Empowering the Crowds means much more than simple curation. One of our ambitions is to promote the great Steemians who are not only producing good content but also contribute to the development of the whole ecosystem. Today, we had a pleasure to talk with @dreemsteem – brilliant blogger who is actively engaged in many different projects. But the main reason for our interview was the story about her idea which found the support among the fellow Steemians and becomes the reality.
The name of the DApp is Spunkee Monkee, but you can't even imagine how much incredible energy is hidden behind it. Few hours before publishing this article, she told us that it will be launched on the blockchain today, so we won't let you wait – let's hear what she has to say.
CM: Our mission is to empower the Wisdom of the Crowd. But every great crowd is made from great people. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Who is the person behind the @dreemsteem nickname, what are you doing in your offline life? What Steem as blockchain means to you?
In the two years and two days I've been on Steemit, I've been anonymous! I'm thinking about breaking my anonymity soon – but for now, I'll tell you a few general things about myself. I'm a mom, a writer, a creative, an entrepreneur, an analyzer, a dreemer (notice the double E's), and a Steem-lover! To me, Steem is a place where I came unwillingly. Truly! I didn't want to believe in another project that might fail. I didn't want to invest in learning HOW to understand a new platform. I've been here since November of 2016, and the only regret that I have is that I didn't come months sooner! This has been an amazing project that provides real opportunities for people all over the world. The community is bar-none! You'll find peaks and valleys – just like you would in every other environment. However, I find that if you surround yourself with quality people that invest in the platform, community and the future of Steem, you'll enjoy it and find it a worthwhile investment.
CM: Spunkee Monkee sounds like a great fun. But there is so much behind it. How would you describe it in a few sentences?
The best way to describe it in a few sentences is: An online treasure hunt where we come alongside families to equip their children with the tools to prepare them for life. They do tasks related to these five focuses: Health, Environment, Hobbies, Future Career, and Service. Each day, as they complete these tasks, they earn points that can be redeemed for chances to dig up prizes on the treasure map. As they are searching for online treasures and rewards from the treasure map, we are hoping to equip them with priceless treasures, preparing good habits and healthy mindsets for life!
CM: One of the best sides of your project is that it doesn’t only connect different people, but whole families. What is there for parents, and what for kids?
Absolutely! The goal is to equip the whole family in this process. Parents are often looking for new and exciting ways to encourage their children to adopt healthy mindsets. Children can become desensitized to the prompting of parents, and resistant to chores, duties, and discussions. We hope that our game will make it FUN for kids to engage daily, while parents are finding ways to use our game as a tool to foster “old” conversations in “new” ways. Plus, children LOVE digging for treasure and finding prizes!
CM: How families interact with each other? Can we talk about their connecting as an added value to the whole concept?
Every day, children are encouraged to write their Monkee Business Journals (posts on Steemit) to explain HOW they performed their tasks. Throughout the week, Spunkee Monkee will post “Secret Questions” that encourage the monkees to go find answers on other monkee's posts. The hope is that as they learn more about one another, they will leave comments, share ideas, and encourage one another on their journey! Their connection is ABSOLUTELY important! A connection is how communities grow and thrive as a whole. It fosters friendship, loyalty, and support in the very best ways!
CM: Behind every great project is a great roadmap. What are your plans at this moment? How do you see Spunkee Monkee in 2019?
At the end of November, our Alpha Testing (which was incredibly successful thanks to the generous delegations of @aggroed, @paulag, and @derangedvisions) will end. For the month of December, we will be finalizing our website and compiling data from the Alpha Test. We will continue to do some weekly challenges in December to keep our Alpha-Monkees engaged until they can join into the Beta Testing, beginning January 1, 2019. Our developer @wizearch is working hard to produce an amazing website that will thrill all our Monkees. Our artist @jimramones has been delighting me with his amazing designs! We can't wait to launch some surprises for our Beta-Monkees! Our full-version game is expected to launch in the early half of 2019. This is probably my most anticipated development in the game as this leads to the 3-day Spunkee Monkee Gala event at the end of the year, where 25 Monkee finalists will be invited to compete for the Spunkee Monkee of the Year award!
