Crowd in the Cloud

devteam@grantsoffice.com (Grants Office, LLC) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

Crowd-sourcing is largely enabled through cloud-based computing, where information, documents, and other materials are not stored locally on an individual's own computer, but are instead stored on a remote server and made accessible from any internet device. Cloud computing has rapidly been transforming the private and public sectors alike, as it helps make the sharing of information and applications more efficient.

Harnessing the Promise of Crowd-Sourcing in Nonprofits

devteam@grantsoffice.com (Grants Office, LLC) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:00:00 GMT

The underlying power of the internet has always been the connection of ideas and people without regard to temporal, physical, social, or other common restraints. Through this communicative ease provided by the internet, crowd-sourcing is becoming a prominent feature in many aspects of our lives. Crowd-sourcing is essentially the enabling of a mass collaboration of individuals to contribute to a task normally reserved for one individual or a set number of individuals. The most prominent example to date is Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia open to contributions and edits from anyone who chooses to participate.

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Crowd in the Cloud

Harnessing the Promise of Crowd-Sourcing in Nonprofits