Tag: crowd culture
Crowdsourcing for the Evolution of a Decentralized Web
by Kirsty Goodary | Aug 20, 2020 | blockchain, Crowdsourcing
This article summarises the development of the internet to the current scenario where so many interactions are dominated by dealing with global tech giants. As data has become a more and more valuable commodity, those giants are...
Read MoreConsumer Behavior During the Pandemic: Current Changes and Future Prospects
by Donald Fomby | Jul 10, 2020 | Citizen Engagement
Since the beginning of the pandemic, it was clear that it will change consumer behavior once and for all. The pandemic has also shown us how little we know about responsible consumption. It became clear when people started...
Read MoreBuilding Ethical and Inclusive AI Through Bottom-up Community Collaboration
by Rudradeb Mitra | May 30, 2020 | Collaborative Economy
AI (Artificial Intelligence) is at the heart of the most disruptive innovation since the Industrial Revolution – the current Knowledge Revolution. It can potentially increase the speed, efficiency, and effectiveness of public...
Read MoreSame Coronavirus Threat, Different Responses Around the World
by Fiona Stoffer | Mar 31, 2020 | Citizen Engagement, Mass Collaboration
It is fascinating to see how different leaders choose to deal with a crisis like the coronavirus outbreak. Let’s compare three approaches: the “Populists,” the “Believers” and the “Proactives.” The Populists Solutions put...
Read MoreThe Next Step in Business Audio? Ask the Crowd!
by Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey | Aug 8, 2019 | cocreation, Crowdsourcing
Story as Communication, From Caveman to Walkman When humans listen to a story something amazing happens. Each individual in a crowd reaches into their own personal memories to create and complete the scenes in which the action...
Read More5 Ways Equity Crowdfunding Provides More Than Capital Investment
by Clive Reffell | Mar 19, 2019 | Crowd Finance, Crowdfunding
Many successful businesses reach a stage where transformational expansion to take it to the next level, whether that might be developing the next version of a product or setting up a Sales and Marketing team, can’t be funded...
Read MoreFood Sharing App Tackles $1 Trillion Annual Wastage
by Clive Reffell | Dec 4, 2018 | Crowd Causes, Social Business
A third of all the food produced in the world is thrown away. It represents an annual value of $1 trillion, and in the UK half the food is wasted in the home. It’s one of our planet’s greatest problems. There are millions of...
Read MoreA Q&A with our own Young Achiever Alex Plamada
by Clive Reffell | Aug 29, 2018 | CSW Conferences, News
Our Young Achiever Program 2018 aims to uncover a next wave of 25 exceptional movers, shakers and change-makers aged under 25 who are working or studying in the crowdsourcing sector. And who are already making an impact. We will...
Read MoreBuild Crowdsourcing Business Models To Last
by Thomas Kohler | Apr 18, 2018 | Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation
Increasingly visible crowdsourcing platforms like Threadless scale quickly by harnessing the innovation power of crowds and capitalizing on networking effects. However, failure cases such as Quirky, show that sustaining ventures...
Read MoreIron and Steel Give Way to Data Centres as the Capital of Northern Sweden Transforms to a Sustainable Future
by Clive Reffell | Mar 2, 2018 | CSW Conferences, News
Our two-centre conference next month in Swedish Lapland begins in the coastal city of Luleå, a city transitioning from a centre of traditional heavy industry and timber production to a digitised, sustainable future providing...
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