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Remarkable Benefits And Simplistic Risks Of Crowdsourcing Data Annotation

This blog covers how crowdsourcing data annotation and labelling works, its benefits and risks, some top providers, and first steps for newcomers.

My Nation My Anthem – Crowdsourcing India’s National Anthem

My Nation My Anthem – Crowdsourcing India’s National Anthem

When a nation comes together- magic happens, time and again the history of mankind has proven that harmony can achieve extraordinary results. One such feat is about to get accomplished through My Nation My Anthem, a crowdsourced project by Talenthouse India. How do we...

Biased Crowd Funding: “Invest in a Younger You”

AlumniFunder is a new crowd funding startup based out of Los Angeles. They connect alumni at top universities like Harvard, Princeton, Georgetown, MIT with entrepreneurs and innovators who are still in school. They are building a marketplace for disruptive...

In Chile, Government Takes a Hands-On Approach in Promoting Innovation

When it comes to sources of innovation, government isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind. In Chile, however, that’s not the case. No, new technologies aren’t flowing out of the legislature, nor is President Sebastián Piñera giving up his day job to go the...

How Social Media Can Help Find Your Missing Child

Find Your Missing Child (FYMC) was founded after a social media and email campaign helped one man find his missing child. Its goal is to educate families about the community-building powers of social media and email to aid in the search of a missing child. Using...

Destination Singapore!

Destination Singapore!

We have 117 days to go before Singapore and the first global conference on crowdsourcing and open innovation. The Crowdsourcing Week team is a global beehive with everybody buzzily working to produce a stellar event in Singapore! Since we work across so many different...

Talenthouse Predicts a Great 2013 for Crowdsourcing in India

We  at Talenthouse India welcome the second month of this year while taking pride on the laurels of the last year. There were tons of creative submissions, various brands and mentors to cater to while enabling fantastic community creations in all genres of art,...

The Future of Manufacturing is Upon Us

The Future of Manufacturing is Upon Us

The burgeoning shift in the manufacturing sector has been coming for a touch over a decade and has, I would suggest, now reached your front gate. A whole confluence of factors that include 3D printing, crowdsourcing, home engineering and free-scale idea generation...

Using the Crowd to Predict

One of the earliest scientific understandings of the crowd came from the  brilliant Francis Galton. According to his Wikipedia entry Galton was an English Victorian polymath, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, Geographer, inventor, meteorologist,...

Webinar: Crowdsourcing for Global Innovation

Webinar: Crowdsourcing for Global Innovation

Chaordix is hosting a live webinar via the Conference Board of Canada on "Crowdsourcing for Global Innovation" this coming Tuesday, Feb. 5th at 1pm EST. The Conference Board of Canada is pleased to present Crowdsourcing for Global Innovation, a live webinar on...

Why Encouraging Childlike Creativity is Essential in Business

Kids are naturally creative. If left to their own devices with crayons, paint—even a cardboard box, wonderful things often blossom. So what happens as we get older? Many people think kid “lose” that creativity. However, it’s really the grownups who take it away from...

Do You Spot a Difference?

Yes, yes! Apart from the fact that they are pictures of two different Presidents and their wives during their respective inauguration, what is a striking difference between the two? The first picture with President Bill Clinton seems more uptight and bureaucratic with...

Board of Directors = Enemy of Innovation?

  (reposted from 15 Inno) I recently provided five reasons why executives do a poor job on innovation and although this makes it difficult for innovation leaders to do their job, I am glad to say that things are changing for the better. A new generation of...

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