CM: How people can support you? Is there a space for the crowd contribution? What about other crowdsourcing aspects, besides the crowdfunding one?
Right now, people can support us in the best way possible: SPREADING THE WORD! We want 100 Spunkee Monkee family accounts to help us Beta Test. We would love EXCITED families to be a part of this journey with us and we'd love help finding them! We will be launching a Fundition and Kickstarter campaign in December where people will be able to support our vision with their generous contributions. All help is welcome. Every bit is beneficial and valuable to us!
CM: Do you have any message for our readers? Please keep in mind that some of them probably never heard about Steem or Steemit.
Now is a fantastic time to be learning about cryptocurrency. Many people are intimidated by the concept, but Steemit has been called the “Gateway to Crypto” because it is a practical application where you learn in a hands-on manner how crypto is unpacked. Some people would still say that the concept of Steemit confuses them. I would say, if there is a “Gateway to Steemit”, it could easily be Spunkee Monkee. As families are playing our Spunkee Monkee game and learning how to post their tasks, they will see just how easy it is to earn Steem, engage on a crypto-powered platform, and find that the elusive crypto-currency mystery has become a bit more manageable. Spunkee Monkee will also provide help, tutorials, templates, and other short-cuts in order to ease their transition into the crypto-currency world.
In other words, I hope that they don't let inexperience or intimidation prevent them from enjoying Spunkee Monkee! As the founder of the Welcome Wagon community (@welcomewagon) on Steemit, I am passionate about making sure that newcomers to the platform have all the tools they need to succeed on Steemit. Spunkee Monkee will be happy to utilize all the tools and training we have in our repertoire to come alongside our Spunkee Monkee families as well!
CM:Thank you for this wonderful conversation @dreemsteem. We believe you are doing the great thing for all of us. The future of the whole blockchain is in the projects like this one, so we wish you good luck and promises to support you in every way we can do. We are also calling you, our dear readers to spread the word and prove that we can do the great things together. Of course, don’t forget to let us know what you think about it.
Happy crowdsourcing!
Also posted on Crowdmind.io website with SteemPress : https://www.crowdmind.io/2018/11/28/crowdmind-interview-spunkee-monkee-when-the-great-idea-meets-great-community/
Thank you SO much for this awesome opportunity! I have great vision for how we will work together to bring the crowd to see what Spunkee Monkee is all about!
I can't wait to put this project on @fundition and kickstarter! But.... I know that with the crowdsourcing aspect.... you will help bring EVEN MORE attention to the project than I can do myself! :)
I'm really excited about that aspect of what you bring to the blockchain! And as Spunkee Monkee grows, we will be sure to keep telling everyone about the awesome success that we had with Crowdmind spreading the word!
Everyone needs help when it comes to word-of-mouth!
The more mouths - the more the word spreads!
Thank you for letting Spunkee Monkee be the very first interview with you!!!! It's a great honor!
-@dreemsteem, founder of @spunkeemonkee :)
You did the great honor to us! We will be there of course - keep us updated about every single detail :-)
Wohooooo
"woo hoooooo" is right!!! :)
I will be happy to keep you updated! :)
This is, without question, the best initiative ever created within the STEEM community. What a great way to use the blockchain in such a wholesome and nurturing way.
The children are our future and that is just not the lines of a popular song, but a fact. G-D bless you @dreemsteem and everyone involved in this oustanding project!
DREEMSTEEM
A TRUE QUEEN OF STEEM
Thank you @sgt-dan!!!!
And thank you so much for your generosity with the Monkees yesterday!!! They will be so excited to get their Steem monsters cards hehe
I can't wait for @paulag's daughter to see the cards that are in her collection now :)
I so appreciate your encouragement! I really hope this project takes off and blesses LOTS of families!!!!
