Transcend Newsletter III: The Fellowship & more 👐
Launching our Fellowship, new opportunities, and inspiring projects around the world
We are back with more analysis and opportunities around the future of learning and work.
This week we are launching the Transcend Fellowship, announcing more opportunities and sharing some amazing new projects and insights. Welcome back and happy Monday!
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When we started brainstorming Transcend, we knew we wanted to design an experience that would bring small groups of people together across the world, and create an environment of support and growth. We are very excited to launch the Transcend Fellowship today.
The Transcend Fellowship is a first-of-its-kind 4-week remote fellowship, which will allow fellows to engage with key themes around the future of learning and work, applying them to their backgrounds and projects, and enable them to collaborate with top talent around the world.
The first cohort of 15 fellows will go through the program from June 15th to July 14th. We are looking for global youth who are interested in engaging with the future of learning and work, and do so together with a group of amazing individuals from different backgrounds.
If this sounds like you, learn more about the fellowship here and apply before May 15th.
P.S. We know you have jobs to do - the fellowship is designed to be feasible while working full-time (we expect the time commitment to be around 5h/week, but with very flexible hours).
Dani Grant from USV describes her vision for “free learning”, challenging the rigid structures of educational systems worldwide. This related to the Freelearners.org project, where they provide some cool ideas for the future of “free learning”. One key topic we’re excited about is the use of communities to drive engagement and learning.
Our friends at bnotes write about collective intelligence in a post outlining how they are thinking about addressing informational silos in organizations and communities. We are starting to use their product from this week!
OnDeck, the place where top technology talent find their next professional opportunity, is redesigning their model by launching OnDeck Fellowships. We believe bringing more transparency into this process that happens largely offline and in selective circles can bring lots of opportunities globally.
The Economist presents a great introductory resource to understand some directions in which work will move in the next decades: it touches on the digital nomad movement, outsourcing of global talent (bridging the digital skills gap), the challenges faced by the gig economy today, the eerie Humanyze product (analyzing data from people at work) and industrial automation.
The key insight is the potential for collaboration between humans and robots in an industrial world where automation sweeps most of the current tasks performed by humans today.
DECONET
Deconet is a platform for freelancers and their clients that uses Escrow to ensure payments happen for each milestone in a project. It gives clients a feedback window - so if they vanish freelancers still get paid (in fiat or cryptocurrency).
How is this shaping the Future of Learning and Work
Deconet is bringing transparency and a streamlined process into the work of thousands of freelancers and contractors worldwide. They are using novel technology in the space to make the process of hiring and working with contractors seamless.
Call to Action - from David Sneider (CEO, Deconet).
Try out the product - it’s free! Subscribers can benefit by taking advantage of the tool! This helps us, as we get to see how users interact with our platform.
Discovery calls - If you work as a contractor or freelancer, send us a note here and we can schedule a 15-minute product discovery/feedback call.
If you are interested in any of these jobs, drop us a note with your interest and your experience, and we’ll happily connect you to our partners!
NameCoach: Name Coach fixes name pronunciation, an unnoticed and ubiquitous problem, as a strategy to address inclusivity challenges and instill a sense of belonging .
Data Acquisitions Director (Palo Alto, US)
Account Executive (Palo Alto, US)
Strive Talent: Strive helps people realize their professional and personal potential by helping managers become leaders, particularly underrepresented groups in tech.
Product Design Lead/Freelancer (San Francisco, US)
The Graide Network: TGN connects K-12 teachers with qualified, on-demand teaching assistants to grade and provide formative feedback on student work online
Recruitment Manager (Chicago, US)
Impact Ed: Director of Operations (New York, US)
Contracting work with Transcend Network - we are looking to recruit top talent for contracting gigs with our partners in different roles (creative, marketing, tech)
Let us know which skills and sectors you have experience in, as well as your interest, by dropping us an email here.
Want to submit open positions for your organization? Let us know here
Thanks for reading another issue of the newsletter! Will be back soon with more content and many more opportunities. Stay tuned and check out our website and Medium for more info!
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Alberto (alberto@transcend-network.com) & Michael (michael@transcend-network.com).