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Does Crowdsourcing Work in Design?
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge

Crowdsourcing doesn’t work… When a one-on-one partnership is crucial; If quantity is the driving factor; When the problem is open-ended or nebulous. Crowdsourcing Is Useful… When you’re...

Luis Enrique MoralesFeb 12, 2011 02:58 am GMT2299 views
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Does Crowdsourcing Work in Design?
Imagining the Built Works Registry
document Distributed Knowledge

The simplest answer to the question “Why a Built Works Registry?” is: Persistent and reliable shared identifiers and the infrastructure to host human and machine readable endpoints that contain the...

Archenette EvangelioJul 04, 2011 09:59 am GMT779 views
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Imagining the Built Works Registry
Spec & Crowdsourcing Work Hurts Us All
document Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity

Spec work has been around for a long time, especially in advertising. Different firms may be offered an opportunity to present some initial concepts to a potential client in the hopes they will win...

Archenette EvangelioDec 03, 2011 07:44 am GMT1450 views
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Spec & Crowdsourcing Work Hurts Us All
What Works?
blog Distributed Knowledge

The Young Foundation, supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, is working to identify new and untapped approaches that people and organizations around the globe are using to unleash their capacity...

Tim SatterthwaiteFeb 29, 2012 12:34 am GMT752 views
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What Works?
The Future of Work: 3 Tips to Stand Out in a World of Freelancing and Temporary Jobs
blog Cloud Labor

During his presentation at the Net:Work conference by GigaOM in December 2011, MBO Partners' ( http://www.mbopartners.com/ ) Gene Zaino said that modern workers - whether crowdsourced or...

Tonya Van Dijk Mar 01, 2012 12:18 am GMT2766 views
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The Future of Work: 3 Tips to Stand Out in a World of Freelancing and Temporary Jobs
Work 3.0: How The Employment Model Needs to Change
document Cloud Labor

The new employment model is here: Work 3.0. In it, work is on demand, virtual and remote — and it is just getting started. Take Thumbtack.com for example. This marketplace for local services is a...

Adam FrazerMar 05, 2012 03:35 pm GMT1840 views
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Work 3.0: How The Employment Model Needs to Change
How crowdsourcing can fit into flexible working
document Distributed Knowledge

With a globalised marketplace, companies, organisations, and brands need to be able to respond to a global demand of ideas and problems. Crowdsourcing projects such as Innocentive and Kaggle, which...

Benjamin FosselMar 27, 2012 11:44 am GMT1212 views
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How crowdsourcing can fit into flexible working
General Electric’s New Brand Campaign ‘GE Works’
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge, Tools

GE Works is an interesting campaign that has used crowdsourcing to bring out the hidden talents of India. In a way, GE is also trying to make people aware of its services and presence in India.

Harshida PatelJun 14, 2012 06:51 am GMT1247 views
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General Electric’s New Brand Campaign ‘GE Works’
General Electric’s New Brand Campaign ‘GE Works’
document Open Innovation

GE Works is an interesting campaign that has used crowdsourcing to bring out the hidden talents of India. In a way, GE is also trying to make people aware of its services and presence in India. The...

Rebecca GutierrezJun 16, 2012 08:45 am GMT1162 views
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General Electric’s New Brand Campaign ‘GE Works’
Saba Announces Top “New World of Work” Trends for 2013
document Distributed Knowledge

According to Saba, the “New World of Work” trends to watch include: 1.The Move to Hyper-Specialization: Work will become more of a tradable asset. There will be more independent contractors...

Fritz SchaeferJan 30, 2013 11:32 pm GMT813 views
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Saba Announces Top “New World of Work” Trends for 2013
Crowdsourcing Work Meetup
document Distributed Knowledge

Where: CrowdFlower 3265 17th Street, Suite 302 San Francisco, CA 94110 When: February 16 from 5:30–8:30 p.m. Speakers start at 6:30 p.m. Please RSVP to guarantee your space. Don't...

Luis Enrique MoralesJan 28, 2011 08:15 am GMT1086 views
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Crowdsourcing Work Meetup
Twelve Sites That Will Put You to Work Now: Amazon Mechanical Turk
document Tools

At Mechanical Turk, workers can answer a question that needs an answer, called Human Intelligence Task, or HIT. A HIT is a self-contained task that a Worker can work on, submit an answer, and...

Luis Enrique MoralesFeb 03, 2011 10:21 am GMT2058 views
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Twelve Sites That Will Put You to Work Now: Amazon Mechanical Turk
Does Crowdsourcing Work in a Project Environment?
document Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

Crowdsourcing can work in a project environment once there is a genuine search for talent and an effort to recognize that the best information may not necessarily come from within an organization....

Ruth BaxterMar 05, 2011 10:36 pm GMT2208 views
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Does Crowdsourcing Work in a Project Environment?
Sparked: Volunteer Work, Right in Your Cubicle
document Cloud Labor, Crowd Creativity, Open Innovation

This project is much better because people out and about are probably not going to be able to help a nonprofit with a branding issue. Instead, he maintains, people would much rather help others...

Benjamin FosselJun 06, 2011 01:45 am GMT2070 views
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Sparked: Volunteer Work, Right in Your Cubicle
10 truisims of working on a crowdsourcing site
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge

The 10 truisims of working on a crowdsourcing site maybe true but as an artist the knowledge and experinced learned from different site contest you've joined would give you an impact and a...

Pablo BracciniJun 11, 2011 03:37 am GMT1072 views
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10 truisims of working on a crowdsourcing site
7 Sites To Help Crowdsource Your Web Work
document Crowd Creativity, Distributed Knowledge, Open Innovation

Have you ever heard of crowdsourcing? Well, it’s not just a buzz word any more. It’s a working concept that allows online businesses save time and money, while tens of thousands crowdsourcers...

Pablo BracciniJun 20, 2011 01:22 pm GMT1525 views
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7 Sites To Help Crowdsource Your Web Work
Why Crowdsourcing Isn’t All About Spec Work Anymore
document Crowd Creativity

There are more and more hybrid creative agencies forming that carefully vet their crowd, meaning that they only allow people into their crowd community who have specific skills rather than...

Fritz SchaeferSep 15, 2011 06:09 am GMT1732 views
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Why Crowdsourcing Isn’t All About Spec Work Anymore
6 Reasons Crowdsourcing And Spec Work Sucks
document Crowd Creativity

Every 100 competitions, crowdsourcing may turn out a true design gem. The problem is that 1/100 aren’t good odds for most businesses. The vast majority of businesses, whether online or offline,...

Jason RobbinsNov 09, 2011 11:33 am GMT1136 views
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6 Reasons Crowdsourcing And Spec Work Sucks
Crowdsourcing Recruitment: The New Way to Work Hard for Nothing
document Cloud Labor

So whilst the prospect of many people doing the same thing for little or no reward seems like madness, this is in fact a phenomenon that has existed in recruitment for quite some time now. Efforts...

Harshida PatelDec 02, 2011 05:15 am GMT1838 views
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Crowdsourcing Recruitment: The New Way to Work Hard for Nothing
Proof That Giving Your Employees More Freedom Makes Them More Productive
document Open Innovation

Researchers led by Phyllis Moen of the University of Minnesota recently evaluated Best Buy's program, launched in 2006 and inspired by Results-Only Work Environment, and found that it...

Fiona MaresJan 05, 2012 11:39 am GMT1371 views
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Proof That Giving Your Employees More Freedom Makes Them More Productive
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