PLAYER POSITIONS – COMMUNITY BUILDING
Karl Dakin
Capital Coach | Stakeholder Investor Campaigns | Design, Stage, and Manage or Support | Reduce Time, Money, and Risk of Raising Funding | Increase Probability of Success! | Opportunity Management
CONTENTS
·?????? Quick Calendar
·?????? Funding Point
·?????? SUPERCROWD 2024
·?????? Successful Funding Show
·?????? Colorado State University
·?????? Don Cohen Show
QUICK CALENDAR
In addition to this Instant Funding newsletter, I host the Successful Funding show, appear as a guest on various podcasts and television shows, speak at various events, and present my educational programs. I quickly list upcoming opportunities to share information, learn, or meet in person or via videoconferencing. I've included more info below.
Don Cohen - Mentoring - Monday, April 15, 9 a.m. MDT - LinkedIn Live
Successful Funding – Financial Prep for Funding – Tuesday, April 16, 8 a.m. MDT – LinkedIn Live
Don Cohen - Funding - Wednesday, April 17, 9 a.m. MDT - LinkedIn Live
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY - SuperCrowd 2024 – Impact Crowdfunding – Wednesday/Thursday – April 17/18 - Online
Successful Funding – Community Building – Tuesday, April 23, 8 a.m. MDT – LinkedIn Live
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FUNDING POINT – PLAYER POSITIONS – COMMUNITY BUILDING
It is common within an organization or association to group participants into two categories: leaders and members. This top-down, two-tier power hierarchy may not best serve a community.
?I frequently work with a new business or project where typical roles and responsibilities may not apply, or the initial roles shift so dramatically during the startup phase that they require continuing definition. This presents the challenge of beginning with a blank slate and ‘inventing a new game’ where each player’s position must be defined, accountability for roles and responsibilities must be established, and participation must be recruited.
?Within a community, there are several actions that a member may take that benefit one or more other members of the community.
?Connector: This action occurs when a member introduces one member to another, enabling the formation of direct relationships between the introduced members.
?Advisor—This action occurs when a member shares knowledge with another member, improving the recipient's capabilities.
?Curator: This action occurs when a member obtains information, assesses information that may be of value, and shares that information with another member.
?Investor: This action occurs when a member makes resources available to another member in the form of money, time, or other assets.
?Leader: This action occurs when a member supports the coordination, communication, or management of the community or an individual project of the community.
?Educator: This action occurs when a member participates in the development and sharing of best practices that may be relevant to membership in the community or participation in a community project.
?There may be additional positions.
?A member may act in one or more of these positions. The willingness of a member to perform a function may change over time.
?In building a community, it is necessary to set goals and determine the resources needed to attain them. This assessment will aid in determining what activities members must perform. This work should involve a risk/reward analysis of the benefit that a member may attain from the performance of the activity. Any situation where the member's work exceeds the benefit may limit participation.
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SUPERCROWD 2024
?You are invited to register for SuperCrowd 2024 – April 17 and 18.
?This two-day event will feature 100+ speakers who are the most engaged in implementing and advancing investment crowdfunding as a source of capital to small businesses and communities and enabling participation in the capital marketplace by EVERYONE.
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?I will make a presentation at Noon MDT (2 p.m. EDT) on Thursday, April 18th on the topic of Customer-Focused Crowdfunding. Within my presentation, I will share how I craft crowdfunding offers from small businesses to their existing and prospective customers.
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SUCCESSFUL FUNDING SHOW
Last Tuesday, I hosted my next Successful Funding show. My guest was Adam Kemper with Fig Advertising. We dove deep into the topic of storytelling for small businesses and how it can make all the difference in a fundraising campaign. Thank you, Adam, for sharing your insights with us!
You may view a recording at:
Next Tuesday, on April 16, at 8 a.m. MDT, I will host my Successful Funding show with Lucas Marquardt of Precision Financial as my guest. We will talk about managing financial records to get a small business ready to receive capital.
You may register for this show at:
The Successful Funding show on my LinkedIn profile will repeat weekly at 8 a.m., MDT on Tuesdays. You may register to attend by going on LinkedIn, searching for Events, clicking on the Events button, searching for Successful Funding, and then clicking on the Attend button. You should receive an email with a link to save to your calendar. You can also click the Share button and obtain the URL link to the show to put it in your calendar.
You may view all of the Successful Funding shows in my Posts on my LinkedIn profile at: https://www.dhirubhai.net/in/karldakin/
?COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY
On Monday, I presented as a guest lecturer at Colorado State University’s MBA course on Raising Capital in the Agricultural Sector – AREC 518. I walked through the basics of raising funding using a proposed application of cold plasma disinfection technology to address avian flu with a more in-depth discussion of investment crowdfunding offering designs.
This growing group of MBA courses in agriculture and entrepreneurship is being presented at the new CSU Spur facilities in the revitalized Denver Western Stock Show complex. Students are tasked with designing their own businesses that include savory frozen pocket meals, protein snacks, liquid disinfection, and chickens.
Prior to the course, Greg Graff gave me a tour of the facilities, which include small animal and equine veterinary centers, water treatment, commercial kitchens, a variety of plant and biological labs, and research centers that house State of Colorado offices, community programs, and set the table for more urban farming in the future.
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?DON COHEN SHOW
I was guest today on Don Cohen’s show along with Kelle Steineke where we discussed ‘consistency’. We talked about the value of showing up all the time and how that effort and investment is viewed by the people around us.
Don is an expert on LinkedIn, particularly on the use of Live streaming to build brands and communities.
All shows where I have been a guest can be viewed on Don Cohen's LinkedIn page under Posts.
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Karl Dakin, the Capital Coach
Dakin Capital LLC
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Absolutely agree! Building a strong community is like weaving a tapestry - every thread adds to the strength and beauty. Elon Musk once implied the importance of taking risks for the greater good. Let’s invest our efforts in nurturing small businesses. They are not just the backbone of our economy but the heart of our communities. ???? #communitystrength
My mission is to nurture 100,000+ infants by 2028 with healthy, preservative-free solutions while educating 1M+ parents on baby nutrition via blogs, YouTube (HuggedTV) & newsletters for guilt-free parenting.
11 个月Absolutely true! Together we can achieve so much more. ?? #unity
Capital Coach | Stakeholder Investor Campaigns | Design, Stage, and Manage or Support | Reduce Time, Money, and Risk of Raising Funding | Increase Probability of Success! | Opportunity Management
11 个月What role do you play in each of your communities?