Category: Collaborative Economy

  • Collaborative Economy Roundup for the Week of November 23, 2015

    As the United States prepares to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, the team at Structure3C is thankful for another great week of growth and development in the #CollaborativeEconomy. We also have some exciting news to share: Bill Johnston (Founder of Structure3C) was nominated in the first cohort of Fellows for the Life Reimagined Institute. Read the full news…

  • Collaborative Economy Roundup for the Week Ending November 6th

    This week saw 2 major events in public policy & politics related to the Collaborative Economy: The defeat of Prop F, which sought to limit the rights of AirBNB hosts and the SEC approving an expanded set of rules for equity crowdfunding. See something we missed? Email us, we’d love to hear from you. 1. …

  • Communities in the Crowd Economy: #CSWEurope15

    This week I am participating in Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015 in Brussels. The conference has an amazing range of speakers from both the public and private sector sharing their ideas about, and experiences from, the Crowd Economy. My session focused on the critical role of Communities in the Crowd / Collaborative Economy, and covered: Why…

  • New Industry Report: The New Rules of the Collaborative Economy

    Jeremiah Owyang of Crowd Companies and Vision Critical have released a follow up report to their 2014 Sharing is the new Buying. In the 2015 report, The New Rules of the Collaborative Economy, over 50,000 people across the US and Canada were surveyed on their attitude towards, and use of, the collaborative economy. There are many clear…

  • Preview of the Brands & Collaborative Economy Research Project

    In March I embarked on a series of qualitative research projects to help organizations prepare for the disruption and opportunity emerging from the Collaborative Economy, and understand what resources they need to be successful. Wave 1 responses are in and the analysis is almost finished. I wanted to share a preview of the results to date. The full set of results will be published…

  • Opportunities for Brands in the Collaborative Economy

    Opportunities for Brands in the Collaborative Economy

    You’ve probably been hearing a lot about the Collaborative Economy lately. The key question many brands are asking: How do I get started? The good news? You may already have. Most organizations have an existing online customer community (or communties). Most are as simple as technical support forums, but many organizations have explored community engagement…

  • Brands & The Collaborative Economy Research Project: Call for Participation

    Brands & The Collaborative Economy Research Project: Call for Participation

    Update 3/2/15: The survey (Wave 1) will remain open until Friday, March 6th. We’ve had great response from brands, startups and a handful of non-profits. If your organization would still like to participate, you have until EOD 3/6/2015 bitly.com/collabeconbrands. — Today I’m kicking off a qualitative research project exploring the level of understanding, interest in, and…

  • Announcing Structure3C – Strategies for the Collaborative Economy

    Announcing Structure3C – Strategies for the Collaborative Economy

    Today I’m taking a big (and scary) step in my professional practice – I’m going out on my own to launch a new venture: Structure3C. It is becoming clear that a new wave of activity, the Collaborative Economy, is poised to have a large impact on global markets. Many organizations are not prepared for the coming shift,…

  • A New Kind of Community Management #CMAD 2015

    A New Kind of Community Management #CMAD 2015

    Community Manager Appreciation Day, for me, is an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been as a practice and as a formative industry, and where we are going. There are vibrant & global conversations happening today and that makes me very happy. As someone who has invested most of their career building online (and offline) communities, it…

  • The Collaborative Economy Honeycomb v2: 6 Industries Added

    The latest version of the Collaborative Economy Honeycomb – visualizing the industries showing meaningful growth and / or activity – has been released on Jeremiah Owyang’s blog. The new version adds 6 new industries: Health & Wellness Logistics Corporate (Platforms) Utilities Municipal Learning   You can get multiple versions of the Honeycomb file, a directory…