Filecoin Orbit Community Program
Join the Filecoin Orbit program to become a part of a dedicated community of ambassadors, leading the charge in promoting the revolutionary technology of Filecoin and IPFS.
- As a member of the program, you will have the opportunity to host events, hackathons, and other initiatives to increase awareness and adoption of Filecoin and FVM.
- Additionally, you will have the chance to showcase your own content and contributions to the Filecoin community through social media.
- As a Filecoin Orbit Ambassador, you will receive exclusive perks such as free swag, unique NFTs to represent your membership level, and the opportunity to help translate Filecoin documentation into other languages.
Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of the decentralized future.
🙋 Frequently Asked Questions
Orbit Ambassadors often, but are not obligated or limited to, host community meetups, conferences, or hackathons (with Filecoin Foundation financial support), create educational content or translate Filecoin documentation in their language, build in Filecoin/IPFS and Filecoin Virtual Machine, build their social media presence as a Filecoin thought leader and community leader, and encourage community members to submit to opportunities across the Filecoin ecosystem.
Apply HERE. Admissions are competitive and rolling.
The Filecoin Foundation provides the following support to Orbit Ambassadors:
- Filecoin Foundation provides funding for event venue rental, food & beverage, A/V, photography & videography, internet service (hackathons), swag, and other expenses related to your Filecoin event hosting. We also provide the substantive materials (presentations, etc).
- Filecoin Foundation marketing, design, and event logistics resources are at your disposal.
- Collaborate with Filecoin Foundation engineers on your educational content and documentation translation.
There are currently over 80 Orbit Ambassadors, in just as many countries, building the Filecoin communities in their cities and regions.
Yes, of course. To both questions.
Not necessarily. Orbit Ambassadors include engineers who build on Filecoin Virtual Machine, writers who publish educational articles on popular websites about Filecoin, and events hosts who just want to bring people together about something they are excited about (Filecoin!). You’re welcome to make the most of the Orbit program however it resonates with your background and goals.
🎉 Recent Filecoin Orbit Events
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🌎 Members’ Lounge
What would you like to do?
To request funding to host an event, please submit this Event Request Form.
- Please note that it will take EIGHT WEEKS to process your event, provide funding, and enable necessary design, marketing, and operations support.
- Any event requests submitted less than eight weeks before the event will be rejected.
- The Orbit Team will do their best to provide an approval or rejection notice within 10 days of your submission.
- The MAXIMUM funding for each event is $1,500, with rare exceptions for more expensive cities. Any request greater than $1,500 without prior approval from Olivia will be rejected.
- Please attempt to keep costs as low as possible without compromising event quality. Where possible, please attempt to partner with an organization that may be able to provide a venue free of cost, such as a university student group being able to reserve a classroom or a company offering their co-working space.
Thank you for hosting a Filecoin Orbit Event! Now that you hosted your event, here is what you should do:
- Registration Data | In the Google Drive folder you created in the “Host an Event” process for the event you hosted, please create a Google Spreadsheet with the event registration data.
- Event Images | In the Google Drive folder you created in the “Host an Event” process for the event you hosted, please create a sub-folder called “Photos” and put all of the images and videos you took from the event there.
- Medium Blog | Post a medium blog highlighting your event.
- Twitter | Tweet your event from your community Twitter!
- Event Receipts | In the Google Drive folder you created in the “Host an Event” process for the event you hosted, please create a sub-folder called “Receipts” and put all of the receipts associated with the event into this folder.
- Post Event Report Form | Complete the Post Event Report Form.
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As a member of the Filecoin Orbit program, you have access to our team of Filecoin, IPFS, and FVM developer advocates. Have a question about what you or an event attendee are building? Reach out on Slack for help 🙂
If you are an Orbit member traveling to a conference or event, you may submit for funding for economy class flights and hotel with this Travel Request Form.
- All travel requests must be PRE-APPROVED by Olivia before submitting the travel request form. Please reach out to her on Slack for approval.
- All travel requests must include accurate personal information AND must include screenshots of all receipts.
- Travel requests are reimbursements. Please allow 60 days from the time of submitting to receive payment.
Resources
What you have done already:
- Complete the Application
- Complete the Interview
- Sign the Volunteer Contract
- Join the Notion
What you may have left to do:
- Request Editor access to the Google Drive HERE.
- Join the public Filecoin Slack HERE, and DM Robert Dowling to be added to the Orbit channel. Introduce yourself to the rest of the Orbit members!
- Create your Medium account for blog posts, with the following publication / site name format: “Filecoin Orbit Community [insert City / Country Name].”
- Create your Twitter account, with the following account name format: “Filecoin Orbit Community [insert City / Country Name].
- Create your Eventbrite account, with the following account / group name format: “Filecoin Orbit Community [insert City / Country Name].
- Submit the links to the Medium, Twitter, and Meetup / Eventbrite you created HERE.
As a member of the Orbit program, you’ll be posting tweets, blogs, and other various types of content. To ensure the best growth and engagement possible, here are guidelines to follow when posting as an Orbit member/spaceship.
Submitting Content: Before sharing your posts, DM @Untitled on Slack to have them reviewed. For general guidelines on social media best practices/Filecoin messaging, check out the social guidelines page below:
It’s time to market your event! Please review the Filecoin Orbit Communications and Marketing Guidelines when it comes to marketing your event.
Archive of old Orbit all-hands meetings.
Orbit Ambassadors can learn more about Filecoin, IPFS, LibP2P, FVM, and other Protocol Labs technologies with Proto.School and LaunchPad.
You can also check out the presentations the Austin Orbit team put together for their workshops HERE.
The below are our Orbit event boxes, materials you can use to host an event focused on a specific Protocol Labs product:
Event | Author | PL / FF Team | Materials | Deliverable | Level / Audience |
Introduction to Content Addressing, IPFS, Filecoin, Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Blockchain | Robert Dowling | Filecoin Foundation | Primary Event Materials:
- Ukraine Modular Course
Additional Materials:
- ProtoSchool
- Launchpad | - Various. | - Introductory |
IPFS Workshop | Pan Chasinga | Filecoin Foundation Developer Advocates | - Upload an image to IPFS. | - Introductory | |
Filecoin Virtual Machine Workshops & Hackathons | Sarah Thiam, Robert Dowling, Zak Ayesh, Matt Hamilton, Longfei Wang | Protocol Labs - Filecoin Virtual Machine Developer Advocates | - NEW (under construction):
- OLD: FVM Event-in-a-Box | - Launch a smart contract on FEVM.
- Deploy the FVM Client Contract.
- Conduct a Storage Deal using an aggregator.
- Create a DataDAO. | - Freshmen-year College Computer Science or Engineering Students |
Storage Provider Workshops | Vanessa Sugiarto, Porter Stowell | Filecoin Foundation - Storage Provider Network Growth Team | - Sign up for Partner Portal and Register for Zero to One
| - Introductory
- Intermediate | |
Saturn Workshop | Robert Dowling | Filecoin Foundation | Coming Soon | - Launch a Saturn Node | - Introductory |
Interplanetary Consensus Workshop | Coming Soon |
📆 Global Events Calendar
All Orbit events are free to attend! Come meet the members of your Filecoin community, see upcoming Orbit event here:
