Crowdsourcing
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- maikel0
I should not spend time adding myself to the queue of people lecturing a post from a fellow that sounds like some of the 20 y/o students that think they are the coolest thing in the world for using photoshop and would shit on their pants only from seeing more than £10,000 on an invoice... but here I go.
When working for the public sector there is always money poorly spent but, just to clarify, you don't 'crowdsource'. There is something called public tender, and is mandatory for most of the high profile projects (at least in uk, but mostly worldwide).
There is a short-listing process, when you shrink your number of possible companies from MANY to a FEW.
Then you have a pre-qualification process where people submit proposals AND plenty of documents (i.e. 'stuff' like showing your company has relevant experience, is financially sound, etc) to qualify.
Then, if qualifying, there are strict evaluation rules, in which is specified the criteria of awarding points. Usually cost is one of the most important items, and it could drive a tender entirely.
ONLY THEN you send your submission. You need to work upfront but you are ensured that you won't be 1 in 100,000 options but in 4 or 5, and you will be told who wins and why. You can also litigate if you believe your submission has not been fairly assessed, and you take that risk voluntarily.
Companies after half a million or a few millions take the risk.
This above is what happens in the world I live.
This '400k for a logo' is a bloody fairytale manipulated by some media cunt who was envious of seeing money going elsewhere than his pocket. Although the results are not the best, I'm sure there is though and effort enough for justifying that bill.
Note: I do NOT like the Olympics' logo.