Denmark’s challenges solved on WeDecide
Our project 100Dage with Dagbladet Information – a prominent, radical Danish newspaper, that was founded during the Second World War by Nazi-critics – has resulted in 250+ proposals in 10 most pressing challenges of Denmark. The work was carried out by 1000+ brilliant citizens whose opinions have been visited by more then 25000 others during the 100 days. The platform closed to further discussion can be found here, and accepted proposals can be downloaded here (pdf). Anton Steinø (photo) has been one of the top 5 influencers on 100Dage, impressive to know he is only 16 and had...
read moreWeDecide at NYU Polytech Conference on Technology & Government
We are in the USA for the Intel Startup Challenge. I made a stopover in New York City to visit some potential clients, partners, investors. Today, I participated in Democracy and Technology Today conference hosted by NYU Polytech and Chris Hables Grey, author of Cyborg Citizen. Egypt Revolution, Wikileaks and Occupy Wall Street were discussed as case studies of intersection of technology and social change. One emerging lesson is that social media is necessary but not sufficient. A political activist leader from Egypt connected live to the conference and described his experience...
read moreWeDecide mentioned at Webrazzi
Webrazzi was kind enough to mention our trip to Silicon Valley Nov 7-11 for Intel Global Startup Challenge Finals and also our version 1.9 developments. Wish us luck
read moreWeDecide hosted Stefan Lindegaard for Open Innovation Workshop at Istanbul Nov 10th
WeDecide hosted Stefan Lindegaard for Open Innovation Workshop at Istanbul Nov 10th. 20 participants from 12 organizations participated in the workshop. We started with a brief introduction on WeDecide services, then a presentation by Stefan on what open innovation is and then workshop groups that discussed important issues for making open innovation a reality. Three key messages were discussed: #1 Internal – not external – factors make or break open innovation initiatives. #2 Understanding, connecting and communicating with partners is key to open innovation success. #3 Open innovation...
read more2nd Prize in Intel Europe
Wedecide won 2nd prize and $ 10,ooo at Intel Challenge in European Finals!.. More info here We are honored and are looking forward to pitch at Berkeley, where I had graduated from in 2007. We met a line of fantastic businesses at Sopot, Poland, and looking forward to keep in touch with this innovative and capable community of entrepreneurs and...
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