New Orleans In the United States, this is supposedly the season for giving. Traditionally that has meant that retail establishments go wild trying to seduce all of us into local stores, big malls, mail order deliveries, and, increasingly, online shopping. On the hope for a generosity “rub off,” the season has also become the …
Tag: crowdsourcing
Citizen Wealth, the Movie
Little Rock We’ve talked about “crowd sourcing” as a method of using the power of many to come together collectively to make something happen. Most recently I’ve written about trying a “citizen journalism” project at KABF to put audio-files on-the-air of what people in the listening area believe is community news. Earlier, I’ve written about Ushahidi …
Americans are Liberals – Get Over It!
New Orleans On ACORN International’s research projects over the last six months, I have often credited our “intern army” of young interns and older researchers. I’m now “crowdsourcing” more research. Today thanks go to Jesse Ginsburg, a hard luck Baltimore Orioles diehard fan (congrats on their hot opening this season!) who sent me a couple …