Brandt Krueger interviews me about the secrets behind conference engagement, how to get your audience tuned in and engaged, and much more

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/interviews/2017/07/the-secrets-behind-conference-engagement

#meetings #EventDesign #interview #BrandtKrueger #EventIcons #engagement #learning #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

I just backed @Locusmag on #IndieGoGo !

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/locuspublications/locusmag2026

Good lit mag.

#Crowdsourcing #CrowdFunding #LocusMag

DigitalTrends: YouTube is outsourcing its AI slop problem to you, and that’s a terrible idea. “YouTube has a new plan to deal with the wave of AI-generated content flooding its platform, and it involves you. The company is now asking viewers to rate whether a video feels like AI slop. On the surface, that sounds like a reasonable way to tackle low-quality AI content in your feed. In practice, […]

9to5 Google: Google scraps ‘What people suggest’ feature that pulled health tips from Reddit using AI. “Google has pulled the plug on a ‘What people suggest’ feature in Search that would use AI to summarize health tips from real users on Reddit and other communities online.”

Library of Congress: Celebrating Seven Years of By the People. “Happy Spring to all our By the People crowdsourced transcription program volunteers! Every year, the By the People team publishes a “happy birthday to us” blog post right here on the Signal (you can check out previous years’ editions here and here). We turned seven during the Fall of last year and we’ve been waiting to […]

In this issue of "Dear Adrian" I answer the question: Is there a way to crowdsource a conference program before an event?

https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/dear-adrian/2013/01/crowdsource-conference-program

#meetings #EventDesign #events #crowdsourcing #eventprofs

[#veille] Nouveau projet participatif sur #Girophares : indexation de la souscription populaire à l'occasion de la naissance du Prince impérial, le 16 mars 1856 (#CeJourLà)

https://girophares.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/paris-et-son-prince

#archivesnationales #crowdsourcing #archives #Paris #SecondEmpire #OnThisDay #19esiecle #archives #histoire #histodons #archivistodon #généalogie #NapoleonIII

Windy City Times: Lightfoot’s ICE Accountability Project builds database of alleged immigration agent misconduct. “The ICE Accountability Project is a public database designed to collect and preserve evidence of ‘increasing misconduct’ by federal agents during recent immigration enforcement operations. It collects videos, photos and witness reports to preserve evidence and make it easier to […]

New-to-me and spotted in Calishat Snaps: FUNES. From a December 2025 blog post: “This is a project that concerns everyone, a collection of models from all over the world, we call it Funes, and its mission is very simple: to model the world. Imagine a 3D database of all the human buildings in the world, constantly updated. The human creations on the surface of the earth, they need a place to be […]