Group Effort: The Power of Crowdsourcing

What do you want to do with your spare time? Look up pictures of your ex on Facebook or do a little bit of work to make big changes in the world?  With the power of the internet, we can all work together to drive innovation and get things done.  Lilan Bowden looks at crowdsourcing sites that are making a big difference.

Check out the crowdsourcing projects mentioned in this episode:

Kickstarter
Galaxy Zoo
OpenIDEO
X Prize Foundation
Threadless
Wikipedia

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