The Crowdsourcing Handbook

The Crowdsourcing Handbook
Author: Dan Bell
Publisher: Tebbo
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2009
Genre: Computers
ISBN:
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This most comprehensive and complete book for Crowdsourcing serves as a Practical Guide to getting into and understanding Crowdsourcing. This well organized, large Guide to Crowdsourcing is an excellent Reference and your must have Crowdsourcing Toolbox containing great info for those who hunger for more! Tap into the power of the Social Web through connected networks and consumer-oriented media through connected networks and consumer-oriented media, and get this book filled with Tactics, Tools, and Strategies for Business Success. Want to (start) using Crowdsourcing as Powerful Business Tools? Do you want to learn how to use the Technology to share information better and make users More Powerful? This book is your guide on Crowdsourcing and Everything You Want to Know but Are Afraid to Ask. This book clarifies how to use Crowdsourcing for Online Collaboration and Leverage it to Grow Your Business. In easy to read chapters, with extensive examples, references and links to get you started right away this book covers: Crowdsourcing, Participatory design, Human-based computation, Citizen science, LazyWeb, Utest, Netflix Prize, Dolores Labs, Galaxy Zoo, Smartsheet, FamilySearch Indexing, InnoCentive, Emporis, ESP game, ReCAPTCHA, MoveOn.org, Oxfam Novib, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Stardust@home, Innovation Exchange, Goldcorp, Foldit, Distributed Proofreaders, OpenStreetMap, Leblanc process, Longitude prize, Benoit Fourneyron, Montyon Prizes, Nicolas Appert, Loebner Prize, Millennium Prize Problems, Clickworkers, Co-creation, Collective intelligence, Mass customization, Crowdcasting, Crowd funding, Distributed computing, Distributed thinking, The Long Tail, Mass collaboration, Urtak, Micro-revenue, Open innovation, Social commerce, Toolkits for User Innovation, Tuangou, Wikinomics, The Wisdom of Crowds Topic relevant selected content from the highest rated Wiki entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combine the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the WikiMedia Foundation to support their mission.

The Crowdsourcing Handbook

The Crowdsourcing Handbook
Author: Jason Brand
Publisher: Tebbo
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Business networks
ISBN: 9781743040959
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Crowdsourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a ""crowd""), through an open call. Jeff Howe, one of the first authors to employ the term, established that the concept of crowdsourcing depends essentially on the fact that because it is an open call to an undefined group of people, it gathers those who are most fit to perform tasks, solve complex problems and contribute with the most relevant and fresh ideas. For example, the public may be invited to develop a new technology, carry out a design task (also known as community-based design and distributed participatory design), refine or carry out the steps of an algorithm (see human-based computation), or help capture, systematize or analyze large amounts of data (see also citizen science). The term has become popular with businesses, authors, and journalists as shorthand for the trend of leveraging the mass collaboration enabled by Web 2.0 technologies to achieve business goals. However, both the term and its underlying business models have attracted controversy and criticisms. This book is your ultimate resource for Crowdsourcing. Here you will find the most up-to-date information and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Crowdsourcing right away: CloudCrowd, Servio, Amazon Mechanical Turk, Article One Partners, BlooSee, BootB.com, Bossa (computing), Citizen Weather Observer Program, Closed innovation, Steve Coast, CrowdFlower, DARPA Grand Challenge, DARPA Network Challenge, Dell IdeaStorm, Digital sweatshop, Distributed Proofreaders, Distributed thinking, Experience Project, FamilySearch Indexing, Giveo, Google Lunar X Prize, GTS Translation plugin, I-Cube Systems, User: Sigma0 1/IdeaConnection, Ideawicket, InnoCentive, Innovation Exchange, IStockphoto, Kickstarter, Know-How Trading, Learning to love you more, Lectorium, LibriVox, List of crowdsourcing projects, Longitude prize, Maneno, Mass collaboration, Memrise, Microtask, Mygengo, MyStock, Netflix Prize, NineSigma, NotchUp, Open innovation, Open innovation intermediary, OpenSeaMap, OpenStreetMap, PageRank, Pea galaxy, Phylo (video game), Pitching engine, Pledgemusic, Quirky, ReCAPTCHA, Ricky McCormick's encrypted notes, RocketHub, SeeClickFix, Spigit, Spot.us, User: DonBerryWiki/Sandbox, User: DonBerryWiki/Starmind (Company), TurKit, Ubiquitous Human Computing, Urtak, Ushahidi, Utest, WBEW, Wikimedia Foundation, User: WikiMeistro100/Know-How Trading, The Wisdom of Crowds, Wisdom of the crowd, World Water Monitoring Day, Wreckamovie, Yet2.com, YouComm News, YouCut, Zooppa Contains selected content from the highest rated entries, typeset, printed and shipped, combining the advantages of up-to-date and in-depth knowledge with the convenience of printed books. A portion of the proceeds of each book will be donated to the Wikimedia Foundation to support their mission.

The Participatory Cultures Handbook

The Participatory Cultures Handbook
Author: Aaron Alan Delwiche
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2013
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0415882230
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The Participatory Cultures Handbook will help students and scholars navigate this rapidly changing media and cultural terrain. Composed of newly commissioned essays from contributors across disciplines, this handbook will introduce students to the concept of participatory culture, explain how researchers approach participatory culture studies, and provide original examples of participatory culture in action. The wide range of topics explored in participatory culture include crowdsourcing, citizen journalism, fanfiction, wikis, video games, video sharing, transmedia storytelling, and much more.

