Slides for my presentation in Yekaterinburg, Russia about crowdsourcing - what it is, two local crowdsourcing projects, and what else we should crowdsource.

1. Crowdsourcing For Our World Aliza Sherman October 2011

2. The power of many to get something done online .

3. Principles, processes and online platforms .

4. Open call for participation online.

5. Crowdsource: Work Input Action

6. Crowdsourcing empowers individuals to participate collectively.

7. “ We bring dignified, computer-based work to women, youth, and refugees living in poverty.”

8. Ushahidi “… free and open source software for information collection, visualization and interactive mapping.”

9. You are the crowd

10. The Red Line The “crowd” voted on tourist sites to be featured on a walking tour of Yekaterinburg. A red line was painted on the sidewalks of the city leading to sites with numbers. A website contains corresponding information.

11. The Red Line

12. The Red Line

13. Books for Russia In the 1940s, Americans donated books to the Russian people. Inside each book was the name of the contributing person or organization. The Regional Library in Yekaterinburg is working to locate the participants or their families - both Russians and Americans – whose lives were touched by this project.

14. Books for Russia

17. 1000 books have been located so far. 1 person who was part of the book program In the 1940s has been found. You can help locate more participants. www.BooksForRussia.com

18. What do you need to crowdsource?

19. What do you need? a mission

20. What do you need? participation

21. What do you need? action

22. What would you crowdsource?

23. malaria

24. cancer

25. war

26. Crowdsource for Peace.

27. Crowdsource for Humanity