Why Thrive! Is Unique and Better!

 Thrive! is the call for action to fix what is broken and build and sustain a thriving future.  It is unique and better than past and current approaches because it:

• Strives to achieve a thriving and sustainable future.  Also helps ensure survival, a necessary but not sufficient step to achieving a thriving future.

• Joins people of all backgrounds/generations together to achieve a thriving future.

• Addresses every person, community and issue.

• Uses whole "community" (local, regional, State, national, global) strategy, change and thriving futures.  No longer rely on just survival/piecemeal strategies.

• Uses whole "person" strategy, change and thriving futures.  No longer focus only on parts (health, hunger, poor education, insufficient income, etc.).

• Uses whole "system" (community, health, education, economy, housing, etc.) strategy, change and thriving futures. No longer rely on survival and piecemeal strategies for just parts of a system.

• Takes integrated approach to cross-cutting issues.

• Uses integrated approach to people/environment strategy, change and thriving futures.  No longer focus only on people or the environment.

• Uses a "person-centered" strategic approach that recognizes people's behaviors are both problem and solution. No longer fail to address "human behavior".

• Uses strategic/operational planning with strategic/operational execution.

• Uses next generation (viaFuture/via) strategy, models and tools to create and sustain change and build thriving futures.  No longer rely on past approaches that failed or had limited success.

• Uses social media and networking to expand communication and collaborative action and activate a vast endeavor and larger community in "real time".