---
id: "worksheets:exercise/determine-incentives"
type: "Solving Public Problems worksheet"
title: "Determine Incentives"
url: "https://worksheets.solvingpublicproblems.org/exercise/determine-incentives"
date: "2024-07-11"
summary: "Incentives you can consider include the following: Knowledge building. Asking people to contribute to a specific field of knowledge Skill development..."
source: "Solving Public Problems worksheets (worksheets.solvingpublicproblems.org), The GovLab and the Burnes Center for Social Change"
licence: "none stated"
---

# Determine Incentives

Exercise group: Developing Solutions with Collective Intelligence · Optional exercise

## About this worksheet

Incentives you can consider include the following: Knowledge building. Asking people to contribute to a specific field of knowledge Skill development. Helping people to build a range of useful skills while they are participating in the challenge Community building. Asking people to contribute to a large project of common interest Civic responsibility. Encouraging people to do things that benefit the community and fellow citizens Public recognition. Offering public acknowledgment and networking opportunities Competition. Appealing to those who are enthused by being challenged with a tough problem Making a difference. Offering the satisfaction of seeing their work implemented Financial incentives. Offering people money, prizes, and free stuff.

## Questions

1. What needs to be done prior to launch and how long that period will take
2. How long the actual exercise will be open for participation
3. How long the results will take to analyze and publish
4. Who will support and organize the process and who will implement and use the outputs
5. What platform will be used to undertake this activity

## PDF version

https://directus.theburnescenter.org/assets/4d991704-d351-4393-84a9-ddc2aabf33e4

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