Crowdsourcing

Learning English Conversations

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🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Learn a word that might be useful when you’re developing an idea and need help.

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0:00.0	This is a download from BBC Learning English. To find out more, visit our website.
0:05.8	Hello, this is the English we speak with me, Faye Faye.
0:09.6	And hello, it's me, Rob.
0:11.6	Um, Rob, What are you doing?
0:15.0	Oh just preparing some biscuits for my new business.
0:19.0	Are you planning to sell biscuits?
0:21.0	Well, not any old biscuits fe fey robs amazing crunch and crumble
0:26.9	biscuits this is my new career you're going to need some help if you want to
0:32.2	launch a new biscuit business?
0:34.8	Hmm, yeah you're right.
0:36.8	Maybe you could help me put them in boxes?
0:39.6	No, Rob, you need more help than that you need crowd sourcing. Oh right is that some kind of
0:48.0	magic ingredient to put in the biscuits? No crowd sourcing is when you ask groups of people for their ideas and opinions
0:56.6	to help you develop your business idea. Note that useful way to help you develop your business. Here are some more examples of crowd sourcing.
1:17.0	I'm launching a crowd sourcing project to gather creative ideas for my new fitness website.
1:25.0	We're going to crowdsource to try and raise enough money so our idea of a tree house cafe can become a reality.
1:32.0	I found crowdsourcing a great way to generate honest
1:36.4	opinion about the best way to start my vegan restaurant business.
1:42.0	This is the English we speak from BBC Learning English and we're talking about crowd sourcing, which is when you ask groups of people for their ideas and opinions to help you develop your business idea.
1:56.0	So Fay Faye, where do I find people to ask for help?
2:00.0	You can ask members of the public via the internet and on social media.
2:05.0	Even ask your friends and family.
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