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Top 10 Crowdsourcing Experts Series – Canada

Crowd Sourcing Week | Sean Moffitt | Feb 10, 2014

Note from editor: The Crowdsourcing Week Team, along with our advisors are thrilled to present a new series on our picks for Crowdsourcing Week’s Global List of Experts. Over the next few weeks, we will share our lists of global innovators shaping the conversation on the crowd economy. Sean Moffitt of Wikibrands is curating our first list on Canada’ s thought leaders. Over to Sean.

A lot of great choices for Canada to kick off our Global Crowdsourcing List of Experts Series. Given my own location, we thought we should start north in our 50-country collection of geo-specific collection of crowd experts, influencers and practitioners.

Here is our best crack at our Canadian top 10 (in no particular ranking), but we could have easily added more (please add your own in the comments area). We also hope you can add your Canuck insight to our first annual Global Crowdsourcing Survey.

#1 Don Tapscott, The Thought Leader

Author of Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything and Radical Openness

Claim to Fame: One of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, open collaboration, the economic and social impact of technology and current lead of Global Solution Networks

Website: The Tapscott Group

Twitter: @dtapscott

Latest Post of Substance: Ten Types of Global Solutions Networks

Latest Tweet of Substance: Smart societies: from citizens as sensors to collective action http://ow.ly/tlu2G

#2 Eric Migicovsky, The Crowd Campaigner

CEO of Pebble Technology and Systems Engineer

Claim to Fame: Founder of the most successful campaign on Kickstarter to-date Pebble Watch, a successful Y Combinator venture – 85,000 funders and 300,000+ customers

Website: Get Pebble

Twitter: @ericmigi

Latest Post of Substance: It’s Time to Explore the Pebble App Store

Latest Tweet of Substance: Good luck to everyone adding finishing touches @thehackTECH! pic.twitter.com/BX2PaU6iOA

#3 Shelley Kuipers, The Brand Champion

Founder and CEO of Chaordix

Claim to Fame: Leads Chaordix – the global player in crowdsourced brand and product innovation that help the world’s leading companies and organizations gain sustained community engagement and predictive intelligence with global clientele including P&G, IBM, FutureBrand, KPMG, American Airlines, Virgin and Reckitt Benckiser

Website: Chaordix.com

Twitter: @shelleykuipers

Latest Post of Substance: On Crowdsourcing innovation

Latest Tweet of Substance: Products are usually managed by one person, whereas an experience must be curated by several different owners…

#4 Darryl Hatton, The Fundraiser

CEO of FundRazr

Claim to Fame: Leads FundRazr - Canadian crowdfunding site and Facebook app first released in 2009 allowing enterprises and users to raise money for a variety of causes – $42 million since inception making it one of the top 6 crowdfunding platforms in the world

Website: FundRazr.com

Twitter: @DarrylHatton

Latest Post of Substance: Top Personal Campaigns – First 24 Hours Predictive of Success?

Latest Tweet of Substance: 5 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Perks for Crowdfunding

#5 Craig Asano, The Crowd Ringleader

Founder and Executive Director of the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada

Claim to Fame: Spearheaded multiple programs and initiatives including Canada’s Crowdfunding Directory, a National Ambassadors outreach program, and NCFA Canada’s advocacy efforts to advance equity-based Crowdfunding regulations in Canada.

Website: National Crowdfunding Association of Canada

Twitter: @NCFACanada

Latest Post of Substance: Crowdfunding is Essential for SME job creation and innovation

Latest Tweet of Substance: Why Canada is where smart VC money is going in 2014 http://ow.ly/trYs6

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