Indonesia’s Joko Widodo to Crowdsource Cabinet, Boosting People Participation in Government “An inclusive government” was the campaign mantra of Indonesia’s Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on his way to winning to the country’s...
Citizen Engagement
Interaction between citizens and governments to canvass and influence collective public opinion on civic policy-making and budget spending
Nanjira Sambuli: Crowdsourcing Can Help Us Relearn Africa
Nanjira Sambuli of iHub discusses crowdsourcing for citizen awareness campaigns and her recently developed framework for the viability of election-based crowdsourcing in the March 5, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by Crowdsourcing Week.
Public Sector Crowdsourcing in Malaysia – Citizen Engagement
Malaysia’s government has proactively embarked on numerous programs to crowd source from its people – to gather ideas, and seek solutions. Some of these initiatives are highlighted, with commentary towards finding the best recipe to productively and respectfully engage the public.
Singapore Day 2013 – Many Stories, One Singapore
Singapore uses the opportunity not just to celebrate the nation’s history and heritage but also as a nation building exercise. Organizers have invited citizens to participate and thousands are involved in the preparations and celebrations.
How the Young and Dynamic Are Revitalizing Detroit
Challenge Detroit, an initiative of The Collaborative Group wants to lead re-innovation in Detroit by focussing on people – bringing the best and brightest minds to Detroit.
Challenge Detroit is a leadership and professional development program that has invited 30 of tomorrow’s leaders to live, work, play, and give in and around the greater Detroit area for one year.
Will Pressure from the Crowd Help Improve Your Health?
You can use your smartphone to find a local ATM, but what if you need a defibrillator? Lucien Engelen shows us online innovations that are changing the way we save lives, including a crowdsourced map of local defibrillators. Via TED, Lucien Engelen is a technologist...
Chile Government’s Hands-On Approach in Promoting Innovation
When it comes to sources of innovation, government isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. In Chile, however, that’s not the case. No, new technologies aren’t flowing out of the legislature, nor is President Sebastián Piñera giving up his day job to go the entrepreneurial route.
However, the Chilean government has proven a major proponent of all things technology and entrepreneurship in the country.
NASA Turns to the Crowds For New Website Ideas
NASA has opened up a forum on the platform Ideascale. Ideascale is an innovation platform that can help bring out the best ideas from your customers and stakeholders.
A Framework for Political Crowdfunding
The recent presidential election in the United States was the most expensive race in history, with Mitt Romney and Barack Obama spending about $1 billion respectively on their efforts to win the White House. While both candidates raised hundreds of millions of...
USAID on Crowdsourcing and Transparency in Government
We are very excited to be speaking with Stephanie Grosser, Communications Specialist for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). USAID So what is the USAID — it’s a federal agency created by John F. Kennedy. And the agency...
How the Use of Crowdsourcing is Empowering the African Citizen
911 Data Collection 240 million phone calls are made to 911 in the U.S., every year. The number in Europe is probably higher. The number in most African countries is impossible to ascertain. 911 and its variants across the globe are an old example of crowdsourcing...
USAID Is Using Crowdsourcing To Map Its Impact
The USAID embraces crowdsourcing? The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was created by John F. Kennedy in 1961. Its primary responsibility is distributing civilian foreign aid. Part of the USAID mission statement is: “Economic growth is key to...
Will the United Nations Support Crowdsourcing Sustainability?
Crowdsourcing sustainability — is that even possible? Well that is what Jacob Scherr — Director of Global Strategy & Advocacy Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) — is hoping for. The UN is holding a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this...