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(VC, grants by foundation, token sales, etc)", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "number", "answer": "4", "hidden": false, "question": "Total team size", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "number", "answer": "19", "hidden": false, "question": "How old (in Months) is the project?", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "If you participated in past grant rounds using a different project payout wallet address, please share it here:", "questionId": 7, "encryptedAnswer": {"ciphertext": "NVSskWVzkbTizs/5HVdgU/RtykLQI+CFnPhcE7NDFJM=", "encryptedSymmetricKey": "bb9d74a783056cb5c5fb96bdbfb614abc5bd3ef5dd07735323ebec6a01558633202876d3dba01a256efcbd7cc0f0a106477f389ada9df880169d1a0cbda7d43795c0008378b2db87bfbd24f2d8e1ff9c7f9cdea6d58238a13f7345421cba77840fe58b2e85b5a7b982e6ea511eb55446ab7aaf2b156348679fd0712928b2e73b0000000000000020ea62a2639bb5a1f1f73d32c98b7ad617e1ad04183aa3d98a3009ee1bcac99e9edd341a3752254db02ed82e44a14a0e8a"}}, {"type": "short-answer", "answer": "https://twitter.com/grant_nissly", "hidden": true, "question": "Profiles or socials of other main team members publicly associated with the project: ", "questionId": 8}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Have you read and confirmed your grant abides by the Program General Eligibility Policy? https://gitcoin.notion.site/GG18-Eligibility-cb4a5754c56043d4b3ed34eddbac261c?pvs=4", "questionId": 9}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Taptive works at the heart of community and education by running writing-focused cohort-based learning programs.\n\nCohort-based learning experiences prioritize relationship building, learning through action, and community engagement. \n\nAnd because we partner with web3 communities, we are dedicated to improving the web3 ecosystem.\n\nOur programs help any web3 community to:\n- Increase community engagement \n- Onboard new users with a clear, accessible education program\n- Level up their members by helping them to improve their communication skills\n- Create community-generated content to support the community's goals\n- Help their members learn web3 concepts through writing (clear writing = clear thinking)\n\nWe focus on teaching writing because: \n- It is a foundational professional skill\n- It helps participants explore their passions and curiosities  \n- It encourages deep, critical thinking\n- It fosters lively, in-depth community engagement\n- Written posts share the authentic voice of a community to the broader world\n\nWe have a proven track record in the space (see project description above):\n- We\u2019ve run 21 4-week cohorts for web3 communities like Ethereum[dot]org, BanklessDAO, IndiGG, Green Pill, CityDAO, TalentDAO, Lobby3, Smart Contract Research Forum, and more\n- Read our wall of love: https://testimonial.to/taptive/all\n- These cohorts have resulted in 1,000+ published pro-web3 articles. Each written article helps the writer learn about the topic, and it helps 10 to thousands of others learn by reading their writing\n\nBy focusing on a single program, we've been able to listen to feedback and build a highly-rated educational experience. The program combines social accountability, learning through action, clear structure, constant reminders, and gamification to help people to write.\n\nLong-term, we want to 10x our impact (see project description above)\n- We will help 10,000 people learn, express themselves, and grow with the power of writing\n    - Currently, we\u2019ve helped ~1,000 people\n- We will help writers publish 20,000 articles to share ideas and tell stories\n    - Currently, we\u2019ve helped people publish ~2,000 posts\n- We will partner with 200 organizations to help increase their community engagement and support their growth\n    - Currently, we\u2019ve helped around 20 organizations", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the round-specific eligibility criteria. ", "questionId": 10}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "N/a", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months. ", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We conduct an extensive data analysis after every cohort we run.\n\nTo measure our impact, we ask the following questions:\n- How many people can we deliver our educational experience to?\n- Does the program structure help them achieve what they set out to achieve (becoming a better writer)?