3 Tips to Help Your Project Succeed in Crowdsourcing Competitions - News. In an effort to tap our community’s vast creative resources, GOOD launched an idea-sourcing platform called GOOD Maker last fall.
On maker.good.is, we connect great ideas with organizations with the means to activate them. The ideas that get the most votes from the public receive support from sponsoring organizations, generally in the form of a grant. After speaking with previous winners, we found common themes in the experiences of these individuals and organizations. They successfully rallied their communities and networks to support their ideas. Here are their tips: Tell a compelling story. Promote your project offline, too. Phone calls and text messages may reach your existing networks more effectively than just email.
World Bank Announces Its Crowdsourced Map Data Will Be Free for the Crowd. Crowdsourcing Invents Games With Donut Whales And Robot Pickles. Please enable JavaScript to watch this video.
The Game Developers Conference sees a lot of creativity and interesting ideas pass through the halls of the convention centre it’s hosted at. Production company iam8bit put together their own creative project that spawned some abstract and quirky game ideas. Using oversized fridge magnets — you know, the ones with words that you put together to make nonsensical sentences with — iam8bit looked to passersby to crowdsource some zany game titles and genres. Character, concept, and other game designers and artists on hand took the frankly weird submissions and transformed them into visual representations that can be seen in the video above. Arts and culture policy shopping list. Which arts and culture policies would you take to No 10? Photograph: Russell Boyce/REUTERS Good news! It seems that if I can raise the requisite sum of £250,000 – and I will get it not from a gazillionaire private donor, but through crowdsource funding – I can enjoy 'premier league access', or perhaps in this context 'interval drinks', with the government.
Former Conservative party deputy treasurer Peter Cruddas reportedly said that, as well as dinner with David and Samantha, this kind of money will allow someone "to ask practically any question you want. Waze (for iPhone) Review & Rating. Waze has proven that crowdsourced GPS navigation is viable—and it keeps getting better.
At its core, Waze gives you voice-enabled GPS directions on your iOS or Android device. Best of all, it's free. It's still not perfect, but if you're willing to trade a little routing efficiency for features you can't find on other navigation apps, like real world travel times and up-to-the-minute, user-reported traffic jams, Waze is definitely worth checking out. It's a close second to Google Maps, our Editors' Choice for free GPS apps, mainly thanks to that app's superior voice prompts and overall stability.
User Interface and CrowdsourcingFor this review, I tested Waze 3.5.1 on a Verizon Wireless Apple iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.2. On the display, cute little icons show you where other Waze users are as you drive. MyHeritage Appoints Industry Heavyweights to Spearhead Global Content Growth. Kony, government and crowdsourcing. People around the world have been empowered by social media to take action on the issues they care about This was made clear by the Arab Spring last year, the ongoing Occupy movement and, most recently, the Kony 2012 campaign.
At the heart of the campaign is a 30 minute film created by Invisible Children, Inc., aimed at making indicted Ugandan war criminal, Joseph Kony, famous in order to have to him arrested for the horrific enslavement, abuse and killing of children in Africa over the course of several decades. These bottom-up social movements have all challenged traditional top-down government structures in their own right. In fact, some might argue the traditional top-down leadership model, once so fitting for governments around the world, has been flipped on its head. The Kony 2012 video is now the most successful viral video of all time with more than 100 million views – an impressive feat for a 30 minute piece. Mark Harbottle on the internet and start-up success.
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features multi-award winning entrepreneur and self-confessed “start-up guy”, Mark Harbottle.
Mark Harbottle was named Entrepreneur of the Year this week, an award this five-time entrepreneur deserves for the impressive contribution he’s made to the local start-up scene. The founder of the world’s number one crowdsourced graphic design site, 99designs, loves being involved in the starting phases of a business. The self-confessed “start-up guy” has a real flair for it, establishing a number of successful companies including Flippa, Learnable, SitePoint, Wave Digital and most recently, 99designs.
Despite initially causing a stir in the design industry, 99designs is growing at a rate of 120 percent a year and caught the attention of Facebook investors Accel Partners in 2011, with Harbottle accepting $35 million in funding from the group. Expert Labs: Putting The 'Public' Into Public Policy Wasn't Easy. The closing down of an effort known as Expert Labs this month acted as a marker of sorts in the open government movement.
Epitomizing the general ethos of the time, here was a group of Internet-famous hipster technologists and personalities who had decided to storm the barricades and focus their collective attention on helping the federal government to break out of the Beltway bubble to connect better with the public when making policy decisions. Why shouldn't the world have been excited about what kind of change they could potentially have brought about? TechPresident alumnus Nancy Scola wondered at the time in 2010 when Expert Labs was first getting going: "Can what we know in 2010 about the wisdom of crowds really improve policy making?
It's an intriguing idea, but the devil is in the details. " Two years and several reports later, we thought we'd try to look at how Expert Labs fared. News Headlines. Crowdsourcing iOS Text Editor comparisons. Update: The spreadsheet has been frozen for now, results coming soon!
I’m working on a big iOS text editor comparison post, but the number of things to check and test is a bit overwhelming. I’d like to crowdsource it, and I’m looking for your help. These Games With Donut Whales and Robot Pickles Should Be A Real Thing. Finland Begins Crowdsourced Legislation. Crowdsourcing Cannes Lions. March 29, 2012 in -e.video Drinks brand vitaminwater has joined forces with film crowdsourcing outfit Mofilm to launch the Glaceau vitaminwater Cannes Lions video contest.
