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An easy read that will let you know what crowdsourcing is, and explains it with good examples.
An article from 2007 explaining the concepts of crowdsourcing with some good examples.
A start for those looking to learn about the fundamentals of crowdsourcing.
The presentation is quite long but you'll definitely see a lot of examples of crowdsourcing. Part of this presentation is also crowdsourced via Twitter.
Memeburn decided to take a look at a few pre web examples which show that crowdsourcing has been around since www was just three w’s stuck together. 1. The Longitude Prize 2. The Oxford...
This article is a good example of how company is using crowdsourcing to solve a problem.
An interesting read and an example of how the complexities of electronic design automation can be crowdsourced.
This article has addressed two very contrasting impacts of crowdsourcing on the design industry - threat and opportunities, with excellent examples.
In this article Aliza presents a number of examples of different categories of crowdsourcing: work, input and organizing.
The critical issue for freelancers is to find sites that allow them to earn more for their work than they could on their own. Some crowdsourcing sites are approaching this point, especially sites...
Various 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
If two heads are better than one, what about a million heads. Crowdsourcing is distributing work to thousands and millions of workers, either for payment or volunteer service.
Not many people would make the connection between crowdsourcing and church ministry, though it is quite feasable. However, crowdsourcing in a ministry can't be that effective if the ministry...
The basics of using crowdsourcing is to take a problem or task and distribute it to interested parties as a way to get solutions and feedback. This can be done with an online survey, Facebook...
At the beginning of this article, Paul provided a simple analogy of how open innovation or crowdsourcing works. Then later on, he provided examples of leading companies like Proctor and Gamble,...
In this article, Randy Corke points out the following: 1. To do crowdsourcing “right”, it’s critical to care about the outcome and make it priority number one. 2. When it comes to gaming, your...
It used to be that artists painted, sculpted, or collaged images drawn from the world or their imaginations into original compositions. Now artists make collages from other people's voices,...
Ross Dawson lists the following platforms and tools or examples that can be highly utilized for one's business: 1. Distributed innovation platforms (Innovation Exchange, Ideaken, Nine...
The crowd doesn't care for your craft anymore. It can do it better and it can do it cheaper. Journalists need to be aware that crowdsourcing is slowly changing the phase of journalism and...
As open-source software developers learned long ago, asking a pool of people to create something can be faster, cheaper, and more accurate than putting a project in the hands of individuals....
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.
