Crowdsourcing is a global practice, and we are excited to bring Iran’s first action-packed crowdsourcing summit to Tehran and showcase leading edge innovations in the crowd economy to an audience hungry for encouragement and opportunities in the business of sharing....
Epi Ludvik Nekaj's weekly vlog shares insights on crowd economy trends, crowdsourcing and more. In this week's video I am talking about "Be My Eyes" as an example of how we can use our time to help people through crowdsourcing resources. Be My Eyes is an iPhone app...
Check out our curated Weekly Roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team JOBS is bringing equity crowdfunding to non-rich people The 'Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act' is aiming to...
The end of economic sanctions on Iran ended restrictions on Iranian trade, shipping and insurance. The International Monetary Fund estimates Iran’s GDP could grow by as much as 5% in 2016/17 from a standing start. And within this is an astonishing pent up demand from...
Check out our curated Weekly Roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. [Tweet "Read how DBS Bank, UNESCO and American Apparel are using crowdsourcing"] DBS Bank has partnered up...
Check out our curated Weekly Roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. How crowdsourcing is shaping Aviation industries Aviation industries such as Airbus, AirAsia, Wi-Fly and...
Check out our curated Weekly Roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. Mexico City is crowdsourcing its new constitution Mexico City will be drafting its new constitution through...
For many of us, it's possible when we think of 'Crowdsourcing' what comes to mind is the Kickstarter of an exciting cause or product that we recently contributed financially to (often to support a friend whose involved in it) after seeing it promoted on social media....
Today’s theme at Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 was Crowdsourcing and Crowd Innovation. CSW founder Epi Ludvik Nekaj reminded us of the prediction made by American ‘futurist’ Ray Kurzwell. He believes the advancements made in the next 100 years will match those of the...
This year our global conference is in London, a truly iconic, vibrant, global city. And one that’s creaking at some of the seams of its infrastructure. This morning my tube was delayed on its journey to ease over-crowding at its end destination. The roads are...
The historic setting of the Regent Street Cinema in London witnessed the first day of Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016, a conference dealing with massive changes in how we do business. First sessions of the morning looked at the wide picture of the changing times we are...
Ahead of CSW Global 2016, April 11-15, Roland Harwood, Co-Founder and Managing Director of 100%Open, shares practical and pragmatic ways to make that all important breakthrough in finding your open innovation ecosystem. Join Roland at Crowdsourcing Week Global on...
With just a week to go until CSW Global 2016, now is the perfect time to share some of the questions that will be tackled during the event. As London get's ready to host five days of cutting edge content across Crowd Finance and Crowdfunding, Smart Cities and...
Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. How crowdsourcing is preserving the wilderness Read the story of the Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve launching...
Vlada Pechenaya, Growth Marketing Specialist at on-demand mobile workforce platform Twentify, talks about increasing mobile adoption around the world making the smartphone a natural choice for the development of crowdsourcing capabilities in the gig economy Today, any...
Ahead of CSW Global 2016, April 11-15, we caught up with one of our event speakers, Heather Leson, Program Manager at the Qatar Computer Research Institute. Here, Heather shares insights of how her work, driven by a mission to engage people and build communities for...
Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. Boon launches its crowdsourcing referrals platform publicly Who else is trying to crowdsource everything?...
In the first of a two part series, Nick NM Yap, Founder of smart, wireless music system ROCKI, talks about why crowdfunding has hit a healthy level of maturity, leading us to the brink of a golden era. Nick is a guest speaker and co-host of a special workshop,...
There are three weeks to go before CSW Global 2016 takes London by storm, bringing together some of the brightest and most innovative minds and pioneers leading the shift to the crowd economy. With the theme Great Challenges, Massive Opportunities, CSW Global 2016...
Ahead of our CSW Global conference, talking place in London, April 11-15, I was honored to be a special guest at the Social Media for Empowerment Awards & Summit in Delhi, produced by Digital Empowerment Foundation. In this video, I share insights of what I...
Check out our curated Weekly RoundUP of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy spotted by the Crowdsourcing Week team. Crowdsourcing contest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions The Massachusetts Institute of Technology Office of...
Head over to the Crowdsourcing Week Global 2016 hub for more insights, expertise and passion of the thought leaders and innovators speaking at this year’s conference. Join us 11-15 April in London for a week of fresh ideas and insights on the global Crowd...
Editor’s note: This is the third and last installment in a blog series on tips for executing successful equity crowdfunding campaign and four communication strategies. Here are links to Part One and Part Two. In my two previous blogs, I shared the first seven...
Ahead of our CSW Global conference, talking place in London, April 11-15, in my fourth video I am talking about Patrum, a platform which harnesses crowdsourcing and collaboration among art lovers for the restoration of arts works within Vatican churches. Joining us as...