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Finding Ways to Live and Work Smarter: CSW Global 2016 Recap, Day 3
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...
Read MoreCrowdsourcing: From Myth to Intrinsic Reality
Photo Credit: Sebastiaan ter Burg It’s a good thing I’m not easily discouraged. In 2009, when I was sowing the seeds for what would become Crowdsourcing Week, a vehicle to enable dialogue and knowledge transfer on the...
Read MoreLighthouse to Challenge Kickstarter with Bitcoins
Lighthouse, a new crowdfunding application has gone public. What makes it stand out? Being powered by bitcoins it competes with traditional crowdfunding platforms and stirs up buzz around the value of Bitcoin. Lighthouse is...
Read MoreCivic Crowdfunding Can Revive the Citizens-Politics Relationship
The relation between citizens and representative democracy is in a deep crisis, as indicated by a fall in the number of voters l in many countries all around the world. It’s a global phenomenon caused by the wide...
Read MoreOpen Innovation for Cities- #Crowdchat with Hjörtur Smarason, Oct 9
Crowdsourcing Week is hosting our second crowdchat as we head to CSW Europe 2014 in Copenhagen from Oct 14-16, 2014. #Crowdchat is a great way to join in on the conversation, gain visibility and connect with like-minded...
Read More#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...
Read MoreWhat is the Secret Sauce For Crowdfunding Success?
So what is the secret sauce for a successful crowdfunding campaign? In a recent post we talked about campaigns that have been widely successful and I have often been asked – What is the secret sauce behind a successful campaign?
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The Crowd Designs for Social Good: A Campaign to Support Micro-enterprises in Developing Communities
Crowdsourcing Week 2013 is happy to announce our “Crowd Design for Good” campaign that will combine art, fun and a great cause. Crowdsourcing Week is working with 99designs & Kiva to empower developing communities around the world with a sustainable approach.
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Y-Combinator Funds First Non-Profit Startup: A Crowdfunding Platform for Medical Aid
Watsi is a crowdfunding platform that connects you with patients in serious need of low-cost medical care and enables you to fund high-impact treatments. The dynamic team from Watsi has a simple enough goal: to help people dying...
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Crowdfunding is Propelling Social Innovation
Social innovation refers to new strategies, concepts, ideas and organizations that meet social needs of all kinds — from working conditions and education to community development and health — and that extend and strengthen civil society. Social media and the internet has been a big supporter of social innovation over the past couple of years, witnessing the creation of powerful virtual communities dedicated to a particular cause or initiative.
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