What can you do to help trigger a course change?
Many hands make light work.
Proverb
Thank you for your interest in supporting this public-good initiative.
Here, you’ll find ways you can help right now.
Play your part sections:
- You can help the Same Page Foundation to promote and facilitate the Plan
- You can help to develop collaborations and ideas for teaming up quickly
- Grateful acknowledgements
Page status: This manifesto page is nearly complete. The content will evolve as the work of the proposed foundation progresses.
Normally, a call-to-action page like jumps straight to how you can support the organisation’s purpose. However, a key contributor to our trajectory is too many of us using up our finite attention and resources on things we don’t need.
We don’t need another initiative; we need a breakthrough.
I have designed this ‘moonshot’ initiative to either become that breakthrough, or to illuminate it.
If you feel that supporting this initiative gives us a chance of manifesting or illuminating the breakthrough we need then, great, please help.
But if you already know of a simpler, faster pathway to the breakthrough, then please let me know.
1. You can help the Same Page Foundation to promote and facilitate the Plan
Right now, you can support this initiative by connecting, assisting, or donating.
| How you can help | Options |
|---|---|
| Connect | Register to stay informed For notifications, enter your name and email address on our secure Typeform page. Contribute questions, ideas, offers Contact Simon by email or through LinkedIn. |
| Assist | Promote the initiative Encourage others to read the manifesto by sharing the website address (samepagefoundation.org). Volunteer your services The top three needs are: — fundraising — graphic design — engagement management |
| Donate | Support completion of the manifesto Gift a donation to Simon via his Givealittle cause page. (See a personal note from Simon below.) Help establish the foundation Pledge a donation towards legal establishment* costs (of approx. NZ$5k) via a soon-to-be-launched Givealittle project page. |
* Legal establishment in New Zealand will be performed by the for-purpose experts at Parry Field Lawyers.
Legal and organisational establishment
On completion of the Plan page, the priority will shift from completing the manifesto to legally establishing the Same Page Foundation as a charitable organisation (trust or company) so it can seek initial philanthropic funding.
The first funding will go towards organisational establishment.
| Organisational establishment tasks |
|---|
| Engage with already-identified Expediter organisations and individuals |
| Review and process manifesto feedback, ideas, and collaboration proposals |
| Invite and onboard establishment volunteers |
| Identify and recruit trustees and staff (or shared or seconded resources) to perform critical planning for: – Expediter engagement and collaborations – governance – fundraising strategy – technology needs, opportunities, and partnerships – social media strategy – Supporter empowerment (to enable anyone to grow the movement) |
| Seek and secure at least six months of funding |
| Complete a basic organisation and identity design |
| Complete a basic website design and build** |
** Website design and build will be performed by Made for the World.
2. You can help to develop collaborations and ideas for teaming up quickly
This sub-section will be uploaded after the A1 Team up action is uploaded.
3. Grateful acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge an outstanding group of people who are already playing their part. I am immensely grateful for their efforts.
- My deeply supportive (and patient!) family and closest confidantes (Ana L, David E, Jeroen tB, Mark D, and Michael J)
- Chris Wolf and Lucy Player from UK web design firm Made for the World, who have set up and hosted this web site
- Gareth Hughes from the exemplary change-making organisation Wellbeing Economy Alliance Aotearoa (WEAll Aotearoa), who has provided invaluable counsel and encouragement
- Steven Moe from New Zealand law firm Parry Field Lawyers, who has provided invaluable advice about best to legally establish the proposed Same Page Foundation
If you are considering helping Simon financially
A personal message from Same Page creator, Simon Hertnon
Photo credit: Sean D’Souza
Like many others, asking for help is something I struggle with. However, after three years working solo and without funding on this vital initiative, I really do need financial support.
MY GIVEALITTLE CAUSE PAGE
Now that the manifesto is summarised on the homepage, I have setup a Givealittle cause page to enable others to support this work.
If you’re thinking a small contribution won’t make a difference, I can assure you it will. Many small donations add up, and every donation tells me I am not alone in this endeavour.
🙏
Notifications
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