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july 10, 2018
How Crowdsourcing Is Shaping the Future of EverythingTechnology is not replacing humans. Our connected world is empowering humanity as never before.
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may 17, 2012
Companies Invest Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Open InnovationsThere are different ways to evaluate the effectiveness of open innovations (in Russian). One of the most simple and convincing ways is to compare the prize amounts offered by open innovation projects.
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april 23, 2012
Every Little HelpsHow much time do your employees spend in social networks? And how profitable is this for you? Most likely, you get none at all unless social networks are directly related to your business. Actually, using social networking sites at work can increase the profits of your company. Moreover, many companies have already done this
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march 23, 2012
Drive Toward Facilitation, or Five More Reasons to Become a FacilitatorIf you read our blog regularly you certainly know that among Witology’s employees are not only developers, programmers, analysts and marketers, but also facilitators.
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march 21, 2012
Expert Sourcing as Advanced Version of Curated CrowdsourcingIn 2012 crowdsourcing is one of the fastest growing online business technologies. And this is not only quantitative growth (according to analysts, the number of companies that use crowdsourcing and the total cost of crowdsourced projects will increase by 37% and 45%, respectively), but also qualitative one.
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march 20, 2012
Notes from the Trenches of Facilitation: Facilitator Code of ConductProfessional ethics encompasses not only the appropriate use of professional terminology and compliance with company dress code, but also adherence to the rules of interpersonal communication with colleagues and clients, negotiating skills, handling official correspondence and many other things.
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february 15, 2012
Crowdsourcing as a Means to Make a Breakthrough in the Automotive IndustryThe world’s first crowdsourced car was the small Fiat Mio. Fiat started its development in 2009 and revealed the new car at the Sao Paulo Auto Show in October 2010. The design of the car was a collaborative effort between 17,000 participants who suggested more than 11,000 design concepts.
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february 13, 2012
TrollologyIt is no secret that a troll is not only a supernatural being in Scandinavian folklore, but also an Internet user who indirectly provokes communities into arguments, causing confusion and frustration. But who else populates the Internet? What are current online-user typologies? Witology’s analyst Anastasia Bezzubtseva tried to throw light upon these issues at our traditional Thursday seminar (actually it was on Friday, a little later than usual).
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february 12, 2012
Global Social Marketing to Grow 33.3% in 2012According to Winterberry Group’s Outlook 2012, digital marketing spending will increase 17.4% to $ 40.6 billion in 2012, as compared to 2011. Different digital marketing segments will grow in different ways.
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january 30, 2011
Spigit award in JMP’s Hot 100 signifies increased demand for corporate decisions in Innovation ManagementSpigit was included in the Hot 100 of most promising software companies in the world. This recently announced list was compiled by JMP Securities, part of JMP Group Inc. (list available upon request). The main criterion for the list is the progress made by a specific software company (profit growth, number of customers, etc.), taking into account the potential of the market segment, in which the company operates.
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january 30, 2011
In 2011 the evolutionary advantage of the metamind over the individual mind will be mathematically provenScience enters the era of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary studies world-wide. The most groundbreaking work in the 21st Century comes at the junction, crossing, interpenetration and collective interaction of various disciplines. One of the most promising links of multidisciplinary collective studies is the link between physics, biology, computational and social sciences (and this is the link that is of utmost interest to Witology).
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january 30, 2011
In science, an ingenious new tool often triggers a cascade of new insightsScience magazine names crowd-sourcing and network science amongst 10 ingenious new tools developed in the 21st Century. Both of these tools are the main tools of Witology.
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january 30, 2011
Creating WitologyThe picture on Witology’s home page is a symbolically-rendered piece of Michelangelo’s fresco painting – The Creation of Adam. What are we trying to say by that? That we are attempting to create a new bearer of intelligence?
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