about
someone else
the question
Over the past four years, we've asked this question to more than 200 people at various events and on a podcast. We've found that people become more animated when the focus shifts to a person, project, or organisation that isn’t directly related to themselves.
Someone else opens this question up to everyone as a means of storytelling and connecting with others.
“What is your hopeful story about a person, business or non-profit doing amazing things in the world?”
listen to Katherine's response to the question:
why someone else?
positivity
positivity
Imagine being positively overwhelmed by stories of compassion, solutions, imagination, creativity, hopefulness… Could these stories be our mindful preparation before facing problems and challenges?
better stories
better stories
the balance currently is sided on the stories that overwhelm us and negatively impact our well-being and view of the world.
Interdependence
interdependence
We need to shift from individualism to interdependence. To be as excited about promoting the stories of others as we are of our own.
Easier
easier
Many people struggle to write their own self-promotional bios and LinkedIn profiles but find it easier to talk about someone else.
networking
networking
organisations, membership clubs, fellowship programs, conferences, festivals and citizens assemblies are always looking for ways to connect and network people without relying on self-promotional bios and flashy titles!
FAQs
there are two ways to upload your hopeful story about someone else. firstly you can write your story in under 250 words or you can record yourself by simply pressing the record button and following the prompts. if you record your story, you have up to one minute, so we recommend roughly crafting what you would like to say beforehand. don't worry about getting the recording right first time, you can retake the recording as many times as you like. whether you are writing or recording make sure to include the name of the person or organisation you would like to promote and what it is about them that inspires you and brings you hope. to start your story, you could start with the line 'my story of hopefulness is...'" if you are recording and finished in 30 seconds, that’s fine!
Multiple stories a day has the potential to be overwhelming and meaningless. By being less focussed on keeping our own profile up to date, we focus on others and fuel the vision of Someone Else.
Don’t know what to record about?
If for some reason you are struggling to find good stories to share, we highly recommend you subscribe to Positive News magazine. We also love Reasons To Be Cheerful and Atlas of the Future.