Who says 3-D printing is for furniture or accessory pieces only? Not anymore. Local Motors has gone the extra mile with its first ever 3-D printed car unveiled at Detroit Auto Show on Monday, according to The Washington Post. The Strati roadster design was a...
Crowdsourcing
Discover the impactful ways crowdsourcing – the practice of engaging a ‘crowd’ or group for a common goal, often for innovation, problem solving, or efficiency – is being applied on many different levels and across various industries.
Investing in Women is Win-Win For All
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg Female entrepreneurship is much more than a social issue. Now it is an economic one with a rising generation of ‘mumpreneurs’ going out and challenging the existing gender imbalance of business. Building confidence “One...
Digital Diplomacy to put Kosovo on the Global Map
“Facebook has recognized Kosovo.” You must have seen these viral headlines about a year ago. Now we get behind the scenes at CSW Europe in Copenhagen and get to know who has driven this change. The project of Digital Kosovo has existed for a little over one year. In...
What Can Happen When Cities Embrace Open Innovation?
Crowd-centered innovation has gone from fad to essential. What was the tipping point? Hjörtur Smarason, ambassador for Innovation Embassy discusses what can happen when cities (and their citizens) embrace open innovation in the 10/09/14 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by...
The 5 P’s of the Crowd Economy
This article by Epi Ludvik is reposted from Virgin Entrepreneur Social connections boosted by the web and mobile networks have seeded collaboration and cooperation like never before. Ironically all this technology has, in more instances than not, helped increase human...
Social Technologies and Collaboration Practices will Continue to Impact Research and Education
Flemming is currently leading a pioneering crowdsourcing project to bridge the gap between the world of work and the world of research and education.
Open Innovation for Cities – #Crowdchat with Hjörtur Smarason
Crowdsourcing Week is hosting our second crowdchat as we head to CSW Europe 2014 in Copenhagen from Oct 14-16, 2014. #Crowdchat is a great way to join in on the conversation, gain visibility and connect with like-minded professionals. If you are a thought leader or...
Beyond Privacy & Trust: Data’s New Battleground
Despite increasing invasions of privacy, we continue to share massive amounts of our personal data online. Yet only an elite few are reaping benefits from all the data we share. Is it possible to unlock the power of data to provide everyone with greater access to its...
Steve Jennings, NordicDEi : Democratizing the Power of Data
Crowdsourcing Week is hosting two crowd chats as we head to CSW Europe 2014 in Copenhagen from Oct 14-16, 2014. #Crowdchat is a great way to join in on the conversation, gain visibility and connect with like-minded professionals. If you are a thought leader or...
The Humanification of Everything
Scores of platform and businesses have adopted the Uber model to disrupt verticals that relied on old models of stocking up commodities, employees or services. They are now looking to connect real-time, custom demand with custom solutions – essentially...
Indonesia’s Joko Widodo to Crowdsource Cabinet
Indonesia’s Joko Widodo to Crowdsource Cabinet, Boosting People Participation in Government “An inclusive government” was the campaign mantra of Indonesia’s Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on his way to winning to the country’s...
The Collaborative Economy Honeycomb: Interdependencies Create Robust Communities
Empowered people, connected via the Internet are a socially productive community at the center of the honeycomb graphic produced by Crowd Companies and sharing economy thought leader, Jeremiah Owyang (watch Jeremiah’s keynote address and view his slides at CSW Global ’14 here). Today economic and social drivers powered by technology are helping them share goods, services, food, money, transportation and services – through robust marketplaces.
The reference to a honeycomb is intentional in the context that the sharing economy is interdependent and helps communities become resource efficient, resilient, economically viable and people centric.
The Myth of the Lone Genius
A very interesting opinion piece on the NY Times by Joshua Wolf Shenk dwells on the myth of the lone genius . History has perennially celebrated lone geniuses like Einstein, Picasso, Shakespeare, King while barely acknowledging their creative partners and...
Ericsson Incorporates Crowdsourcing
Ericsson has launched a crowdsourcing component to its Networked Society City Index. Its aim is to measure the performance of cities from two perspectives: their information and communications tech maturity and their sustainable urban development; the Triple Bottom...
Life Interrupted: My CSW Global Story, by Mark Philpott
Mark Philpott, Corporate leader turned social entrepreneur and homeless man by choice, gave a talk at CSWGlobal14 that was a revelation. This post first appeared on his blog where he talks about his experiences at CSW Global in Singapore. I have just spent some time...
MIT Bitcoin Club Creates Campus Digital Currency Ecosystem
Got $100 in Bitcoins? How will you use it? MIT’s Bitcoin Club has a plan – to distribute the $100 in Bitcoins to every undergraduate on campus this Fall and press the “play” button. They hope to follow and study how students use the digital...
#myNYPD Fail: When Crowds Hurt Your Outreach
The NYPD, on Tuesday, reached out to citizens and encouraged them to share pictures with department officers via Twitter using the hashtag #myNYPD. Though there were many who shared positive pictures of police officers who put their life on the line for community...
Ollie Halimatussadiah: Crowdsourcing is Integral to Asian Culture
What are some of the crowd economy opportunities in Indonesia? Indonesia has been engaging in crowdsourcing for some time. What are the challenges and opportunities of embracing digital collaboration in this region? Techpreneur Ollie Halimatussadiah discusses in the...
Another Way of Rewarding the Crowd: Gamification
Relationship between crowdsourcing and gamification One of the key elements in a crowdsourcing initiative of any kind is the motivation of the crowd. It’s true that the crowdsourcing initiative will need a large enough crowd, that a clearly defined task must be...
Arun Mehra: Brands Have Faith in their Crowd to Deliver Authentic Brand Identities
Registered attendees for Crowdsourcing Week Global ’14 already represent over 20 countries across 5 continents so far. To give you a little taste of what to expect at the conference, we are bringing a new ‘Speaker Spotlight’ series that showcases speakers’ work and...
Malaysian Plane MH370 Crowdsourcing Search Signals Rise of the Digital Humanitarian
Like the international crowdsourcing search to find Malaysian Flight 370, next-generation tech is enabling public contribution for crisis and humanitarian response. Expert Patrick Meier discusses the rise of the digital humanitarian in the 3/12/14 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by Crowdsourcing Week.