Introductory slides to the concept of crowdsourcing, meant as a start of adiscussion around how to use it within a company or team.

1. crowdsourcing: how can it benefit
your company?
Frederic De Meyer

2. Agenda
1. Background noise (definitions, types, blabla...)
2. Examples of crowdsourcing
3. Brainstorm...

3. crowdsourcing, an ‘official’ definition...
“Crowdsourcing is a neologistic compound of
Crowd and Outsourcing for the act of taking
tasks traditionally performed by an employee
or contractor, and outsourcing them to a group
of people or community, through an "open
call" to a large group of people (a crowd)
asking for contributions”
Crowdsourcing is an exciting way for
companies to get tasks done more effectively
by an anonymous crowd, and for people to
earn money doing what they most like to do !

4. crowdsourcing is a new word for an existing
habbit...

6. different ways and aims to crowdsource
Crowd wisdom Crowd problem Crowd
(predictive) solving innovation
Crowd creativity Crowd Crowd selling
funding

7. Agenda
1. Background noise (definitions, types, blabla)
2. Examples of crowdsourcing
3. Brainstorm...

8. crowdsourcing the creation of logo’s, brand
names, webdesigns
Example:
Process:
Activities:
Outcome:

9. crowdsourcing problem solving, idea generation,
open innovation
Example:
Projects:
Customers:
Solvers
(+1000):

10. how crowdsourcing can change complete
industries (‘desintermediation’)
Peer to peer lending eating Fan Funding makes music
away market share of banks production more profitable (for
musician, fans and company)

11. crowdsourcing a videoclip...
http://www.thejohnnycashproject.com/

12. crowdsourcing ideas for web-entrepreneurs...
http://theinternetwishlist.com/

13. Agenda
1. Background noise (definitions, types, blabla)
2. Examples of crowdsourcing
3. Brainstorm...

14. this is a brainstorm – there are no limitations

15. how can your company benefit from Crowdsourcing?

16. frederic de meyer
founder
the institute for future insights
ifi.frederic@gmail.com
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www.fredericdemeyer.com
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