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Platform Feedback
04:11 PM 27Lately we had some discussions about jovoto policies and about features that would improve the general experience of contests. We are very happy that some community members followed our invitation to discuss these issues at our Berlin office. It was a great conversation and we were quite impressed by the detailed and well documented ideas [...]
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Let’s talk about confidentiality
12:57 PM 6Big day today. We launch a new feature on jovoto. The NDA feature. Or in other words Non Disclosure Agreement feature. Why? First of all, there are many interesting clients out there who would like to work with jovoto but need an extra level of confidentiality. Working with large brands on their latest innovation is [...]
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Is your idea a “Place Holder”?
11:34 AM 7Maybe you’re asking yourself, “What exactly is a place holder?” When you submit a short description of a general idea with “more to come soon” or “will follow up later” essentially, you are putting a little “reserved” sign on your idea, which we call a place holder. However, there are complex questions that come with [...]
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Extended Profiles – show your skills
01:50 PM 8We’re back with some exciting platform updates, and the most exciting one is surely the new extended user profile. It’s really pretty cool because now you can easily show the community and the clients your skills and the industries you have work experience in. Just go to your “Profile”, “Edit my Profile” and “Skills” respectively [...]
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Sidemails – Ok or No Go?
02:53 PM 26It’s been a topic of heartfelt discussions in the community – is it ok to send “sidemails” (private messages) to make other community members aware of one’s own idea? Or is it rather like spamming people and as such a real nuisance for the receivers? First of all, let’s define what we’re considering to be [...]
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better beta conference coming up!
05:28 PM 0Remember the logo contest for better beta, the Design Thinking Conference? Well it’s about to take place, this weekend, September 9th and 10th. The jovoto team will be present with two team members, and we’re invited to host two sessions. The first session will be a “Making of”, explaining how the conference got it’s logo. [...]
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Tumblr #22
06:26 PM 2Dear jovotans, Looking back on my first week on our jovoto team tumblr I see I had a slightly unconscious connection to rainbows.. Perhaps it’s holding on to the last bit of summer or well, I just like to look at the pretty colors.. First it was this cheeky piece from New York based artist, [...]
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Final Vote for the Human Rights Logo!
03:16 PM 0Hello jovotans, Big news here! After 4 months and over 15.000 (!!!) logo submissions, the Jury of the Human Rights Logo initiative has made their final selection for the Top 10 logos. Last Saturday the platform opened displaying these 10 logos for the last and final voting phase. Sign onto humanrightslogo.net to vote for your [...]
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Human Rights Logo: We’re one step closer
05:43 PM 0Dear jovotans, Over on humanrightslogo.net, the past days have been buzzing with activity! On Sunday, July 31st, midnight GMT+2 the submission phase ended. You can imagine that it was quite a logistical challenge to coordinate across timezones, with thousands of members signing on and trying to upload at the same time… but of course, in [...]
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Join us at Free Culture Incubator No. 7 COLLABORATIVE CREATIVITY
05:48 PM 1On June 30th, please join jovoto at the Free Culture Incubator at Supermarkt, Berlin. The Free Culture Incubator is a series of workshops initiated by Ela Kagel, with the aim to explore the different facets and models that make up ‘free’ culture, ranging from digital rights to open innovation and collaborative consumption. This session’s topic [...]
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