Crowd-based projects

Choose the best definition

for crowdsourcing.

• A small group of people create a new invention.

• Communities from around the world share the same interest.

• The general public helps an organization with a task or a problem.

• Crowds of people steal information from a company to make it their own.

More than ___% of Fortune 500 companies use crowdsourcing to address business needs, innovation and R&D in 2017.

• 95%

• 75%

• 25%

• 5%

What is it Crowdfunding? (as per European Commission definition)

• traditional type of finance in which the backing community and project initiators meet face-to-face together with institutional investors

• an alternative type of finance in which the backing community and project initiators in need of finance are reunited via dedicated online platforms

• the practice of engaging a 'crowd' or group for a common goal — often innovation, problem solving, or efficiency

• the practice of collecting tons of data from customers in order to create and disseminate new knowledge

In 2015 how many billion $ were raised worldwide through crowdfunding?

• 1

• 10

• 20

• 30

What is citizen science?

• the collection and analysis of data by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists.

• a method of raising capital through the collective effort of friends, family, customers, and individual investors.

• a business venture that aims to meet a marketplace need, want or problem by developing a viable business model around products, services, processes or platforms

• innovative activities and services that are motivated by the goal of meeting a social need and that are predominantly developed and diffused through organisations whose primary purposes are social

What kind of bird is shown?

• Red Finch
• Northern Cardinal
• American Robin
• Vermillion Flycatcher