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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,...

How the World’s Top Brands use Creative Crowdsourcing

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

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...

The World Wide Fund Uses Crowd Intelligence

The World Wide Fund Uses Crowd Intelligence

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF Switzerland) and  Chaordix are working on an idea -- use the Swiss crowd, specifically startups, to develop new sustainable consumption ideas. Chaordix will be engaging its crowdsourcing community -- WWF Green Ideas -- to uncover...

Will Fansourcing Change Social Shopping, Ask Needle

Will Fansourcing Change Social Shopping, Ask Needle

So we talk a great deal about how companies and governments are using crowdsourcing, from co-creation to designing a new troop transport vehicle. But what if I told you that a company is using crowdsourcing  -- more specifically fansourcing -- to supplement your...

PyBossa Brings Crowdsourcing To The Open Source Community

When we talk about crowdsourcing as a work process we normally think of paid work -- contests, macrotasks or microtasks. But what if I told you that we are only tapping into a portion of the crowdsourcing work potential? You have heard of open source? Open source is a...

Unilever Taps The Crowd For Help In Their Sustainability Goals

In November of 2010, Unilever established the -- Unilever Sustainable Living Plan. The plan set forth is an ambitious ten year program, towards sustainable growth. Unilever explains that the Plan not only addresses their operations but they are also taking...

Australian-based CrowdDesign Launches CrowdDesign.ca

Australian-based DesignCrowd has just launched DesignCrowd.ca. And although the Canadian branch still has the word “beta” in its name -- that has not deterred the over 76, 000 designer from signing-up. And it looks like CrowdDesign.ca is already running its first...

The Revolution Mosaic Is Going To Crowdsource A Mosaic

The Revolution Mosaic, was just released, in the App Store and is ready to crowdsource a mosaic. “This year, 360,000 iPhone photos will come together to form one iconic image that will last forever in the Apps Store, on the Internet, and on posters around the world,...

USAID Is Using Crowdsourcing To Map Its Impact

The USAID embraces crowdsourcing? The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was created by John F. Kennedy in 1961. Its primary responsibility is distributing civilian foreign aid. Part of the USAID mission statement is: “Economic growth is key to...

Will the United Nations Support Crowdsourcing Sustainability

Crowdsourcing sustainability -- is that even possible? Well that is what Jacob Scherr -- Director of Global Strategy & Advocacy Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) -- is hoping for. The UN is holding a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil this June, it’s...

NASA News: The US Space Agency Wants You to Build an App

What if you got the call? What if NASA put out an open call and said, “Build me an app!” And guess what, if the Space Agency chooses your app, it will pay you up to $10,000 for it. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is nearly 54 years old. And...

A Crowdsourcing Game to Diagnose Malaria

The Crowdsourcing Survey According to a 2010 Weber Shandwick survey, 44% of the 216 Fortune 2000 Corporate Executives, interviewed, have used crowdsourcing. And 50% of these executives find crowdsourcing very valuable. The perceived value is spread unevenly across 4...

How Can Crowd Collaboration Help My Business

What if I told you that crowdsourcing will most certainly improve your business? Well, I have to apologize -- because in business just as in life, certainties are rare. But what I am certain of is that crowdsourcing is an incredibly powerful tool. As a work process, I...

Crowdsourcing Week Speaks To Matt Barrie, CEO

Matt Barrie is the CEO of the largest outsourcing marketplace -- Freelancer.com. And how large is large, well how about 3.4 million professionals and 1.6 million projects under the companies belt, it's simple to see why Freelancer.com is a leader. Below is my email...

We Ask Simon Mainwaring Founder of “We First” 5 Questions

I had the pleasure of meeting Simon Mainwaring at an event during Internet Week last year. Unfortunately, I did loose touch with him but I am happy that we could reconnect for this interview. So let’s hear what Simon has to say. Q1: What is the main issue with the...

Crowdsourcing Week Interview with Ted Rubin

Ted Rubin is the CSMO at Collective Bias. He also sits on the advisory board of Crowdsourcing Week. Ted is terribly passion about building relationships. He makes it a point to consistently drive this point whether in the boardroom, on Twitter or speaking to...