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ChangeMakers
http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/competition/waterandsanitation
From Ashoka this problem based site is focused on using a competition to
help define solutions to large scale problems. Challenges are posed, users
submit potential solutions which are judged by expert panel and web site
members. The selected solution is then funded by a sponsor for each problem
area.

Innocentive
http://www.innocentive.com <http://www.innocentive.com/>
Problem proposing and solutions network. Unclear what type of "social"
technology is used apart from tying together proposers and solutions.

TekScout Open Innovation Network
http://www.tekscout.com/howitworks.aspx
The TekScout Open Innovation Network makes it easy for companies (we call
them TekScouts) to post these projects and find scientists and engineers (we
call them TekExperts) find R&D challenges that need solving, providing them
both financial and intellectual rewards for their solutions.b As a
subscription service, TekScouts can be confident that our TekExperts are
serious about their intentions and motivations to solve challenging
development problem

FellowForce
http://www.fellowforce.com <http://www.fellowforce.com/>
Organizations post challenges, that registered fellows proposes solutions,
too, orgs select the best solutions, and then fellows receive rewards.

IdeaScale (
http://www.ideascale.com <http://www.ideascale.com/> )
Aimed at providing crowdsourcing backend for product development these tool
aim to provide a client with distributed feedback.

Dell IdeaStorm (www.ideastorm.com)
Open environment for users to suggest solutions to dell. Social element
comes in "voting" via digg like interface for the proposed ideas.

MyStarBucks Idea (www.mystarbucksidea.force.com)
Users submit ideas for product enhancements, services and they are voted on
by the user base. Top ideas get reviewed by company for potential
inclusion.




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