Brief Summary

• Strategic plan for 2022 developed with 10x growth in budget and 100x growth in impact
• We closed partnerships that will effectively get us 250K+ top of the funnel learners and 200+ universities by end of Q4
• Signed deal for a documentary with a potential viewership of 2M-10M
• Started work on building new programs as per the strategic plan like NCI, Ambassador program etc.
• Started working on upgrading existing Edu properties like NEAR Academy, NiM and sputnikdao.v2 integration etc. as per the strategic plan

Here are some quotes from the team

“This week I had a chance to compare my situation on the first month with the current version of me. I felt good because I realized I am learning.”

“Free certification is perceived as having no value in few universities of North America"

Results

Team

• Interviewed a number of candidates to expand the team’s marketing efforts across US education markets
• Signed a contract with a recruitment outreach agency for Sr. dev hiring
• Built the strategic plan and budget for NEAR EDU for the next 12 months

Funnel

• Met with local blockchain club to discuss NEAR Ambassadors pilot program
• More partnerships were developed and grants issued in the last 2 weeks than in the last 2 years.
• Met Dean at Florida State University responsible for approving all curriculum at all state secondary education schools in the state. Discussed piloting a NEAR blockchain Bootcamp on campus, partnering with the School of Entrepreneurship.
• Connected with two largest blockchains meet up groups in Tampa
• Started grant for proof of presence Dapp, POPSKL

Software

• NEAR Sighted workflow is way clearer than earlier
• New feature on stats.gallery: transaction history visualizer
• Created about 20+ prototype screens and relationships for NEAR university
• Connected bounty earning with the frontend of NiM
• The NimDAO wireframe is ready

Content

• Design of NEAR Ambassadors program kicked off
• Proofread a Rust+NEAR “Getting Started”-esque guide
• Started with concept notes for new courses like NCI and 1-day NCD as well as intro workshops for DeFi, NFT, FT and DAO
• Sketched 5/50 possible campaign ideas for top of the funnel audiences in North America

Challenges & Blockers

• Personal commitments
• Team growth
• Competing priorities
• Lot of meetings

Action items

Team

• Seek revised budget approval before Oct 1
• Launch recruiting process to find teachers and developer
• Onboard 2 design candidates and design a campaign
• Prepare the 3-month plan and budget based on the approved strategic plan

Funnel

• Design and deliver NCI experience to partners
• Close on remaining few partnerships for Q4
• Start partner onboarding process

Software

• NEAR Login on stats.gallery and NEAR Academy
• Kick-off NEAR Academy upgradation
• Creating a DAO account for NiM and ship NiMDaO

Content

• NEAR Ambassador program planning and collaterals
• Complete biz value slide deck for North America University outreach
• Recording a video series for documentation
• Complete partner onboarding Kit

Great update, Shashi!

shashi:

10x growth in budget and 100x growth in impact

Awesome work!

shashi:

Ambassador program etc.

Has this been fleshed out yet? I’d love to read more.

Agree, awesome update!

shreyas:

shashi:

Ambassador program etc.

Has this been fleshed out yet? I’d love to read more.

+1,000,000 - I love Ambassador programmes! Would love to know more about it and happy to help out with it, too

shashi:

Complete partner onboarding Kit

Ooo @norah.near something to take note of for the City Node program!

Thanks, Shreyas! I Will share the details soon, we have just started working on it.

Thanks David! We will share more details soon. I will reach out to you separately soon.

Great stuff, can’t wait!