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How is it best to give creators rewards to make more work?
There is so much potential with new media but the one key problem holding the long tail of innovation back appears to be how innovators earn a living and how they get social feedback on their work without it being copied.
And rewarding people in a way that encourages them to collaborate and share is key as that creates so much more public and private value if done in the right way.

Financial and social rewards appear to be the two key areas.
These need to be measured in short and long term rewards relating to short and long term gains/progress.

Which reward processes work for different people in different places along the production process from researcher to inventor to producer, retailer and manager?

Is anything free? Surely everything costs the creator something. How is it best to give creators rewards to make more work?

Everything can be used to do good, bad and lots more good if used by the right people in the right way (so the tool maximises its potential).

Here are some points on making sure that creative ideas/products are use to do the most good and to help protect them from being stolen to be used for selfish or negative reasons (almost always unknowingly by the person who is stealing the idea and/or using it in a negative way)

(this may sound obvious but it is so important I wanted to remind myself so maybe you want to do so too)

If you read this content join http://www.UGCunion.org and suggest ways you want to work on collaborative ideas/projects that do good.

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Once an idea/product is created check that you cant think of any negative ways to use that idea or ways that others could use it to fulfil selfish motives at the expense of others.

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Be careful who you tell about your ideas/product. It is best to let those doing positive selfless work gain access to good ideas/products before those doing selfish work. This will enable a double positive effect to take place as you help them gain an additional advantage which boosts their work.

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Make sure the idea/product does good even if it is stolen so that the person who steals it will be unintentionally using it for good.

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Always remain open to others helping to enhance your product/idea and give positive feedback to others work too.

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Make sure your product/idea does not use others goodwill. Using volunteers is one good example of this. Volunteers should always get at least one positive thing out of their experience as well as the positive feeling of giving something back. This is imperative so that those volunteers are rewarded and gain something extra so that they can do an even greater job next time.

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Reward others good work in any way you can from positive feedback to giving them things that you don't need.

Please add things I have missed below...

Below is a list of sites explaining the creative products created to solve social issues using new media.

http://www.playgroundgames.org

http://www.MUSTart.org

http://www.FREEtraid.org

http://www.Traidmark.org

We also successfully pitched the UKVIsion Contest to Peter Fincham and Peter Salmon.

Contact us via

Twitter @whymandesign
Skype Whymandesign
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We have opened up Whymandesign so anyone visiting the site can collaborate together on this social website. Join the network and lets make social improvements.

Lets discuss how best to collaborate together to improve society.

Join us and engage in direct conversation here http://whymandesign.ning.com

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Come join us at the http://ovc.mo.jo event.

In a sentence Traidmark is a way to set up a profit making org that uses all profits to fund future startups that solve social problems (just like a not for profit but the profit is used to set up new org's forcing innovation and evolution:)

Feedback here if you want but best to talk in person at the www.MUSTart.org events about creating great stuff with the primary motivation of solving human problems before worrying about earning cash!
http://mustart.wufoo.com/forms/mustart-what-did-you-think-should-we-do-next/

We have big plans to expand rapidly in order to raise funds for innovative charities while rewarding generous people.

We are looking for funders and philanthropists who want to break the mold with their money rather than put it in traditional revenue streams. Funders can donate the finance or loan it as an interest free loan in order to enable our rapid expansion plans.

We are also looking for programmers who are interested in working on open source software set up within a responsible organisation that donates 100% net profit to innovative charities.

If your interested leave a message on the FREEtraid.org website or contact the team.

FREE Traid are actively looking for finance from open minded funders to fund the rapid expansion of this new form of Social Enterprise

Make your own bar to party in while raising funds for 'good' causes at no cost.
Who would want to go to an average bar when you can custom make your own!

 
Party hard but Party well; so that everyone has fun and learns something (e.g. there may well not be a point to life but humans have proven that caring for others makes both parties happier than selfishness).

The party/bar could be run just after another event (and could even use the same space making it easier to organise).

If anyone is interested in producing a custom made website with us we are looking for programmers.
We are also looking for good locations to set up permanent Bar Camp Bar's so please get in contact if you know of a good space.