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# MetaPod Week 1 (3/14) - Bootcamp

[MetaPod Week 1 Schedule](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sCqsL4csM0txchGsqUd0oPAhOWoe8zMWyiXvds9biTE/edit#gid=741740585)

- 9 workshops
- 4 firesides

The idea for this first week is to offer a high level overview on starting and maintaining a DAO, while having the participants start asking the right questions about their DAOs.

## Workshop 1: DAOs & Web3 101 (MetaPod)
### `When: March 14th @ 11am EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- What is the definition of a DAO?
- Don't be a DINO
- What makes a DAO a "real" DAO?
- How do DAOs fit into Web3 ecosystem
- Are DAOs here to stay?
- *Are you building a real DAO? (question for MP participants)*

## Workshop 2: Diversity & Inclusion (Ann Willmott & Dr. Kelly Page)
### `When: March 14th @ 12pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- The general importance of diversity and inclusiveness for co-creation
- How does the lack of diversity negatively impact an organization/community
- How can DAOs become sustainably more diverse and inclusive
     - Strategies for becoming and remaining inclusive
     - How do you gauge if your DAO is diverse or not
     - Is it possible to be too diverse/inclusive
- *What do you think diversity and inclusion means to your community? How might your community work to action their beliefs on diversity and inclusion?  (question for MP participants)*
- Resources for diversifying
     - Learning/reference materials on diversity
     - Diversity focused community examples
     - Diversity focused initiative examples

## Workshop 3: DAOs & incorporation (Lex DAO)
### `When: March 14th @ 1pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- How do DAOs fit IRL within these 'legacy systems'
- Different DAO legal structures that exist today
- When does a DAO need to 'corp up'
- *Does my DAO need to incorporate? (question for MP participants)*
- *What sort of liability do the members of my DAO face? (question for MP participants)*
- DAO legal resources
    - learning/reference materials
    - Legal entities focused on DAO structures
    - DAOs focused on web3 legal structures

## Fireside Chat 1: Early DAO summoners (MGD, MetaCartel, Gitcoin)
### `When: March 15th @ 11am EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- What was your experience like summoning your first DAO(s)?
- What were some of the earliest problems you faced?
- What was your biggest learning experience?
- What would you say are some of the best practices when starting a DAO?

## Workshop 4: Contributor personas & how to recruit contributors (Raid Guild - Rafa - Mirror & Tae)
### `When: March 15th @ 12pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- How to define personas
- How to communicate contributor needs
- How to recruit new contributors
    - Compensation/incentive models
- How to onboard new contributors
- How to retain contributors
- *What are your DAO's contributor personas? (question for MP participants)*

## Fireside Chat 2: Guest group of DAO summoners (DH Community)
### `When: March 15th @ 1pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- How did you start/join your DAO?
- What was the initial onboarding experience like?
- Is it difficult to find/recruit contributors?
- What sort of compensation/incentive model exists?
- Is your DAO sustainable?
    - How so?
    - if not, are you working towards sustainability?

## Workshop 5: PR in Web3 (Samantha YAP)
### `When: March 16th @ 11am EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- Branding and public image
- Creating a strong narrative
- The importance of storytelling
- *What public image/personality does your DAO want? (question for MP participants)*

## Workshop 6: Growth in Web3 (Spencer (DH)
### `When: March 16th @ 12pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- Different types of growth as a DAO
    - community
    - product
    - treasury
- How to scale operations as a DAO
- Biggest bottlenecks facing DAOs today
- *In what area are you looking to scale your DAO? (question for MP participants)*

## Workshop 7: DAO2DAO Partnerships (Yalor - MetaCartel)
### `When: March 16th @ 1pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- How can DAOs work together?
    - resource sharing
- Positive sum mentality
    - everyone wins
- Maintaining DAO2DAO relationships
- *How can your DAO work with other DAOs? (question for MP participants)*


## Workshop 8: Product Development in Web3 (Sam (DH)
### `When: March 17th @ 11am EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- Product development as a DAO 101
    - DAO structure
    - workflows
    - compensation
    - accountability
    - coordination (battling moloch)
- product market fit
- biggest learning experiences
    - pros/cons of DAOing it
- *what are some problems you're facing while trying to dev a product within your DAO? (question for MP participants)*

## Workshop 9: DAO Tooling (MetaPod 3/17)
### `When: March 17th @ 12pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- What is considered 'DAO tooling'?
    - Both web2 & web3 tools
    - anything that augments the coordination experience
- What are the different governance platforms that exist today?
- How do they compare with one another?
- why is DAOhaus the most robust platform?
- *what are some tools/abilities you wish your DAO had? (question for MP participants)*

## Fireside 3: Product Builders (1Hive and Gnosis)
### `When: March 18th @ 11am EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- Your experience building as a DAO
- the dos & don'ts
- fitting into a workstream
- being compensated via a DAO
- is it harder getting things done as a DAO?

## Fireside 4: Partnerships (DAO Connectors)
### `When: March 17th @ 12pm EST`
### `Where: MetaPod Discord`

- coordinating decentralized networks of people
- talent pool management
- personality fits
- technical abilities as a coordinator
    - do you tech skills to coordinate in the DAO space?