What is Contribution Management?
You’ve heard of project management, product management, and even treasury management - but wtf is contribution management, and why do I need to manage my contributions? If we consider a contribution in this context as: a unit of labor done by an individual for the sake of furthering the goals of a project or community, then contribution management is the use of tools and techniques to keep track of one’s contributions, making sure they’re recorded, surfaced, and (eventually) given value when ...
What is Contribution-Based Governance?
As DAOs steadily grow in proliferation and popularity (yes, even in the bear market), there is a massive need to explore more alternative governance models. For the most part, we’ve seen DAO governance models that are largely based on capital (buying tokens, NFT auctions, etc). One governance model that we would love to see more in DAOs is what we call contribution-based governance, which simply prioritizes the contributions of contributors and participants over capital. In Kei’s article ‘The...
proto-DAOs, making DAOs fun again
Stefen, what the hell is a proto-DAO? Don’t worry, I’ll explain. During the DAO boom (2021) we saw a lot of groups come together around a specific objective and proclaim themselves as DAOs. This eventually sparked many conversations around what is and isn't a DAO - one important quality being that there must be an actual on-chain deployment for a community to be truly considered a DAO, which of course is key for on-chain governance and treasury structures. https://twitter.com/BryanPetes/...
Govrn builds trust between contributors and DAOs. Easily track, record, and own your DAO Contributions.
What is Contribution Management?
You’ve heard of project management, product management, and even treasury management - but wtf is contribution management, and why do I need to manage my contributions? If we consider a contribution in this context as: a unit of labor done by an individual for the sake of furthering the goals of a project or community, then contribution management is the use of tools and techniques to keep track of one’s contributions, making sure they’re recorded, surfaced, and (eventually) given value when ...
What is Contribution-Based Governance?
As DAOs steadily grow in proliferation and popularity (yes, even in the bear market), there is a massive need to explore more alternative governance models. For the most part, we’ve seen DAO governance models that are largely based on capital (buying tokens, NFT auctions, etc). One governance model that we would love to see more in DAOs is what we call contribution-based governance, which simply prioritizes the contributions of contributors and participants over capital. In Kei’s article ‘The...
proto-DAOs, making DAOs fun again
Stefen, what the hell is a proto-DAO? Don’t worry, I’ll explain. During the DAO boom (2021) we saw a lot of groups come together around a specific objective and proclaim themselves as DAOs. This eventually sparked many conversations around what is and isn't a DAO - one important quality being that there must be an actual on-chain deployment for a community to be truly considered a DAO, which of course is key for on-chain governance and treasury structures. https://twitter.com/BryanPetes/...
Govrn builds trust between contributors and DAOs. Easily track, record, and own your DAO Contributions.

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We’ve talked about contribution management and the power of recording community contributions.
But the largest barrier to unlocking this power is that self-reporting your own work isn’t automatic, and requires a bit of a mental shift from what most are typically used to.
The most important thing to keep in mind is, you’re not self-reporting your contributions for a boss or manager, you’re doing it for yourself and your peers - that’s a drastically different kind of interaction, and one that actually builds your own personal autonomy. It also strengthens the trust within your community, and helps them to better understand what’s happening and what needs to be done.
Here’s an example of me recording this blog post as a contribution for Govrn, using the Govrn platform. Recording this contribution took just a few seconds! And now my whole squad can keep track of what’s being done in real time.

A number of communities have actually adopted these actions as part of their culture, by setting a specific time each week for group recording and attesting of contributions. These rituals build out the lore of the community in real time, and they help to reduce any hassle in having to do this task individually. It also helps to center the community around their work, which creates a widespread sense of pride and accomplishment.

Regardless, there’s a healthy balance between autonomy and convenience, and with Govrn we still want to make these autonomous actions as easy as possible to make. This is why we’re building out multiple integrations that would automate many of your contribution records. We already have integrations with discord (via our discord bot), Linear (a project management tool), and of course Avenue, with many more to come. Wherever work is being done, we want to integrate it into the Govrn contribution graph.
But try this all out for yourself! Record a contribution on Govrn today :)
We’ve talked about contribution management and the power of recording community contributions.
But the largest barrier to unlocking this power is that self-reporting your own work isn’t automatic, and requires a bit of a mental shift from what most are typically used to.
The most important thing to keep in mind is, you’re not self-reporting your contributions for a boss or manager, you’re doing it for yourself and your peers - that’s a drastically different kind of interaction, and one that actually builds your own personal autonomy. It also strengthens the trust within your community, and helps them to better understand what’s happening and what needs to be done.
Here’s an example of me recording this blog post as a contribution for Govrn, using the Govrn platform. Recording this contribution took just a few seconds! And now my whole squad can keep track of what’s being done in real time.

A number of communities have actually adopted these actions as part of their culture, by setting a specific time each week for group recording and attesting of contributions. These rituals build out the lore of the community in real time, and they help to reduce any hassle in having to do this task individually. It also helps to center the community around their work, which creates a widespread sense of pride and accomplishment.

Regardless, there’s a healthy balance between autonomy and convenience, and with Govrn we still want to make these autonomous actions as easy as possible to make. This is why we’re building out multiple integrations that would automate many of your contribution records. We already have integrations with discord (via our discord bot), Linear (a project management tool), and of course Avenue, with many more to come. Wherever work is being done, we want to integrate it into the Govrn contribution graph.
But try this all out for yourself! Record a contribution on Govrn today :)
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