Presentation for CPCC Geek Fest 2011 made by Gopher Labs CEO, Russ Hammond.

1. Crowdsourcing
The next BIG thing.
Pun intended
Russ Hammond, CEO
Gopher Labs
@russjhammond

2. Act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent
(usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally
large group of people in the form of an open call.
Coined in 2006 by Jeff Howe in Wired.

3. Crowdsourcing ≠ New Tech

4. Crowdsourcing ≠ New Tech
Process

5. Crowdsourcing ≠ New Tech
Faster
Process

6. Crowdsourcing ≠ New Tech
Faster
Process
Cheaper

7. Crowdsourcing ≠ New Tech
Faster
Process
Better Cheaper

8. Population vs. Internet Access
4,000
900
3,000
2,000
3,000
1,000
275
125
North America Asia
*Source: internetstats.org

14. Crowdfunding

16. Crowd Creativity

18. Cloud Labor

20. Tools

22. Distributed Knowledge

24. Open Innovation

26. Gopher Labs demo

27. Cloud labor demo

29. russjhammond.com