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article Distributed KnowledgeThe crowdsourcing drive to generate short commercial films for 13 Unilever brands was today reported to have garnered 10,000 downloaded briefs by up-and-coming filmmaking talent. This activity has...
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document Distributed KnowledgeA brief article explaining that crowdsourcing provides new opportunities to individuals that might otherwise avail them.
article Distributed Knowledge, ToolsWhile crowdsourcing can provide it's pay-back, it can also be challenging and time consuming to execute a successful crowdsourcing project. Crowdsourcing can turn out to be unproductive if...
article Distributed Knowledge, ToolsCrowdsourcing experts and clients offer these tips for taking control of your crowdsourced project:
• Manage task size. Be specific.
• Evaluate crowd quality.
• Don't manipulate...
article Crowd Creativity, Distributed KnowledgeIt started with their August 2009 concert in Prague, in which they took cell phone and other digital video footage of more than 50 fans and created their concert DVD. With the combination of the...
document Crowdfunding, Distributed KnowledgeCrowdfunding engines like Kickstarter are based on the concept that many small donations can add up to a lot of money. People pledge what they can, and only if the project meets its entire goal...
document Distributed KnowledgeOur team is not just looking at traditional news sources, but updates from observers at the scene who are snapping photos with their phones and sending them out on Twitter. And we’re not only...
document Distributed KnowledgeGSC Game World is crowdsourcing S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2 -- well, a small part of it, anyway. The studio is currently holding a contest in which creative types can submit their quest ideas (up to five) for...
document Distributed KnowledgeThe American Express foundation has been tapping the public for input on which historic sites to support in selected cities. The project, called Partners in Preservation, is a partnership between...
document Distributed KnowledgeRumor has it that Yahoo is cutting anywhere from 10 to 20 percent of its consumer products division which could be between 650 and 2,500 individuals by the end of the year, according to anonymously...
document Distributed KnowledgeTogether with some of the presenters — Colby Strategic Marketing, Cronin Co. and Fathom — they found a new venue; put together a revised format and notified speakers and participants that the show...
document Distributed KnowledgeOn researching ideas for using Facebook for local news organisations, I found that there was no easy to find a local newspaper on Facebook. Why hasn’t anybody made a list of all of them before I...
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed KnowledgeVarious companies (like Starbucks, Sara Lee, Kraft, Fiat Mio, P&G, Unilever, Dell, Betavine, LEGO, Peugeot, Fluevog) have been crowdsourcing in order to further improve their brand or services
document Distributed KnowledgeThis is one of the first books to be crowdsourced from start to finish (cover design, content creation, and publicity) and serves as a new example of how social tech and the world of publishing can...
site Distributed Knowledge / ReferenceLaunched in 2008, ShopSavvy provides a barcode scanning mobile application for smartphones.
document Crowdfunding, Distributed Knowledge"Get It Done" is a Crowdsourced aid agency whose mantra is to bring the personal connection back to giving aid. Get It Done aims to, as they put it, "Bring aid back to where it once...
document Distributed KnowledgeThe demand for sharing is indeed increasing as more and more people are getting interested in sharing almost anything they want (even medical data itself). But medical data sharing that exists in...
document Distributed KnowledgeWith the trends now, a company should never miss out on social media. There's a lot to happen and there's a lot to watch out for, especially when companies want to reach out to their...
document Distributed KnowledgeCrowdsourcing, through the use of social networking sites are effective for entrepreneurs and small businesses. This allows them to gather the best opinions from a larger number of experts fast.