Mission Template: "My (our) mission is to: (three verbs) x,y, and z, (insert your core value or values:) v1, v2, to, for, or with (the cause which most moves or excites you)."
Pick the one cause, (or a group or entity) you most would like to help or impact in a positive way. Write down that cause. That is the third insert. Example: Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. > > > > > > > > > "Make sure your idea is clear and focused. You should be > > > > able to describe the charity's purpose and mission in a > > > > single sentence." -The Nonprofit Handbook -Grobman > > > > > > "We want the world to live in peace, harmony, and > > > eternal enlightened bliss, while paying us for the > > > privilege of belng able to experience it." > > > > > > How's that? > > > > > > > In form, it's a good start. > > > > "Three elements of a Good Mission Statement: > > > > 1 A mission statement should be no more than a single sentence long. > > 2 It should be easily understood by a twelve year old. > > 3 It should be able to be recited by memory at gunpoint." > > > > Add these: > > "Having a clearly articulated mission statement > gives one a template of purpose that can be used to initiate, > evaluate, and refine all of one's activities. > > Unsuccessful or Inadequate Mission Statements will > have these characteristics: > > 1 Uninspiring. > 2 They are for the benefit of one person or party only. > 3 They are unintelligible by "outsiders". > 4 They are full of trite or ordinary phrases." > > > So, in the 'after-MMY era', what's the TM movement about? What do they got? > The "This is what we are and this is where we are going" statement. > Do we got more than one (professional) writer here willing to take a whack at > it? Just wondering. >
