About this initiative:
Conservation X Labs are building a cohort of highly skilled professionals, experts, and makers that provide their skills & services to help stop the extinction crisis, called The Con X Tributor Network.
As a Con X Tributor, you’ll act as a resource to the 20 Finalist teams as they work through the Con X Tech Prize rapid prototyping period. These project teams will tap into the Network for strategic advice, mentorship, and technical capacity - giving you the chance to support or even join the team in their sprint towards a prototype.
So if you’re an engineer, designer, developer, marketer, conservationist, entrepreneur, or simply want to get your hands dirty helping build products that protect the planet the teams are ready to meet you.
What does a Con X Tributor do?
As a Con X Tributor, you will connect with teams and offer your professional background and expertise to help them strategise & rapidly develop a conservation technology through the Con X Tech Prize prototyping period.
Responsibilities:
- Provide feedback, advice, and support to CXTP Finalist Projects that reach out to you, to the best of your abilities.
- Engage with project teams on twice-weekly “Ask Me Anything” discussions on the Digital Makerspace.
Commitments:
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Be generally available between now and October 18 to give feedback and advice to projects, ideally through one-off or regular video calls with the team (expected time commitment is 5-10 hours per month)
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Make a concerted effort to understand the project prior to a conversation with a team
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Be open to forming ongoing collaborations with the right team, if the opportunity arises
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Engage with projects on regular Spotlight “Ask Me Anything” discussions throughout the sprint, hosted on the Digital Makerspace
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Hold confidential information provided to you by projects, and be open to case-by-case agreements
