that lead Fox Business to compile a list of ten great book ideas for innovation in the workplace – just in time for Christmas.
Make a Bank Deposit: Your Ideas

Make a Bank Deposit: Your Ideas

Dec-07-11 By IdeaConnection
Banks try to prove that they are listening to the wishes of their customers, but one bank in Australia has decided to take the concept a little further.  The Commonwealth Bank Group is asking its customers to help it create and shape the future of banking.

Today sees the official launch of their IdeaBank, an online interactive platform for anyone to post ideas and make suggestions about how they think banking should evolve. Participants will also be able to discuss and debate ideas, and bring the best ones to the attention of the bank.
The Caped Crusader Needs You!

The Caped Crusader Needs You!

Dec-05-11 By IdeaConnection
Holy tapping the crowd initiative, Batman! Top Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer, whose career encompasses more than 100 movies is currently working on the score for the forthcoming Batman sequel, ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and he’s calling on members of the public to help. The musical maestro is crowdsourcing audio to put in the film to create a worldwide chant from hundreds of thousands of voices.  It’s being organised through Ujam.com and Bat fans can make their vocal contributions via a specially created webpage.

And what’s good for those of us who’ll never trouble the music charts is that it doesn’t matter if you mumble, growl, stutter or scream, are tone deaf and completely out-of-tune.  Zimmer’s request covers all ‘talent’ levels. “There is no such thing as out-of-tune, no timing we can’t fix later. If you mumble, growl, scream or whisper, it’s all good”.

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