For Web3 Founders, Angels, Community Stewards – TS UNconference programs bring development to DAOs, talent pools and ecosystems.
- Why / Need
- Community Stewards (DAO founders, community managers, HRs…) are big value drivers in the ecosystem
- Developing Stewards is a great investment
- We need more bridges and self organisation in and between ecosystems
- How / Solution
- Skills Development
- Formats
- Platforms
- What / Costs & Benefits
- Needs
- Benefits
- Peer
- Node
- Hub
- Questions or Proposals?
Why / Need
Community Stewards (DAO founders, community managers, HRs…) are big value drivers in the ecosystem
- It’s core for product innovation & service development (e.g. custdev, feedback, recruiting, investment)
- These people are super connectors and usually are among decision makers for tools adoption
- Brand Ambassadorship & Community Support are among the most efficient solutions organisations might have
- Stewards know their crowds and assist in recruiting and partnership building a lot
Developing Stewards is a great investment
- Community Management is a young field of practice, most specialists are self-taught
- Building engagement is among the main strategical needs (think 3% on average governance participation)
- Most stewards incentivise with stuff (tokens, merch) which is considered weaker than Status or Access, or enforcing intrinsic motivation, which brings a lot of bounty hunters who become inactive fast and don’t provide value
- Development of skills, cross-pollination and p2p support will affect the result of teams, commons and communities behind stewards
We need more bridges and self organisation in and between ecosystems
- Web3 people see software as the main solution, but know less about social technology. Stewards out of web3 space – vice versa
- Ecosystem collaborations will help to decrease costs / improve the results of work
- Basically, we need a center for excellence in the space
How / Solution
Trusted Seed brings a program for Q2’2022 (May 15-May 30)
Format: Online, P2P, open price and participation
Participants: 100+ stewards for public good projects (web3 infra, DAOs, activists):
Skills Development
Skills Framework and self-evaluation – will be used for impact measurement. We’ll adapt our program based on the skills testing at the beginning to match more holistic development.
- Listening & Analyzing
- Response & Escalation
- Moderation & Conflict Facilitation
- Promoting Productive Behaviors
- Empathy & Member Support
- Facilitating Connections
- New Member Recruitment
- New Member Welcoming
- Member Advocacy
- Behavior Change & Gamification
- Community Strategy Development
- Roadmap Development
- Policy & Guideline Development
- Needs & Competitive Analysis
- Measurement, Benchmarking & Reporting
- Trendspotting & Synthesizing
- Consulting
- Executive Coaching
- Content Strategy Development
- Evaluating Engagement Techniques
- Systems Administration & Configuration
- Data Collection & Analysis
- Tool Evaluation & Recommendation
- Technical Support
- Member Database Management
- Platform Architecture & Integration
- Technology Issue Resolution
- Software & Application Programming
- UX & Design
- Algorithm Design & Data Manipulation
- Program Management
- Business Model Development
- Budget & Financial Management
- Team Hiring & Management
- Contractor Hiring & Management
- Selling, Influencing & Evangelizing
- Community Advocacy & Promotion
- Training Development & Delivery
- Vendor Management
- Governance Management
- Communication Planning
- Writing
- Graphics & Design
- Multimedia Production
- Narrative Development
- Editing
- Curation
- Program & Event Planning
- Taxonomy & Tagging Management
- SEO &/or Internal Search Optimization
Formats
- Dojo / Masterclasses
- Networking / Buddy Program
- Project Showcase
- Reading club
- Custom Integrations (see below)
- …
Platforms
- Skills Framework + Survey
- Newsletter / Revue
- Discord
- Wiki / Notion
- Contributor Hub
- Feedback & incidents tracking
What / Costs & Benefits
Needs
Looking for $30k in sponsorships fees
- $2k Peer – Logo & Mentions during program / in materials
- $5k Node – Program integration
- $10k Hub – Your Product or Tool integration
Benefits
- Grow and support you stewards & ecosystem
- Reach other stewards and ecosystems (100 stewards and hundred/thousands of people from their communities they can reach out to)
- Build partnerships with other ecosystems
Peer
Send us the logo and message you’d like to be amplified. Here’s what awareness you can expect from our network:
- Twitter 6k+ Avg. Profile Visits / 23.5K Avg. Impressions
- 500+ manually verified members (stewards and angels)
- Email list (~900 emails, 10-50% open rate, 1-5% clicks)
- Youtube 800+ views
- Website ~500 hits / quarter
- Commons Stack Discord (160+ active users)
- Telegram group (120+ members)
- Dedicated space in the UNconference Report
Node
Recruiting, Partnership, Education or Customer Development Scenario:
- Have a call with you to define the needs and discuss potential options
- Approve design the event (workshop, panel, game etc…), messages and a funnel from awareness to action, might integrate your analytics or flows
- Co-facilitate the event based on the needs during the unconference
- Final touches and reporting
Engagement Expectations
- 50 people max at the meeting
- 10-15 people on average per session
- ~130 total regs (from a lot of great orgs, see report)
FAQ
In our CRM we have 1000+ contacts – mostly friends, friends of friends + approved though a review (no bounty hunters, mostly talent and funders).
In a recent batch i did a bunch of interviews with people who applied. Maybe 30 or 40. Out of them it felt like a quarter have PhD or smth like that. And i’d think it there might be a bunch of students in the mix, but most people have a degree it seems. Inspiring intellectually.
I’d guess more than a half. There’re frequent speakers and writers, but haven’t researched for a more precise guess.
Many are in remote it seems, and then – what’s full time? Many people are doing some side projects. But availability for work – i know there’s a growing demand for it, as the recent year wasn’t quite good for many financially.
I think it depends on a request, i’d expect 5-10 answers for a start, 3-5 good candidates.
Hub
Here’re examples of the integrations
- Commons Stack Discord server. In the result unconference channel was the main driver of the activity on the server plus added in functionality due to the new “forum” feature used
- Praise is a tool of cultural transformation with Discord integrations (product of TEC, Commons Stack and General Magic) – we’ve collected the signals and evaluated the contributions of 25+ participants for our on-chain reputation $TRUST token
- Giveth was used for fundraising – $24k of crowdfunding went through the platform
- GIGA was looking for recruiting DAO specialists (in progress)
Questions or Proposals?
- discord: Max Semenchuk#3335
- telegram: @maxsemenchuk
- max.semenchuk@gmail.com