Inspire, collect and share 1000 manifestos > create a world that works for more people
Creator: Dates back to the Indus Valley civilisation of Ancient India and in classical Europe. It is still widely used in Indian religions namely Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. (Wikipedia)
Purpose: The Hindu Swastika is a sign of good luck and well-being. It is a lucky charm.
Creator: Ausflag is an apolitical, non-profit organisation.
Purpose: The AusFlag manifesto aims to secure the popular support of the Australian people for the adoption of a truly Australian flag, anthem and colours.
Ausflag the Organization and the history of the Australian flag
Wikipedia and the Australian Flag Debate
Creator: The Australian Flag design was the result of a national competition in 1901. Five people submitted similar designs and were all declared equal designers.
Purpose: The flag competition was commissioned shortly after the federation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and is a public identity symbol of this country.
Creator: Designers Milton Glasser and Bobby Zarem.
Purpose: Designed as part of an advertising campaign to promote tourism to New York.
Creator: British designer Gerald Holtom, created the Peace Symbol in 1958.
Purpose: This image was originally designed to represent the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. The design is an iconic version of the flag semaphore alphabet for the letters ‘N’ and ‘D’ representing Nuclear Disarmament.
Creator: French composer Claude-Michel Schonberg created the song as part of the musical Les Miserables.
Purpose: The story is based on the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and the song reflects the desire to spark the French Revolution.
Do You Hear the People Sing?
ENJOLRAS
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!COMBEFERRE
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Courfeyrac:
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!ALL
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!FEUILLY
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!ALL
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
Wikipedia and Songs from Les Miserables
YouTube Song Video: http://youtu.be/x6-5g78Nr6Q
Rousing alternative YouTube Video with slightly different lyrics to above: http://youtu.be/FmaTNf4YhEs
Thanks to Bill Jennings for suggesting this one
Creator: Hannah Samuel, co-author of The Integrity Factor with Ricky Nowak.
Purpose: We need guidelines to make sure we can create and maintain a positive reputation.
The 10 Commandments of Reputation Branding
1. Make it easy for others to speak well of you
2. Keep abreast of changing values and expectations
3. Seek win-win outcomes from every interaction
4. Never assume others think or feel the same way you do
5. Do not gossip or be disparaging about your competitors
6. When in doubt, ask yourself: ‘Is this likely to damage or enhance my reputation?’
7. Accept responsibility and accountability for your actions
8. Avoid over-promising and under-delivering
9. Never breach the bond of trust you build with clients and others
10. Always act with integrity
Authors Website: http://www.hannahsamuel.com/
Manifesto spotted in Hannah’s newsletter.
Facebook Page: www.Facebook.com/HannahSamuelSpeaker
Creator: Dexter and Meiko, bloggers at UpstartInvesting.com
Purpose: A framework for guiding your investment decisions and achieving your financial goals.
What’s a financial manifesto?
It’s a bold statement on your financial goals and objectives. It must state actionable items that will guide you in your investment decisions.
1. Know what you want to really achieve.
Most of us do not really know what we want. The truth is we know what we really don’t want. We don’t want to be poor. We don’t want a monotonous job. You have to be specific with your intentions.
In my case, I want to be financially free by the age of 40. My plan of actions will over a 20-year period will be the following:
- Establish an emergency fund equivalent to a year’s worth of expenses.
- Attain a 10% return on my long-term investments.
- Find multiple sources of income.
2. Write your financial manifesto clearly.
Your manifesto must be related to your goals. Each specific goal should have at least one manifesto. If you have no idea what to write, you can look at the manifesto of other people.
For my specific goals, the following are my manifestos:
- a. Establish an emergency fund equivalent to a year’s worth of expenses.
- I will regularly save every month until I achieve this goal.
- I will use this fund only in cases of emergency.
- I will always replenish after I have made withdrawals.
- b. Attain a 10% return on my long-term investments.
- I will only make investments that I understand.
- I will look at the “downside” first before looking at my returns.
- I will be conversative in my actions and will not risk my capital in exchange for juicy returns.
- c. Find multiple sources of income.
- My day job will not only be my source of income.
- I will start a business/venture that I love.
