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Crowdsourcing Policy: Can government harness the wisdom of crowds?

January 26th, 2012 | by Simon Burall

Crowdsourcing policy event video

On Monday, I spoke at an Institute for Government event on ‘Crowdsourcing Policy‘, along with Will Cavendish (Cabinet Office), Roger Hampson (London Borough of Redbridge) Elizabeth Linder (Facebook), and Alex Butler (KindredHQ.com). I’ve since written a series of three posts based … more » – Crowdsourcing Policy: Can government harness the wisdom of crowds?

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Crowdsourcing from first principles

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Drawing from compelling results and evaluation findings of a range of public dialogues around climate change, Involve argue there is clear evidence that engaging people in a meaningful way has the potential to change attitudes and behaviours towards tackling climate … more » – The use of public engagement in tackling climate change

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