www.facelessbook.com
This domain has some power. The last Analytics report was 14 000 unique visitors from 85 countries! Now we are well over 90 countries… but waiting on our next smartest move because of trademark infringement scares.

MISSION – filmed with CSW of Westside Kings.  Life changing trip. One of many.

I love the idea of non-rational strategies, I think this quote from someone my brother knows makes perfect sense for how we can approach facelessbook:

“I had a dream with you in it last night. it was really funny. i just got back from hamilton, i had a spiked coffee at tapestry instead of a beer so i’m alert and felt like relaying the dream to you.

so, we were part of this important meeting about refugees and immigration and everyone was proposing these really complicated ideas with power point slides, graphs and statistics that they are presenting to a panel. the room is very tense as everyone has put a lot of time and effort into their proposals and are trying to outshine their peers. we are last to go up and do our presentation. you’ve made a home video showing about 30 seconds of footage from a kindergarten classroom. then i go up to share my part of the project and all i present to the group is one men’s dress shoe covered in black gummies. i turn to you, mortified, and you say “we really misinterpreted the project”. we both turn and leave immediately, but make sure to take the gummy-covered shoe to snack on.

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but i’m sure there’s some kind of profound symbolism here.”

Here are some pdf docs from the last time I left off with FLB (right click to save):
facelessbook overview
facelessbook press release
successful social charities report
original pamphlet

Also, browse some of the images below and see the rest of the videos.  I would love to hear your thoughts for this powerful domain name.

 

Here are some of the videos I made after a trip to Congo, Zambi and SA:

this has all long changed, but here is some initial strategy:

Categories of Charity:
Relief of Poverty
Advancement of education (not in an overt way) – public awareness
Purposes that benefit the community

Charitable Purpose (can elaborate if needed):
To Engage people who are interested in the issues of the *faceless in an open community of conversation and creativity.
*faceless: those whose faces are often hidden due to their place and plight on this earth.

Charitable Activities:
Facelessbook is the vehicle for global collaboration. We will achieve our charitable purpose by:
Sharing and experiencing stories of the faceless
Justify the power of creativity via published research
Exploring what collaborative creativity can do for the faceless by contributing and browsing through open source community projects.

How does Facelessbook benefit the public?
- We ‘become each others missing piece’…
- We use creativity for a purpose…
- We are a connecting point, empowering collaboration…
- We help answer the question: “what can I do?”…

www.facelessbook.com

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