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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Hello SORA!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">I am considering conducting some information gathering and I would like suggestions on an easy to use and low to no cost software for gathering information using
crowdsourcing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Do you know if other state programs are using any programs? What is it used to do? What is the cost?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">An example of this type of crowdsourcing is the federal Department of Labor, ODEP’s (Office of Disability
</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Employment Policy) use of a software program called Idea Scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">ODEP- similar to Vocational Rehabilitation - focuses on providing services to persons
with disabilities. ODEP has used Idea Scale to gather information about issues that are facing people with disabilities seeking successful employment. I saw a presentation at a virtual conference earlier this week talking about these efforts (<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ktdrr.org_conference2020_expo_materials_KTDRR20-2DAdlerAlbanese-2D508.pdf&d=DwMGaQ&c=7gilq_oJKU2hnacFUWFTuYqjMQ111TRstgx6WoATdXo&r=oaPTaeEA1gK5HYUsRQSKMn0DiHaTGdbnCO1hVcY5pXyFVQOc7r6arDXwdd1iiShZ&m=bH-idWCsWOqHSWEax5bgw0awSLtrpUYmiupHdpcD5FE&s=lB2KYkzvd6xbO2d8NEa48w2n_VHCJEsPl2nthOW-NSk&e="><span style="color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">https://ktdrr.org/conference2020/expo/materials/KTDRR20-AdlerAlbanese-508.pdf</span></a>).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#2F5597;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Crowdsourcing is not something that VR programs have used to gather information for solutions
as ODEP has (for 45 areas of investigation).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Thank you for any help you can provide,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5496">Robin Brandt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Robin L Brandt PhD, Policy Analyst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Policy & Training<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Oregon Vocational Rehabilitation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#222A35">500 Summer Street NE E-87<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Salem, Oregon 97301-1120<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#222A35">503-945-5857 (p)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Maiandra GD",sans-serif;color:#222A35"><a href="mailto:robin.l.brandt@%20state.or.us"><span style="color:#222A35">robin.l.brandt@ state.or.us</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Candara-BoldItalic;color:#222A35">E kuahui like i ka hana. 'A'ohe hana nui ke alu 'ia.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Let everybody pitch in and work together. No task is too big when done by all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Candara",sans-serif;color:#222A35">Mary Kawena Pukui, ‘Ôlelo No‘eau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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