- I will construction a portfolio of passive investments (i.e., dividend-paying stocks and fixed income) to supplement my long-term investments.
After writing them down, you have to make your manifestos visible so that you can see them everyday. For me, I have them in my cork board.
3. Make your financial manifesto public.
It’s a good way to share your financial manifesto with other people. Choose someone who geniunely believes in you. There will be better accountability when other people know your manifesto and there would be a good chance that you’ll stick with it. And lastly, don’t forget to make a regular review of your progress.
Authors’ Website: http://www.upstartinvesting.com/whats-your-manifesto/
Creator: Jeremy Samuel, social media savvy blogger.
Purpose: Because engagement is more important than mere activity on social media.
1. Social Media Is The World’s Biggest Conversation
We all have a voice and every business that wants to participate in the Social Media conversation needs to respect that voice. As well as creating content, ask questions, make comments, join groups, pages and causes and participate in them. Some of the greatest value will be created on other’s “sites”.
2. Social Media Is The Great Equaliser
The corner store is on level pegging with the biggest of big-box retailers. The brands that will win are the ones that create the most compelling conversations.
3. People Are Here for Connection
People want to connect with friends, further their interests, support causes, get valuable information and share their ideas. You need to be thinking about what those people want to talk about, not what you want to tell them.
4. Social Media is Fundamentally Social – Share Experiences
People love stories. They engage with their emotions before their intellect. If you want to engage with people tell them stories that move them. Like the time when…
5. Social Media is highly personal
Because people create their own content, they have a strong sense of ownership over it. People put very personal details on Social Media and you need to respect the pride that people take in that content.
6. Social Media is Totally Public
Of course Social Media is intensely public. Bad news travels at almost the speed of light… good news only slightly slower. Rumours, news, causes and public outrage can spread way too fast to control. Sometimes the best you can do is hold on for the ride.
7. You Need Friends Before You Need Them
The point at which a story about your company killing baby seals or destroying pristine rain-forests hits the “air-waves” is long past the time you can start to build a community of support. The time to start building your community is now. Nurture them. Give them value… and hopefully they will be there to support you in times of need.
8. Keep Social Media Real
Even when you are posting as a company, speak as one human being to another. Nothing sounds as bad in Social Media as corporatese. If something goes wrong, come out transparently, quickly and frankly. If something goes well, share the joy.
9. Find Your Crowd and Build A Circle of Trust
Make an effort to build your network every day. Connect to people who say things that are interesting, provocative or different. Support people who show initiative. Praise things that make people smile. The larger your grow your active network, the more leverage you have.
10. Be Highly Sharable – Give Them What They Value
In the end, people want content that is compelling to them. If you really know your audience then you can build a core of advocates and influencers who will amplify your message. The secret is to give them stuff to share that makes them look great to the people who matter to them.
10. Tune In
Use all the tools at your disposal to listen to the conversations that are going on around you between the people in your network. If you know what matters to them, then you can put yourself at the centre of conversations that are truly engaging.
11. Back to Conversations
Social Media is not a one-shot tool. If you are able to build a great network and seed compelling conversations, then the real value is in sustaining and deepening those conversations. The more you can keep people talking the great your level of engagement
12. Measure Social Media
Social Media is highly measurable. It’s important to work out what matters to you… friends, comments, shares, new revenue… and ensure that you track the figures.
And a Final Word… Number 0. Tell, Don’t Sell
This one is so screamingly obvious yet so routinely ignored… You are a business and you are there to make a profit, but Social Media is not a mobile bill-board. If you try to talk to peep about your latest special, your amazing new gizmo our your wonderful new course before you have built a relationship then you are missing the point. You need to earn the right to occasionally talk directly about things you want to sell by providing incredible value the vast majority of the time.
Author’s Website: www.jeremysamuel.com
The Author’s Other Website: www.dadsflyingsolo.com
Creator: Jodie Benveniste, Director and Founder of Parent Wellbeing, creator of toolkits for family wellbeing and author of inspirational pregnancy and parenting books.
Purpose: Worry less as a parent and enjoy it more!
Download the manifesto: http://www.parentwellbeing.com/file.php?f=Gl1CiH.ibm6kz.99
Author’s Website: http://www.parentwellbeing.com/