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document Distributed KnowledgeTaskTurtle — which is currently in beta — enables users to crowdsource skilled and under-utilized workers to carryout household tasks, for example painting a garage door. Users can post their task...
document Distributed Knowledge, ToolsThe contest was hosted by Challenge.gov, the U.S. government’s site for crowdsourcing tech solutions to a variety of problems. Challenge.gov is run by ChallengePost, a hub for contests that was...
article ToolsThe 100,000 Homes Campaign is trying to change that with its new mobile-friendly app, Homeless Connector. The campaign, which is a national movement to find permanent homes for 100,000 chronically...
article Crowdfunding, ToolsLaunched by Toronto's Helix Commerce International, the new crowdfunding software and services offering is called CrowdFundChoice.ca. With sponsors that include RBC< TD Canada Trust and...
document Crowdfunding
Do Whatever It Takes is a creative and fun way to take on a serious issue – youth homelessness. Over 2 million young people in the US and Canada experience homelessness each year.What makes...
document Crowdfunding, ToolsThe Kickstarter project has spawned similar services- for example, Fondomat, which Peter Lekarev have covered on .Ru. It’s kind of like Kickstarter, but for charities – so technically the target...
document CrowdfundingCrowd funding works on the principle that a lot of small contributions conveniently made by cell phone or computer through social media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Google, will add up to make a...
document Crowdfunding"We decided to turn to FundMyWish.com to try to raise awareness of our situation because we know that a lot of small donations can amount to something big. We are trying to raise enough...
video Crowdfunding, ToolsWith sponsors that include RBC< TD Canada Trust and Community Action Group on Homelessness, the CrowdFundChoice's first campaign is called Next 26.
It's a charitable donation...
document Crowdfunding
UnMentionables is a bath & body company created by Camryn Main, 13, of Marysville, Ohio. The company is making a difference, giving back to the community by using 10% of their profits to buy...
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation, Tools
At the heart of these efforts was Erhan Çelik, a journalist for Turkey's Kanal 7 TV station. Around five hours after the quake struck in Van province, as it become clear that many thousands...
video Crowdfunding
Citizen X is a crowdfunding project on Emphas.is which takes the viewer to Sao Paulo, by way of Brazilian photographer Julio Bittencourt’s lens.
Julio Bittencourt has been documenting housing...
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge
Led by Ian Rhett, CEO of CivicActions, http://www.civicactions.com, and co-founder Jessica Murray, “Design-A-Thon” is a 24-hour volunteer event that brings together a diverse group of...
document CrowdfundingCrowdsourcing on Kickstarter.com raised $40,000 to mount a bare-bones production for the NYMF festival, along with $80,000 from a private backer. Very early in its development Mirvish Productions...
document Crowdfunding
Destination: Home and Housing 1000 have turned to social media and crowd funding as a way to raise money to furnish homes for the 1,000 homeless individuals in Santa Clara County that they hope...
article CrowdfundingLast Pick Productions is currently fundraising on crowdfunding site '' Kickstarter '' to develop a game called iBeg. As the "i" implies, it's a game for iOS...
document Crowdfunding
The charitable campaign, dubbed “Empowering the Homeless”, intends to create awareness of this issue within the Miami community, inform people of the amazing programs the Chapman Partnership has...
document CrowdfundingCamryn is currently running a funding-raising campaign on CrowdfundingKids.com to acquire expansion funding for her business. A large portion of the startup costs include the design and printing of...
document CrowdfundingMike Tyson has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for homeless and underprivileged kids. Tyson, a former undisputed heavyweight champion of the world, has decided to make his vision...
document Crowdfunding
The company is making a difference, giving back to the community by using 10% of their profits to buy undergarments that are then distributed to homeless shelters/clothing closets all around...