We created the brand for the Social Design Academy. (3 months)
- [In progress] We provide social brand development services to Catalyst Funded Project. (Whole 2022)
- [In progress] We attract mentors, thought leaders and experts to close knowledge gaps.(Whole 2022)
- We are pleased to report that people are excited to participate in something that benefits society as a whole, acceptance rate is 100% on 11 requests.
- [In progress] Follow the progress of our Social Design Academy website design (3 months) https://projects.invisionapp.com/share/YV120BW38AB9#/screens/460924137
- [In-progress] We built the Social Design Academy website (Dec'21-Jan'22)
- [In progress] Presentation and feedback Social Design Academy at IdeaFest fund 7 (3 months)
- [Vote-pending We installed a learning management system. (22Q1)
- [Vote-pending] We opened up a twitter account, in which we ask digital product designers and non-technical to participate in social design challenges. (3 months)
- [Vote-pending] We created 10 pieces of social media content to promote SDA (3 months)
- [Vote-pending] Production of the Social Design Academy Project Deliverables (Whole 2022)
- [Vote-pending] We create Social Design Academy website section which acts as a progression tracker to track the design of the deliverables. (3-6 months)
- Stage 1: Writing Proposal
- Stage 2: Design Research
- Stage 3: Proposal & request for co-creation
- [Vote-pending] We did 4-6 design review sessions with visual / interface design at the center of these meetings (6-12 months)
- [Vote-pending] Successfully connected with 2 external investors that sponsor our open projects (6-12 months)
- [Vote-pending] We successfully started collaboration and software production with Adagov. (6-12 months)
- [Vote-pending] Trackable Design presentations and Design review video's on our website (6-12 months)
- [Vote-pending] We create domain specific Activity pair packs (verbs, nouns, adjectives) that clearly separate centralized, decentralized and distributed language, so teams can download those as a quick start for governance design. (6-12 months)
- [Vote-pending] Developers are contributing to the Cardano Digital Conversations framework on Github. (6-12 months)
- [Vote-pending] We are launching/tuning materials on our website on a regular basis. (Whole 2022)
- [Vote-pending]We successfully are building the Social Design Academy community mailing list making access to voters and digital product designers easier.(Whole 2022)
- [Vote-pending] We investigated social impact funding and found traction in our mission to double our fund request throughout 2022. (9-12 months)
- [Vote-pending] We have participated in a social design award (12+ months)
Our Team
**Social System Engineer / Design research lead.**Niels Kijf, sr. Social System Engineer & Design researcher for blockchain based software.
Design Review teamThe design review team will vet and review educational materials and design research.
Ro, sr. Machine Learning (Full Stack)
Kerstin, phd (des), digital education researcher/ lecturer
Antoine, co-founder of Suki Editions
Christopher, co-founder and leads Regenerating Sonora
René, mechanical engineer
Timothy, Systems Engineer
Aharon, Social-tech Entrepreneur Consenz
Merijn, Music/Brand Director
Deryck, Risk Manager/Engineer
Vision statements sheet available on request [email protected]
Social Design Academy Roadmap
- 22Q1-Q2: Design research In-wallet Onboarding for ADAholders
- 22Q3-Q4: Design research Voltaire Assistant - Fund builder for DAO's
- 22Q4: Make learning management system operational
- 2022: Vetting Social Design Program
- 2022: Design Review Sessions & Workshops for Catalyst
- 2022: Mentor Onboarding
- 22Q4: Investor Onboarding
- 22Q4-and beyond: Launch of the Social Design Program
- 22Q4-and beyond: Cardano Digital Conversational framework
- 22Q4-and beyond: Catalyst Social Appstore
See visual roadmap in attachments
Good to know
- Social Design Academy will start throughout 2022. (Will ramp-up over the year based on community participation)
- SocialDesignAcademy.io design for wellbeing.
- Adagov.org code for wellbeing.
- We believe conversation design must be at the center of digital governance design.
- We are excited to replace page-based design with conversational interaction design.
- This project is dear to my heart (Niels) and the acceptance rate of 100% of mentors, thought leaders and experts gives me hope that we can turn the tides and build a brighter tomorrow with web3 software.
"Society shall own, build and use distributed technology for good." - NK
References & AttachmentsCo-creation; Choose trust over fear: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC6Yt3jfp_s&ab_channel=TEDxTalks
Figure 1 - Social Design Program 2022
Figure 2 - Co-creation Schematic
Figure 3 - 100x Mentor Network
Figure 4 - Visual Roadmap
Figure 5 - Stefanie Jansen - Co-creation Paradigm Shift
2 screen design SDA website. (First Iteration - Homepage & Courses overview)