ELDERS AS CONVENERS
ELDER-LED PROJECTS
ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
OUR METHOD
CONTACT
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Further Edification & Reading
RESOURCES
Aurelio & His Many Mentors: A Case Study
The Mentor's Diagnostic & Planning Toolkit
Introducing Aurelio & His Mentors
The Owner's Manual
Encore Partnerships

THE OWNER'S MANUAL
Our Owner's Manual is a compendium of useful tools and activities in support of your changemaking.  In particular, it's where you will find the following: 

Finding Your Purpose Activity©  is a self-administered tool for finding direction and purpose in your life, focusing on: 
  • “Biological Foundations”—exercise, sleep, diet
  • “Me at My Best”—positive emotions, social networks, your natural strengths;
  • Meaning and Purpose—core values, giving back, live goals

Project Planning Tools include The Changemakers Planning Matrix and The Changemakers Approaches Matrix, which are designed to consider a number of different ways to begin your changemaking project.  It also includes an Environmental Scan, an Energy Audit, the Three Entrances to Change Matrix and, Platform Prototypes for "starting small" for "going big."

Our Analytic & Diagnostic Tools include: The Storyteller's Analytics Tool,* Mentoring Diagnostics including The Mentor's Basic InventoryThe Mentor's Advanced Inventory, The Blueprint Co-op (currently under construction) .

Finally, there is the all-important The Key Terms & Concepts ​and a novel idea: The Underdeveloped Attributes of Older Folks

As this website grows, we expect that other tools will be introduced by fellow changemakers.