Round Announcement Blog Post &/or Tweet Thread
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Note on timing: This should be done either 3 or 4 weeks out to allow grantees to prepare quality grant applications to your round.
It’s time to announce your round in your own words!
In this post, you should aim to give your audience:
- General introduction to grants rounds
- Here’s a tl;dr you can use:
(Your-org) is excited to host our own Community Round in the upcoming Gitcoin Grants to help fund [insert your own goals]. Our round will allow community members to decide where to best allocate our matching funds by using Quadratic Funding! Quadratic Funding (QF) is the mathematically optimal way to fund projects in a democratic community. Learn more about QF here: wtfisqf.com
The (Your-org) Round will run as part of Gitcoin Grants Festival and is open to applications from all grantees who fit the eligibility guidelines below. Check us out at gitcoin.co/grants
- Introduction to your community round
- Feature your why: What are the goals, mission, and purpose for the round and for your ecosystem as a whole?
- Feature what’s at stake: What is the $ amount of matching funds?
This is a chance to get potential grantees excited about building for your ecosystem!
- Breakdown of your round’s eligibility guidelines
Readers should know exactly what will qualify or disqualify them for funding within your round.
- Highlight of events
- Mention any Twitter spaces, Discord Chats, meme contests and other community events happening before/during/after the round
- Where to go for more information
- Close with how to learn more, get involved, & stay engaged!
We recommend turning any key high-level info in your blog post into a tweet thread.
Highlighted info might include:
- $ amount of matching funds
- Goal/focus of the Round
- Your why (to draw readers in to click on your post)
- A call to action for potential grantees to prepare their grants & apply