Find out ways you can Participate in our Programs! While time spent providing input or advice through the World Building Council is voluntary, all other program participation is compensated.
In preparation for our inaugural, 2-year, Inspiration to Distribution arc, WBI is bringing together Thought Leaders, Creatives, Luminaries, Community Members, and Decision Makers from the narrative arts & entertainment industries.
Transition from despair to hopeful visioning
Learn informed solutions
Create solutions-inspired stories
Support stories from inspiration to mass distribution
Provide a hub for audience learning & action
In the autumn of 2023, we will build the Wheel of Possibilities and select the first cadre of story creation Teams. The Teams will gather in the spring of 2024 to begin their projects; new cadres will be added every spring thereafter. World-changing, solutions-inspired movies, tv, books, plays, and video games will then be released every year starting in 2025!
Using our 6 Program Building Blocks, WBI supports solutions-focused stories from inspiration to distribution over a two-year arc. If you would like to learn more about our detailed program plans and timeline, please contact us!
At the heart of the arc is WBI’s coalition: the World Building Council. This growing coalition of 80+ expert members is WBI’s brain trust, talent bank, and network. Members have no legal responsibility for the organization, and there are no meetings. Without obligation, WBI invites members to: provide feedback or expertise; make connections to their networks; and/or participate in programs.
WBI’s Full continuum, 3-member Teams are designed to ensure a project can move smoothly from inspiration to distribution. Teams can create in any genre and narrative medium, such as: TV, Books, Film, Theater, Video Games, Interactive Stories, etc. The members of each Team will vary by medium, but are most commonly: 1 writer, 1 collaborator, and 1 decision maker. As an example, a literary team might have a novelist, an agent, and a buying editor or publisher. Team members can be existing collaborators or brought together purely for this project. A cohort of 3-6 Teams will be chosen for every 2-year arc, and a new cohort will be added every year.
Housed on our website and shared with the world, the Wheel of Possibilities will feature Solutions for 50 environmental and social issues. Once Teams have been chosen, The Wheel will serve as a first point of inspiration and ongoing resource for each Team’s solution-focused project.
The 2-year Story Arc begins with a Visioning Retreat and short project treatments. Teams then receive a $24,000 commission and a structured year of support to create their stories.
The second year begins with a 3-day, in-person Pitch Retreat to funders and industry decision-makers. Teams then produce or publish their project with WBI providing support tailored to each medium’s needs.
As a companion to The Wheel of Possibilities, WBI will create an online Actions Library. Content will be provided by Thought Leaders and will include: individual actions that can speed implementation, reading guides, lesson plans, sources of additional information, tools to spread the word, organizations to join/support, affinity groups, and more.
Thank you for your interest; we would love to talk with you! WBI strongly believes in compensating people for their time, expertise, and creativity. While time spent providing input or advice through the World Building Council is voluntary, all other program participation is compensated.
See below for ways you can participate!
As we launch the Beta Phase of our organization, we’re building the Wheel of Possibilities — an interactive tool detailing informed solutions for 50 social and environmental issues. Thought Leaders will be funded to provide information in their areas of expertise for the Wheel and all other project participation. Please contact us if you’re interested in participating or learning more.
Please join the Coalition or fill out this contact form for more information!
If you’re involved in the creation of Books, Plays, Movies, Television, Video Games, Interactive Stories, or Graphic Novels, we would love to talk with you about our detailed program plans, get your input, and discuss if you or someone you know would like to participate.
Please join the Coalition or fill out this contact form for more information!
With the exception of our awesome Wheel of Possibilities, we have no interest in reinventing the wheel! We’re bringing together great nonprofits and community organizations to partner in this work. Are you doing similar work focused on a specific issue area? Do you have a fun way to inspire writers? Are you an expert in helping people move from despair to visioning? Is there something else we’re doing that fits your expertise? We would love to talk with you about collaborating.
Please join the Coalition or fill out this contact form for more information!
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World Builders Incubator (WBI) is centered around a large, multi-sector, volunteer Coalition: the World Building Council.
The Council is the brain trust, talent bank, and network for WBI’s programs. Members have no legal responsibility for the organization, and there are no meetings.
Without obligation, WBI invites members to: provide feedback or expertise; make connections to their networks; and/or participate in programs.
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