As part of our weekly digest, here are the handpicked crowdsourcing news and updates spotted by our team —from crowdfunding Armstrong’s spacesuit and bionic exoskeleton to business travel in the sharing economy to Indiegogo’s equity crowdfunding platform and...
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5 MOOC Platforms Where You Can Learn Anything
Do you have some spare time this summer? Why not invest in yourself and learn new things via the Internet? Perhaps, some basic concepts on programming, coding or learn online marketing, new technologies and languages, stocks and trading, and a myriad of subjects and...
From Singapore, With Love: Special Offer on CSW Europe 15
Crowdsourcing Week celebrates Singapore’s 50th anniversary with an exclusive deal for our next major conference - CSW Europe 2015 taking place Oct 19-23 in Brussels, Belgium. We are offering 50% discount for the Summer Bird Tickets starting today, August 5, 2015, for...
Europe Through the Lenses of Crowd Finance
“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,...
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...