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Toronto Awesome has a bunch of great ideas, and some duds
document Crowd Creativity, Crowdfunding

Awesome in Toronto has taken many forms since the January launch. In April it was a cardboard fort night. In May it was a map that plots the city’s kiss history. In October it was a bicycle that...

Harshida PatelDec 29, 2011 12:25 am GMT1656 views
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Toronto Awesome has a bunch of great ideas, and some duds
Toronto's FantasyCourt Wants Your Personal Network to Crowdsource Solutions to Your Problems
document Distributed Knowledge

Described as "a new breed of justice for the new generation," FantasyCourt has both sides of a party lay out their case for their personal community to play the role of judge and jury...

Claire MackayNov 26, 2011 06:58 am GMT950 views
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Toronto's FantasyCourt Wants Your Personal Network to Crowdsource Solutions to Your Problems
Toronto’s Scolaris Lets Students Start Their Own Crowdfunded Scholarship Campaigns
article Crowdfunding, Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

Crowdfunding website Kickstarter has been an incredible tool for entrepreneurs who need to quickly raise money for their creative projects.

Mark Raju MauleesanJul 16, 2012 09:37 pm GMT1458 views
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Toronto’s Scolaris Lets Students Start Their Own Crowdfunded Scholarship Campaigns
Trashswag Helps Toronto’s Junk Gain New Life Through Art
article Distributed Knowledge, Tools

Trashswag, a Toronto-based website, has garnered attention for the way it gathers crowdsourced information to alert residents to discarded items left on city sidewalks. But it isn’t attracting...

Harshida PatelMay 15, 2013 01:29 am GMT342 views
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Trashswag Helps Toronto’s Junk Gain New Life Through Art
Fundraiser goes viral after Toronto actor loses arms in fire
article Crowdfunding

While Amponsah lay unconscious and covered in bandages, his friends got to work. They set up a campaign on Indiegogo, a website that uses crowdfunding to raise money. They knew he would need...

Jayne AnnDec 29, 2012 12:32 am GMT966 views
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Fundraiser goes viral after Toronto actor loses arms in fire
Making Connections
document Open Innovation

Another entry, ZooShare, was being championed by Daniel Bida, president of ReGenerate Biogas Inc., a dedicated developer of community-owned biogas plants. ZooShare Biogas Co-operative Inc. is a...

Jason RobbinsDec 28, 2011 11:26 pm GMT1096 views
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Making Connections
Google slowly but surely charts undiscovered Toronto
document Distributed Knowledge

In the meantime, crowdsourcing is the method Google is relying on to keep its maps relevant. Some smaller trails, like those in mountain bike-friendly Crothers' Woods, have already been...

Jayne AnnMar 19, 2012 09:11 am GMT871 views
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Google slowly but surely charts undiscovered Toronto
Hochfest for reptile and amphibian enthusiasts at Toronto Zoo
article Distributed Knowledge

Adopt-A-Pond is one of the many programmes run by Toronto Zoo. These are essentially scientific crowdsourcing programmes designed to help with collecting data paid scientists and employees...

Harshida PatelNov 07, 2012 02:51 am GMT1363 views
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Hochfest for reptile and amphibian enthusiasts at Toronto Zoo
The Rob Ford 'Crackstarter:' A Crowdfunding Campaign to Root Against
Crowdfunding

With Gawker's campaign over on Indiegogo right now to raise funds to purchase a video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack, rewards-based crowdfunding is currently having its Skokie vs. the neo-Nazis moment.

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Eric MackMay 22, 2013 02:41 pm GMT1958 views
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Crowdsourcing Creativity and Community at IDS2011
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge

During this symposium, the panel of 10 international thinkers will be discussing and debating about questions like, Is crowdsourcing helping or hindering creativity? How are crowdsourcing and open...

Luis Enrique MoralesJan 08, 2011 06:31 pm GMT2307 views
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Crowdsourcing Creativity and Community at IDS2011
Astronaut Wants Canadians to Help Design NASA Poster
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge

It's a good thing that Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield crowdsources the ideas for the poster which he wanted as a way of commemorating his upcoming mission to International Space Station. He...

Luis Enrique MoralesJan 23, 2011 06:08 pm GMT1063 views
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Astronaut Wants Canadians to Help Design NASA Poster
idea Couture
site Open Innovation / Idea Generation

Idea Couture is an award-winning global strategic innovation, experience design, and customer insights firm with offices in San Francisco, Toronto and Shanghai. They partner with organizations to...

Archenette EvangelioFeb 19, 2011 06:08 am GMT1407 views
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idea Couture
Crowdsourcing Science: Researcher Uses Facebook to Identify Thousands of Fish
document Distributed Knowledge

The National Museum of Natural History's blog ran a story on the team's novel use of social networking to crowdsource their data. Then the Smithsonian Institution's blog, Smithsonian...

Benjamin FosselMay 14, 2011 06:06 am GMT1490 views
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Crowdsourcing Science: Researcher Uses Facebook to Identify Thousands of Fish
Internet Star The Weeknd’s First Live Show Captured by Fans [VIDEO]
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge

Toronto-based R&B singer Abel Tesfaye's (a.k.a. The Weeknd)video stands as a nice “full circle” kind of representation of The Weeknd’s ascension: Internet star to real-life sensation, to...

Benjamin FosselJul 27, 2011 10:00 pm GMT1109 views
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Internet Star The Weeknd’s First Live Show Captured by Fans [VIDEO]
ClimateSpark looks to crowdsource green innovation; offers $50K in startup funding
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

The ClimateSpark Social Venture Challenge is looking for ten great ideas that can help Toronto city and our climate. The three-part challenge is open to any social venture that includes at...

Benjamin FosselOct 05, 2011 02:40 pm GMT1613 views
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ClimateSpark looks to crowdsource green innovation; offers $50K in startup funding
Google Takes Inspiration from Wikipedia, Asks Canadians to Update Google Maps
document Distributed Knowledge, Tools

A new tool called Google Map Maker, which launched in Canada on Monday, allows users to add roads, rivers, trails and points of interest — such as stores and libraries — or make edits to get rid of...

Harshida PatelOct 24, 2011 07:48 pm GMT1630 views
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Google Takes Inspiration from Wikipedia, Asks Canadians to Update Google Maps
Getting ideas from the crowd
document Distributed Knowledge

Ideavibes has also used partners such as Sandbox PM and other firms in Calgary and Toronto to act as resellers, building channels that will accelerate its growth. "We see (business)...

Samuel BennettJan 28, 2012 11:07 am GMT784 views
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Getting ideas from the crowd
Hot Docs to Start Crowdfunding Program
document Crowdfunding

The new online crowd-funding service will start with six campaigns for docs chosen by Hot Docs “industry experts,” the festival says. The six campaigns will run consecutively. The first six will...

Claire MackayFeb 01, 2012 02:03 pm GMT1790 views
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Hot Docs to Start Crowdfunding Program
Get to know a Toronto startup: Tunezy
document Tools

In March, the Tunezy team pitched its concept and won first place out of over 80 teams at NBTC in Toronto, and earlier this month Tunzey announced it had sold a 20% stake in the company to...

Harshida PatelApr 21, 2012 07:54 am GMT701 views
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Get to know a Toronto startup: Tunezy
Crowd-sourcing on casino
document Distributed Knowledge

Properly used, crowd-sourcing allows the municipality to receive informed choice. This could be carried out online with all responses displayed along with the identity of the respondent. The...

Harshida PatelApr 30, 2012 07:19 am GMT2061 views
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Crowd-sourcing on casino
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