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Crowd Empowerment Can Strengthen Local Democracy

On August 20, 2014 / civic engagement, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Scotland, Social and Civic Engagement / Leave a comment

Last week the Commission on Strengthening Local Democracy published its report called Effective Democracy: Reconnecting with Communities. It makes a strong case for reinvigorating local democracy and the reasons why this is important. We would suggest that crowd empowered approaches can significantly contribute to that process. The

Advocating Crowdsourcing – Accenture and Deloitte join the drive

On February 28, 2014 / crowdsourcing, Social Business, Social Knowledge, social media / Leave a comment

Crowdassets are becoming the key source of competitive advantage. We have said this for a long time now and it seems some of the bigger consultancies are catching on – at last. But do they really get it? We have endeavoured to share the breadth and diversity

The Web, The future of Business and Being Prepared

On September 20, 2013 / crowdfunding, crowdsourcing, Social Business, Social Knowledge, social media / 2 Comments

On Wednesday FutureLearn was launched in the UK. An ambitious initiative which sees a group of Universities entering the MOOC (massive open online courses) learning space offering a range of free courses in flexible formats through a variety of devices. It’s an extraordinary development and is the

Banks and Crowdfunding

On August 29, 2013 / crowdsourcing, social media / 3 Comments

Few weeks ago the news came out that ATB Financial, a Canadian bank, has joined the crowdfunding market, launching a reward-based crowdfunding platform called Alberta BoostR. The platform, focused on local economy and targeted to local small business, has already hosted a successful $10.000 project for custom-made

Equity-based crowdfunding is now legal in Italy

On July 12, 2013 / crowdfunding, crowdsourcing / 4 Comments

Yesterday, the Italian Financial Authority has formally announced the legislation on equity based crowdfunding and tomorrow the Regulation will be published on the Gazzetta Ufficiale. After the 15-day vacatio legis, equity-based crowdfunding will take legal effect in Italy, which becomes the first country in Europe to implement equity-crowdfunding laws.

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