All eyes are on Greece’s financial crisis — and on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform. Can collective action of world citizens bail a country out of debt? Thom Feeney, a marketing manager based in UK, got the ball rolling on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, believing...
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5 Crowdsourced News Platforms Shaping The Future of Journalism and Reporting
We are exposed to a myriad of news and updates worldwide. As the crowd becomes more involved in providing information, adopting that ‘upload mindset’ coined by Will Merritt of Zooppa, access to all kinds of data is a few taps and clicks away. Other readers...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup June 27
There’s always something to look forward to in the crowd economy every day. It’s never boring. From Google that announced its new crowdsourcing platform for journalists and entrepreneurs to Ford’s new peer-to-peer car sharing venture, and then Uber’s plans in China,...
Europe in the New Economy
This is a guest post by Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero, Principal Administrator at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Two strong trends are emerging in the western world that, at first glance, appear contradictory: on the one...
Crowdsourcing Games: From Entertainment to Space Probes
When asked where can we use crowdsourcing, the answer is simple. Anything. Gaming is becoming a popular application for crowdsourcing that is gaining traction as serious gamers want more than to just play the game. Well, you won’t just be playing the Super Mario Game...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: Roundup News June 20
In the CSW Global 2015 conference, one of the so many “quotable” and “tweetable” insights that were strikingly true today: “Crowdsourcing… this is not just in Silicon Valley… it’s a global movement,” Sean Moffitt said. And as you read this curated weekly roundup of...
7 European Countries Embracing Crowd Economy
What makes these 7 European countries unique? What is this “crowd economy” that we are talking about? A New Paradigm: 14 parts of the Crowd Economy Landscape tells us that the sharing economy is actually a subsect of the crowd economy umbrella. The crowd economy, as...
CSW Europe 2015: Brussels to Host Weeklong Conference on Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Economy, Oct 19-23
BNP Paribas Fortis to support CSW Europe 2015 as the conference will provide an in-depth look into Europe’s collaborative future Crowdsourcing Week (CSW)’s European flagship conference will take place in Brussels, Capital of Europe at Chancellery...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup June 13
Every week there’s always something to look forward to on the crowdsourcing space. Definitely, we are living in the most exciting times. So here’s a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy. Read...
10 Ridesharing Apps You Can Use
As a digital-savvy millennial, I realized how technology has changed my habits. When booking a ticket, I’d crowdsourced flight prices via Skyscanner and instead of staying in a hotel for long vacays, I’d choose Airbnb to make myself at home anywhere. And when in...
6 Things Recruiters Need to Know About the On-Demand Economy
For decades, HR recruiters were swept up in a tidal wave of résumés – swimming through thousands to spot the one person who might be the right fit for the company. But the tide has shifted. Recruiting is no longer a “throw out the net and see what we get” process, but...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup June 6
Do you want to know what created the latest buzz in crowdsourcing this week? Here’s a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy. Uber is making some headlines this week as it celebrates its 5th...
5 Catalysts of Growth in Asia E-learning Market
The burgeoning e-learning industry in Asia is expected to hit $12 billion by 2018 according to New Ambient Insight Report. Labeled as the second-highest (next to North America) self-paced e-learning market, countries such as Myanmar (50.2%), Thailand (43.7%) and...
Why Mindsharing is the Superpower of the Crowd Economy
When individuals team up and collaborate, their enthusiasm becomes contagious and they can achieve greater things together.
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup May 29
Here’s a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy. There is quite a buzz on the crowdsourcing, crowd currencies, sharing economy, smart cities, crowd intelligence in healthcare and many more....
Innovation Management Maturity: A Simple, Visual Approach
Simple Does It Clients and I talk about innovation management maturity all the time. How mature is their practice of collaborative innovation? What signs point to maturity? What outcomes speak to maturity? How might they perfect their practice? I craft a simple visual...
Idea Exchange with Switzerland’s Innovators and Change Makers
Were you at #CSWGeneva? Crowdsourcing Week along with our partner Catalyx put on a great event that brought together top practitioners from Geneva and rest of Europe on stage in one action-packed day. The agenda succeeded in turning up the volume on the collaborative...
Get Ready to be Transformed by the Crowd Economy: Join Us at CSW Summit Geneva, May 26
We’re striking the iron while it’s hot as we hit the road to Europe with a not-your-usual action-packed CSW Summit Geneva on May 26, 2015. International and Swiss top-notch speakers, crowdsourcing practitioners and influencers will share their insights on how the...
15 Must-Read Takeaways from CSW Global 2015
“Does the crowd economy work?” – if this question was running through the minds of attendees at CSW Global 2015 the response was a resounding “yes”. The conference finished on a high note with high-caliber speakers and crowd economy influencers...
Webinar – Action Items & Lessons for your Organization
Do you still have the CSW Global 2015 hangover? Great news for you! Whether you’ve attended the conference or not, here’s an access to the CSW global highlights. We’ll be having the executive roundtable webinar on Thursday, April 30, 2015 2PM Singapore time (7AM...