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How To Build Intra-DAO Relationships (Guide)

Source a potential relationship by monitoring L0 Chats

This is probably the hardest part of the whole process: figuring out which relationships to invest time into (or not). 

People are diverse. We all have our own environments we will thrive in (or not). Matching contributors to appropriate environments is key. 

Example: When trying to build a relationship with another DAO, having a contributor who doesn't care about being politically correct would not be a good placement within an environment that takes a stand for gender neutrality. This can cause brand damage to both Bankless DAO and the contributor trying to get involved.

Takeaway: Potential contributors may have a lot to offer, and they have their preferred communication styles and systems. Take your time, have a casual conversation with the potential contributor to find the appropriate team/project to sync them up with or introduce them to.

Cultivating the Relationship

Nobody cares about how much you know until they know about how much you care.

With the hard part out of the way, the fun and easy stuff can ensue. 

We're all here to make friends and have fun while we learn and strive to accomplish the Bankless mission. 

Check in periodically to see how they're finding their way in Bankless or the guild/project they're placed, check in to see if there's any other assistance needed

Gather Feedback, Iterate

Feedback is the lifeblood of innovation. Without it, we're just treading water, or worse; dinosaurs.

Take note of the feedback you receive during the process and making frenz so we can discuss, improve and iterate when the time comes.

Scheduling group calls

Where appropriate, see about scheduling collaborative calls. The intention of the calls are for us to get to know each other and find areas to come together or increase collaborate and momentum.

As we've witness with a few of our relationships, organizational wide calls to get to know each other have been a pretty great catalyst to help us find opportunities to come together as an industry.

It also is a powerful demonstration of the talent and community we have at Bankless and a major value add to welcome other communities into our own.

Through helping other organizations get what they want, we are indirectly furthering our mission of onboarding 1 billion people into crypto. 

Some teams prefer to work asynchronous more than anything, and that's cool. We're developing systems to make it easier (WIP), however, some community management calls may or may not be required in the future.

Coordinate and Facilitate

As Bankless continues to evolve, there will be a major need for facilitators. Coordinating projects between guilds, guild members and outside organizations is a lot for a single guild. Each guild could have a coordinator which coordinates between the guild and larger organization. The function of biz dev would be to keep the guild and outside org aligned, information transparent, and the projects flowing smoothly.

The objective is not to assert dominion by any means. It is, however, intended to take pressure our respected guilds and guild leaders to be more productive as their best selves with less distractions having to monitor communications and address concerns.

How To Build Intra-DAO Relationships (Guide)

Source a potential relationship by monitoring L0 Chats

This is probably the hardest part of the whole process: figuring out which relationships to invest time into (or not). 

People are diverse. We all have our own environments we will thrive in (or not). Matching contributors to appropriate environments is key. 

Example: When trying to build a relationship with another DAO, having a contributor who doesn't care about being politically correct would not be a good placement within an environment that takes a stand for gender neutrality. This can cause brand damage to both Bankless DAO and the contributor trying to get involved.

Takeaway: Potential contributors may have a lot to offer, and they have their preferred communication styles and systems. Take your time, have a casual conversation with the potential contributor to find the appropriate team/project to sync them up with or introduce them to.

Cultivating the Relationship

Nobody cares about how much you know until they know about how much you care.

With the hard part out of the way, the fun and easy stuff can ensue. 

We're all here to make friends and have fun while we learn and strive to accomplish the Bankless mission. 

Check in periodically to see how they're finding their way in Bankless or the guild/project they're placed, check in to see if there's any other assistance needed

Gather Feedback, Iterate

Feedback is the lifeblood of innovation. Without it, we're just treading water, or worse; dinosaurs.

Take note of the feedback you receive during the process and making frenz so we can discuss, improve and iterate when the time comes.

Scheduling group calls

Where appropriate, see about scheduling collaborative calls. The intention of the calls are for us to get to know each other and find areas to come together or increase collaborate and momentum.

As we've witness with a few of our relationships, organizational wide calls to get to know each other have been a pretty great catalyst to help us find opportunities to come together as an industry.

It also is a powerful demonstration of the talent and community we have at Bankless and a major value add to welcome other communities into our own.

Through helping other organizations get what they want, we are indirectly furthering our mission of onboarding 1 billion people into crypto. 

Some teams prefer to work asynchronous more than anything, and that's cool. We're developing systems to make it easier (WIP), however, some community management calls may or may not be required in the future.

Coordinate and Facilitate

As Bankless continues to evolve, there will be a major need for facilitators. Coordinating projects between guilds, guild members and outside organizations is a lot for a single guild. Each guild could have a coordinator which coordinates between the guild and larger organization. The function of biz dev would be to keep the guild and outside org aligned, information transparent, and the projects flowing smoothly.

The objective is not to assert dominion by any means. It is, however, intended to take pressure our respected guilds and guild leaders to be more productive as their best selves with less distractions having to monitor communications and address concerns.