Can a crowdsourced effort find Malaysian Airlines plane MH370? Can you help? Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 is missing, vanished into thin air with 239 passengers on board. Combined search and rescue efforts of teams from a number of countries China, Malaysia,...
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.
Nanjira Sambuli: Crowdsourcing Can Help Us Relearn Africa
Nanjira Sambuli of iHub discusses crowdsourcing for citizen awareness campaigns and her recently developed framework for the viability of election-based crowdsourcing in the March 5, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by Crowdsourcing Week.
Maria Ressa: Using Crowdsourcing for Transparency in Democracy
Registered attendees for Crowdsourcing Week Global ’14 already represent over 17 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...
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...
Top 15 Crowdsourcing Influencers – UK
Who are the top crowdsourcing influencers in the UK? The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week’s Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global...
Lauren Anderson: Principles of Collaboration Will Help Brands Stay Relevant
Lauren Anderson, Chief Knowledge Officer of Collaborative Lab, joined us to discuss the shifting consumer mindset toward sharing, the future of collaborative consumption, and how businesses can keep up in the February 13, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by Crowdsourcing Week.
5 Tips to Cultivate Crowdsourcing Culture in Organizations
I was recently asked – “What are your top five tips for individuals / organizations in approaching and management crowdsourcing?” This is a very relevant question for businesses and organizations looking to adopt a crowd-centric mindset. Through my...
Top 10 Crowdsourcing Experts Series – Canada
Note from editor: The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week’s Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global innovators shaping the...
Five Predictions for Crowdsourcing in 2014
Early last year, I wrote that, after a long inception period since its invention in 2007, crowdsourcing would “cross the chasm” and would become mainstream in 2013. This could have sounded like a self-fulfilling prophecy, but it turns out that 2013 will have been indeed a turnkey year for crowdsourcing. Just have a look at the sheer volume of new projects in this crowdsourcing timeline if you are not convinced. The year 2013 was the year where crowdsourcing came of age and proved it was here to last. What’s next? I see 5 key trends for this New Year 2014.
Sean Moffitt: Crowdsourcing Will be a Huge Boon to Operational Efficiency
Sean Moffit, Managing Director of Wikibrands today where Sean presented some clear answers and very interesting facts on the status of crowdsourcing in 2014 and his predictions for the future.
Open Innovation or Co-creation and Coexistence of Business Models
We know (or we should know) that customers are the final judge of our performance in the markets and to remain in constant contact with them is a step towards innovation and consequently to the success of our organization. To be in constant contact with our customers...
How to be Productive
If your day is anything like mine, you are constantly bombarded with information. A lot of great information and some noise. This great infographic by Funders and Founders is useful to everybody trying to stay on track with the important tasks while being mindful of noisy distractions.
How do you keep yourself productive through the day?
What Happens in an Internet Minute – Growth in One Year
The Internet is growing- rapidly. According to a recent article on Quartz, global internet users have grown by 3% in 2013 from 2012 and broadband speeds have increased a whopping 17%. Both these factors have led to more people using the internet to search, upload and share information.
Crowdsourcing + Crowdfunding = Accelerating Innovation for Local Motors
Local Motors, an early supporter of Crowdsourcing Week has consistently raised the bar on automotive innovation. The company has cultivated a thriving global community of auto-designers, engineers, fabricators and enthusiasts by pioneering an online design and...
3 Crowd Engagement Strategies
The Internet is a wonderful thing. The above gem appeared on my LinkedIn feed and I couldn’t help myself but think about how accurate this is on so many levels. Successful CEOs know the importance of effective staff development, but are always torn by the fact...
Ranking Innovation in Asia – Does it matter?
Where is Asia heading to? What is needed for innovation in Asia to blossom even faster? Both, very common matters which have been scrutinized and debated umpteenth of times. Dr Bruno Lanvin was in Kuala Lumpur recently for the World Innovation Forum 2013, talking...
Why Every Decision Maker Should Understand the Importance of Crowd Economy
Planning longterm strategies for organizations is becoming increasingly difficult in the current environment of economic instability, ever-changing technology and resource deficiency. But the very roadblocks I mention above pave the path for a future where...
Crowdsourcing Endless Creative Possibilities For Brands Worldwide
What makes the consumers go gaga over brands? The attitude that brands sell. There was a time when attitude selling was a myth but today with changing trends and over exposure of media plus with the world becoming a much smaller place, people have changed and so have...
Group Brainstorming: 60 Years On
Creativity and innovation have become the buzzwords of the day. For instance, in the 2012 IBM CEO study, more than half of 1700 surveyed CEOs saw innovation as a key resource of sustained economic value. In the same study, 61% of CEOs reported creativity as being one...
Solaborate Aids Social Collaboration for Tech Professionals
I always say that “likes do not save lives” and predict that the future will be about the emergence of web-based channels that allow you to be more productive with your online presence. I like to call this social productivity and I talk about it in a great...
Jeff Bezos on Innovation: Don’t Wait Out For The Lone Genius
Jeff Bezos has been in the news for his business acumen and for his recent purchase of The Washington Post. In his first interview after the purchase, Bezos spoke with Inc on innovation. His quote on innovation stuck out for me. Jeff Bezos, says – “In my...