crowdsourced engineering for non-profits
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Presentation at Crowdsourcing Week 2013 by Alkarim Nasser of BNOTIONS.TRANSCRIPT
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All made possible by the times we live in.
5 revolutions in 240 years...
Industrial RevolutionIndustrial Revolution
DistributionCoordination
Transportation
Electricity / Steel
Mass Production
Information
half way
Source: http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/commentary/data/000175
TurningTurningPointPoint
Crisis andCrisis andrestructuringrestructuring
Time
INSTALLATION DEPLOYMENT
Diff
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of
the t
ech
nolo
gic
al
revolu
tion
20 TO 30 YEARS 20 TO 30 YEARS
Rapid growth asnew technological infrastructure isput in place
Funded by financialcapital, derived frominvestment andspeculation
Leads to aspeculative “frenzy”and then to a crash
“Golden age”: steadygrowth as technology is rolled out
Funded by productioncapital derived fromprofits
Leads totechnologicalmaturity and thento exhaustion
Previous Shift Next ShiftWe Are Here
Why is it important to understand these revolutions and the cycles?
Because we need a new perspective to grow within each one of these paradigm.
Quantum jump in innovation and productivity potential during each revolution
Source: “Towards a Sustainable Global Golden Age” http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=YETiuo_s8e0&feature=endscreen
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How can we help deploy this thinking and these new approaches into non-technology sectors?
There are over
2 million
charities world wide
over
just in Canada100,000
Head of GrowthFacebook Asia Pacific
A few simple rules...
Tap into the start up tech community.
Only one night.
Build a dream team.
Pick a single cause.
The train leaves the station.
Open source everything. Pay it forward.
12 Projects changing the way a charity operates forever
1.Facebook Sign-in as SSO across all properties2. Custom Open Graph Actions3. Recommendations & Share4. Facebook permissions to understand and predict content interests.
A framework that can be picked up by anyone, anywhere in the world to help continue crowd sourcing innovation for charities everywhere.
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