[Imagination Club] Challenge: how might one motivate the public to share ideas?

[Arthur VanGundy Ph.D.]

A brief clarifying followup to my previous email on 100 ideas  
programs..and then I'll shut up on this!!

First, the states involved are not soliciting just 100 ideas, they  
plan to select the 100 best ones to improve their states and publish  
them in  book.

Second, Jeffrey notes that such programs could benefit from software  
such as his Jenni program and I agree, the reason being that  
processing large numbers of ideas requires a structuring format.

Finally, having an open-ended ideas campaign creates a situation of  
"ideas in search of problems." That is, there is no attempt to first  
identify, strategically, what challenges require creative ideas.  
Instead, the user sometimes is left to infer what the challenges are  
that prompted an idea.

Andy


On Aug 8, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Jack Thomas wrote:

> The public (citizens) will respond if they are made to feel that  
> they have "ownership" and are responsible for the outcome.
>
> To motivate citizens, set up a public display board or web site  
> that lists the names of each person who contributed ideas and also  
> publish in the local newspaper.  Citizens whose idea(s) are  
> implemented get a star by their name!!
>
>
> Jack
> NC, USA
>
>
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> Subject: [Imagination Club] Challenge: how might one motivate the  
> public
> toshare ideas?
>
>
> Challenge:
> In a public forum, you might a non-profit motivate members
> of the public to share ideas?
>
> Background:
> Several non-profits (charities, local governments, etc) are
> talking with us about setting up public web sites (using
> Jenni idea management) to solicit and capture ideas from
> the public.
>
> Bearing in mind that charities and local governments do not
> have big marketing budgets, how might they motivate the
> public to participate in these initiatives by sharing
> ideas?
>
> Ideas, like those in the Imagination Club, would respond to
> specific innovation challenges that would aim to help
> disadvantaged people, solve problems related to helping
> disadvantaged people, improve the local community, solve
> local problems, etc.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jeffrey Baumgartner
> Your Fearless Moderator
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