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Peer-to-Patent is a pilot project in collaboration with the US Patent and Trademark Office. It was established in 2007 and recently extended/expanded to June 15, 2009. It is focused on helping the patent office perform high-quality examinations of pending patent applications by enlisting the public to help find and explain prior art.... Peer-to-Patent uses social software features to facilitate discussion amongst groups of volunteer experts. Users can upload prior art references, participate in discussion forums, rate other user submissions, add research references, invite others, and more. This helps the examiners focus their attention on the submission(s) of prior art that have the highest relevance to an application. Beth Simone Noveck, Law Professor, and Director, Institute for Information Law and Policy, New York Law School launched the Peer to Patent: Community Patent Review project. Incentives for submitting an application to the project include: • Expedited review.

Une science de l’intelligence collective ? L’intelligence collective peut-elle constituer un projet scientifique et si oui lequel. C’est l’entreprise qui occupe Pierre Lévy depuis plusieurs années. Son dernier article mérite donc un examen particulier au-delà des clichés dont il est souvent victime. Il est vrai que certains ouvrages présentaient des prospectives discutables, notamment le world philosophy qui représentait surtout à mon goût une vision trop positive de l’avenir, oubliant justement les éléments malveillants (ce que remarquait fort justement Yann Leroux sur twitter). Voici donc mes quelques réflexions sur ce texte dont le but n’est pas d’en proposer un résumé mais plutôt une tentative de mise en avant de certains points qui m’ont paru importants. L’article pourra être lu de différentes manières. L’entreprise de Pierre Lévy est ambitieuse (trop ?) La sortie des fausses idées sur l’intelligence collective : Pour ma part, j’ai souvent été prudent avec l’intelligence collective du fait de son côté un peu idéaliste.

Welcome » The Document Foundation Aide naturelle contre l'addiction à l'alcool 11 mars 2013 par Jonathan Benson (NaturalNews) Il y a de nombreux facteurs individuels qui peuvent amener une personne à faire une consommation excessive d'alcool, comme des expériences de vie, le statut social et l'histoire familiale. Mais un domaine qu'on n'aborde que très rarement concernant l'abus d'alcool est celui de la malnutrition, et particulièrement le manque de nutriments nécessaires à maintenir une bonne santé physique, mentale et émotionnelle. Bien qu'il n'y ait pas de régime panacée pour guérir de l'abus d'alcool, il existe plusieurs approches naturelles qui peuvent aider à une réelle récupération et guérison qui dureront. 1. C'est pourquoi de nombreux médecins qui font une approche plus naturopathique et holistique de la santé préfèrent l'Analyse Transactionnelle (AT), un système d'analyse du comportement qui évite de transformer une addiction en maladie. 2. 3. 4. 5 .L-glutamine. 6. [Les aliments les plus riches en chrome sont la levure de bière et le foie de veau.

Participatory organization A participatory organization is an organization which is built based on people participation rather than their contract obligations. Most current organizations are contract-based. Contracts define a functional structure that holds such an organization together by imposing mutual obligations on people. For example, an employee of a typical organization is obliged to perform a certain function in exchange for some previously agreed compensation. Once established the contract relationship is quite rigid and inflexible. Participatory organization is an alternative to the contract model. A nice property of evolutionary participatory model is its ability to scale well with the number of participants. The concept of participatory organization was popularized recently by Tim O'Reilly under the name "the Architecture of Participation." Examples[edit] References[edit] Kosorukoff, A. & Goldberg, D. See also[edit]

OpenEdition : portail de ressources électroniques en sciences humaines et sociales 7 Distraction-Fighting Strategies A blank screen or sheet of paper glares at you, insisting you produce something now. Meanwhile, a lot of other voices are calling out, "Pay attention to me!" Suspect a lack of focus if your gaze wanders to the bookshelves over your desk, or your mind keeps drifting off to future plans, or you leap to answer the phone on its first ring, thinking, "Great! A reprieve!" How can you best access your creativity and get the words flowing? Whether or not it comes naturally to you, focus is a matter of deciding to pay attention, and then strengthening your focusing ability by using it. 1. To try: Plan a series of stories or articles that conform to a theme, or create structure by writing a piece that is based around numbers or bulleted items. 2. To try: Choose to work in a form that's new to you, whether a poem that rhymes, an op-ed piece that must be limited to 600 words, or a short story written in present tense or with no passive verbs. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Copyright (c) 2012 by Susan K.

Resource Center » Best-of-the-Best Resources Here is NCDD director Sandy Heierbacher’s list of what she considers the best books, guides and tools out there about dialogue, deliberation and public engagement. This list is kept intentionally short, but feel free to email your suggested additions to sandy@ncdd.org. Best Tools for Understanding the Field Resource Guide on Public Engagement (NCDD) goEngagement Streams Framework (NCDD) goPublic Participation Spectrum (IAP2) goPublic Participation Toolbox (IAP2) goPeople & Participation: How to Put Citizens at the Heart of Decision-making (Involve.org.uk) goCore Principles for Public Engagement (NCDD, IAP2, and the Co-Intelligence Institute) goGoals of Dialogue & Deliberation Graphic (Sandy Heierbacher, based on Martin Carcasson’s work) goSee more in the “Big Picture Tools” category Best How-to Guides and Manuals Best Handy Little Tools for D&D Facilitators Sample Ground Rules for D&D Processes (NCDD compilation) goYouTube Playlists of Dialogue & Deliberation Videos go Best Articles on D&D

MIT World | Distributed Intelligence the future NetAge for Virtual Teams, Networked Organizations, OrgScope, and Virtual Reorganization Students for Free Culture Virtual Teams What is a team? One of the more accepted definitions comes from Kazenbach and Smith in Wisdom of Teams. A team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable. Generally, teams have from two to twenty-five people. More than that, they tend to break into subteams. What is a virtual team? Open the Future

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