A new month, a new carnival edition. The 3th Edition of the Open Innovation & Crowdsourcing carnival focuses on Government 2.0, an application field in which crowdsourcing has an enormous potential. Let’s have a look at 5 excellent articles on the subject.

1. E-Governement: Crowdsourcing discusses an interesting report of the UK Cabinet Office. The article states that engaging with user-generated sites and data mashers can help governments deliver better services, and help citizens to help themselves.
2. Wikinomics and Government talks about the application of a Wikinomics-like model of collaboration in government services, and public – private partnerships.
3. British Citizen Engagement: A few weeks ago the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office opened an online forum where citizens can contribute their thoughts on the government’s foreign policy priorities. Several hundred comments have been posted to date.
4. Government 2.0 Arrives In Ottawa: Mike Kujawski’s blog offering insights on government, association and non-profit marketing in the web 2.0 world, discussing this year’s GTEC conference coming up in October (with Don Tapscott as keynote speaker).
5. Wiki Government: New Zealand police has created a new wiki to get insights from the public for a new Policing Act which will be presented to the country’s parliament. The wiki is available for anyone to edit and is part of an ongoing public review of proposed changes to the act.

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Subject of Edition 4: Online Collaboration Tools.
Release date: November 1, 2007

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Part 2 of our series on Crowdsourcing & Open Innovation Books (go to part one). Wikinomics and Democratizing Innovation are my personal favorites of these four.

1. Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
   - by Don Tapscott, Anthony D. Williams
   As a proponent of peering, sharing, and open-source thinking, Don Tapscott has presented a clear and exciting preview of how peer innovation will change everything.
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2. Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm
   - by Henry Chesbrough, Wim Vanhaverbeke, Joel West
   Offering theoretical explanations for the use (and limits) of open innovation, the book examines the applicability of the concept, implications for the boundaries of firms, the potential of open innovation to prove successful, and implications for intellectual property policies and practices.
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3. Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation Landscape
   - by Henry Chesbrough
   This vital resource provides a much-needed road map to connect innovation with IP management, so companies can create and capture value from ideas and technologies—wherever in the world they are found.
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4. Democratizing Innovation
   - by Eric Von Hippel
   “Von Hippel presents a persuasive case for the benefits of encouraging lead users to innovate and a truly intriguing look at what they’ve contributed to the world so far”
   Downloadable for free: here.

Please share your thoughts and reviews below (go to part one).

On IDC’s European ICT Forum 2007, Don Tapscott presented his latest thoughts and insights on Wikinomics - Enterprise 2.0, the subject of his bestseller Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything. The presentation gives a good overview of web 2.0 in relation to corporate strategy, and provides some insightful examples.

Credits: ViNT