Can Crowdsourcing Influence Building Design More Than Architects?
I learned recently that architects are involved in only 2% of the newly constructed built environment in the UK. A week later, a report released based on a housing design audit for England that had examined over 140 housing...
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The Decade in Crowdsourcing Transcription
Nine years ago, I summed up 2010 as “the year that crowdsourced transcription finally caught on.” This seems like a good time to review the big developments in the field over the decade that 2010 launched. What the field looked...
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A Guide to Financing a Book Through Crowdfunding
A lot of new authors now are choosing to finance their e-book and cover their expenses throughout the writing process thanks to a crowdfunding campaign. You might be wishing you could write full-time but you couldn’t leave the...
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New for 2020: Investors Tapping into Crowd Intelligence
Crowdsourcing is proving to be the belle of the ball for attracting the attention of investors and sharing potential funding opportunities. Peer to peer lending has reached $25 billion while equity funding raised $2.5 billion...
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Crowdsourcing to Improve Food Production and Recycle Surplus
Projections show that feeding an estimated world population of 9.1 billion people in 2050 will require raising overall food production by some 70% from 2005/07 levels, reported the High Level Expert Forum – How to Feed the World...
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An Inspiring Book Can Be a Perfect Personal Treat or Gift
For many of us it’s the time of year when thoughts turn to gift-giving. Gifting someone a book shows you have thought about their particular interests and searched for something that suits them as an individual. And a message in...
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Global Experts Encourage CSW Riyadh 2019 Delegates to Leverage the Power of the Crowd
Crowdsourcing Week partnered with Tam Development to hold the first crowdsourcing event staged in Saudi Arabia. Why it is important The sharing economy is projected to be a $335bn market by 2025. The interactive event introduced...
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A Snapshot of Crowdsourcing in Asia
When considering crowdsourcing across an entire continent, this can be only a cross-section of what has caught our attention. The selected examples have been chosen to show the flexibility and almost ubiquitous nature of...
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CSW // Riyadh 2019: Leveraging The Power Of The Crowd To Build Tomorrow’s Economy and Find Breakthroughs
Each day, more technologies enable the practice of crowdsourcing to become more sophisticated and viable. From Airbnb for stays to BlaBlaCar and Careem in transportation, crowdsourcing and sharing economy companies have shifted...
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Crowdsourcing Creative Solutions from Freelance Designers is Thriving
When I set up my marketing business I sketched out a rough idea for a company logo and wondered what to do next. I’d heard of an online design service where I could search for someone to complete the task for me at a starting...
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