Innovation Awards Continue At The Economist Summit in London

Written by Cori Christmann.

The second day of The Economist Innovation Awards Ceremony and Summit continues today in London. Past innovation award winners will come together at London’s Kings Place, for the Innovation Summit to make presentations and participate in workshops. These leaders in their fields will share their inspirations, what factors helped facilitate their achievements, and what they each hope for the future of the field they contributed to.

The Economist Holds Annual Innovation Awards Ceremony

Written by Nicolle Keogh.

For the last decade, The Economist has awarded the best innovators of our time for their creative thinking and contributions to our society at its annual Innovation Awards: Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and Steve Jobs to name a few. Since 2002, the company has recognized the greatest minds of our generation for pushing the envelope and giving us ideas, concepts, solutions, programs, and gadgets that were so far-fetched when they were introduced, but that we couldn’t imagine living without now.

Finding Green Solutions Through Crowdsourcing

Written by Stacey Vandenberg.

EDF is the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund that looks for solutions to environmental problems. The partnership between InnoCentive and EDF is based on the premise that “we is smarter than me,” and their first initiative together has produced a clever solution to an old agricultural problem. Using InnoCentive’s Internet platform, the two companies challenged the public to find ways to battle agricultural nitrate pollution.

What Do You Want to Know About Crowdsourcing?

Written by Cori Christmann.

Here at Daily Crowdsource, we like to hear from our readers. We want to know what you’re thinking. What questions do you have bubbling up in your head about crowdsourcing: how does it work, where is it going, are your crowdsourcing experiences typical, what is the future of crowdsourcing, etc?

Millions unemployed, Infrastructure falling apart, what is wrong with this picture?

Written by Stacey Vandenberg.

The American Dream Movement wants congress to pass legislation that will allow job creation through the rebuilding of roads, schools, bridges. They have created a website where people can send in pictures of infrastructure in disrepair needing urgent attention. Every community in the U.S.A. has a neglected park, or buildings that need to be more energy efficient. The movement is about work that needs doing and is seeking input from the crowd to provide evidence of the problems.

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