What is Crowdsourcing?

“…the act of taking a job traditionally

performed by a designated agent (usually and

employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined,

generally large group of people in the form of

an open call.”

– Jeff Howe (2008)

What is Crowdsourcing?

“Crowdsourcing engages a global Pool

of online workers that can be tapped

on-demand…better termed as the

“Human Cloud””

– Prof. Erran

Carmel

Diversity of

Opinion

Diversity of

Opinion

Independence

Diversity of

Opinion

Independence

Decentralisation

Diversity of

Opinion

Independence

Decentralisation

Aggregation

Edison Nation’s Community

Edison Nation’s Community

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CROWDSOURCING

THE POWER OF THE CROWD