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Crowd Sourcing

Will Robert Kouba and Kickstarter Kick Ass?

Kenneth Robinson | Posted 05.03.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: Zach Braff, Directors, Scifi, Veronica Mars Kickstarter, Indi Film, Crowd Sourcing, KickStarter.Com, Robert Kouba, Hollywood Buzz, Crowd-Funding, Entertainment News
Kenneth Robinson

Between Kickstarter and the rapid advances in technology, the playing field has been leveled. I predict we will soon see a blockbuster movie conceived, produced and distributed by a new age of independent film professionals, untainted by the Hollywood experience.

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Alice Hines

Budweiser's Risky Move

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 11.08.2012 | Business
Read More: Budweiser, Flavors, Social Media Campaign, Crowdsourcing, Anheuser Busch, Limited Edition Flavors, Beer Flavors, Product Development, Crowd-Sourcing, Business News

For food and beverage companies, crowdsourcing new flavors has become nearly as trendy as salted caramel or pumpkin spice. Early next year, Budwei...

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Can Science Be Crowd-Sourced?

Priyamvada Natarajan | Posted 08.29.2012 | Science
Read More: Science, Crowd Sourcing, Crowdsourcing, Science News
Priyamvada Natarajan

Citizen science is new territory for us all -- scientists and citizens -- and the possibilities for success are legion. But we must think very carefully about where the boundaries should be. What is clear is that there must be boundaries, and that is a truth we don't need to crowd-source.

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Kickstarter For Authors: Seth Godin Is Crowdfunding New Book

Jim Kukral | Posted 08.19.2012 | Books
Read More: Crowd Sourcing, Seth Godin, Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, Video, Books News
Jim Kukral

Most authors don't have a massive platform and brand awareness. Therefore, it makes it extra difficult to obtain a traditional publishing contract where you would get paid a "signing bonus" to write your book. But crowdfunding can change all that.

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Cyclists Turn Into Scientists With Roadkill Reporting Project

Posted 05.11.2012 | Green
Read More: Citizen Science, Cyclists Roadkill Data, Video, Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation, Roadkill Data, Roadkill Study, Adventurers Scientists for Conservation, Crowd-Sourcing, Cyclists Collect Roadkill Data, Roadkill Report, Cycling, Cyclists Roadkill Study, Green News

From Mother Nature Network's Russell McLendon: The open road is a dangerous place, especially if you're not in a car. But thanks to a new "road eco...

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Fostering Talent: From Life-Long to Life-Wide Learning

Katherine von Jan | Posted 06.03.2012 | Home
Read More: Education, Municipality, City, Higher Education, Crowd-Sourcing, Self-Directed Learning, Life-Wide Learning, Life-Long-Learning, Home News
Katherine von Jan

Lots of cities spend millions wooing companies with tax breaks, and funding sports leagues with new constructions. CEOs for Cities, a network of mayors and city stakeholders, thinks cities ought to invest in people.

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Is Crowdsourcing the Next Big Thing?

Ramon Nuez | Posted 04.24.2012 | Business
Read More: Crowd Sourcing, What Is Crowdsourcing, Crowdsource, Crowdsourcing, Business News
Ramon Nuez

One of the primary advantages of crowdsourcing is that the organization now has access to a wider range of expertise that would be unavailable to it otherwise.

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The Heartbeat of Bogotá: Engaging the Population of a City to Reinvent Itself for the Digital Age

Don Tapscott | Posted 03.24.2012 | World
Read More: Open Network Government, Government Crowdsourcing, Crowdsourcing-Technology, Open Government, Crowdsourcing, Small Government Technology, Crowdsource, Government Technology, Crowd Sourcing, Local Government, World News
Don Tapscott

Around the world our cities are in desperate need of rejuvenation and transformation. Elected officials are scrambling to equip their cities for the 21st century, talking about creating "open," "networked," and "smart" cities.

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Keeping the Music Alive

Herbie Hancock | Posted 12.27.2011 | Home
Read More: Pop Music, Jazz, Rap, Music Video, Crowd Sourcing, Jazz Music, Music, New Music, Home News
Herbie Hancock

My lesson for young people is to be willing to go out of your comfort zone and explore new territory. I never thought that at age 71 I would be creating a "crowd-sourced" music video with digital cameras that can blast images around the world in minutes. But I am.

