The truth is that teamwork is at the heart of great achievement. - John C. Maxwell
Especially when you're doing social projects there's nothing more valuable than having a great team behind you that is as enthusiastic about the idea as you are.
Yesterday @surfermarly - the Founder of 'Dreams of the Ocean' - had the great pleasure to personally meet the new partners in our project: the President of The Red Cross Lanzarote and the Director of the aqua&sports center Lanzarote.
After talking through the most important tasks on an operational basis, there was room for chat, and @surfermarly had the great opportunity to introduce her partners to Steem in general and @fundition in particular.
Building bridges and creating synergy effects!
@surfermarly on her way to The Red Cross Headquarter
It was an easy game to 'sell' fundition.io
One of the key definition points when setting up a charity project are surely these:
Where does the money come from, and where will it go?
In this specific case we're raising funds in a tokenized decentralized network which are then used to support kids in need through watersports activities on Canary Islands. A virtually generated crowdfund is destined for a social purpose in real life.
We're building a bridge between 'the new world' (the internet of value) and already established social structures.
The great benefit of showcases hosted on Steem is that they work!
Before we entered the meeting, the fund counter in our fundition.io account was at ~$168, and when we finished the meeting it was at ~$244 USD in Steem.
We figured that we should meet more often, if such increase in value can be only achieved by organizing a get together :-)
Fundition.io is the perfect dApp to explain both the functionality of the Steem eco-system and its impact in the real world. You can easily jump into some of the already set up projects and give your audience an idea of how 'value creation' works on Steem.
Make sure to always have some screenshots of Steem dApps or even a presentation with you in case you're at places where you have no stable internet connection. Visualizing the system helps considerably to sell it!
Our fundition.io account before and after the meeting :-)
Adding some love to detail
When I was working as an event manager I learned very quickly that love to detail is actually the linchpin of any well organized event. - @surfermarly
Nobody will remember the essential basics, such as a well organized welcoming, a smooth course of action, a program on schedule, etc. But everybody will remember the unexpected details.
We're glad that the high contribution of the Steem community to our project will enable us to not only cover the basics.
Every of our 14 participants will be given an official diploma for the swim course and a personal picture - with a dedication from the Steem community - at the end of the event:
The Steem community congratulates you!
Draft: Designing some nice branded giveaways
Enabling synergy effects
One of the great benefits in building partnerships are synergy effects.
If you cooperate with partners that are experts in their area, you can bundle forces and multiply your overall output.
We're happy that with The Red Cross we have a worldwide acting player on board of our ship. They're high professionals when it comes to leverage their network, create social impact and also build media awareness.
On the other hand the aqua&sports center is the very best venue possible for the activity. Extremely kind and high professional water lovers are currently anticipating all of our wishes and contributing much more than what is explicitely written in our contract.
We're stoked to work with these amazing people!
@surfermarly meeting her partners
Please don't stop contributing to the cause 💙
We've received an amazing amount of donations recently, and are happy to let you know that a great part of the event is already covered.
Yet, in order to make it an unforgettable summer for our 14 kids, we still need a last boost.
You can upvote this post, share it with your friends or even send us Steem or SBD to our @dreamsoftheocean wallet. Every little contribution helps!
Thank you very much to @extremeromance who put a huge smile on our faces with a recent donation!
After the event we'll let you all know how the money was exactly used, publishing the corresponding invoices.
Remember: Doing good to others is not a duty, it's joy - it increases our own health and happiness.
Thanks for your support,
The dreamers
Please also follow us on fundition.io [HERE]- the Steem-backed decentralized crowdfunding.
Thanks for your valuable time!
This blog aims to finance
the charity project
called "Dreams of the Ocean",
an initiative that supports kids in need
through water sports activities.
Let's make this world a better place!
Original content.
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This is just an amazing achievement. I've been working this same way I could and I just don't know where to start. But now, I've seen an inch of a chance to pull it right because of this. Great @surfermarly
Wow I wish I could be a part of this. You guys are doing great strides. Unison is the key to making things happen
Thanks for the compliment @michaeljerry0 :-)
Amazing! Thanks for this lovely camapaign in the islands!
Es maravilloso ver este tipo de iniciativas en las islas canarias. Gracias!!!!
Its will be veey good platform i will use it for sure have a look at my profile also
Wow wonderful place and nice photo.
Cool... I hope all this go more big :)
Very cool. I love your enthusiasm and effort to make things happen. Good for you!
It's brilliant that you created an opportunity to talk with the President about your project and Fundition:
The seed is sown and now fingers crossed (no pun intended) there will be a greater awareness of Steemit / Fundition across the organisation locally for sure and soon internationally! Perhaps they will have an opportunity to write an article on their intranet / or for their organisation newsletter on the collaboration project with you and on this new fundraising model. Well Done:)
That´s just awesome news!! I love your enthusiasm. From now on I will spend every SBD amount upto 1 SBD I earn with any photocontest!
Keep on doing such awesome things!
This is the one of the best blog congrats @dreamssofteocean
Thanks a lot!!! :-)
Hi,
Your Humanitarian Foundation has been featured in the "Humanitarian Focused Episode" As "How I Intend To Promote Steemit!"
The episode takes places under water, the words are fishes and the billboards are whales. I hope you like it and enjoy it.
Here is the link to the article and the video.
How I Intend To Promote Steemit! "Humanitarian Focused Episode"