We have an exciting schedule ahead of us and will keep everyone updated on our progress. On Monday, we listed our primary goals and timeline at the end of our launch post and today we want to elaborate on our short-term plans. Here are some benchmarks that we’re shooting for :
August 2017
Onboard a “beta-blogger” team of ~ 15 new Steemit accounts.
These initial @sndbox members will help us test our strategy and scale onboarding in the months following.
The biggest challenge that we’re trying to overcome is how to introduce new creatives to Steemit so that they can hit the ground running. We’re developing our resources daily. To get feedback while we develop the incubator program, we’ve been testing our resources and process with the beta members. By the end of this month, we aim to have around 15 practitioners and groups in the Sndbox incubator to gather a diverse array of experiences as we support their transition to this website.
These “beta bloggers” will set the precedent of how we can scale onboarding and effective adoption. There are potentially millions of creative professionals, social-media influencers, cultural institutions and freelancers who could be integrating this blockchain technology into their daily work. But venturing into this domain is a risky and daunting move for most. In this initial phase, our team will work closely with our beta’s to accumulate examples and precedents that will aid the onboarding of future Steemians.
September - November 2017
Begin hosting consistent Steemit meetups, presentations, workshops, and a variety of on-site activities to expose content creators to Steemit.
We also want to focus on in-person Steemit promotion, mentioned in yesterday’s post of on-boarding members. Much of our current preparatory work now is how to engage the entirety of the New York City ecosystem - who we can engage, where we can present, how to grow Steemit’s usage in our city, and what to empower the prospective members’ work with. @voronoi and @hansikhouse will be pursuing lectures, workshops, and other public educational pursuits to get the power of STEEM into the hands of the broader public.
December 2017 +
Launch the first round of Sndbox projects.
An inherent part of Sndbox’s mission is to not only on-board creatives but also to empower them to expand their practices and achieve big things. A larger vision of our recruitment and coaching activities is to bring board and train members who will really contribute to the Steemit community’s dialogue and harness the power of the blockchain for their own work.
As such, we’ll soon be taking on a series of projects with our Sndbox members so that we can take on a more of a project-centric focus in our collaborative work. Much like the way we structured @hitheryon’s account to maximize momentum and impact for the STEEM Park project, Sndbox will be the incubative ground to grow big ideas into big outcomes.
Let us know what you think and pitch in any ideas you might have!
wish you the very best with your goals, looking froward to see this materialize.
Thank you @jznsamuel!
hope that you will achieve your goals as planned. you are doing a great job @sndbox team
Thanks very much for your support @thegoldenphoenix! Big things to come next week too :)
hope you will arrive to your target
Thank you @skullsoccer, here's hoping we exceed it!
i will resteem
:)
Do not make my bunghole angry!... You have any holio?
1 upvote for many great ideas. :)
We're grateful for your support and kind words :) ... a single vote can make a big difference!
How are beta bloggers chosen?
Good question! The beta bloggers are a mix of academics, local artists, past colleagues, and individuals we've met through blockchain events within NYC. Some are people we've worked with before, others are old friends, and a handful are complete strangers. Our goal is to create a very diverse mix of 15 people who have never heard of Steemit before / introduce them into the blockchain ecosystem.
Could you elaborate on this please. Are you seeking beta testers? Do you want people from specific fields, industries, or communities? For example, I have access to a networked music, generally techno oriented, community in NYC and a general Noise Performance community around the US, both of which I think might be open to using Steemit. Do you want people like me involved in beta testing or should I and others wait until you are done with beta to propose projects or what?
Thank you.
This sounds fantastic @jringo. Feel free to message us on steemit.chat @voronoi / @hansikhouse to discuss further. For right now we're all set with beta members (who are all totally new to Steemit) but we'll be seeking involvement and a new round of members within the next few weeks.
Great to see where you guys are trying to take this.
I live halfway between NYC & Philly, and I'm continually looking for virtual and physical opportunities to learn and share with fellow Steemians.
Keep on going!
We should be announcing our first Sndbox Meetup in NYC soon! Stay tuned, and thanks so much for your support :)
Great. Looking forward to the announcement and will see if I can make a trip in.
Wish you all the best!
Thank you! :)
Excellent, once again huge fan of your project and hoping you will succeed! Your success is the success for all of us here on steemit!
Thank you!
Retain individuals based upon works they are willing to write as well as their demonstrated expertise in their fields! Who decides the addition of new members? Will sndbox contributers have a vote among applicants?
Those are excellent questions and we'll be tackling them in posts in the coming weeks. We will be implementing a referral and nomination system for existing members to bring others into the program. We the Sndbox team don't want to have more decision power than our members and we'll most likely be implementing a way for Steemians to nominate as well!
Would like to be taken along on this your great schedule of impacting knowledge. Please when exactly in August are you starting? Thanks.