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...
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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,...
Beyond Privacy & Trust: Data’s New Battleground
Despite increasing invasions of privacy, we continue to share massive amounts of our personal data online. Yet only an elite few are reaping benefits from all the data we share. Is it possible to unlock the power of data to provide everyone with greater access to its...
Steve Jennings, NordicDEi : Democratizing the Power of Data
Crowdsourcing Week is hosting two crowd chats as we head to CSW Europe 2014 in Copenhagen from Oct 14-16, 2014. #Crowdchat is a great way to join in on the conversation, gain visibility and connect with like-minded professionals. If you are a thought leader or...
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...
The Humanification of Everything
Scores of platform and businesses have adopted the Uber model to disrupt verticals that relied on old models of stocking up commodities, employees or services. They are now looking to connect real-time, custom demand with custom solutions – essentially...
Helsinki’s Innovation in Mobility to Discourage Car Ownership
Own performance not product is the mindset that the city of Helsinki wants to encourage its residents to adopt and choose the concept of mobility as a service instead of car ownership. The Finnish capital city is poised to grow 40% in the next 35 years and city...
6 Companies Making Consumer 3D Printing Accessible in Europe
3D printing is not new, with early technology appearing in 1980’s but in recent months, consumer 3D printing capability has gone mainstream with companies adopting creative ways to encourage designers and enthusiasts while creating markets and innovations in the...
Indonesia’s Joko Widodo to Crowdsource Cabinet
Indonesia’s Joko Widodo to Crowdsource Cabinet, Boosting People Participation in Government “An inclusive government” was the campaign mantra of Indonesia’s Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on his way to winning to the country’s...
Keep Calm and Trust In Crowds. Get Ready Europe!
The crowd knows best – well most times at least! The CSW team will show you more reasons to trust crowds and tap into your community through CSW Europe coming up October 14-16, 2014 in Copenhagen. Do you have a roadmap for unleashing the collective potential of...
The Collaborative Economy Honeycomb: Interdependencies Create Robust Communities
Empowered people, connected via the Internet are a socially productive community at the center of the honeycomb graphic produced by Crowd Companies and sharing economy thought leader, Jeremiah Owyang (watch Jeremiah’s keynote address and view his slides at CSW Global ’14 here). Today economic and social drivers powered by technology are helping them share goods, services, food, money, transportation and services – through robust marketplaces.
The reference to a honeycomb is intentional in the context that the sharing economy is interdependent and helps communities become resource efficient, resilient, economically viable and people centric.
The Myth of the Lone Genius
A very interesting opinion piece on the NY Times by Joshua Wolf Shenk dwells on the myth of the lone genius . History has perennially celebrated lone geniuses like Einstein, Picasso, Shakespeare, King while barely acknowledging their creative partners and...
AirBnB is More Than Its Provocative Logo
AirBnb wants to emphasize the feeling of belonging through its new logo and web redesign with a powerful message – Belong Anywhere. The tech company that has been one of the pioneers of the tech+sharing economy space wants to underscore its message and mission...
Ericsson Incorporates Crowdsourcing
Ericsson has launched a crowdsourcing component to its Networked Society City Index. Its aim is to measure the performance of cities from two perspectives: their information and communications tech maturity and their sustainable urban development; the Triple Bottom...
Workshop with the Founders of CSW, Crowdonomic & Pozible
Singapore entrepreneurs, start-ups, creatives, makers, and non-profits are invited to participate in this dynamic and interactive session, produced by Crowdsourcing Week to discover how crowdfunding can progress your company or cause. Join the founders of...
May Have Helped Surge Demand for Uber’s Services
Taxi drivers in the Capital region opposed Uber yesterday by staging an official protest and stalling traffic on major DC streets. They want the DC government to follow Virginia and make Uber cease and desist operations in the District. Uber’s unique model uses...
White House Maker Faire Announces #NationOfMakers, Features Local Motors
President Obama is celebrating America’s makers today at the first-ever Maker Faire at the White House. The rise of the maker movement powered by the Internet and technologies like 3D printing, easy to use design software is reviving a whole new generation of...
Europe: A Complex Ecosystem for the Crowd Economy
Crowd Expedition’s Martijn Arets talks to Epi Ludvik Nekaj, Founder & CEO of Crowdsourcing Week about the CSW Summit in Brussels and the collaborative movement in Europe and beyond. As we travel around the world, Crowdsourcing Week is adding to the...
Roundtables Offered Decision Makers of the Collaborative Economy
Day 2, June 6, of the CSW Summit – Brussels focused on a series of four roundtable discussions aimed to provide in-depth insights into the collaborative economy. Implementing crowd innovation at an organizational level could seem overwhelming to many decision...