The weekend is finally here! Here’s our weekly dose of the latest updates on – the World Economic Forum meeting, the power of crowdfunding on payment processes and real-estate ventures, why established brands flock to creative crowdsourcing sites, crowdsourcing...
News
Stay up to date on the latest news, upcoming conferences and initiatives from Crowdsourcing Week.
2015 Global Crowdsourcing Survey – Our 2nd Annual Pulsecheck
We’re back again fielding our seminal research about the crowd economy and all its various component parts – crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and crowd equity, open innovation and collective intelligence, the sharing economy and the peer-to-peer marketplace,...
This week in crowdsourcing: news roundup January 23
Here is our weekly roundup of latest updates in collaborative economy and crowdsourcing. Why crowdfunding is good for venture capitalists, what to expect from bitcoins, how to use crowdsourcing for brands and much more in this week’s edition. Sharing Economy &...
Road to Singapore: CSW Summits in Jakarta, Venice, Arctic Circle & Manila
We are taking the high road to Singapore and CSW Global 2015! Shaping up to become the most important international event and meet up on the crowd economy, CSW Global 2015 will touch upon a bold theme that will highlight how the crowd economy can disrupt billion...
New CSW Global 2015 Speakers Cover Exciting Topics
Emerging trends in Crowd Finance, Crowdsourced Art, Crypto 2.0 and the Cloud will be talk of the town, April 20-24 at CSW Global 2015 in Singapore. Take a peek below and meet the brains behind the cutting-edge ideas coming to Asia this spring! View full list of...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup January 16
Here’s a curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the collaborative economy. Crowd Lab Print Contest The North Face launched its Crowd Lab Print contest, inviting contributors and...
How Will the Crowd Economy Impact the Next Billion?
The third edition of Crowdsourcing Week Global 2015 will take place on April 20 – 24 at Singapore’s inspiring Genexis Theatre at Fusionopolis. The week-long conference will focus on the promise and future of the crowd economy with the 2015 theme “Crowd...
Virgin Galactic Tragedy
Yesterday was a tragic day for those of us excited about the new frontiers in space travel when the Virgin Galactic lost one of its pilots in a test space travel flight in the Mojave desert. My sincere condolences go out to the family and colleagues of the fallen...
CSW Europe 2014: What Attendees are Saying
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 in Copenhagen saw participants from wide-ranging backgrounds taking in 5 key lessons on collaboration. Here’s what attendees had to say about the event, which served to ignite the Nordic community...
10 Quotes from Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 (and the Ideas, Trends, & Insights Behind Them)
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg Last week in Copenhagen, Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 saw the brightest minds in crowdsourcing gather to discuss what’s in store for the future of collaboration. Here are some favorite quotes from the conference, crowdsourced with...
Day 3: From Users to Movers with Crowdsourcing
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg It’s an era of connectivity, where anybody can disrupt the existing system and turn things upside down. It is technology, new media and platforms for collaboration that drastically change the way we are used to working. Innovating...
Day 2: Future of Crowdfunding – Not only for “Super-early Adopters”
Photo credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg We have wrapped up Day 2 of CSW Europe with some food for thought on where crowdfunding is heading next. What is brand new today will be common tomorrow. But the challenge is to make investors and entrepreneurs grasp how to get to...
Day 1: Survival Kit for your Business in the Age of Crowdsourcing
The first day of Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 is brought to a close. We had an action-packed day full of insights on what crowdsourcing can give to companies and why collaboration matters. Crowdsourcing is not only about money. Neither it is for a selected field of...
That’s a Wrap! Three New YAP Fellows Cap Off Inaugural Class
The inaugural class of Young Achievers Program (YAP) fellows for Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014 is now complete! The response to the program was overwhelming and we are truly inspired by all the passionate and accomplished submissions received. Here are the three...
New YAP Fellows for CSW Europe
We’re thrilled to introduce the five newest members of our Young Achievers Program (YAP) for Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014. A diverse and talented group, they join the inagural fellows announced last week and form the core of an exciting new community of...
Crowdsourcing For Good: Join the Conversation Online
Crowdsourcing Week is collaborating with Nordics SOCAP and Living Bridges Planet to facilitate a unique global conversation on crowdsourcing for social good. The conversation begins on Oct 1 with a introductory webinar that will highlight best practices for...
Nesta to Highlight Digital Social Innovation at CSW Europe
Nesta is an innovation non-profit with a simple mission — bring great ideas to life. Ideas that can potentially help the 7 billion+ of us lead better lives while harnessing technology and the Internet like never before. Nesta will bring some of these topics to...
CSW Europe: First Round of YAP Fellows Announced
We’re thrilled to introduce the inaugural members of our Young Achievers Program (YAP), an initiative to recognize and nurture new talent and ideas in the crowd economy. Hailing from countries all across Europe, this class of YAP fellows are embarking on a...
The Crowdsourced City Guide to Copenhagen
With it’s renowned environmentally friendliness, vibrant city life, and a penchant for innovative urban solutions, there are many reasons Copenhagen is the host city for Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2014. For those traveling from near and far to attend CSW Europe 2014,...
Apply for the Young Achievers Program for CSW Europe 2014
Crowdsourcing Week is proud to announce a new program to highlight young achievers in the crowd economy from local regions around the world. Through the Young Achievers Program (YAP), we seek to ensure that promising up and comers are able to attend CSW conferences,...
Why Copenhagen Can Become Europe’s Crowd Capital
The city of Copenhagen is making a public call to citizens, companies and government to make the transition to the new, connected and inclusive economy. With many great cities in the running, it is no mean feat that Copenhagen nabbed the top spot, for two years in a...