Crowdfunding Astronomy Outreach Projects: Lessons Learned from the UNAWE Crowdfunding Campaign

نویسندگان

  • Abi J. Ashton
  • Pedro Russo
  • Thilina Heenatigala
چکیده

In recent years, crowdfunding has become a popular method of funding new technology or entertainment products, or artistic projects. The idea is that people or projects ask for many small donations from individuals who support the pro­ posed work, rather than a large amount from a single source. Crowdfunding is usually done via an online portal or plat­ form which handles the financial transactions involved. The Universe Awareness (UNAWE) programme decided to under­ take a Kickstarter1 crowdfunding campaign centring on the resource Universe in a Box2. In this article we present the lessons learned and best practices from that campaign. B es t

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • CoRR

دوره abs/1412.2115  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014