What IdeaScale is Grateful For
Well, here in California it’s a predictably lovely fall day (brisk, but not cold with skittering leaves chasing each other down the sidewalk). It’s Thanksgiving in America and we think [...]
How to Avoid Voting Bias in Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing has been judged to be one of the most impactful, but least used digital hacks by organizations by Gartner. Why is that? Well, it's an emerging discipline and there's [...]
Clarify How Decisions Are Made
I recently read a book called Crucial Conversations. In the chapter called “Move to Action,” the authors describe four methods for decision-making. Command Also known as the "executive decision." This [...]
Support the Vote: 3 Reasons IdeaScale Loves Voting
image courtesy of h. michael karshis via flickr In case you hadn’t heard, IdeaScale loves voting! It’s part of crowdsourcing, part of our platform and part of our [...]
Before Citizen Engagement
image courtesy of opensource.com via flickr The most effective governments are those that built for and with the citizens. This requires that the government be in tune with [...]
Philosophy and Voting
In case you didn’t already know, IdeaScale loves voting. We’re big fans of it– it’s built right into our system. Voting is one of the most straightforward, useful, and longstanding [...]
How Dollar Per Month™ Is Changing Giving and The World
Dollar Per Month™ is one of the most optimistic fundraising platforms looking to change the world that I’ve encountered in recent years and it’s really starting to gain traction even [...]
The Age of the Comment Card is Over
There are numerous ways to communicate with your network these days. You can build customer forums, tweet, fill out online surveys… certainly you can build online communities with IdeaScale… you [...]