Crowdstorm: The Future of Innovation, Ideas and Problem Solving [WEBINAR REPLAY]




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Summary: Join us for an exclusive webinar with the authors of Crowdstorm: The Future of Innovation, Ideas and Problem Solving.  This book and author discussion is the first (and the only one open to non-members) for the Social Business Book Club, brought to you by Wiley and Social Media Today. Talk to the authors and ask questions pertaining to their book.  We will be giving away a free book club membership to one of our lucky participants! Follow along using the hashtag #socbizbooks throughout the webinar.  Crowdstorm explains how to leverage external networks to solicit, refine, and select ideas for innovation, no matter the size of the business. Learn the processes and gather the right tools for mass collaboration, and motivate talent to improve their approach to complex problem solving, idea creation, and innovation.About the Panel:Shaun Abrahamson is a first time author, early stage investor and advisor who has often been accused of living in the future. He loves helping to put ideas into action. This was the motivation for his first book, Crowdstorm, a practical guide to finding and evaluating the best ideas and talent. Shaun founded Mutopo to help global organizations benefit from new business models. His seed fund, Eigenvalue, has invested in some of today's most successful startups. He built computer aided design tools at the MIT CADLab and learned how not to only be an Engineer at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership. Shaun grew up in Cape Town, found a new accent in NYC and now calls Miami home. He is papai to Max & Oli and married to Andrea.Peter Ryder spent over twenty-five years as a consultant at Accenture, Deloitte Consulting, and Computer Sciences Corporation focused on helping organizations improve operations using technology.  Most recently, he was the President of jovoto, Inc., a platform and community that connects enterprises who are looking for ideas with people who have them.  He co-authroed Crowdstorm, a guide to using large scale online connections to find and evaluate great ideas. He has presented at NYU and written for organizations such as Innovation Excellence.  He has a PhD from Rice University.  He makes his home in New York City with his wife and daughter.    Bastian Unterberg founded jovoto to unleash creative talent stuck in rigid work environments.jovoto enables global brands and enterprise businesses to leverage the talent of more than 55.000 creative professionals globally to design better products. More than 250 creative challenges for brands such as Audi, Starbucks, Unicef, Coke, Deutsche Telekom, or Greenpeace have been solved through an open and collaborative creative process.  In 2013 Wiley published "Crowdstorm", Bastian's first book about "The Future of Innovation, Ideas and Problem Solving". Bastian has a computer science and design background, loves great products and despite frequent traveling calls Berlin home of his young family.