20 October presentation Off the Grid

Hello open innovators, at our latest gathering at Open Innovation Capital we did an excercise on open source urban development. The outcome of this excercise will be shared with Amsterdams alderman on public space, Maarten van Poelgeest and directors of housing associations.

You are welcome to tag along: 20 October, 16:00-18:00 at Neef Louis in Amsterdam-Noord. Just let us know if you are going to attend so we can organise enough cookies to go with the tea and so we can send you a route-description.

See you soon,
open innovation capital team

Telefonica gives customers control

Interesting example of innovation in telecompany Telefonica. They let customers run their sales support for a new service in exchange for lower phonebills.

See this article on Fastcompany.com
>>>>Telefonica Appoints Customers as Heads of Marketing, Tech Support, and Customer Service
BY Kate Rockwood1 hour, 44 minutes ago

giffgaffCompanies have crowdsourced everything from ad campaigns to package design, usually through contests. But Spanish telecom giant Telefonica is putting a new degree of trust in users, handing over the marketing, technical support, and customer service reins to any customers looking to lower their phone bill. Read further

Look who's Off the Grid - 17 september 2009

Mart van Bree, medebedenker en -organisator van Off the Grid Buiksloterham - de 3e bijeenkomst van Open Innovation Capital in Pakhuis de Zwijger op 17 september - plaatst de deelnemers eerst ON the grid zodat zij er daarna van OFF kunnen stappen.