A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the collaborative economy. The public was simply watching and waiting to find out what happened to Malaysian Flight 370, until Digital Globe made...
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Exciting Opportunity For Students and Startups: Join us in Singapore for CSW ’14
Do you want to attend the Crowdsourcing Week Global '14 conference but are a strapped-for-cash student or startup? Apply for a startup or student rate or become a volunteer. Singapore is calling! The CSW team is gearing for a stellar conference with the best minds...
Malaysian Plane MH370 Crowdsourcing Search Signals Rise of the Digital Humanitarian
The international crowdsourcing search to find Malaysian Flight 370 has brought into focus, the role of technology, hyperconnectivity and social media in crisis and humanitarian response. Since DigitalGlobe, opened their crowdsourcing platform, Tomnod to scour...
Join the International Crowdsourced Search Effort
Can a crowdsourced effort find Malaysian Airlines plane MH370? Can you help? Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 is missing, vanished into thin air with 239 passengers on board. Combined search and rescue efforts of teams from a number of countries China, Malaysia,...
Nanjira Sambuli: Crowdsourcing Can Help Us Relearn Africa
The Crowdsourcing Approach to Data Collection [#Crowdchat Recap] Nanjira Sambuli of iHub discusses crowdsourcing for citizen awareness campaigns and her recently developed framework for the viability of election-based crowdsourcing in the March 5, 2014 Twitter...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, March 7
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the collaborative economy. The first-ever social investing platform TrakInvest is set to democratize equity investing information with their model...
Maria Ressa: We Are Using Crowdsourcing for Greater Transparency in Democracy
Registered attendees for Crowdsourcing Week Global '14 already represent over 17 countries across 5 continents so far. To give you a little taste of what to expect at the conference, we are bringing a new 'Speaker Spotlight' series that showcases speakers' work and...
PandaBed Connects Asian Vacation Goers to Trusted Accommodation
James Chua, (co-founder of PandaBed along with Lester Kang) spoke to Crowdsourcing Week about PandaBed - a startup marketplace that offers a wide range of accommodation option for travelers to Asia. Even though collaboration and cooperation is rooted in Asian culture,...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, Feb. 28
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. A new crop of startups are tapping crowdsourcing and mobile technology to address the crisis of food waste, aiming...
Contest: Create A Unique Brand Design for Crowdsourcing Week 2014!
Get your creative juices flowing! CSW is inviting all you designers to help us design unique materials for our upcoming Crowdsourcing Week Global '14 flagship conference in Singapore. Design CSW Global '14 Posters with 99designs Remember those sweet Crowdsourcing Week...
Crowdfunding Workshop & Pitch Competition For Startups
Crowd finance has turned the startup funding scene on its head. What is the future of crowdfunding? What happens after a successful campaign? How can entrepreneurs keep the momentum going? What's the best way to develop and maintain investor relations? This...
#Crowdchat Series: Crowdsourcing for Citizen Services, Humanitarian Efforts and Entrepreneurship
Crowdsourcing Week is hosting a series of Twitter chats as we head to into the CSW 2014 Global Conference in Singapore, April 7-11, 2014. Next up we're talking with leading experts like Nanjira Sambuli, Patrick Meier and Ollie Halimatussadiah on some relevant...
Talenthouse Contest: Create an Intro Video for Crowdsourcing Week
Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) in partnership with Talenthouse India invites the global creative community to create an animated signature video that brings out the mission and goals of Crowdsourcing Week. We are thrilled to partner with Talenthouse India again this year to...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, Feb. 21
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. There is no single crowdfunding market in Europe, a problem for local startups and companies looking to tap into a...
Traveling to Crowdsourcing Week Global ’14? We Are Getting Ready For You!
Are you stuck in 18 inches of snow and chilled to the bone by the PolarVortex I &II, dreaming of travel to warm and sunny (a lot) Singapore? Yes, that's me in Washington DC. Even if your local conditions are not as frigid as mine, tropical Singapore is always a...
Top 15 Crowdsourcing Influencers – UK
Who are the top crowdsourcing influencers in the UK? The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week’s Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global...
Lauren Anderson: Principles of Collaboration Will Help Brands Stay Relevant
Lauren Anderson, Chief Knowledge Officer of Collaborative Lab, joined us to discuss the shifting consumer mindset toward sharing, the future of collaborative consumption, and how businesses can keep up in the February 13, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, Feb. 14
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. One of crowdfunding's most common criticisms is that it will replace or detract from traditional means of financing art,...
5 Tips to Cultivate Crowdsourcing Culture in Organizations
I was recently asked - "What are your top five tips for individuals / organizations in approaching and management crowdsourcing?" This is a very relevant question for businesses and organizations looking to adopt a crowd-centric mindset. Through my exposure and...
Rappler’s #TalkThursday Features Crowdsourcing Week Founder
Rappler founder and ace journalist, Maria Ressa featured Epirot Ludvik Nekaj, founder and CEO of Crowdsourcing Week, last week in a full length interview on #TalkThursday at their headquarters in Manila, Philippines. From Rappler, How much of a change can a connected,...
Blasting Off Into 2014: New Markets and Finance Trends
Take your business up on the web and make way for flexible funding. Much more than this, expect a much broader audience to do crowdfunding by year 2014. Numerous popular online platforms will not only help you raise money fast for any business that you may happen to...
Top 10 Crowdsourcing Experts Series – Canada
Note from editor: The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week's Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global innovators shaping the conversation on...
Let’s Learn as a Crowd too!
Reposted from Wikibrands blog The Big Idea - Polling the world’s top thinkers and practitioners on the most relevant and important aspects of crowd movements. AKA – the 34 questions you always wanted to know about crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation, the...
Weekly Reading: Crowdsourcing News Roundup, Feb. 7
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy Urban planning just became more open and democratic in Moscow, where residents can now propose city improvement ideas...