Ironically, this story broke right before I was going to hit the publish button on a guest post by Katherine Hutt who shared the details of their strategy for a small nonprofit, Generations of Hope, also competing for the $250,000 Pepsi prize, approximately 1/3 its operating budget in 2009 .  At That's why design is so important or else these contests became a sham. Can Solving Complex Social Problems Be Done By Popular Vote I'm skeptical that "Vote for Me" contests are the best strategy for selecting the best solutions or ideas.  From my son's kindergarten class The

Together we were able to share a combination of strategy and tactics. Next I covered some strategy points related to learning, capacity, and organizational culture.    Bryce Skofield presented a case study about how their agency was using social media.   He shared some points about their internal Today, I had the pleasure of doing a mini-workshop at the Director's Institute  for the California Child Care Resource and Referral Network in Sacramento.   My co-presenter was the talented Bryce Skolfield ,  Director of Communications and Public Policy at the Children's

Crowdsourcing Questions:  I use this when I'm developing training materials, particularly for case studies or sometimes for demos of Twitter as a crowdsourcing tools.   I think it also has to do with several factors - your content strategy - and also how you've built your network.   Screen capture here : I've been running small experiments on the art of retweeting for a couple of weeks and it's time for a reflection.