http://www.innovationfactory.eu Connected Innovation! Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:48:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Did you already sign up for the 13th edition of the ‘Praktijkcongres Interne Communicatie’? The biggest Congress on Internal Communications in the Netherlands will be held on April 13th in the Congress center of Amstelveen. The theme of the congress this year: Social Media for Internal Communications: treat or threat? ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2010/03/08/social-media-for-internal-communications-treat-or-threat/ PRESS RELEASE 2 March 2010 Vodafone Group rolls out IdeaNet™ software in Europe The international telecommunications company Vodafone Group plc and the Dutch innovation stimulator Innovation Factory have agreed on a contract for the use of the IdeaNet™ software. IdeaNet™ is an idea management system, developed by Innovation Factory, that helps companies manage ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2010/03/02/vodafone-group-rolls-out-ideanet%e2%84%a2-software-in-europe/ In a true entrepreneurial spirit, quite a number of employees at Innovation Factory have their own side projects which they work on in the weekends and evenings. For one of those projects, Green at Work (in which I participate), a logo needed to be designed. It was done through Crowdspring, ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/12/23/open-innovation-at-crowdspring/ As our Community management practice is growing rapidly, we've spend some time at the end of the year to further professionalize our approach. One of the things we did was to describe the different roles and activities we see in managing internal communities. In moderating and activating communities we distinguish ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/12/21/roles-in-managing-internal-communities/ We are proud to announce our sponsorship of the World Innovation Convention 2010 which will be held on May 26-28 in Ibiza. You get a 20% reduction when you use this discount code: WICIBIZA41244. Related posts:Front End of InnovationThe value of virtual world market dataIT & Banking http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/12/17/world-innovation-convention-2010/ While writing my previous post 'Lead users, geeks, and freaks' I started to realize that actually many innovations originate from what I defined as 'lead users,' people that solve a big problem for themselves. Here are a few: The Internet became big after HTML was invented by Tim Berners-Lee because he ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/11/27/many-innovations-come-from-lead-users/ Lead users, geeks, and freaks Two weeks ago I attended a masterclass on co-creation by Frank Piller. An important part of the day concerned lead user innovation. Piller made a distinction between what 95% of the people call lead users and 'real lead users'. During the masterclass it didn't take hold ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/11/25/lead-users-geeks-and-freaks/ In two previous posts I described exercises that will improve the chances of success for your community. During the first exercise you describe in great detail what activities people will engage in and think about barriers the way it adds value to them. In the second exercise you check for ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/11/23/successful-implementation-of-communities-3/ We are proud to announce our sponsorship of the Front End of Innovation conference which will be held on February 8-10 in Amsterdam. You get a 25% reduction when you use this discount code: FEI2010FACTORY. Related posts:World Innovation Convention 2010Ruby Fools ConferenceInnovation Factory visit the Police! http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/11/18/front-end-of-innovation/ Social media are HOT! However, the term does not catch on with management. Some say it's because management is not modern enough. Maybe that is true. However, I recently heard a manager say: "Social? I'm running a business here. Let them socialize at home." It's a very understandable reaction. The ... http://www.innovationfactory.eu/blog/2009/11/18/stop-pitching-social-media-to-management/