Technology & Design
Babel of Video
Some 200,000 videos have been subtitled in 100 languages, thanks to software that makes translating subtitles easy and relies on multilingual crowds.
Tag: Crowdsourcing
Nonprofits
#SMoP-ping Up Nonprofit Social Media Angst
Frameworks and tools for building strategy—a report from the Social Media on Purpose conference.
Technology & Design
Accessible Images
An open source web application draws on the wisdom of the crowds to give the blind access to images.
Environment
A Global, Crowd-sourced Film for Earth Day
An intrepid filmmaker has collected footage from every country in the world, filmed on the same day, to underscore our commonalities.
Civil Society
A Platform Worth Spreading
Finger-wagging critics have missed the most provocative component of the TED empire.
Technology
Open Source for Humanitarian Action
Ushahidi develops free software that allows volunteers to map humanitarian crises from their mobile phones.
Technology & Design
From Crowdsourcing to CouchSurfing
An interview with Casey Fenton, co-founder of CouchSurfing.
Podcast
Social Innovations
Creating Infectious Action
Jennifer Lynn Aaker discusses a repeatable method that we can follow to get people to take action, but perhaps even more important, to influence people to get others to take action as well.
Technology & Design
Tap the Crowd with iStart
Have you thought about running a contest or crowdsourcing ideas for your organization or community group?
Microfinance
Crowdsourcing Microfinance
The Grameen Foundation’s Bankers Without Borders initiative applies skills-based volunteering to poverty alleviation.