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I am sure it will!
What energy and vision from @dreemsteem!
All of the projects she works on, are ALWAYS aimed at family and mentoring!
Spunkee Monkee is FANTASTIC!
A great way to engage with kids and help families, too!
Thanks @dreemsteem for all you do for the platform!
Thank you @bluefinstudios!!!! :) Would I sound too idealistic if I say I believe we have the tools to change the world? :)
I do believe it! One monkee at a time!
It makes my heart sing to be involved with something this important - and I'm so happy that others are seeing the value in it too! :) Thank you for all your encouragement! Always!
Absolutely fantastic @dreemsteem. The energy and spirit that you put into everything you do shines brightly through your relations, projects, and of course... your comments section!
I'm very proud and super excited to see what the future has in store for Spunkee Monkees and yourself!
Astounding interview @crowdmind, you asked some excellent questions to really get @dreemsteem on a roll! You are doing a marvelous job already, I can't wait to see what other projects you bring to the table.
Yeah!!! I love their project! This is a dream come true to find someone who is going to focus on the crowdsourcing to get the word out there for us!!! :) I believe in THEIR project too :)
And thank you Cal! I love that you're proud of me - you know that means the world to me - right? :)
Always such a great vibe from dreemsteem, I appreciate what she is doing with this awesome dapp for a family connection and fun. This is great.
Stay spunkee out there monkees... be well
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hahahahahahaha i love it!!!! I'm gonna need a meme for that "Stay spunkee out there monkees" LOLOLOLOL
Thank you for your support, my brotha :) Love working with you!!! and always focused on truly keeping well :)
<3
Fantastic! It is great to see your idea take off @dreemsteem!
Get these future steemians making great life choices and contacts with other monkeys.
👍
Yes!!!! I'm so very excited these days! I can't seem to stop bouncing up and down with giddiness
Everyday something new happens to excited me :)
Can't wait to see it all unfold :)
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Another wonderful project by the amazing @dreemsteem. She is my idol! AWESOME interview!
Thank you my sweet friend!!! Your words lift me up!!! (And make me want to be WORTHY of being your idol!!!) Hehehheeh
Thanks for always being so uplifting to my spirit!!!! ❤️🤗
A fabulous interview with @dreemsteem and it is good to see this splendid idea for a project getting some recognition and traction! Bravo!
Thank you my dear friend!!!! It really is exciting seeing the train start heading down the track isn't it??? Eeeeek!!!
I can't wait until it picks up STEEM! 😂
Thank you for always cheering for me so loudly! I love it @thekittygirl!!!!
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great interview!! this is going to be so much fun and kids need this kind of thing. I know that if @dreemsteem is behind the project, it will be fun, educational and positive.
It breaks my heart to see 6-year-olds play Warcraft and such.....
I cannot wait to see you and hopefully have LOTS of things to share with you!!! We can sit and giggle about how we sat in the same chairs, dreeeeeeeming about the future, and hopefully be marveling at how it unfolded for us! Hehehheeh ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I will be trying my best to bring this to fruition!! So thankful for all the many hands and hearts around me to cheer me on and help me build!
Can't wait to see you too!!!
This is truly a project derived from a brilliant mind, with @spunkeemonkee the blockchain is being utilised to it's fullest to enrich the lives of our future entrepreneurs.
@dreemsteem has so many talents, none least the gift of laughter which reminds me
This project truly shows what real people can do when combined with a blockchain and the support of people around the world - right now so many Steem based projects are not making History...they are rewriting it.
