Raise your hand if you have ever sworn at your computer while keying hard to read letters to prove you are human. Yes, I am talking about CAPTCHA - that distorted text that makes users squint their eyes to decipher a tricky combination of words and letters and spend...
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.
5 Benefits of Crowdsourcing Principles for Employee Engagement
Employee satisfaction surveys, online assessments and performance reviews could soon be a thing of the past. Rejoice! These employee engagement strategies have been uncomfortable at best and further deepened the divide between employees and upper management. How can...
The Art of CrowdWriting
This is a fact: you can write a book in few hours. And how you do that? By crowdwriting. When I launched my company NulisBuku.com, the first online self-publishing company in Indonesia, back in 2010, I thought people would write a book in 'traditional' way as I knew...
Public Sector Crowdsourcing in Malaysia – Citizen Engagement
People around the world are now jumping on the crowdsourcing bandwagon for a variety of intended outcomes. Being in the innovation space, its fairly encouraging to see that the Malaysian government’s foray into crowdsourcing had, in fact, started a few years ago (and...
Heeeelp.Me is Redefining Community Solidarity Through a Social Marketplace
Heeeelp.me is an online platform that will allow everyday people to tell their story, explain their current situation and their need, set the amount of financial support they need and show their gratitude to supporters through unique services and rewards. Their USP is...
Singapore Day 2013 – Many Stories, One Singapore
August 9, 2013 is the 48th celebration of Singapore National Day and every year it is celebrated with a National Day Parade (NDP). Singapore uses the opportunity not just to celebrate the nation’s history and heritage but also as a nation building exercise. Organizers...
Support: Wiki-Safety, A Crowdsourced Platform for Safety Information and Tips
Wiki-Safety is an online platform that aims to collect and share information on accident prevention and safety tips via crowdsourcing. Every society possesses specific knowledge on safety issues. But, despite the spread of the internet this knowledge is not widely...
How the Young and Dynamic Are Revitalizing Detroit
Detroit, the iconic American city will never leave the public eye. Once representative of America's manufacturing powers, the city has fallen with the challenging economic climate, even recently filing for municipal bankruptcy. Many see this city as a land of missed...
Copenhagen: Innovation Begins at a Public Park
Have you been to public places that discourages a good conversation, has uncomfortable seating or is just not inviting? Copenhagen thinks about public spaces in a dramatically opposite way. Imagine a space that allows to swing and relax, admire the clouds and even...
Barefoot Lightning Breaks Down Knowledge Barriers For Farmers in Developing Countries
We see advances in technology almost everyday. But the rate at which these percolate to poor farmers in developing countries is slow enough to throw them into a vicious poverty cycle. The team at Barefoot Lightning is trying to change that via their Talisman Mobile...
What is the Potential of The Crowd Economy?
What is the crowd economy? You may know it as the sharing or collaborative economy that presents an economic opportunity for ordinary citizens to monetize idle resources like an extra bedroom, tools or their car. But it also includes crowdfunding, crowdsourced...
Turn Social Media Posts Into Memorable Stories with BrickFlow
Today, we are pleased and proud to introduce one of our Startup Challenge Winners from Crowdsourcing Week 2013 Singapore - Brickflow! We all use a number of different social media platforms to share our thoughts and experiences.What if you could pull together all...