He’s a free man at last, but at the cost of a $520,000 debt to the Australian Government. Will crowdfunding for Julian Assange pay for the flight?
Crowd Causes
Usually a philanthropic, humanitarian, environmental or charitable project that attracts widespread support. Includes impact investing
How Eyewear Brands are Giving Back to Communities in Need
Sunglasses and glasses brands OPSM, LensCrafters, and Warby Parker help communities through crowdfunding, donating glasses, and buy-one-give-one programs.
Crowdfunding For Causes Does More Than Raise Money
Raising money through crowdfunding for mass causes and popular leaders like Trump continues to show it can mobilize crowds as well as generate funds.
Announcing Crowdfunding for Justice and to Protect Civil Liberties
Crowdfunding is likely to fund the post-production of a film that aims to raise public support for justice and freedom of Julian Assange.
What Does The Future Hold For Donations Crowdfunding?
It has already made a significant impact on the way people support charitable causes, but what does the future hold for donations crowdfunding?
Crowdfunding an Anti-Government “Freedom Convoy” Against Compulsory Covid Vaccinations in Canada
Crowdfunding can empower communities to resist centralized decisions they disagree with, and make an anti-government protest.
Freedom of Speech and Crowdfunding
A donations crowdfunding project launched by a former Google employee has exceeded its $130,000 target, with contributions from over 3,000 backers. A senior software engineer claims first-hand knowledge that Google has been exercising censorship, suppressing legal...
COVID-19: The Power of the Powerless Crowds, the Weakness of the Powerful Leaders
The extreme conditions of the Corona crisis lay bare the good, the bad and the ugly. As interesting as it was to observe how countries fight the same virus in different ways , it is equally fascinating to witness a strong mobilization of crowds from within the general...
Will Weaponised Robots Give Us Enough Time To Tackle Climate Change?
Within the 30-50 years available to try and correct climate change, could weaponised robots powered by artificial intelligence be a bigger threat to humanity?
What Does Spoof Storming of a US Air Force Base Tell Us About Public Trust?
The originally anonymous creator of a Facebook spoof has gone public to explain he meant the storming of Area 51 on September 20 – “to see them aliens” – as a joke. What got him to break cover was 1.9 million people (so far) clicking to say they’re going, with a...
Food Sharing App Tackles $1 Trillion Annual Wastage
A third of all the food produced in the world is thrown away. It represents an annual value of $1 trillion, and in the UK half the food is wasted in the home. It’s one of our planet’s greatest problems. There are millions of people who don’t have enough,...
Seattle’s soccer team rose to the top through crowdsourcing
The location of our CSW Summit in October 2017, Seattle in Washington state, USA, has a reputation as a place where movements begin. The modern coffee bars, underground music, grunge – all began in Seattle. Major corporations including Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing are...
When Ideas Go Global – How Crowdfunding is Enabling Communities in a Small Country like Kosovo
Georg Fankhauser has spent much of his career as a Mergers and Acquisitions Consultant, successfully overseeing more than 80 company sales and acquisition projects in Switzerland, Germany and France. Since October 2016 he has also been co-founder and manager of KOSOVA...
If the sun has so much energy why do we have to pay for any?
CSW Europe 2016 conference day on energy decentralisation, energy transition, personal renewable energy generation, reforestation to combat air pollution & more
Will Crowdfunding Make This Candidate the Philippine President?
We’ve seen the mantra “by the people, for the people” many times and now a Philippine presidential aspirant initiated a unique take on crowdfunding to support his campaign. His initiative is also embedded with a mechanism to protect his votes in the upcoming 2016...
When Crowds Respond, a Remarkable Work of Art is Created
All things are possible if you hustle with the crowd like how artist Ai Weiwei did. This prominent Chinese contemporary artist and political activist will do anything to complete his work of art in Australia after Danish toy company, Lego refused to sell him a bulk...
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: The People Respond
The Syrian refugee crisis is a tragic reminder of how humanity needs to respond to a slew of new problems that we are not sure how to handle. No one has all the answers, but we must begin somewhere. Before all of the strategic and formal programs that can emerge to...
Greece Bailout Requires All EU Citizens to Buy a Feta-Olive Salad
All eyes are on Greece’s financial crisis — and on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform. Can collective action of world citizens bail a country out of debt? Thom Feeney, a marketing manager based in UK, got the ball rolling on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, believing...
#Crowdchat Recap: Democratizing Social Innovation
The problem-solving potential of communities, and what XPRIZE hopes to achieve in India and Asia.
Democratizing Social Innovation: Zenia Tata of XPRIZE
Only four weeks to go before Crowdsourcing Week’s 3rd Global Annual Conference. And in a preview to the exciting & intensive content at CSW Global 2015, we are chatting with Zenia Tata of XPRIZE, one of speakers in our stellar lineup on April 22. #Crowdchat...
Citizen Services, Humanitarian Efforts and Entrepreneurship
Crowdsourcing Week is hosting a series of Twitter chats as we head to into the CSW 2014 Global Conference in Singapore, April 7-11, 2014. Next up we’re talking with leading experts like Nanjira Sambuli, Patrick Meier and Ollie Halimatussadiah on some relevant...