smithsonian crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing and MobileWhat are the metrics of success?

MCN Seattle 8 November 2012

Nancy Proctor, Smithsonian Institution@nancyproctor proctorn@si.edu

Daniel Davis, Smithsonian Institution@bigenola davisdan@si.edu

by using mobile platforms to enlist collaborators globally.

Recruit the world to increase and diffuse knowledge

Thinking outside the audiotour box

“From we do the talking to we help you do the talking.”

– Chris Anderson, Wired, Smithsonian 2.0 Conference, 24 Jan 2009

So how’s that going for you?

Recruiting the world

Wikipedia’s World

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/4294119350/

77,000

1,461

17,682,781

Curating

Producing

Commenting

Sharing

Watching

1:61031:27

470 million

30+ SI Mobile Projects to Date

http://si.edu/mobile

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Smithsonian Mobile

Smithsonian Mobile’s Recruits

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/4294119350/

1:833Curating

Producing

Commenting

Sharing

Watching

75

.01

62,500

Stories from Main Street

http://storiesfrommainstreet.org/

Stories from Main Street

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/4294119350/

1:34Curating

Producing

Commenting

Sharing

Watching17,000

500

.01

Access American Stories

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Alexander Graham Bell’s Big Box Telephone

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Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin Patent Model

What’s missing

Access American Stories

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/4294119350/

1:32Curating

Producing

Commenting

Sharing

Watching905

28

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http://amysampleward.org/2011/05/18/crowdsourcing-vs-community-sourcing-whats-the-difference-and-the-opportunity/

Crowd

Network

Community

Your org.

In your database, attends your events; connected on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or physically in your area

You do not know and cannot contact directly but your community can. You want to convert the network to join the community.

You do not know them. Receives messages via the network

Crowdsourcing

Community-sourcing

A Mobile Eco-System

Curating

Producing

Commenting

Sharing

Watching

PRODUCTOR

PROCESS?

More about Mobile

• http://si.edu/mobile

• http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com/Mobile

• #SImobile & #mtogo

• @NancyProctor

• proctorn@si.edu

• @bigenola (Dan’s twitter handle)

• davisdan@si.edu