NFTNYC 2022 is where Harmony took to the the floor at Studio Arte with 17 key partners to share the event floor. Spending was ___ for entire week with a team of 5. We were a floor space sponsor with shared space.
The Harmony sponsored event space was a lounge feel with bean bag and daily panelist speaking on mainstage while secondary room as gallery on Gaming, Metaverse, and Art. Conference goers could relax and host private meetings in the main room. Idea was a place to decompress from main NFTNYC venue where it was more chaotic.
The floor was an open office hours with a mix of NFT goers, Crypto curious, and DAO members from all around the world.
Start: Actions we should START taking to improve future events.
Stop: Actions we should STOP taking to improve future events.
Continue: Actions we should CONTINUE to do for future events.
| Name | Start 🎬 | Stop 🛑 | Continue ✅ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start with a mandate of 1 TGI event on T+3 of event date to include Harmony and new partners to deepen relationships for strategic partnerships |
Start to have a least one /Venture representative attend conference to solicit fundraising for Harmony, Harmony Partners, or Harmony Ecosystem Projects.
IF Side Event count is greater than 300 then add 1 Core and 1 Partner (1Wallet & DAO Rep) from a Team of 5. Side events per square foot as count size. Needed more /Venture Rep to scout for fundraising.
Create a repository for Investor Decks from TG → CRM for /Venture review and run analytics for /Investments | Attending the same side events with more than 3 people. We can cover the grounds better, even with [1 Harmony + new strategic partner] attending a side event
| Continue identifying strategic partnerships with Harmony /Venture.
Continue Guerrilla Marketing Team of 5🚹🚺: 1 Technical Core, 1 /Venture Rep, 1 Partner, 1 Ops, 1 Socialite
Continue any NYC (NFTNYC, ETHNYC, DAONYC) for the reason of epicenter to attract builders and investors. Ratio of builders and investors felt 50/50. Given NYC is a financial hub, it was easy to access IRL meetings at HQs of VC and PE firms. | | | Start with early preparation (draft of RoS). That looks like having a meeting with the team and creating bullet points of important qualities we need to see at the event.
The team then sorts out logistics—how many hands we need, potential partners/sponsorship, budget, number of expected attendance, programming, event materials, etc.
Ideally, there are 1-3 leading and delegating specific objectives.
Harmony could start to promote events on their social media/group chats with marketing materials, weeks before the event. | Harmony should not throw an event at this scale if we are unable to have enough hands to run operations, or funds to make a real impact.
We need to make sure that there is a steady line of communication with our partners if we plan on co-hosting. | Continue engaging and promoting projects that are considering Harmony’s ecosystem as their own, or are already a part of our ecosystem.
Strategically get involved with projects that have high potential.
Creating spreadsheets for satellite events branded with Harmony’s logo and website on the top. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1 - Not effective, do not spend in future and reasons why
2 - Effective, but need to make the following changes in the future to maximize its impact
3 - Strongly effective, should do more in the future, and reasons why
| Name | Score (1-3) | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| @Al Cheung | 3 | ➕ Follow “Guerrilla” style marketing |
| ➕ /Venture Rep presences as fundraising scout | ||
| ➕ NYC is the epicenter for builders and investors |
💡Attendees were 50/50 split of builders vs investors. Able to meet in real life with VC and PE firms in their office. Opportunity zone for Investor Relations to engage business with /Partners | | | 3 | Without the appropriate budget in place for an event of this scale, we really need to introduce some more organic and cost-effective strategies into this type of model. By simply adding a couple more team members we could significantly increase these events’ ROI.
I agree with Al, we had the space for Harmony and 1wallet to activate more in the lounge and we definitely had the turn out of builders, artists, and investors. | | | 3 | The team did a great job getting sponsors, considering how last-minute it was. We were on a tight budget and made the most of it. There were definitely ways we could have cut costs, but moving forward, we should not throw an event if we have to rely so heavily on sponsors. | | | | | | | | |
The team was asked to rank, on a level of 0 to 10, 5 questions regarding the performance of Event Operations. The questions and the average response is listed below: