Articles & Research
Crowdsourcing Explained.
Articles & White Papers
White Paper: Eight Principles of Successful Crowdsourcing
A review of vital best practices in open innovation for enterprises, governments, universities and other organizations. Download the PDF
What is collective intelligence? How the Crowd Holds Right Answers for your Business
The answers that come from crowdsourcing are called collective intelligence or wisdom of crowds. Learn how the crowd can foster innovation, research discovery or reduce costs within your business. Download the PDF
What is Open Innovation?
The idea behind open innovation is that to keep up with the competition, companies can no longer afford to rely solely on their own internal R&D. Download the PDF
The ROI of Open Innovation – Four Top Methods of High Return Crowdsourcing
Everyone is asking how to continue innovating, while reducing costs. Is that even possible? In fact, yes. Here are four business cases where we see crowdsourcing paying off. Read more
Other Resources
Open Innovation (PPT)– 10 slides on the opportunity & reward of crowdsourcing
Are you looking to assess the value of crowdsourcing for your organization? These 10 slides foster discussion on the purpose and payoff of crowdsourcing within your enterprise.
Slide topics: Get the slide deck
- Crowdsourcing - definition and history
- What business leaders say
- Who's crowdsourcing?
- What is the purpose and payoff for business?
- How is crowdsourcing different from community?
- How does it work?
- What are the best business cases for crowdsourcing?.
10 slide presentation – Why Consider Crowdsourcing
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...the world is becoming too fast, too complex and too networked for any company to have all the answers inside.
– Yochai Benkler. Yale University from The Wealth of Networks
