Our Key Accomplishments: Fall 2006 – Spring 2008

Fall 2006: The Idea is Born

• Project concept formed through conversations with each other and Matt’s mentors, Bob and Alice Evans (founders of Plowshares Institute).
• Developed preliminary goal: to capture and disseminate the wisdom and experience that Bob and Alice had acquired over their careers.
• Quickly expanded our mission to include a diverse selection of accomplished changemakers whose stories could inspire and equip a new generation of social leaders.
• Began researching the extent of our generation’s social involvement, and studying and talking to members of our “target audience” to define the challenge and opportunity. Read the rest of this entry »

This is the new website for The Purpose Project, a nonprofit venture working to create a dialogue between different generations of social changemakers: those who will soon retire, and those who will be responsible for leading us forward.

We’re excited about having a more robust, blog-based website where we can share our progress with you more easily. This customizable platform, powered by WordPress will allow us to post updates as we conduct interviews with the changemakers, write articles and chapters from the book, and begin to develop the curricula and teaching tools.

Duke ran a short article today in The Chronicle about The Purpose Project. There are a few errors (Plowshares Institute definitely isn’t “reaching a standstill”) but otherwise it’s a nice feature. Click here to read the full article.