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How To Power Decentralization Through Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing boosts decentralization. Crowdsourced decentralization gives tasks and decisions to large groups of people rather than rely on central points.

From Singapore, With Love: Special Offer on CSW Europe 15

Crowdsourcing Week celebrates Singapore’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive deal for our next major conference - CSW Europe 2015 taking place Oct 19-23 in Brussels, Belgium. We are offering 50% discount for the Summer Bird Tickets starting today, August 5, 2015, for...

Europe Through the Lenses of Crowd Finance

“This campaign is by the people, for the people,” Thom Feeney writes, explaining his reason why he set up the Greek bailout crowdfund. Feeney, as we know him, is the Briton behind this idea. His story has gone viral for the past weeks in the intersections of Europe,...

Calling Smart Cities Startups: Crowdfund Live at CSW Europe 2015

Do you have an outstanding startup or initiative that improves urban life in an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) or Smart Cities context? Apply by September 10, 2015 for a chance to crowdfund your startup LIVE at Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015....

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – July 24

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – July 24

Here is a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy. These weekend reads will get you up to speed on the collaborative economy, open innovation, crowdfunding, sharing economy and more.  Are we entering the...

CSW Europe’s Ambassador Program For Community Leaders

To forge strong local networks among Crowdsourcing Week community members, and promote cross-European collaboration within the crowdsourcing ecosystem, Crowdsourcing Week is launching the CSW Europe Ambassadors Program. The goal is to invigorate the crowdsourcing...

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – July 17

Crowdsourcing News Roundup – July 17

Curious on what’s happening and what’s hot in the crowdsourcing industry? Here is a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy this week such as crowdfunding, open innovation, sharing economy, future...

Newest #CSWEurope15 Speakers to Talk Citizen Engagement

We are thrilled to announce the next round of speakers for Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015 (#CSWEurope15). The lineup of speakers is getting even better with participation from these five innovators, crowdsourcing influencers and disrupters who will share valuable and...

This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup July 11

Topics such as Greek financial crisis, China’s shocking move in the stock market and other finance news hit the headlines this week. And though financial and investment trading is quite getting more chaotic every day, at Crowdsourcing Week, we focus in educating...

We Don’t Ask Very Good Questions, Do We?

A spirit of inquiry animates the practice of collaborative innovation.What questions, were we to pursue them together, might lead to authentic breakthroughs?Creative thinkers such as Art Van Gundy, Peter Block, the creators of the World Café, and others guide us in...

Google’s Foray Into The Sharing Economy: RideWith

Ride-sharing and carpooling have been popular under the sharing economy slice. Uber popularized it, spawning to various ridesharing apps to monetization strategies worldwide to big brands such as Audi, Ford and BMW jumping on the bandwagon with a custom sharing...

This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup July 4

This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup July 4

May the “fourth” be with you! As we celebrate America’s Independence Day, we also couldn’t take our eyes off with what’s happening in the crowdsourcing space. Beyond the fireworks, parties and on the other side of the world, the Greek financial crisis, here is a...

New Speakers To Talk Crowdsourced Cities

The speaker line-up for CSW Europe 2015 just got even more interesting. We are proud to present 5 more innovators ready to bring cutting edge information on crowd economy applications to the stage in Brussels, October 19-23. Take a peek into their bios and the topics...

Greece Bailout Requires All EU Citizens to Buy a Feta-Olive Salad

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...