\n- Does the experience support the community's goals (primary community-engagement related)?\n- Does the program help the community to spread their message?\n\nWe track the following metrics to answer these questions (with Ethereum.org's cohort as an example): \n\n1. Cohort Sign Ups \u2014 to measure our ability to market and position the program to the community's audience (1,049)\n\n2. Onboarding Surveys Completed \u2014 to measure how many of the sign ups plan to follow through with the commitment (289) \n\n3. Kickoff Meetup Attendance \u2014 to measure our ability to market and position the program to the community's audience (226) \n\n4. Kickoff Meetup Feedback \u2014 to measure the quality of the live Zoom Kickoff meetup (4.7 / 5.0)\n\n5. Week 1 Published Posts \u2014\u00a0to measure how many people achieved the primary goal of the program \u2014\u00a0publishing their writing (155) \n\n- In terms of impact, a published post tells a larger story. The writer learned about the topic they wrote about,  improved their writing through practice, implemented learning from our content, expressed themselves, connected with someone else about their writing, and more \n\n6. Week 1 Publishing Rate per Onboarding Survey \u2014\u00a0to measure the % of people who published their writing, assuming they completed the onboarding survey (54%)\n\n7. Week 1 Social Media Posts \u2014 to measure how many people shared their writing on social media, helping to spread the message of the community (135)\n\n8.  Week 1 Social Media Publishing Rate per Onboarding Survey \u2014\u00a0to measure the % of people who published on social media, assuming they completed the onboarding survey (47%)\n\n9. Week 2 Published Posts \u2014 similar to above with the added metric of understanding the Week 1 to Week 2 drop off (96)\n\n10. Week 2 Publishing Rate per Onboarding Survey \u2014 similar to above with the added metric of understanding the Week 1 to Week 2 drop off (33%)\n\n11. Week 2 Social Media Posts \u2014 similar to above with the added metric of understanding the Week 1 to Week 2 drop off (82)\n\n12. Week 2 Social Media Publishing Rate per Onboarding Survey \u2014\u00a0similar to above with the added metric of understanding the Week 1 to Week 2 drop off (28%)\n\n(We run the same metrics for Week 3 as well but not sharing for brevity). \n\n13. Cohort NPS \u2014\u00a0to measure the quality of the program (85.7)\n\n14. Weekly live Zoom meetup attendance and feedback \u2014 to measure participation and relationship opportunities\n\n15. Self-Reported Writing Improvement between onboarding survey and reflection survey\n- Publishing comfort\n- Confidence in writing ability \n- Writing consistency \n- Online voice\n\nAdditional metrics we're working to improve our tracking capabilities: \n- Impressions from social posts (currently manual based on X's public data)\n- 1:1 relationships fostered (based on breakout rooms in the live meetups)", "hidden": true, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 12}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Taptive works with web2 communities as well as web3 communities. \n\nThis grant money would be exclusively allocated to supporting web3 communities. \n\nWe would create an eligibility criteria to allocate the funds based on the community's alignment with web3. \n\nPlease let me know if this is an issue or if you want to chat further.", "hidden": true, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 13}, {"type": "paragraph", "hidden": true, "question": "Anything else you'd like to share about your project, previous work, or other project affiliations? Anything you'd like to add that may help in determining project eligibility?", "questionId": 14}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to future messages from Gitcoin for updates, information, and/or interviews? ", "questionId": 15}, {"type": "checkbox", "answer": ["yes"], "hidden": true, "question": "Would you like to opt-in to us sharing your information with select third-parties for potential opportunities for them to invest in your project? ", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "North America", "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is based ", "questionId": 17}], "project": {"id": "10:0x8e1bD5Da87C14dd8e08F7ecc2aBf9D1d558ea174:796", "title": "Help fund Taptive's Writing