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Girls (and Boys) Just Wanna Have Fun

Eric Yaverbaum | Posted 11.26.2011 | Technology
Read More: Social Media, Facebook, New Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Crowd Sourcing, Facebook Users, Facebook Timeline, Facebook News, Facebook Changes, Technology News
Eric Yaverbaum

Social media is social. So, wouldn't it make sense for Facebook to consult with users before they make changes to the site? Apparently, the company thinks not.

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Hackers Get All-Access Pass To Improve Education

Posted 06.21.2011 | Home
Read More: Philanthropy, Hacking Education, Joel Klein, Donating, Crowd Sourcing, Hacking, Arianna Huffington, Donorschoose, Home News

Who has the ultimate solution for bridging the gaps in education funding? Computer hackers, maybe. The education donation site, DonorsChoose, beli...

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U.S. Cities Using Tech To Cull Ideas From Citizens

AP | SAMANTHA GROSS | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Crowd Sourcing, Gov 2.0, Govt 2.0, Government 2.0, Open Government, Ny Impact, Crowdsourcing, Technology News

NEW YORK — In a city of millions, how many people go knocking on the door of City Hall? Most citizens know that, at least in theory, they can bri...

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Foodspotting, Crowd-Sourced Food "Journalism" Enterprise Raises $3 Million Venture Round

Andy Plesser | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Crowd Sourcing, Food, Social Media, Venture Capital, Foodspotting, Technology News
Andy Plesser

Foodspotting, the San Francisco-based social media site for sharing photos of food dishes, has raised its first venture round of $3 million, accordin...

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Judy Consumer Gets Crowdsourcing Right

Judy Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Crowd Sourcing, Netflix, Judy Consumer, Technology News
Judy Shapiro

From the telling of it, you would think that the notion of "crowdsourcing" was borne just a few years ago with the explosive growth of Wikipedia, the ...

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Crowd-Sourcing a Film's Budget Takes a Charitable Spin

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Kristen Stewart, Josh Hamilton, Daphne Rubin-Vega, KickStarter.Com, The Cake Eaters, New York Foundation for the Arts, The Independent Collective, Gelsey Kirkland, Mary Stuart Masterson, Crowd-Sourcing, Jayce Bartok, Elizabeth Berkley, Tiny Dancer, Creative Minds, Entertainment News
Marshall Fine

Independent filmmakers have done everything from maxing out their credit cards to forming limited partnerships, creating hedge-fund tax shelters, sque...

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"If you Want an Answer, ask Everyone:" The Rise of Crowd-Source Grantmaking

Jane Wales | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Social Good, Crowd-Sourcing, Center for Effective Philanthropy, Allison Fine, Beth Kanter, Rockefeller Foundation, Case Foundation, Impact News
Jane Wales

Crowd-sourcing is a powerful way to build relationships with people outside an organization, helping them uncover ideas to fund, learning about opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have heard about.

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"Fashion Stake":Crowd Sourcing for the Fashion business

Eric Gaskins | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Reuters, Fashion Stake.com, Fashon Business Alternative Financing, Crowd Sourcing, Home News
Eric Gaskins

An internet start up,"Fashion Stake", is coming down the pike with an answer for all struggling designers. Their plan is to cut out the pesky retailer...

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Student Volunteers Map Crisis Points To Help Chile Earthquake Victims

HuffPost | Naivasha Dean | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: New Media Task Force, Crowd Sourcing, Ushahidi, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti, Columbia, Chile, Sipa, Chile Earthquake, Impact News

Students at Columbia University's School of Public Administration (SIPA) are taking grassroots activism to the next level with a new technology that u...

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CrowdSourcing vs. OpenSourcing

Dennis Whittle | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Globalgiving, Innovation, Crowd Sourcing, Open Sourcing, Technology News
Dennis Whittle

Crowdsourcing does have a role when you need to get feedback on a concept from potential users to see if it is is marketable. But that is different from coming up with the breakthrough ideas.

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