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		<title>Blog Link:  Use Crowdsourcing to Save SNL</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/blog-use-crowdsourcing-to-save-snl/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:22:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Came across this interesting blog post today, where the blogger suggested using crowdsourcing to improve the Saturday Night Live skits.  The premise:  Get the audience to submit their own jokes, have the community vote for their weekly favorite, and the cast will act out the skit.  Funny enough, I have been complaining about the poor [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=45&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week:  How to deal with an angry mob</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/tip-of-the-week-how-to-deal-with-an-angry-mob/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On occasion I will come across postings on the crowdsourcing site that I manage that are not constructive and goes against the purpose of the community.  Sometimes the angry posts stem from frustrated customers who are using the site to vent. Some tips on how to handle these types of posts: If what they have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=61&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crowd Power Tools</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/10/26/crowd-power-tools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:40:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dell]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/?p=58</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So if you have decided to embark on creating an online community to facilitate crowdsourcing for your company, product or services, here are some available online tools and applications that you can use.  I will post more as I seek them out. The Basics Twitter twitter.com The fastest way to send out questions and get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=58&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suggested Reading:  Crowdsourcing &amp; Open Innovation</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/suggested-reading-crowdsourcing-open-innovation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/?p=53</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you want to learn more about the wisdom of crowds and how to harness the power of the community, here&#8217;s a recommended list of books I found from OpenInnovators.net: Outside Innovation: How Your Customers Will Co-Design Your Company’s Future - by Patricia B. Seybold Patricia Seybold argues that companies should seek innovation by actively [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=53&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week:  Leverage the Crowd to Self Monitor</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/tip-of-the-week-leverage-the-crowd-to-self-monitor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[community liaison]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[monitor]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/?p=49</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If one of the reasons why you&#8217;re hesitant to start up and run your own crowdsourcing site it due to resourcing issues, think again.  Don&#8217;t assume you need to staff up an army to moderate and manage the site.  For example, I am the sole site administrator, moderator and community liaison for the company crowdsourcing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=49&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tip of the Week:  Controlling the Mob</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/tip-of-the-week-controlling-the-mob/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/?p=34</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While it is all nice and dandy to give your user community the freedom to post whatever they please on your crowdsourcing site, it is still vital to set limitations and the right expectations up-front to ensure users do not abuse the site or post offensive content.  In order to do so, one of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=34&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Event:  The New Communicators</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/event-the-new-communicators/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 07:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check-out this new innovative event that brings people together to start sharing ideas and jump start conversations around how people communicate using online and offline channels.  Maybe even you can host the event in your city.  To learn more: http://newcom.findsubstance.com/ Copyright 2009 marilynl Tagged: communication, event, innovation, new communicators<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=40&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tweet, Tweet!</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/tweet-tweet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/?p=31</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can now follow this blog on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/crowdpowerunite Tagged: Tweet, Twitter<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=31&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crowdsourcing is Trendy!</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/crowdsourcing-is-trendy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 03:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Article on how crowdsourcing is a big component to Web 2.0. ============================== Crowdsourcing takes center stage at DEMOfall &#8217;09 Brad Reed September 24, 2009 (Network World) One unmistakable trend at this year&#8217;s DEMOfall show is the number of Web sites and applications that rely to some degree on crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing –- a buzzword loosely defined [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=25&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Get Your Feet Wet in the Crowdsourcing Pool</title>
		<link>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/get-your-feet-wet-in-the-crowdsourcing-pool/</link>
		<comments>http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/get-your-feet-wet-in-the-crowdsourcing-pool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>marilynl</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://crowdpower.wordpress.com/?p=21</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To understand the concept of creating an online community for crowdsourcing, you need to start participating in one.  From my last post (Examples of Crowdsourcing Sites), the easiest one to engage in is probably My Starbucks Ideas.  Open up an account.  Poke around.  Browse and vote for ideas you like.  Add comments.  And if you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crowdpower.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9459718&amp;post=21&amp;subd=crowdpower&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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