Web's Largest listing of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding events
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The ongoing economic crisis appears to have accelerated this shift, leading some to call it a "mancession." More than three-quarters of the jobs that were lost over the course of the...
In a world of scarcity, marketing is relatively easy. Brands can afford to have a one-way communication and connect with consumers through limited channels. There’s scarcity of creative resources...
We've already examined how the online public seems to feel about Crowdfunding, as well as Cloud Labor. Now, this week we're going to look at the data for Crowd Creativity platforms.
David Kelley, founder of IDEO and the group’s advisor, enthused “It’s really exciting to see you bringing this creative confidence back to the classroom… this is the kind of learning that really...
There are of course ways crowdsourcing makes sense. Crowdsourcing sites providing useful information such as where to locate the lowest gas prices, or crowdfunding sites that attract sponsors for...
Vassily Yakemenko plans for the founding congress of his party to take place this autumn. For now, he is creating a "Crowdsourcing platform on the Internet", which will be the base for...
Earlier this year, Yannig Roth began to list all the creative crowdsourcing initiatives he could find, applied to Interbrand’s ranking of the 100 Best Global Brands. The result was this living post on his blog, which he's given us permission to re-post here.
Are competition-based creative crowdsourcing platforms a fair predictor of where things might be headed in the world of crowdsourcing? Perhaps, the start of a movement in high-volume competition platforms is a predictor that we are entering the next phase in the evolution of creative crowdsourcing with the rise of the digital intermediary.
Maker Bench Tempe is a place for creative, artistic, hobbyist and business customers to access advanced tools including laser cutters, metal working, wood working, basic tools and work space to...
DNA 11 is the original creator of DNA Art, the world's most personal form of art that combines design, technology, science and pop culture. They create contemporary custom portraits from...
What do the world’s social media users think about crowdsourcing? Crowdsourcing.org partnered with KL Communications to find out.
Using a tool called Netbase, which indexes and analyzes millions of conversations across the web, Crowdsourcing.org and KLC analyzed data for the top 15 sites generating the most buzz for each of the five main crowdsourcing categories in Crowdsourcing.org’s Directory: cloud labor, crowd creativity, crowdfunding, distributed knowledge and open innovation. This report examines a year of data — timeframe: November 1, 2010 to October 31, 2011 — garnered from Facebook, Twitter, blogs, forums, news sites and consumer reviews.
Seth Weinstein tells us how tapping the creative power of geeks in the Magic: The Gathering community was an early example of crowdsourcing.
Mayor Francis Slay told Daily RFT that he's not put off by Rally's reliance on crowdsourced funding, or by some of the rhetoric that makes city government sound financially and...
We profile the non-profit Creative Barcode, which aims to help individuals keep IP for their creations, and explain how it may be used by crowdfunding campaign owners and platforms alike.
IdeaConnection.com is all about innovation and creative solutions. Solutions to corporate problems and solutions to problems that will benefit the Common Good. Companies have problems solved by...
The White House has reached out to Monster to get questions and perspectives from job seekers. The social media savvy White House is tapping into Monster.com’s community of Facebook fans, asking them to post the questions they would most like the Obama Administration to answer. When the poll closes this Sunday evening, the top five questions that spark the most engaging conversation or that are "liked" the most by other members of their Facebook community will be answered by the White House who will post videotaped responses online.
Many of us have come to associate crowdfunding with websites such as Kickstarter, Rockethub, Quirky, Fans Next Door and many others. However, while the creators of these platforms have channeled their energies to target crowdfunding potential for creative projects, Alex Budak- founder of StartSomeGood - realized that the power of collective giving could also be used for social endeavors. 
Last week’s blogpost “Equity or Debt?” the Next step in Crowdfunding highlighted the three fundamental forms of crowdfunding platforms:
Africa Unsigned , founded by Pim Betist, is a crowdfunding platform that aids local artists by taking on the challenge of music production and promotion. This is achieved once the targeted budget is reached through the small amounts of monies that are given by fans and supporters via the website’s platform. Betist previously founded Sellaband, a popular creative crowdfunding site that was the first to adopt a crowdfunding model to assist budding musicians.
In a world changing so quickly, new models for work will and must emerge. Growing labor forces in India and China, democratic expansions that allows more individual choice, lower friction in work moving across the globe in milliseconds instead of months, and more interconnected people and problems -- all drive the need for more than just subtle shifts in collaboration and creation. The cutting edge -- where technology like "the cloud" and virtual goods themselves are invented, constructed, and consumed -- must be a leader in this change.
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.