Cohorts", "logoImg": "bafkreiadd22rm6rd4qrtibnslk6cqdip5hesu62lvc3t5gkfpjwgp3wpky", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreibn7udl4pcfcy7gmlel4dpn5456g7rli2lhjwq5pec2fjyynyl73q", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://taptive.xyz/", "bannerImg": "bafkreif6e2i4abpxt6zfv3p6psizdgdlzpuhzrxljqdwptyim4bslahqdm", "createdAt": 1691722073699, "credentials": {"twitter": {"type": ["VerifiableCredential"], "proof": {"jws": "eyJhbGciOiJFZERTQSIsImNyaXQiOlsiYjY0Il0sImI2NCI6ZmFsc2V9..62HnZcrJqDLaV4WoDzMyNnuM5HaMSS4jZGgNqlyAx1Y_kR-i3LLihskhQaagOUl2JpTgpmyfsoD68EEzKKibCA", "type": "Ed25519Signature2018", "created": "2023-08-11T02:49:45.124Z", "proofPurpose": "assertionMethod", "verificationMethod": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC#z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC"}, "issuer": "did:key:z6MkghvGHLobLEdj1bgRLhS4LPGJAvbMA1tn2zcRyqmYU5LC", "@context": ["https://www.w3.org/2018/credentials/v1"], "issuanceDate": "2023-08-11T02:49:45.124Z", "expirationDate": "2023-11-09T02:49:45.124Z", "credentialSubject": {"id": "did:pkh:eip155:1:0xE77C2D32129473Ee5fa1DE427C5D1189D16cb9E2", "hash": "v0.0.0:CvdxUfyDhvkKUDDJC87UgSFjCC+40q9EdpXXC/hrlbw=", "@context": [{"hash": "https://schema.org/Text", "provider": "https://schema.org/Text"}], "provider": "ClearTextTwitter#grant_nissly"}}}, "description": "Taptive teaches web3 communities how to write online.\n\nAnd as a result, we:\n- Increase community engagement for these web3 communities (deepening ecosystem relationships and collaboration)\n- Level up members of the web3 community by helping them to improve their communications skills\n- Create pro-web3 content written by members of the web3 community (we help anyone become a spokesperson for the industry)\n- Help members of the web3 community learn web3 concepts through writing (clear writing = clear thinking)\n\nHow do we do this?\n- We partner with web3 organizations to run white-labeled, 4-week cohort-based writing programs open to all members of the community.\n- The focus of the program is to help people to publish their writing on a weekly cadence.\n- The program is:\n    - Community-focused \u2014\u00a0anyone from the community can join for free (we average 150+ sign ups)\n    - Relationship-driven \u2014\u00a0we run 4 live Zoom meetings during a cohort with dozens of 1:1 breakout rooms to foster deep relationships\n    - Action-oriented \u2014 the program focuses on learning by doing (on average, a cohort will produce 59 published essays)\n    - Content-dense \u2014 we provide access to over 30 pages of writing tips, guides, and frameworks to support writers on their journey\n\nWe have a proven track record in the space:\n- We\u2019ve run 21 4-week cohorts for web3 communities like Ethereum[dot]org, BanklessDAO (5 cohorts), IndiGG, Green Pill, CityDAO, TalentDAO, Lobby3, Smart Contract Research Forum, and more\n- Read our wall of love: https://testimonial.to/taptive/all\n- These cohorts have resulted in 1,000+ published pro-web3 articles. Each written article helps the writer learn about the topic, and it helps 10-1,000s of others learn by reading their writing\n\nThe Grant money will directly contribute to additional cohorts in communities otherwise not able to fund them\n- We are limited by the costs of running a cohort (cohort setup, facilitator time, community management, software costs)\n- This makes our program inaccessible to many web3 communities\n- Grant funding will subsidize our costs allowing us to run cohorts for additional web3 communities** (this is based on our outreach/rejection rates)\n- In addition, the funding will help us to improve operations, lower costs, improve the quality, and provide a path towards a self-sustaining model\n\nLong-term, we want to 10x our impact:\n- We will help 10,000 people learn, express themselves, and grow with the power of writing\n    - Currently, we\u2019ve helped ~1,000 people\n- We will help writers publish 20,000 articles to share ideas and tell stories\n    - Currently, we\u2019ve helped people publish ~2,000 posts\n- We will partner with 200 organizations in the ecosystem to help increase their community engagement and support their growth\n    - Currently, we\u2019ve helped around 20 organizations\n\nThank you for reading and please consider Taptive for the web3 community and education Gitcoin Grant!\n\n**Note: Taptive works with web2 communities. 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