#thealliance #witness
Indeed!!!! This is a fantastic time to be alive - and so excited to have a platform like Steemit to launch from! All of these points are converging for Spunkee Monkee to be right in the middle of that spotlight! I just hope that we do the best job we can so that we take the spotlight off us and put it right onto all those monkees!!!! :)
Thank you for always being so encouraging (and funny... but.... i already knew that joke!!! LOL)
I can't wait to show you all the things that blossom from Spunkee Monkee!!!! Thank you for being such a significant part of my journey, @c0ff33a <3
@dreemsteem congratulations! This is by far one of the, if not the, best games on steemit. The plot sounds very exciting plus the vision is outstanding! I love how the game is both educational and encourages to create and cherish connection. Plus, the game tightens the family together and increases moral values.
Really excited and can't wait for the game!! Really proud of you...
I don't have children yet, but you know I am going to be playing the game as much as it allows me to
Hehehe maybe with a niece or nephew??? I hope so!!!
And definitely spread the word for others that you know who might like this!!!
We want to get kids EXCITED!!
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@spunkeemonkee and @dreemsteem rock, this is an amazing project and my little girl was part of the alpha. great interview
Thanks @paulag!!!! I was so thrilled that @princessamber was such an awesome ball of energy for this project! She made me light up every time I saw her videos!!!!
Can't wait to have her back for January and the Beta Test!!!! :)
Woohoo! excellent interview I feel very happy as part of a beautiful project like spunkee monkee ... great things come for those precious wishes of your heart Dreemie ... greetings and thank you very much to all ... of VENEZUELA REPRENSENTADO the talent that remains. Jimramonkees! xd
Jimramonkees is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahaa
I love this - so clever!!!! hahahahaa
I can't wait to showcase ALL your amazing artwork - for all the monkees!!!!! The will be just as surprised as I was when I first saw it!
Gorgeous work! I'm so thrilled that you are a part of this! I have ONLY the best people involved :)
and you are the best!!!!!
Thank you for always working so hard and being willing to go inside my brain to make all my ideas come to life in your hands! :)
Thank you for that nice response, let's change the world and get to work.
You are the BEST! <3 <3
yesssssss - you know it! Changing the world, one monkee at a time! :)
<3
Thank you so much for interviewing @Dreemsteem. This project is amazing and everyone should know about it. Of course, i might be a bit biased being one of her friends, but it enables me to tell you how truly awesome she is.
Thank you @xcountytravelers!!!!! I feel like I'm so biased too - how can I not be? It's another baby from the mind of Dreemie hahahahaha
but i DO believe in this! I think it's going to be the MOST fun - and today, one of my monkees was sick and unable to post for a while. You know what he said? Even though he wasn't able to post, he was still doing all the things that he was learning as a monkee!
ahhhhhhhh that's what it's all about! Games are fun, and kids love prizes!!! But the real treasure is the one that is priceless and in their hearts! :)
love it!!!!
Like i said, amazing project.
love you hehehe
Of course! I'm your favorite Ren!!!
You are!!!!!! You are the best Ren in the whole wide sea!!!!! Lolol
Great interview @crowdmind . I think @dreemsteem is a strong personality and the initiatives taken by her for @spunkeemonkey project is just wonderful not only for childrens but also for families. She is my mentor and one of the icon and example of @womenempowerment . I wish her all the success in everystep for this amazing project.
Thank you so much for your beautiful words of encouragement!!! I hope that we can be so excited for the actual blossoming of this project into something world-changing!!!! ❤️
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STOPVery very happy to see Spunkee Monkee growing and flourishing <3 So so happy for you <3
@steemflow, have you already heard about Spunkee Monkee? You will love it. Haven't seen you for a while, are you o.k. my friend?
Never heard of it dear...
I am fine ..👍 was pretty occupied up with some festival season around. Now back to here ....how are you ?
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I am so so so happy to see @crowdmind supporting youe marvellous project, Dreemie! This is going to be an amazing collaboration. Steem ahead, guys!
This is so cool. My daughter will love this, and she's been asking about getting onto Steem to share her artwork.
great interview @dreemsteem ... i think you found the elevator pitch
going to be a great 2019 for you, the monkees and the WW
happy 2 year anversry :-) im a spunkeemunkee to