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[Crowd Leader: Neil Perry] Crowdsourcing and the Super Bowl – A Face in the Crowd
The Super Bowl is a big deal to football fans, but the TV ads accompanying the on-field action can deliver anticipation and entertainment value far surpassing the game itself. What’s especially exciting for those of us involved with crowdsourcing is…
February 3rd DSM’s Open Innovation Challenge Awards a Trip to the London Olympics
DSM, a science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials, has just announced the launch of an open innovation contest that challenges designers and creative thinkers to develop high-quality sports equipment using the company’s own Arnitel® Eco material. A thermoplastic co-polyester…
Dannon Joins PepsiCo in Crowdsourcing for Superbowl Ad
Much like the recent news that PepsiCo was crowdsourcing its Pizza Hut Superbowl advert, another big company has turned to the general populace for inspiration for its flagship commercial. Premier yogurt maker The Dannon Company will be advertising Dannon Oikos Greek…
Pizza Hut Challenges Fans to ‘Top’ Their Efforts for Super Bowl Ad
Crowdsourcing-friendly superbrand PepsiCo is again utilizing the creativity of its fanbase by offering prizes for the most creative take on the “$10 Song,” the song that they will be using in their pre-game Superbowl advertisement. Six winners, chosen for their…
[Crowd Leader: Ville Miettinen] How Crowdsourcing is Helping Conservationists to Save Endangered Species
Given crowdsourcing is based on crowd participation, it is unsurprising that the most successful crowdsourcing projects often involve popular causes or relate to subjects lots of people find fascinating. Based on this understanding, the Zoological Society of London’s (ZSL) new Instant…
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!
Today, as part of Microvolunteering Wednesday, we feature an opportunity found on Help From Home, a microvolunteering opportunity portal. If you’re fed up with having long hair, then why not consider donating some of the stuff to a child that…
BetterLesson: Crowdsourcing For a Better Education
Alex Grodd, a former teacher in charter schools and Teach for America, is applying the crowdsourcing model to improve education. In 2009 he created and launched BetterLesson, an online platform designed with teachers in mind. BetterLesson allows teachers in the…
The Haas School is Involved in a Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge
The Million Dollar Open Innovation Challenge is sponsored by Zazzle, who offers customers an online web platform where they can create their own merchandise by uploading images. Only 25 students will be invited by the Haas-Berkeley’s School’s Center for Open…
US Based Rival, Brandstack.com has been Taken Over by DesignCrowd
For an undisclosed price, DesignCrowd has purchased Brandstack services, who are best known for their ability to generate ready-made logos through crowdsourcing. The brand plans to reinvent Brandstack by launching BrandCrowd.com. According to the CEO of DesignCrowd, Alec Lynch, the new…
Symbid’s First Completed Project Sends Crowdsourcing Around the World
Symbid, a Dutch crowdfunding site that allows web-based investors to help propel new ventures (and earn returns) with “as little as 20 Euros… or much more,” is gaining traction. In its first successfully completed venture, the site helped one author…
Independent Music Scene Documentary Turns to Crowdfunding for Support
Award-winning visual artist Muema has been working on a new documentary film about the electronic music scene. Filming has been completed; however, the project still needs funds for post-production work, so Muema is turning to a crowdfunding platform to help finish…
Crowdsourced Historians Boost Holocaust Research
A new partnership between genealogy website Ancestry.com and researchers at the U.S. Holocaust Museum is looking to make searching and recording the past easier for everyone. This unique crowdsourcing project, which was set up in response to the thousands of…
Innovative Food Waste Recycling Project Launches Crowdfunding Campaign at Kickstarter
Throw To Grow, a new food waste recycling program based in Honolulu, HI, has launched a Kickstarter campaign. The company hopes to raise $15,000 to fund its innovative research project as well as an educational program aimed at teaching kids…
GoodWorldCreations to Launch a Green Crowdfunding Platform in 2012
After the successful launch of HelpersUnite, a crowdfunding platform with a focus on arts and charity, GoodWorldCreations will soon be turning to environmental causes. In a partnership with the environmentalist and polar explorer Robert Swan and his organization 2041, the new service,…
The Health Care Innovation Challenge Enters the Next Phase
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently challenged all comers to devise the most compelling new ideas to deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to people with the most pressing health care needs. The innovations must…
McDonalds Crowdsources Bite-Sized Videos for Bite-Sized Product
McDonald’s has turned to crowdsourcing for the release of their latest menu item: Chicken McBites. The release of this “cupholder cuisine” item in January 2012 will be accompanied by ten chosen crowdsourced mini films. The community over at Tongal will…
DARPA’s Shredder Challenge Solved With the Help of Crowdsourcing
The Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) recently challenged the crowd to find new ways of reconstructing shredded documents. The Shredder Challenge asked contestants to download five variously shredded documents, find new and faster solutions to reconstruct them, and present…
New Sci-Fi Web TV Series Launches Crowdfunding Campaign on IndieGoGo
Expecting to begin principal production in February 2012, a new sci-fi web TV series called Immortal U has turned to the crowd for funding assistance. Using Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to promote her concept, Immortal U creator Rhonda Abrons believes…
[Crowd Leader: David Alan Grier] The Point of Innovation
What do we mean when we say that we are crowdsourcing? It is useful to take a moment to consider the concept so that we can best understand where the point of innovation lies.
Mercado: A Specially Designed Produce Bag Created through Quirky’s Crowd
Peter A. Wachtel, a toy designer and inventor, developed his better designed farmer’s market bag, called Mercado, on Quirky.com, a crowdsourcing website that brings the best ideas to market. ”It’s a one of a kind bag,” said Mr. Wachtel, who…
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