The Purpose and Importance of JoeVolunteer!
Howdy Joes! This is a little, "Behind the Scenes," information--an Impact filter (a tool developed by Dan Sullivan at Strategic Coach) that makes one clear on their purpose, WHY something should be done, what the best results are, and the success criteria for a project. Here's what we wrote for JoeVol...reading it again makes me want to run through a wall!
I hope you enjoy!
Project: JoeVolunteer.com Is Underway and Transforming the World!
Purpose (What do we want to accomplish?): We are making volunteering easy, fun, and COOL. We’re building this worldwide, and making the world a better place by increasing volunteerism 10x! It’s done through a website, an App, any other communication outlet we can use--and millions of “Joes,” that will help thousands of organizations. We are building something that gets bigger on its own, and uses the people it recruits to help build it.
Importance (What’s the biggest difference this will make?): Think about the suffering that happens in our world—in 2015—now: people being profoundly alone, animals being euthanized, people needing food even in the U.S., suicides happening because they don’t even have people to talk to WHEN THEY NEED IT, nursing homes, soup kitchens, childrens’ hospitals. There is so much need for an organization and technology like this! We are literally taking about millions of cases of people that are suffering, that need help—and this is the TOOL to help stop that.
Ideal Outcome (What does the completed project look like?): JoeVolunteer is a household name to everyone. We’ve united folks to volunteer around the world. We have volunteers in Iran, poor areas in Africa, in EVERY CORNER OF THE FREAKING GLOBE. This is a cause and a reason for people of all types to work together, and this in itself helps reduce friction among people and even countries! The World is truly a better place because we had the courage, tenacity and blessed persistence to make this idea REAL, and done. At its best, this endeavor is worth many lifetimes’ worth of effort.
Best Result (If we do take action): There is a new and fantastic new way to connect volunteers to incredible opportunities to help others. We are helping millions of people feel better about themselves and life because they’re able to help—we’re encouraging them to help by making it easy AND reminding them (that’s marketing for a GREAT cause, my friend). The suffering of so very many people will be eased by the effort and thoughts we’re doing NOW, today. We are a self-sustaining and wildly growing organization whose only purpose is TO HELP OTHERS! JoeVolunteer is going to help people find meaning in this sometimes cruel world. Ooh, I’m ready to get after this.
Worst Result (If you do take action): Status quo. People are rarely interrupted with the idea to go and volunteer to help other people. Most all of us just aren’t very mindful of it, even if we’re willing. Many people will die lonely. People can go hungry. I’m not being facetious when I say that children (and many adults) can and will die if we don’t make this happen, and get on it to happen quickly. So many people won’t know the JOY of helping others—and all of the good that will grow from those efforts—because we sat on our lazy asses.
Success Criteria (What has to be true when this project is finished)?
- We’re funded, and can do everything we NEED to do to accomplish this massively transformative idea. Our fundraising campaign is successful and has raised enough money to build a WORLD CLASS app and website, and to get the word out to most every human being on the face of the Earth.
- We have built a WORLD CLASS app and website. It’s the hub and the actual tool that allows our Joes to get out and help worthwhile organizations! It’s the best at what it does, and it’s constantly getting better.
- We have secured celebrities, thought leaders and force multipliers to get the WORD out about our organization! We have cheap and free advertising opportunities to make JoeVol a household name.
- We have multiplied Volunteerism by TEN FOLD across the entire planet. It’s possible and we are going to absolutely do it. There is going to be a cosmic dent in the UNIVERSE because of what we’ve done while we were breathing in our bodies.
- JoeVolunteer grows exponentially and gets more talented Joes and affects more and more people on its own. It is a self-sustaining and growing organization—even without the people that started it. This is bigger than any person.
- We have set up Austin, Texas as our ground zero. JoeVolunteer has taken it by storm, and it has provided the prototype for how we roll out nationwide.
- We’ve gotten the support and partnership of a gigantic player in the App world—Uber. They are fully on board and helping us to create the app and the plan to take this fantastic idea to the world!
- My personal success criteria: JoeVolunteer will outlive me and make a difference long after I have left this existence. All of those that have joined in this effort will have created a legacy that will continue to live.