Innovation as Collective Process

"Filtericious is a collaborative open source search engine unlike any other search engine in many ways. First off, the content and indexing is 100% contributed by members of the community. Think of it as the Wikipedia of Internet search where all parts of the site are contributed one piece at a time creating a massive public database available to everybody. Secondly, we've developed a visual filter tool that lets you narrow on on what you're searching for in a manner similar to a game of 20-questions. By choosing what tags you want and what tags you don't want, you can more efficiently find exactly what you're looking for. Thirdly, because the community can link web resources with tags, we can now make our buying decisions based on hard-to-find but important political, environmental, and economical product characteristics, enabling us to efficiently and affectively "vote with our money". Filtericious will be available for anyone to use in any way they want - completely open and free. Filtericious.com is the first application of Filtericious and has the lofty goal is to index every corner of the Internet. "

The Keyglove is an open-source portable Arduino/AVR-powered glove that uses touch combinations (for keys) and an accelerometer (for the mouse) to generate keyboard and mouse control codes using only one hand. Once learned, the glove can easily be used without looking, making it perfect for embedded/wearable environments. The glove is thin and light, built to allow other activities (such as writing) without being in the way. # Keyglove pre-order is now $200 # Prototype-friendly kit pre-order is now $300

"They're the largest funding platform for creative projects in the world"

Example that innovation doesn't need to happen in 'something already very known' or just in big companies or in big countries. How inventive and entrepreneur people like Ivo Boscarol can become international recognized and successful from very small country like Slovenija. Pipistrel is the most innovative company in Europe For this year's award European Business Awards has competed over 15 thousand different sized companies from different industries and of all Member States of the EU-27. The commission awards, 51 judges of assessors from different countries. Boscarolov Pipistrel won the award for most innovative company, arguing that the world's leading designer and manufacturer of ultralight motor-gliders.

"Innovact 2010 Innovact has been dubbed "the place to be" by all our participants, whatever their profile and from wherever they hark! What they've said: "I saved time", "we got European recognition", "I found solutions for developing my project", "we developed our networks"... "

is a new social networking application

Customer engagement (CE) refers to the engagement of customers with one another, with a company or a brand. The initiative for engagement can be either consumer- or company-led and the medium of engagement can be on or offline. Unlike marketing terms such as positioning, customer engagement has not been traced to a single source. Customer engagement has been discussed widely online;

"INTERACTIVE MARKETING - CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT IN BRAND BUILDING"

"Empowering Innovation in Education"

"VISION An intelligent, open minded and free thinking society. MISSION Make knowledge and opinion, separated, both online and offline, globally available. VALUES Everyone has the right for a personal opinion. We offer an opportunity to build one. SUMMARY Newsgrape is a free text-community for the sharing of articles, which it links to each other. Writers can create Magazines to publish articles collaboratively in a group of people."

VISION An intelligent, open minded and free thinking society. MISSION Make knowledge and opinion, separated, both online and offline, globally available. VALUES Everyone has the right for a personal opinion. We offer an opportunity to build one. SUMMARY Newsgrape is a free text-community for the sharing of articles, which it links to each other. Writers can create Magazines to publish articles collaboratively in a group of people.

BIS brings all of the levers of the economy together in one place. Our policy areas - from skills and higher education to innovation and science to business and trade - can all help to drive growth. Priorities Secure an economy that is more dynamic and more balanced between public and private sectors and between regions Safeguard the UK's long term growth by promoting skills and by turning knowledge to commercial use Stimulate enterprise and trade to drive the rebalancing and private sector growth we want to see Remove government as an obstacle to growth while ensuring responsible corporate behaviour

BIS is supported by a wide range of partner organizations in delivering its strategic priorities. Our partners provide services, information and advice to the Department and directly to a wide range of people and organizations. We have nine executive agencies: Companies House, The Insolvency Service, the Intellectual Property Office, the Land Registry, the Met Office, the National Measurement Office, Ordnance Survey the Skills Funding Agency and the UK Space Agency.

"We always know more then we can say, and we will always say more than we can write down." "People and human systems can not be engineered in anything that really matters - we are not machines." "Human decision making is not about rational evaluation of carefully considered options - its about pattern recognition." "Faced whit a new situation we don't make a rational choice. We do a 'first fit', not a 'best fit' pattern match whit our past experience and apply that." "Knowledge management is about improving decision making or creating the context for innovation - nothing else matters."

"Growing BIG POTATOES BIG POTATOES: The London Manifesto for Innovation is a contribution to improving the climate for innovation globally... Over the next few months with a number of partners we will also be hosting public discussions and debates around the themes of the Manifesto, including a launch event, in London and beyond. And during the forthcoming UK general election we will be challenging those who propose to lead us out of recession to respond to the Manifesto principles. Later in the year we will publish an updated Manifesto, having determined the scope of the challenge we face and started to change the culture around and climate for innovation globally."

"Social Innovation Camp started in the UK. Now it's springing up across the globe: each version of Social Innovation Camp is unique and run locally but with support from the UK team."

"Supporting and inspiring globally ambitious software companies in Scotland"

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"NetSquared Local groups hold monthly offline events for anyone interested in technology and social impact. They serve as an opportunity to convene locally to share ideas, learn from one another, and collaborate on projects for real world impact. These gatherings take place in nearly 80 cities, in 25 countries, around the world. NetSquared Local events provide a chance to connect for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change in your local community. Members of local groups represent nonprofit organizations and foundations, government agencies and service providers, designers and developers, innovators and social entrepreneurs. Join or start a group in your city!"

The NetSquared Challenge Process was developed to mine, profile, and accelerate innovative projects using Web and mobile-based technologies focused on social change, locally and globally.