01/06/2012
The Intersol Group, along with our partner Chaordix, invites you to a morning of crowdsourcing to start the new year with fresh ideas and out of the box thinking. We’re extremely pleased to have Randy Corke, Vice President of Business Development with Chaordix, in town to help us provide some leading-edge knowledge and insights.
The free two-hour workshop will take place in Ottawa on Wednesday, January 11 from 9:30 to 11:30am. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
The venue
Annex Room
RCAF Officers Mess
158 Gloucester St
Ottawa, ON
The content
The crowdsourcing phenomenon has rapidly made inroads into just about every industry, for a myriad of purposes. From engaging employees, customers and partners in co-creation and problem solving, to identifying new opportunities, to providing citizen engagement, just to name a few. Crowdsourcing can help shape a new way in which organizations can tap the full creative power of their employees or their outside crowd. But with this new method comes both tremendous opportunities and challenges.
The crowdsourcing phenomenon has rapidly made inroads into just about every industry, for a myriad of purposes. From engaging employees, customers and partners in co-creation and problem solving, to identifying new opportunities, to providing citizen engagement, just to name a few. Crowdsourcing can help shape a new way in which organizations can tap the full creative power of their employees or their outside crowd. But with this new method comes both tremendous opportunities and challenges.
The session will explain why crowdsourcing is gaining so much momentum, and will quickly walk you through a typical internal crowdsourcing engagement. You will gain a firsthand overview about everything that goes into planning a successful engagement including the planning process, crowd recruitment, incentive structures, and moderation.
The session will provide some information so you can:
•Have an understanding of crowdsourcing and where it’s being used
•Understand how crowdsourcing is revitalizing older management practices
•Understand why organizations who have used crowdsourcing report higher levels of employee satisfaction
•Know what is critical to crowdsourcing success, and which pitfalls to avoid
•Learn (or recognize) where crowdsourcing might apply to your organization, and how to get started
The speakers
Eric Collard is a consultant with the Intersol Group, now specializing in stakeholder relations, social media and crowdsourcing. Eric is a seasoned communications professional, with over 10 years’ experience in government, NGO's and the private sector. He has vast experience in strategic & crisis communications, event management and in stakeholder relations. Throughout his career he has hosted many functions, from small technical briefings to national presentations. He has also been involved with many endeavours as an on-camera talent, commentator, writer, interviewer, and more recently as a speaker.
Eric Collard is a consultant with the Intersol Group, now specializing in stakeholder relations, social media and crowdsourcing. Eric is a seasoned communications professional, with over 10 years’ experience in government, NGO's and the private sector. He has vast experience in strategic & crisis communications, event management and in stakeholder relations. Throughout his career he has hosted many functions, from small technical briefings to national presentations. He has also been involved with many endeavours as an on-camera talent, commentator, writer, interviewer, and more recently as a speaker.
Randy Corke is the Vice President of Business Development with Chaordix. He works with companies around the world in conceptualizing and designing crowdsourcing programs to build organization value. Randy has helped bring new technologies to market for business value over the past twenty years and over the past decade has focused on how businesses can best make use of the most powerful concepts of social media and mobile technologies. Randy holds a MBA from Cornell University and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences.
There is limited space so please RSVP by the end of the day on Tuesday January 10, 2012 to Nicole Da Costa (cc’d) or by phone (613-230-6424) to confirm attendance.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Eric @ ecollard@intersol.ca
P: 613 230 6424 x245
M: 613 878 0180