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Global IT Outage Rocks Reliance On Online Technology

Global IT Outage Rocks Reliance On Online Technology

The world is trying to get back to normal after the largest ever IT outage on Friday July 19. It was almost with a sigh of relief that it was not as a result of malevolent behaviour, though the problems caused by a faulty update upload does mean that cybercrime...

Global Payables Platform Tipalti Celebrates Multiple Milestones

Global Payables Platform Tipalti Celebrates Multiple Milestones

Tipalti, the leading global payables automation platform, announced earlier this month that it has not only passed the 1,000-customer mark but has also exceeded $11 billion in annual transactions. Despite the economic headwinds in 2020, Tipalti has continued to...

CSW’s Virtual Crowd Summit Summary, 7 May 2020

CSW’s Virtual Crowd Summit Summary, 7 May 2020

Attendees at our first Virtual Crowd Summit experienced an international panel of speakers discussing and sharing how crowdsourcing-led techniques and models can help organisations. Help them to not only face up to the economic and operational implications of the...

I’ll Sadly Miss Two Leaders in the World of Innovation

I’ll Sadly Miss Two Leaders in the World of Innovation

With sad regret I have recently seen the passing of two people who left an indelible mark both on the world of innovation and on me personally. Academic, business leader, author and “management guru” Professor Clayton Christensen, and serial entrepreneur Leila Janah,...

An Inspiring Book Can Be a Perfect Personal Treat or Gift

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 a book to someone shows you have thought about their particular interests and searched for something that suits them as an individual. And a message in the book itself customises your gift...

Crowdsourcing in Saudi Arabia

Crowdsourcing in Saudi Arabia

Early this year a submission from Tam Development made it to the shortlist of nominees in the BOLD Awards 2019. In partnership with 20 government and private entities in Saudi Arabia and the wider Arab region, and under the leadership of their CEO and co-founder...

CSW Global 2019 San Francisco Recap

CSW Global 2019 San Francisco Recap

The focus of CSW Global 2019 was to unlock crowd participation breakthroughs and explore the use of open innovation techniques and practices becoming more mainstream – becoming the next big thing in our lives. CSW’s Founder and CEO Epi Ludvik kick-started Day One by...

Crowdsourcing Week Conference Helps Homeless in the Host City

Crowdsourcing Week Conference Helps Homeless in the Host City

Crowdsourcing Week and the crowdsourcing design platform 99designs launched an online t-shirt design contest to engage the creativity of the crowd and encourage participation in helping the homeless in San Francisco, which is the host city of our CSW Global 2019...

Are You Coming to San Francisco?

Are You Coming to San Francisco?

After six successful years of events that focus on all the paradigms that come with the crowd economy, our #CSWGlobal19 conference next month in San Francisco will take a huge leap forward, solidifying its status as THE learning and networking experience that unlocks...

The Sky Is Not The Limit….Your Mind Is!!!

The Sky Is Not The Limit….Your Mind Is!!!

We’re terribly sad to hear the news that Mandla Maseko, a South African who had won the chance to be the first black African in space, has died in a motorbike crash before his dream trip was realised. He was a panellist at our international CSW Europe 2016 conference...

Summer Internship at Crowdsourcing Week 2019

Summer Internship at Crowdsourcing Week 2019

Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) is looking for Summer Interns. Through our events, CSW fosters open innovation and crowdsourcing practices within organizations. By working closely with both the CEO & the head of Marketing, you will contribute hands-on to our global...

Why CSW Global 2019 is in San Francisco

Why CSW Global 2019 is in San Francisco

San Francisco has a history of cultural diversity that makes it a spawning ground for new trends and breakthroughs. The city boomed when the California Gold Rush in the mid 1800’s brought 300,000 people from around the world. Some of the gold-seekers made a...

CSW Salutes the BOLDest of the BOLD

CSW Salutes the BOLDest of the BOLD

This year Crowdsourcing Week launched the annual BOLD Awards to shine a spotlight on BOLD and breakthrough projects in crowdsourcing, open innovation and related-technology sectors. The winners in 12 categories plus three special awards were announced at the inaugural...

StackCommerce Beats $100M Payouts to Creators

StackCommerce Beats $100M Payouts to Creators

StackCommerce is the leading native commerce platform for online publishers, communities and brands. Since 2011 it has provided sponsored content to publishers including Engadget, Gizmodo, Business Insider, and Huffington Post for their readers to organically discover...

We’ve Been Building Something BOLD

We’ve Been Building Something BOLD

Over the last five years, Crowdsourcing Week has held conferences with some of the world's largest tech pioneers and entrepreneurs. We’ve just finished our fifth global conference, which was last month in Washington DC. But, for our latest event, we've been working on...

Weekend Expeditions at CSW Global 2018

Weekend Expeditions at CSW Global 2018

The Weekend Expeditions started at the National Air & Space Museum where Bud Holloway gave the group more than a 2 hour tour around space. Friday’s conference had ended with a panel discussion on how using open innovation input is an integral part of commercial...

Business and Innovation themes rang through at CSW Global 2018

Business and Innovation themes rang through at CSW Global 2018

Can we ever balance the power between man and machine or, perhaps, even use technology to balance the power among men themselves? It was a rousing first day of conference at CSW Global 2018, all building up to this same question. The many speakers tackled job...

Global Crowdsourcing Leaders Will Shake Washington D.C.

Global Crowdsourcing Leaders Will Shake Washington D.C.

We are delighted and honored to invite to our stage over 60 truly stellar international thought-leaders and top practitioners in the crowdsourcing sector at the CSW Global 2018 conference in Washington D.C. this week. They will share insights, knowledge, experience...

Under Three Weeks to our Boldest Global Conference

Under Three Weeks to our Boldest Global Conference

We are in to the final three week countdown before our fifth CSW Global conference in Washington D.C running 24-28 October. And we are very excited, and honored, by the number of global thought-leaders and top practitioners from the international crowdsourcing sector...

4 Things You Should Know About CSW Global 2018

4 Things You Should Know About CSW Global 2018

CSW Global 2018 is our international crowdsourcing and collaborative economy conference running October 24-28 in Washington D.C. With under six weeks to go until it starts there are four things you should definitely know about our five-day event. 1. Theme and Content...