wisdom of the crowds

ANNOUNCING OUR WINNERS: The 2011 DiabetesMine™ Design Challenge

By AmyT on June 13, 2011

A huge thank you and congratulations to all who participated in our 2011 open innovation contest! Yet again we feel this effort is an example of “crowdsourcing” at its best — culling the brightest concepts from across the community to help improve life with diabetes.
Jeffrey Brewer, President and CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), recently stated:
“This contest has created a great deal of buzz within the diabetes industry, really helping to…

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Crowdsourcing Our Diabetes Smarts – Thoughts from Red Maxwell

By AmyT on November 10, 2010

Red Maxwell is father of 15-year-old Cassie, diagnosed with type 1 diabetes as a toddler.  He serves as National Chair of Online Communications for JDRF and spearheads their Juvenation social network. Despite being new on my radar, he’s also been blogging about diabetes since 2004, at his own site called Daddybetes.
On top of being a supercharged D-parent, Red happens to know a thing or two about collaboration. With over 20 years of design and…

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