Comments on: The creative capabilities of crowdsourcing http://www.martinoflynn.com/blog/2009/09/12/the-creative-capabilities-of-crowdsourcing/ Do great work, enjoy the process Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:52:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Todd Jones http://www.martinoflynn.com/blog/2009/09/12/the-creative-capabilities-of-crowdsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1485 Todd Jones Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:06:10 +0000 http://www.martinoflynn.com/blog/?p=1525#comment-1485 Hi Sharon! If you interested in crowdsourcing in business, we are co-hosting an online event (including Jeff Howe) on Thursday Sept. 17 at 9am PST to discuss how and when crowdsourcing becomes a mainstream practice for business. For more info: http://www.smartsheet.com/crowdwork Attendees also receive a white paper on the future of crowdsourcing in business. I can send you an advanced copy of the white paper if you are interested. Let me know. Thanks! Todd Jones Hi Sharon!

If you interested in crowdsourcing in business, we are co-hosting an online event (including Jeff Howe) on Thursday Sept. 17 at 9am PST to discuss how and when crowdsourcing becomes a mainstream practice for business.

For more info:
http://www.smartsheet.com/crowdwork

Attendees also receive a white paper on the future of crowdsourcing in business.

I can send you an advanced copy of the white paper if you are interested. Let me know.

Thanks!
Todd Jones

]]> By: Scott Wolf http://www.martinoflynn.com/blog/2009/09/12/the-creative-capabilities-of-crowdsourcing/comment-page-1/#comment-1476 Scott Wolf Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:01:10 +0000 http://www.martinoflynn.com/blog/?p=1525#comment-1476 Crowdsourcing, IMO, seems to be more along the lines of user-generated content. On a smaller scale, our I Tagged Genny or My Bills, My Story work fits the definition—content we could have created ourselves was opened up to the masses to complete for us. On a larger scale, Threadless and iStockPhoto—businesses which pretty much depend on the content their users feed them. YouTube could even fit the definition—without users uploading videos, it's pretty much an empty site. I'm not sure sites like Aardvark, ChaCha or KGB should be considered crowdsourcing. Unless a brand is specifically using them as tools supplemental to focus groups or SM2-type services. These types of sites are more one-on-one question-and-answer services. "Peersourcing" maybe. Or <a href="http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/01/crowdsourcing-in-small.html" rel="nofollow">some other yet-to-be-defined term</a>? Crowdsourcing, IMO, seems to be more along the lines of user-generated content. On a smaller scale, our I Tagged Genny or My Bills, My Story work fits the definition—content we could have created ourselves was opened up to the masses to complete for us. On a larger scale, Threadless and iStockPhoto—businesses which pretty much depend on the content their users feed them. YouTube could even fit the definition—without users uploading videos, it’s pretty much an empty site.

I’m not sure sites like Aardvark, ChaCha or KGB should be considered crowdsourcing. Unless a brand is specifically using them as tools supplemental to focus groups or SM2-type services. These types of sites are more one-on-one question-and-answer services. “Peersourcing” maybe. Or some other yet-to-be-defined term?

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