What are some of the crowd economy opportunities in Indonesia? Indonesia has been engaging in crowdsourcing for some time. What are the challenges and opportunities of embracing digital collaboration in this region? Techpreneur Ollie Halimatussadiah discusses in the...
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Another Way of Rewarding the Crowd: Gamification
Relationship between crowdsourcing and gamification One of the key elements in a crowdsourcing initiative of any kind is the motivation of the crowd. It's true that the crowdsourcing initiative will need a large enough crowd, that a clearly defined task must be...
Arun Mehra: Brands Have Faith in their Crowd to Deliver Authentic Brand Identities
Registered attendees for Crowdsourcing Week Global ’14 already represent over 20 countries across 5 continents so far. To give you a little taste of what to expect at the conference, we are bringing a new ‘Speaker Spotlight’ series that showcases speakers’ work and...
Crowdsourcing: A Shift in Talent Acquisition
Business enterprise nowadays pushes competition by maximizing the use of technology such as the “cloud”. The concept of the “cloud” has been popular due to the advent of readily available software programs through the use of the Internet. These cloud applications...
We have Winners! Top Crowdsourced Designs for CSW Global 2014 Announced
We just concluded our crowdsourced poster contest on 99designs; inviting designers to contribute a poster featuring an inspiring quote related to collaboration and innovation. After crowdsourcing a line of amazing Crowdsourcing Week t-shirts from 99designs for last...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, March 15
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the collaborative economy. The public was simply watching and waiting to find out what happened to Malaysian Flight 370, until Digital Globe made...
Exciting Opportunity For Students and Startups: Join us in Singapore for CSW ’14
Do you want to attend the Crowdsourcing Week Global '14 conference but are a strapped-for-cash student or startup? Apply for a startup or student rate or become a volunteer. Singapore is calling! The CSW team is gearing for a stellar conference with the best minds...
Malaysian Plane MH370 Crowdsourcing Search Signals Rise of the Digital Humanitarian
The international crowdsourcing search to find Malaysian Flight 370 has brought into focus, the role of technology, hyperconnectivity and social media in crisis and humanitarian response. Since DigitalGlobe, opened their crowdsourcing platform, Tomnod to scour...
Join the International Crowdsourced Search Effort
Can a crowdsourced effort find Malaysian Airlines plane MH370? Can you help? Malaysian Airlines plane MH370 is missing, vanished into thin air with 239 passengers on board. Combined search and rescue efforts of teams from a number of countries China, Malaysia,...
Nanjira Sambuli: Crowdsourcing Can Help Us Relearn Africa
The Crowdsourcing Approach to Data Collection [#Crowdchat Recap] Nanjira Sambuli of iHub discusses crowdsourcing for citizen awareness campaigns and her recently developed framework for the viability of election-based crowdsourcing in the March 5, 2014 Twitter...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, March 7
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the collaborative economy. The first-ever social investing platform TrakInvest is set to democratize equity investing information with their model...
Maria Ressa: We Are Using Crowdsourcing for Greater Transparency in Democracy
Registered attendees for Crowdsourcing Week Global '14 already represent over 17 countries across 5 continents so far. To give you a little taste of what to expect at the conference, we are bringing a new 'Speaker Spotlight' series that showcases speakers' work and...
PandaBed Connects Asian Vacation Goers to Trusted Accommodation
James Chua, (co-founder of PandaBed along with Lester Kang) spoke to Crowdsourcing Week about PandaBed - a startup marketplace that offers a wide range of accommodation option for travelers to Asia. Even though collaboration and cooperation is rooted in Asian culture,...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, Feb. 28
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. A new crop of startups are tapping crowdsourcing and mobile technology to address the crisis of food waste, aiming...
Contest: Create A Unique Brand Design for Crowdsourcing Week 2014!
Get your creative juices flowing! CSW is inviting all you designers to help us design unique materials for our upcoming Crowdsourcing Week Global '14 flagship conference in Singapore. Design CSW Global '14 Posters with 99designs Remember those sweet Crowdsourcing Week...
Crowdfunding Workshop & Pitch Competition For Startups
Crowd finance has turned the startup funding scene on its head. What is the future of crowdfunding? What happens after a successful campaign? How can entrepreneurs keep the momentum going? What's the best way to develop and maintain investor relations? This...
#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 Ollie Halimatussadiah on some relevant...
Talenthouse Contest: Create an Intro Video for Crowdsourcing Week
Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) in partnership with Talenthouse India invites the global creative community to create an animated signature video that brings out the mission and goals of Crowdsourcing Week. We are thrilled to partner with Talenthouse India again this year to...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, Feb. 21
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd-driven business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. There is no single crowdfunding market in Europe, a problem for local startups and companies looking to tap into a...
Traveling to Crowdsourcing Week Global ’14? We Are Getting Ready For You!
Are you stuck in 18 inches of snow and chilled to the bone by the PolarVortex I &II, dreaming of travel to warm and sunny (a lot) Singapore? Yes, that's me in Washington DC. Even if your local conditions are not as frigid as mine, tropical Singapore is always a...
Top 15 Crowdsourcing Influencers – UK
Who are the top crowdsourcing influencers in the UK? The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week’s Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global...
Lauren Anderson: Principles of Collaboration Will Help Brands Stay Relevant
Lauren Anderson, Chief Knowledge Officer of Collaborative Lab, joined us to discuss the shifting consumer mindset toward sharing, the future of collaborative consumption, and how businesses can keep up in the February 13, 2014 Twitter #CrowdChat hosted by...
This Week In Crowdsourcing: News Roundup, Feb. 14
A curated, weekly roundup of interesting news on crowd business, crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation and the new collaborative economy. One of crowdfunding's most common criticisms is that it will replace or detract from traditional means of financing art,...
5 Tips to Cultivate Crowdsourcing Culture in Organizations
I was recently asked - "What are your top five tips for individuals / organizations in approaching and management crowdsourcing?" This is a very relevant question for businesses and organizations looking to adopt a crowd-centric mindset. Through my exposure and...