hey everyone i’m khawar & i head up somos - a language learning platform where teachers lead live, cohort based conversation courses designed to:
help language teachers earn & live well provide access to affordable language education support language rights for all people.
somos is a social enterprise building a global community of teachers, learners & grassroots activists sharing, protecting & celebrating languages.
we have a unique co-ownership model that allocates equity ownership for our team, teachers & grassroots community organisations.
1% of gross merchandising value that flows through somos goes to our impact fund which proudly supports:
refugees & migrants in diaspora the protection & promotion of language rights mental health & wellbeing broader access to digital services for systematically excluded cultures & groups
really enjoying building the marketplace side of somos on softr! would love to connect with other members of the softr community working on social impact and/or education projects!
Hi Khawar! Great to have you in the community and building in Softr!
I am personally a huge fan of the social-enterprise model and have been doing my own research on the side looking deeper into how this works and what companies are doing it well. So great to add another one to my list! I also recently moved to Spain and need to improve my Spanish, so this looks like a great resource.
For community members involved in social impact, I can direct you to @TomKrumins@Gabrielle@Mateusz-ClimateHub Mateusz-ClimateHub @Tim_ClimatEU I know there are others, but they are slipping my mind at the moment!
That’s great re Spain! Wherabouts are you based? I’m living in Xabia at the moment but moving to Vlorë, Albania towards the end of next month.
Our first couple of courses will be launching in March and Spanish will likely be amongst them - will you posted!
@Mateusz-ClimateHub, @TomKrumins@Tim_ClimatEU@Gabrielle - great to be introduced! Gabrielle - a special thank you! Austin pointed me towards your guide re stripe connect + make. Our language teachers/course creators are all independent sellers so it was super helpful!
We’re rolling out a big update over the next few days which has meant quite a few dashboard changes from what I’ve got in the link but you’ll get this gist
That’s awesome! So under the tables block, you embed tally forms so users can edit within the table and it goes directly into the airtable? I’m trying to figure out how to do that myself.
Yeah so I typically use list blocks that open tally forms via action buttons. In most cases, the form submission triggers an automation in Make that then updates Airtable accordingly.
Here’s a quick example of how it looks:
The links to the forms are saved in airtable (usually via a formula field so I can add dynamic URL parameters/hidden fields to the form).
Most of the time the forms aren’t actually embedded. It’s just the URL being opened in a modal window.
There are some instances where the form is opened via a list-details page where the form is embedded in a custom code block. This is usually where I’m trying to pass through info from a logged in user.
In our use case this might be a logged in student using a form to buy one of the teacher’s products.
i’m khawar & i head up somos - a language learning platform where teachers lead live, cohort based conversation courses designed to:
help language teachers earn & live well
Great to have you in the community and building in Softr!
