Advance Humanity
My first organization, and one of the first dozen Certified B Corps in Vermont.
Read more →Organizations & foundations
Hatan Foundation
How Tunga and I made our dream of a women’s empowerment and learning center in Mongolia come true.
hatan.orgAwesome Mongolia
The Ulaanbaatar chapter of the Awesome Foundation, which spreads awesomeness one $1,000 grant at a time.
Awesome FoundationNew Media Foundation
Grants for nonprofits.
The Optimist Center
The coworking, workshop and retreat space we designed, built and ran with a community grant from the town.
Read more →Peace Corps Mongolia
Three years and three months as a Health Extension Volunteer and Volunteer Leader. The whole story is here.
The Good Father Project
Children nominated their fathers in essays and photos, and the whole province honored them on Children’s Day.
Read more →TEDxUlaanbaatar
The first TEDx event in Mongolia, which I co-founded. It started as a simple idea between two friends.
Read the wrap-up →Sukhbaatar Social Business Community Fund
Interest-free loans for small community businesses, paid back to fund the next ones.
From the archive →Peace Corps Merit Badges
Merit badges for Peace Corps experiences, embroidered by talented people in Mongolia.
From the archive →The full project list
Thirty projects and the friends who made them happen, from a children’s library to a meditation center.
See them all →Things to read and carry
Unofficial Peace Corps Volunteer Handbook
The book I published during my service, written with an extensive project team.
On my books page →Dalai Lama Quotes
My favorite Dalai Lama quotes as a free iPhone and iPad app, with Shepard Fairey artwork.
The story →Dalai Lama Quote Library
All 564 quotes from my Dalai Lama Book of Quotes, searchable and in the book’s own chapters.
Start reading →Classes, talks & conferences
Influences
The free 13-week class Ashley Veenema and I taught, with the reflection recordings.
Listen →Peace Corps 101
The class I taught for anyone thinking about applying to the Peace Corps.
B Corps 101
What a Certified B Corporation is, and the talk and free primer I’ve shared in workshops.
Read more →Leading Happiness
My SIT master’s thesis, with the presentation video and free PDFs.
Read more →Interviews
People I’ve been lucky enough to sit down with, and a few times someone sat down with me.
Watch & listen →Crafting Your Purpose
My four-week course on values, roles, people and one awesome project — now free, with every video, workbook and audio.
Take the course →Everyday Humanitarians
A free online conference with people doing good in the world, with the recordings and transcripts that survived.
Listen & read →Everyday Service Conference
A free online course built on the idea that service comes in all forms, from big commitments to small acts of kindness we don’t even notice. Twenty-five “professors” from all corners of the service world, from nonprofit founders to Peace Corps and AmeriCorps alumni, shared what they’d learned to help build a community of world changers and Everyday Humanitarians.
Side quests
The Perfect Cream Soda
Our quest to taste-test every cream soda in the universe: the Ten Creamandments, the ratings, the reviews and 96 brands.
Pop the cap →My Stephen King Reading Quest
Every book and story Stephen King ever wrote, on one wall of covers, ticked off as I go: 124 works and counting.
See the wall →Growing up
Eagle Scout Project
An outdoor classroom at my high school: over $3,000 in donations and hundreds of volunteer hours.
Read more →Circle K Service Club
I co-founded Campbell University’s Circle K chapter and started its Haunted Trail for charity.
From the archive →Follow along
One essay a week, every Saturday morning.
Many of these started as a line on my list of dreams.