Webinars

Air Force Research Labs on Best Practices for Prize Competitions

DATE: July 25, 2012 - 2:00pm

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Government, Innovation, Not for Profit, Open Innovation

Learn how Wright Brothers Institute (WBI) IDEA Lab used collaborative innovation to create successful prize-based Challenges for the Air Force Research Labs (AFRL). WBI partners with the AFRL – a $4B technology powerhouse – to energize world-class R&D collaborations and technology innovation. Featured speaker Bob Lee will discuss the benefits and true effectiveness of successful problem definition and deconstruction in prize design – highlighting the Air Force Research Labs’ successful FAST Rope Challenge. During this...

Architecting a Prize-based Grand Challenge Program: Finding Innovative Solutions to the World’s Toughest Problems

DATE: June 21, 2011 - 1:00pm

TAGS: Corporation, Government, Making the Business Case, Not for Profit, Open Innovation

Join InnoCentive and Dr. Melanie Leitner, Chief Scientific Officer of Prize4Life, for a discussion on Grand Challenges, which are important problems whose solutions have high value and far-reaching benefits to society and humanity. In this webinar, we will:

Explore the design, execution, and effective use of Grand Challenges

Dive into the essential ingredients of a successful Grand Challenge program

Real-world use case featuring the $1 million ALS Challenge by Prize4Life

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The Open Innovation Marketplace: Creating Value In The Challenge Driven Enterprise

DATE: May 12, 2011 - 1:00pm

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Government, InnoCentive Book, Innovation, Making the Business Case, Not for Profit, Open Innovation, ROI, Social Innovation, Training

In their new book, co-authors Alph Bingham and Dwayne Spradlin introduce groundbreaking strategies and models for leveraging the world’s best innovation sources to drive far more value from new products, services, and business models. During this webinar, Alph and Dwayne will show you how to:

Dramatically increase the flow of high-value innovations

Access innovators you would never hire internally

Successfully integrate external innovation throughout your business, agency, or organization

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Improving the Management and Measurement of Innovation

DATE: April 28, 2010 - 1:00pm

TAGS: Best Practice, Corporation, Crowdsourcing, Government, Making the Business Case, Not for Profit, Open Innovation, ROI

Discover the innovation management and measurement challenges that organizations face today, and the factors that lead to success. Join Chris Andrews, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, Inc., as he discusses not only why innovation is essential to the health of your organization, but also:

How to measure your innovation efforts based on your objectives.

Why the management and measurement of innovation is still so elusive.

What innovation means today.

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