Creatives need to get their heads around those everyday occasions, and demonstrate how they could be made better. “Been to Cannes already?” Asks Mofilm. How Allstate Used Crowdsourcing to Tune Up Its Car Insurance Business - The CIO Report. Crowdscanner: Viral social media challenges can be solved 'within the hour' Researchers at the University of Southampton reckon that they can solve the US government sponsored crowdsourcing game, Tag Challenge ‘within the first hour of the competition’ if the viral effect of communicating via social media works as well as predicted.
In order to win the Tag challenge, you need to have a team of social communicators located in five locations around the world who are prepared to share information in order to claim the prize. A crowdsourcing team is being assembled to solve the puzzle. It is called “CrowdScanner”, and anyone can join the group. The site is being built in collaboration with experts from University of Southampton and University of California San Diego.
Dr. Heinz Ketchup's crowdsourcing initiative drives positive buzz on Facebook. Heinz Ketchup’s call for Facebook fans to share slogan ideas for its label shows that brands can boost engagement by prompting consumers to be creative.
Heinz Ketchup recently asked consumers on its Facebook page to tell the brand what their Heinz Ketchup label would say if they were to create one. Directly prompting consumers to be creative, the post has received over 370 responses (at the time of writing), with consumers flocking to share their suggestions. WaveMetrix social media analysis shows that Heinz Ketchup’s post is successful in driving high levels of consumer engagement and positivity for the product and brand. Today’s Crowdsourcing Choice: Help ProPublica Track Political Ads, or Help the Internet Trash Trayvon Martin. Investment Crowdfunding has Reached Obama's Desk. Crowdsourcing Done Right: Fans From 22 Countries Dance In One Music Video. “Crowdsourcing.” The word is terrible.
And worse, it’s lazy. It implies that you can’t get off your own rear to come up with a decent idea, so you turn to faceless (not always more intelligent!) Masses to pick up the slack. Every time I read the word, I picture a boardroom of suits looking at one another in silence. Chevrolet To Broadcast Crowdsourced Ad Across Europe. Tom Sawyer Goes Social – Hootsuite’s Crowdsourcing Insights. A lot of companies talk about user-generated content and crowdsourcing from advocates, but it’s first critical to think about what motivates people to work on a brand’s behalf… It’s now been a few weeks since SXSW 2012 and my mind has had time to digest the heapings of information just as my stomach has finally digested the most delicious brisket known to man.
Crowdsourcing Innovation: How To Make Sure You Spot The Best Ideas. The collective is a powerful thing. Crowdsourcing competitions can draw huge results, but the most valuable end game might not be free inspiration for a multi-million-dollar Super Bowl spot or a best-selling gadget. Rather, the most valuable prize might be the insights lurking in the collection of the submissions. The wisdom of the crowds isn’t just about picking a single winner. How can you reap insights from the collection of ideas? Property investment rebranded for 'crowdsourcing' generation. The House Crowd says investors will “typically” receive a fixed return of 6% net, plus 50% of the profit when a property is sold. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images. 99designs and Sharkwater Productions Launch Logo Design Contest for (R)Evolution, New Film by Award-Winning Sharkwater Filmmaker Rob Stewart. How To: Get Things Done With "Crowdsourcing" Sites : Creative Types: Collaborate on Music and Film.
It isn't just a buzzword: Crowdsourcing is the new way to raise money, make art, travel cheaply, and support a cause. [Crowd Leader: Shelley Kuipers] Crowd Labour is Going Viral! Finding Cheaper Gas With Your Smartphone : All Tech Considered. Hide captionThe GasBuddy app and website rely on crowdsourcing — people across the country sending in gas prices. Black Hole Recordings Launches Crowdsourcing Campaign For North American Chapter Of ‘Richard Durand Vs The World' Album, March 26th, 2012. New York, NY (PRWEB) March 26, 2012 In a bold move, globally acclaimed EDM (electronic dance music) DJ/producer Richard Durand and Black Hole Recordings are giving music fans a chance to have their very own track included on the North American installment of the earth-encompassing artist album, Richard Durand Vs The World (Black Hole)! CrowdIPR Offers Freemium Plan For Intellectual Property Crowdsourcing Service. CrowdIPR has adjusted their pricing model, now allowing their intellectual property rights crowdsourcing platform to take advantage of freemium features.
Also In early February, CrowdIPR also received $135 000 of additional funding from Northstar Ventures and IP Group, both UK-based venture capital firms. Crowdfunding in the Medical Field. Ten ways to reach customers through digital platforms. Digital technologies are constantly changing the way people interact with each other and with brands. As consumer behaviours change, businesses have an opportunity to maximize the potential of new technologies to create meaningful connections with their customers. Here are ten ways to improve the customer experience through digital media: New Crowdfunding Website Gives Away Stock. A new crowdfunding website dedicated to helping the terminally ill is giving away its stock to the first 10,000 subscribers. Crowdsourcing Nawlins. Kickstarter: Crowdsourcing cash – News Stream - CNN.com Blogs. Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding Explained - The Productive Will Rule the World.
Tim O'Reilly Speaks about the Crowdsourcing Community. Tim O'Reilly is such a wonderful speaker. Real-time weather reports via crowdsourcing and webcams. Gain instant and exclusive access to over 5,000 of the most creative ideas, innovations and startups on our database and use our smart filters to take you direct to those that are most relevant to your industry and your needs.
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