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Lucien Engelen: Crowdsourcing & Healthcare — The Future!
Who Is Lucien Engelen I am very excited to say that tomorrow will be our 2nd CrowdChat. And we will be speaking with Lucien Engelen -- Director of Radboud REshape & Innovation Center. Engelen is passionate about healthcare. And what I find most impressive is that...
How the Use of Crowdsourcing is Empowering the African Citizen
911 Data Collection 240 million phone calls are made to 911 in the U.S., every year. The number in Europe is probably higher. The number in most African countries is impossible to ascertain. 911 and its variants across the globe are an old example of crowdsourcing...
Video: Crowdsourcing Week Speaks with Max Sidorov on Google Hangout
Yesterday I published an article where I discussed some of my personal feelings about Max Sidorov. And last night Epi Ludvik and I where able to speak with Max. We used Google+ Hangouts on Air -- it was fun and Epi was feeling rather comical last night. Obviously, I...
10 Reasons Crowdsourcing will Transform the Way we Work
Mechanisms such as Crowdsourcing are about to fundamentally change the way we perform and organize work. Conventional organizational structures are about to become more loose and in addition to (well known) outsourcing initiatives, companies have to consider...
Max Sidorov Social Maverick or Just a Nice Guy
So what has not been said or covered by the media when it comes to Max Sidorov. Some call him a saint, others call Max a hero but Karen Klein just calls Sidorov -- “a nice guy.” Personally, as a father and son, I would just like to shake his hand and buy him a beer or...
Our Interview With François Petavy, CEO of eYeka
eYeka leverages the world’s creativity to enable organizations and people to create a better future together --eYeka And eYeka has worked with companies such as P&G, Kraft, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Danone, Hyundai and Microsoft -- to generate new ideas. Presently,...
Sean Moffitt: Why Social Business Success Needs a Pinch of Crowdsourcing
Crowdsourcing Week is proud to announce our very first Twitter event -- #CrowdChat. The event will be taking place on Wednesday, June 27th 2012 from 8pm - 9pm EDT. And who will be on #CrowdChat -- well I am hoping that you will be there? And besides you, we will also...
How the World’s Top Brands use Creative Crowdsourcing
Interbrand's ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands ranks some of the most famous brands in the world based on "all the many ways in which a brand touches and benefits its organization - from attracting and retaining talent to delivering on customer expectations"....
Liza Alert Uses Crowdsourcing To Find Missing Children
There is no better use case for crowdsourcing than leveraging the power of the crowd to find abducted children. And this is the core mission of LizaAlert.org. There is nothing more terrifying for a parent than realizing that your child is not where you left him or...
Will The US Ignite A New Evolution In Crowdsourcing
Sir Tim Burners Lee is one of the most influential men in human history. Why -- well on December 25, 1990 he invented, a little thing called, the World Wide Web (the Web). And over its 22 years -- the Web has connected 2,267,233,742 people on planet Earth. With the...
The Daily Crowdsource Is Launching Crowdopolis In LA
Crowdsourcing has most certainly been getting a great deal of attention over the past few years. And perhaps the origins of that attention can be traced back to Jeff Howe or Barry Libert or perhaps James Surowiecki or even David Bratvold. David is the CEO and founder...
David Bratvold, CEO of Daily Crowdsource, Talks About Crowdopolis
David is what we call an industry leader in the crowdsourcing space. He is CEO and founder of Daily Crowdsource. The media property is less than two years old but Bratvold has been able to turn the young property into a goto crowdsourcing resourceThe Daily Crowdsource...
Andy Zynga of NineSigma Talks About NineSights
I first spoke with Andy in early May and he was educating me on open innovation. And on June 5th, NineSigma launched the first open innovation social media destination, NineSights. I was very curious about NineSights so I decided to reach out to Zynga to learn a bit...
