From designing marketing campaigns to vetting brand ideas to solving customer service-related issues and shaping new government services, crowdsourcing is a dynamic tool being used ever increasingly by companies to solve some of their most quizzical quandaries. (more…)
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Crowdsourcing: 5 Reasons Why It’s Here to Stay
Wednesday, August 11th, 2010
Tags: Crowdsourcing, Public Deliberation, Public Involvement, Public Participation, Social Media
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Ascentum and Public Participation: Impressions of Our First Co-Op Student
Friday, January 29th, 2010
My name is Tristan Eclarin, and I’m currently working towards my Masters in Public Administration at the University of Victoria. This semester, I’m working here at Ascentum as a co-op student. I’m excited about the opportunity to learn everything I can about public participation and social media, and I’d like to share some of my first impressions: (more…)
Tags: Asentum, Co-op, Consultation, Social Media, Tristan Eclarin
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12 myths about social media
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
The worst-culprit myths about using social media to engage the people important to your organization… (more…)
Tags: Myths, Social Media
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Building the Business Case For Social Media
Friday, December 4th, 2009
Social media is here. There are 100s of millions of users worldwide and a strong majority of our population actively uses social media. (more…)
Tags: Business Case, Organizational Leadership, Social Media
Posted in Commentary and Opinion | 3 Comments »
A Government of Canada First on YouTube
Friday, November 27th, 2009
Veterans Affairs Canada launched their branded YouTube channel just in time for Remembrance Day. They really got things started on the right foot (more…)
Tags: Channel, Social Media, YouTube
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How to use Smartphones to make your next in-person dialogue awesome!
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
Smartphones bring the world into users’ hands. Web access, Facebook, Twitter, Wikipedia and apps allow people to access, share and co-create knowledge in real time.
They are also powerful tools that can make in-person dialogues awesome – both in terms of generating shared information and giving participants a more engaging experience. (more…)
Tags: Camera, Dialogue, Facebook, In-person, iPhone, Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Video
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