Development of knowledge assets or information resources from a distributed pool of contributors. Crowdsourcing is used to develop, aggregate, and share knowledge and information through open Q&A, user-generated knowledge systems, news, citizen journalism, and forecasting.
Facebookipodayclosingprice.com is a site that’s been pulled together — in a fantasy football-style — to allow experts and ordinary punters to mix together and place hedge bets on Facebook’s share...
Facebookipodayclosingprice.com is a site that’s been pulled together — in a fantasy football-style — to allow experts and ordinary punters to mix together and place hedge bets on Facebook’s share...
"We're constantly surprised at the innovative strategies our members use to quit smoking and deal with nicotine withdrawal," said T.J. Kapp, CEO of QuitSmoking.com. "Every time...
The need for enjoyment in politics is perfectly illustrated in an unlikely pair: Estonia and American Idol. While Estonia became the first country to permit the convenience of voting by both cell...
For some reason, there's been a recent boost in projects looking to serve the public interest using crowdsourcing. Perhaps April showers brings May do-gooding. Here's 4 projects in particular that have caught my eye of late:
The story of how Reddit members fact-checked some fake Wikipedia entries is a great example of this in action, and journalism professor Alfred Hermida also points out in an interview with the...
Yoomoot is a place to participate in structured debates. Share opinions that matter to you. Yoomoot is an award (Smarta100) winning innovative collaboration tool for professional discussions....
The crisis mapping community is currently developing general standards and the ethical, privacy and security issues that need to be carefully addressed in each case that crowdsourced crisis mapping...
Future crowdsourcing will sit side-by-side with Allstate's quantitative research and analytics department, consisting of a team of about 50 data scientists and data specialists. Huls described...
Mendeleys' Open API gives accessibility to this data back to the research community for them to freely explore and 'mashup'. Already, apps built using Mendeleys' crowdsourced...
The challenge’s expert panel is currently on the lookout for NHS-based projects that use feedback from patients to systematically improve experience. The challenge is backed by a £1 million...
So when people ask how you can get more Twitter followers or how you should represent yourself, you can go for the more formulaic way of sharing useful quotes every day or be an expert on Chinese...
A video on Erik Hersman presents a remarkable story of Ushahidi, a GoogleMap mashup that allowed Kenyans to report and track violence via cell phone texts following the 2008 elections, and has...
Crisis mapping is often equated to a geographic information system (GIS). GIS is a way of visually presenting, analysing and managing data and statistics, primarily through the use of maps. And...
Wikipedia could easily generate hundreds of millions of dollars in advertising revenues if it added some innocuous banner advertisements to its pages (something it refuses to consider). And some...
Most recently, ModCloth launched its “Make the Cut Contest,” a crowdsourced design competition that gives aspiring designers the opportunity to submit design sketches based on a themed inspiration...
Reddit user Sean O'Connor asked a favor of his fellow Redditors. O'Connor's uncle, Scott Widak, is 47 years old and afflicted with Down syndrome and terminal liver disease. Wanting...
More organised discussions are taking place on Twitter too, like the biweekly #CSRchat hosted by McPherson. Recent chats have covered topics related to supply chain issues, employee engagement,...
"The mail that’s arrived has all been extremely positive and thoughtful," O'Connor told Mashable. "My family and I are amazed at how so many strangers could come together for a...
People speak of creating the social business. What does that phrase mean? Do we sip lattes and play foosball in the break room? How does this magical entity differ from its anti-social brethren? In...
The winner, Bey2ollak, which we took a close look last year, is attempting to solve a severe traffic problem in Egypt, one update at a time, by crowdsourcing traffic conditions with the help of a...
Founded in 2010, the industry website, Crowdsourcing.org, is a neutral organization dedicated solely to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding. As one of the most influential and credible authorities in the crowdsourcing space, Crowdsourcing.org is recognized worldwide for its intellectual capital, crowdsourcing and crowdfunding practice expertise and unbiased thought leadership.
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