F8: Scale-UP Cardano's Community Hubs
Campaign Brief
Challenge Updates
Top 3 Challenge Category in Fund 7 by number of submissions (see attached).
2x Funded Challenge Setting Proposal (Fund 5 and Fund 6)
A selection of past-funded 'Scale-Up Hubs':
- Homeless Hubs
- Cardano in South L.A.
- Cardano in Buenos Aires
- Salmon Nation Hub
What this means:
Demand is growing for this category and we are only at the beginning of what is possible with a network of Cardano hubs globally. The network effect will take a hold at some point and when it does, we need to be ready with templates, guides and materials on creating and sustaining a new Cardano Community Hub (CCH). The impact is real and ROI is being met. Real lives are being affected and improved through this category. This creates a win-win, positive feedback loop as more people benefit from the solutions we offer them, there is even more demand for these services worldwide.
How is the Fund 8 challenge different?
While the growing demand is showing us that the need is there, our focus for the next challenge should be on the other side of the coin. Capital supply.
While the facts have proven the necessity of a Community Hubs challenge, there are many other equally as important challenges vying for a position in Fund 8, so we must act accordingly. We must make budget requests that allow others to also pursue their goals within the ecosystem, both macro, for Catalyst and micro, within the Challenges themselves.
While we are Scaling UP community hubs, we need to Scale DOWN individual capital outlay, to ensure that we can spread as far as possible, as quickly as possible, which is why we work from first principles.
Delivering information to people who would not otherwise have the access.
Ensuring resilience and self-reliance within that community.
When we approach hubs from the lens of information-delivery nodes, we can build a hub taxonomy within a need-impact matrix and then find the most capital efficient model for each location.
In simpler terms, consider why a hub exists, in the context of it's location, access to infrastructure and community readiness. Then design a hub according to those factors, with a traditional brick-and-mortar (CTH) being only one out of many potential information-delivery systems within a local community.
This round will focus much more on 'minimum-viable hubs' (MVHs), what is the smallest effective unit for a hub, and by identifying this unit, can we begin to scale CCHs more rapidly.
Additional Success Metrics:
- Is the hub's Fund 8 proposal in keeping with the MVH principle?
- Do they have an understanding of their target audience?
- Can they accurately project their reach (physical and online) in the first 3, 6, 12 months?
- Can they accurately project the number of onboarded members to the hub in 3, 6, 12 months?
- Have they given an indication of a financial sustainability model?
- Have they given an indication of budget costs vs 'cost to launch'? (eg. A CTH may only apply for 1/5 of their cost to launch due to the demand pressures of acquiring catalyst funding
Ratings by CAs and Voters should favour:
- Proposals that have a budget:cost-to-launch ratio between 1-1.5.
- Proposals that do not exceed 5% of the total Challenge budget.
- Proposals that account for local needs and infrastructure concerns.
- Proposals that show creativity and ingenuity around hub design and information delivery.
- Proposals that are using local, recyclable materials and have a commitment to sustainability practices.
Let's build an ecosystem that is truly global, allowing everyone to participate to the best of their ability, whatever level they are starting from.
When you drive adoption at the ground level, you are doing more than just 'building cool products', you are empowering people to change their lives in ways they could have never imagined by themselves.
Extra reading (where we are going):
Cumbria, UK Business Hub: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/sellafield-invests-26m-to-create-cumbria-business-hub Rwanda Business Hub: https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/03/norrsken-foundations-hub-opens-in-rwanda-to-house-1000-entrepreneurs-by-next-year
Past-funded challenges:
Scale-UP Community Hubs (F6) Scale-UP Community Hubs (F5)
Why is it important?
Without users on the ground level, we are building niche products serving mostly technical people with blockchain expertise.
What does success look like?
Local Community Hubs across the world where the average person can take part in their own language and with their own cultural understanding
Key Metrics to measure
- How many new Hubs were launched in 2022?
- How many developers did this community-focused challenge bring into the Cardano ecosystem?
- How many new users of Cardano were onboarded?
- What was the total reach of the Hub's initial marketing launch?
- How many external organizations did this community-focused challenge bring into the Cardano ecosystem?
Cardano Hub Indonesia-Video Series
Solution: 提供6个高质量的教育视频,并在Cardano Indonesia的官方YouTube频道上以印尼语发布。
Cardano Hub-Complex Setup
Solution: 在3所大学和Cardano之间建立枢纽结构,以提供所需的支持,并允许学生扩展和帮助他们的社区。
Cardano Hub Caracas
Solution: 我们创建了Cardano Hub Caracas。我们举办聚会,以及讨论、建设和活动的论坛。这是一个MVH(最小可行的中心)。
Cardano Community in Geneva
Solution: 提高Cardano在日内瓦影响力金融社区的知名度,并在影响力中心网络中试行社区扩展合作
CardanoCommunityHubs.com Worldwide
Solution: 我们正在接触世界各地的人,他们的项目可以从Cardano所提供的一切中受益,并建立社区中心。
Cardano Coffee lounge in Vietnam
Solution: 每周主持咖啡会议,在一个亲密和友好的环境中交流关于催化剂、Cardano编程的信息。
Cardano Center Poland stage 2 - SPO
Solution: 该提案的重点是启动和维护高质量的股票池,使波兰的Cardano中心自成一体,不受外部资金的影响。
Cardano Center Poland Live
Solution: 波兰各地的地方活动都有嘉宾参加,目标是普通的加密货币爱好者、交易者、"听说 "但从未 "体验 "过加密货币的人。
Cardano Blockchain Buenos Aires Hub
Solution: 每月举办一次主持活动,在Cardano社区提供互动、商业机会、研讨会,并吸引新来者。
#CardanoBeach; ADA's city in Miami
Solution: 帮助海地队长用Cardano技术赋予他的社区权力;帮助提高他们对自己社区的所有权。
Cardano Baltic Startup Hub
Solution: 在爱沙尼亚的塔林创建一个创业中心。建立网络,举办当地活动,提供由当地和全球社区成员提供的研讨会。
C4S - Cardano for Seniors Hubs
Solution: 针对老年人群的学习、理解和激励方式而制定的教育和社区外展计划。发展ELI65风格
C4C Community Hub Operations
Solution: 该提案旨在使所需的预算能够在未来3个月内奖励Cardano4climate核心贡献者和服务。
Blockchain Learning Center + Coffee
Solution: 提供一个社区学习中心,附属于一个加密货币正能量咖啡馆,提供涵盖广泛主题的演示和课程。
Blockchaindiary Education Hub
Solution: 做一个区块链日记-网站,人们用自己的话解释他们对区块链和Cardano的认识。分享=关怀
Bilingual Web3 Tech + Arts Space
Solution: 需要一个双语的Web3技术+艺术空间来培训下一个Cardano区块链的开发者、编码员、艺术家。
Automated Multilingual Tool
Solution: 我们将把 "内容交付工作 "与人类的手工工作分开,使其成为一种协议。
Australian University Cardano Talks
Solution: 我们建议在两所不同的大学为大学生举办六场面对面的Cardano讲座/小组讨论,并提供餐饮网络。
A LIBRARY FACILITY AT MEDIE
Solution: 社区需要一个资源丰富的图书馆。 需要关于Cardano区块链的教育。 需要Cardano区块链的学习材料。
2Min Review by Voice for Busy Voter
Solution: 制作2分钟的英文短视频和播客,包含每个催化剂基金中25%的提案的分析信息。