The Data Journalism Handbook

The Data Journalism Handbook
Author: Jonathan Gray
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2012-07-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1449330029
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When you combine the sheer scale and range of digital information now available with a journalist’s "nose for news" and her ability to tell a compelling story, a new world of possibility opens up. With The Data Journalism Handbook, you’ll explore the potential, limits, and applied uses of this new and fascinating field. This valuable handbook has attracted scores of contributors since the European Journalism Centre and the Open Knowledge Foundation launched the project at MozFest 2011. Through a collection of tips and techniques from leading journalists, professors, software developers, and data analysts, you’ll learn how data can be either the source of data journalism or a tool with which the story is told—or both. Examine the use of data journalism at the BBC, the Chicago Tribune, the Guardian, and other news organizations Explore in-depth case studies on elections, riots, school performance, and corruption Learn how to find data from the Web, through freedom of information laws, and by "crowd sourcing" Extract information from raw data with tips for working with numbers and statistics and using data visualization Deliver data through infographics, news apps, open data platforms, and download links

Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1677
Release: 2019-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522583637
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With the growth of information technology, many new communication channels and platforms have emerged. This growth has advanced the work of crowdsourcing, allowing individuals and companies in various industries to coordinate efforts on different levels and in different areas. Providing new and unique sources of knowledge outside organizations enables innovation and shapes competitive advantage. Crowdsourcing: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of crowdsourcing in business operations and management, science, healthcare, education, and politics. Highlighting a range of topics such as crowd computing, macrotasking, and observational crowdsourcing, this multi-volume book is ideally designed for business executives, professionals, policymakers, academicians, and researchers interested in all aspects of crowdsourcing.

The Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation

The Oxford Handbook of Open Innovation
Author: Henry Chesbrough
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 1009
Release: 2024-04-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0192899791
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This Handbook seeks to be the definitive reference for the large and growing field of Open Innovation. A comprehensive collection of short and authoritative chapters, the volume summarizes the most vital research published in Open Innovation. It is an essential reference for seasoned scholars, a welcome introduction for junior scholars, and a kick-start package for undergraduate and MBA students. Four editors, 75 reviewers, and 136 contributors collaboratively developed 57 chapter handbook chapters. These present the current state of the art featuring academic theory and managerial practice as well as the outlook for how open innovation should be further developed. The empirical, conceptual, and practical insights of the handbook highlight the importance of strengthening practice-inspired research and purposeful knowledge exchanges between individuals, organizations, and ecosystems.

The Handbook of Archival Practice

The Handbook of Archival Practice
Author: Patricia C. Franks
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2021-09-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1538137356
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To meet the demands of archivists increasingly tasked with the responsibility for hybrid collections, this indispensable guide covers contemporary archival practice for managing analog and digital materials in a single publication. Terms describing activities central to the archival process—such as appraisal, acquisition, arrangement, description, storage, access, and preservation—are included. In addition, responsibilities traditionally considered outside the purview of the archivist but currently impacting professional activities—such as cybersecurity, digital forensics, digital curation, distributed systems (e.g., cloud computing), and distributed trust systems (e.g., blockchain)—are also covered. The Handbook is divided into ten sections: current environment; records creation and recordkeeping systems; appraisal and acquisition; arrangement and description; storage and preservation; digital preservation; user services; community outreach and advocacy; risk management, security and privacy; and management and leadership. Some terms touch on more than one category, which made sorting a challenge. Readers are encouraged to consult both the table of contents and the index, as a topic may be addressed in more than one entry. A total of 111 entries by 105 authors are defined and described in The Handbook. The majority (79) of the contributors were from the US, 12 from Canada, 7 from the United Kingdom, 3 from Australia, 1 each from Germany, Jamaica, New Zealand, and the Russian Federation. Because archival practice differs among practitioners in different countries, this work represents an amalgamation. The Handbook was written primarily for archival practitioners who wish to access desired information at the point of need. However, can also serve as a valuable resource for students pursuing careers in the archival profession and information professionals engaged in related fields.

Handbook of Research on E-Business Standards and Protocols: Documents, Data and Advanced Web Technologies

Handbook of Research on E-Business Standards and Protocols: Documents, Data and Advanced Web Technologies
Author: Kajan, Ejub
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1021
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1466601477
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Electronic business is a major force shaping the digital world. Yet, despite of years of research and standardization efforts, many problems persist that prevent e-business from achieving its full potential. Problems arise from different data vocabularies, classification schemas, document names, structures, exchange formats and their varying roles in business processes. Non-standardized business terminology, lack of common acceptable and understandable processes (grammar), and lack of common dialog rules (protocols) create barriers to improving electronic business processes. Handbook of Research on E-Business Standards and Protocols: Documents, Data and Advanced Web Technologies contains an overview of new achievements in the field of e-business standards and protocols, offers in-depth analysis of and research on the development and deployment of cutting-edge applications, and provides insight into future trends. This book unites new research that promotes harmony and agreement in business processes and attempts to choreograph business protocols and orchestrate semantic alignment between their vocabularies and grammar. Additionally, this Handbook of Research discusses new approaches to improving standards and protocols, which include the use of intelligent agents and Semantic Web technology.

Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage

Crowdsourcing our Cultural Heritage
Author: Ms Mia Ridge
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-10-28
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 147241022X
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Crowdsourcing, or asking the general public to help contribute to shared goals, is increasingly popular in memory institutions as a tool for digitising or computing vast amounts of data. This book brings together for the first time the collected wisdom of international leaders in the theory and practice of crowdsourcing in cultural heritage. It features eight accessible case studies of groundbreaking projects from leading cultural heritage and academic institutions, and four thought-provoking essays that reflect on the wider implications of this engagement for participants and on the institutions themselves. This book will be essential reading for information and cultural management professionals, students and researchers in universities, corporate, public or academic libraries, museums and archives.