Crowdsourcing in Governance and Civic Society

by

Thejesh GN

Who am I?

I am Thejesh GN, Technologist from Bangalore.

Co-founder of DataMeet and Architect at Mavrix.

At some point I have worked for NextDrop, A Political Campaign, IWP, Infosys etc

  

				
crowdsource
/ˈkraʊdsɔːs/
verb
gerund or present participle: crowdsourcing
obtain (information or input into a particular task or project) by enlisting the services of a number of people, either paid or unpaid, typically via the Internet.
"she crowdsourced advice on album art and even posted an early version of the song so fans could vote for their favorite chorus"
Enlisting citizen to engage* with the system.


* feedback, complain, report, participate etc

Examples

NextDrop

Private Info/Feedback Water

I Paid A Bribe

NGO Report/Analytics Corruption

Tree Survey

NGO Report Legal/Env

Others

Effects

Governance, Civic discourse and engagement.

Thank You

Credits