“This campaign is by the people, for the people,” Thom Feeney writes, explaining his reason why he set up the Greek bailout crowdfund. Feeney, as we know him, is the Briton behind this idea. His story has gone viral for the past weeks in the intersections of Europe,...
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Calling Smart Cities Startups: Crowdfund Live at CSW Europe 2015
Do you have an outstanding startup or initiative that improves urban life in an innovative Internet of Things (IoT) or Smart Cities context? Apply by September 10, 2015 for a chance to crowdfund your startup LIVE at Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015....
Week In Preview: What’s in Store at Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015
In exactly 12 weeks, Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015 will commence in Brussels, Belgium - Europe's hotbed for ideas, policy and innovation. The week-long event will turn Brussels into the meeting place for crowdsourcing's top influencers, practitioners,...
Crowdsourcing News Roundup – July 24
Here is a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy. These weekend reads will get you up to speed on the collaborative economy, open innovation, crowdfunding, sharing economy and more. Are we entering the...
CSW Europe’s Ambassador Program For Community Leaders
To forge strong local networks among Crowdsourcing Week community members, and promote cross-European collaboration within the crowdsourcing ecosystem, Crowdsourcing Week is launching the CSW Europe Ambassadors Program. The goal is to invigorate the crowdsourcing...
Crowdsourcing News Roundup – July 17
Curious on what’s happening and what’s hot in the crowdsourcing industry? Here is a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy this week such as crowdfunding, open innovation, sharing economy, future...
Newest #CSWEurope15 Speakers to Talk Citizen Engagement
We are thrilled to announce the next round of speakers for Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015 (#CSWEurope15). The lineup of speakers is getting even better with participation from these five innovators, crowdsourcing influencers and disrupters who will share valuable and...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup July 11
Topics such as Greek financial crisis, China’s shocking move in the stock market and other finance news hit the headlines this week. And though financial and investment trading is quite getting more chaotic every day, at Crowdsourcing Week, we focus in educating...
We Don’t Ask Very Good Questions, Do We?
A spirit of inquiry animates the practice of collaborative innovation.What questions, were we to pursue them together, might lead to authentic breakthroughs?Creative thinkers such as Art Van Gundy, Peter Block, the creators of the World Café, and others guide us in...
Google’s Foray Into The Sharing Economy: RideWith
Ride-sharing and carpooling have been popular under the sharing economy slice. Uber popularized it, spawning to various ridesharing apps to monetization strategies worldwide to big brands such as Audi, Ford and BMW jumping on the bandwagon with a custom sharing...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup July 4
May the “fourth” be with you! As we celebrate America’s Independence Day, we also couldn’t take our eyes off with what’s happening in the crowdsourcing space. Beyond the fireworks, parties and on the other side of the world, the Greek financial crisis, here is a...
New Speakers To Talk Crowdsourced Cities
The speaker line-up for CSW Europe 2015 just got even more interesting. We are proud to present 5 more innovators ready to bring cutting edge information on crowd economy applications to the stage in Brussels, October 19-23. Take a peek into their bios and the topics...
Greece Bailout Requires All EU Citizens to Buy a Feta-Olive Salad
All eyes are on Greece’s financial crisis — and on Indiegogo, a crowdfunding platform. Can collective action of world citizens bail a country out of debt? Thom Feeney, a marketing manager based in UK, got the ball rolling on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, believing...
5 Crowdsourced News Platforms Shaping The Future of Journalism and Reporting
We are exposed to a myriad of news and updates worldwide. As the crowd becomes more involved in providing information, adopting that 'upload mindset' coined by Will Merritt of Zooppa, access to all kinds of data is a few taps and clicks away. Other readers even use...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup June 27
There’s always something to look forward to in the crowd economy every day. It’s never boring. From Google that announced its new crowdsourcing platform for journalists and entrepreneurs to Ford’s new peer-to-peer car sharing venture, and then Uber’s plans in China,...
Europe in the New Economy
This is a guest post by Domenico Rossetti di Valdalbero, Principal Administrator at the European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation. Two strong trends are emerging in the western world that, at first glance, appear contradictory: on the one...
Crowdsourcing Games: From Entertainment to Space Probes
When asked where can we use crowdsourcing, the answer is simple. Anything. Gaming is becoming a popular application for crowdsourcing that is gaining traction as serious gamers want more than to just play the game. Well, you won’t just be playing the Super Mario Game...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: Roundup News June 20
In the CSW Global 2015 conference, one of the so many “quotable” and “tweetable” insights that were strikingly true today: “Crowdsourcing… this is not just in Silicon Valley… it’s a global movement,” Sean Moffitt said. And as you read this curated weekly roundup of...
7 European Countries Embracing Crowd Economy
What makes these 7 European countries unique? What is this “crowd economy” that we are talking about? A New Paradigm: 14 parts of the Crowd Economy Landscape tells us that the sharing economy is actually a subsect of the crowd economy umbrella. The crowd economy, as...
CSW Europe 2015: Brussels to Host Weeklong Conference on Crowdsourcing and Collaborative Economy, Oct 19-23
BNP Paribas Fortis to support CSW Europe 2015 as the conference will provide an in-depth look into Europe’s collaborative future Crowdsourcing Week (CSW)’s European flagship conference will take place in Brussels, Capital of Europe at Chancellery...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup June 13
Every week there’s always something to look forward to on the crowdsourcing space. Definitely, we are living in the most exciting times. So here's a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy. Read what...
10 Ridesharing Apps You Can Use
As a digital-savvy millennial, I realized how technology has changed my habits. When booking a ticket, I’d crowdsourced flight prices via Skyscanner and instead of staying in a hotel for long vacays, I’d choose Airbnb to make myself at home anywhere. And when in...
6 Things Recruiters Need to Know About the On-Demand Economy
For decades, HR recruiters were swept up in a tidal wave of résumés – swimming through thousands to spot the one person who might be the right fit for the company. But the tide has shifted. Recruiting is no longer a “throw out the net and see what we get” process, but...
This Week in Crowdsourcing: News Roundup June 6
Do you want to know what created the latest buzz in crowdsourcing this week? Here's a curated weekly roundup of the breaking news and must-read thought leadership pieces on the crowd economy. Uber is making some headlines this week as it celebrates its 5th...