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After thinking about the profound meaning behind Open Achievement to change the world, I discovered a meaningful insight. Knowledge creation has largely remained a slow, proprietary, outdated, sometimes costly, commercially & institutionally driven process throughout the world. The internet has solved this issue with knowledge distribution, where access is now fast, virtually free, and open to much of the world. It is now time to solve the other side of the equation which is the challenge of open, collaborative knowledge creation. It is the future and it is achievable. This is a big part of the mission of the Open Achievement Project.

Ultimately, I’d like our solution to fit the open personal internet where anybody can collaborate around an interest or passion, as well as fit formal knowledge-based R&D projects within organizations & institutions, such as universities. There are two keys to this, which are the elements of collaboration and openness.

I think it would be a great analogy to compare our open knowledge creation platform at Open Achievement to open source software. Mature open source software communities are a great comparison for what we want to do here at Open Achievement, except that instead of having to be a computer programmer, anyone can participate in furthering the study for what they personally have an interest or passion in. With dedicated open collaboration, the big benefit is in fast iterations. Meaning that instead of waiting years or even decades for certain information to be widely published by an expert and then pondered by others who can advance those insights, this can happen almost in real-time, within days or weeks. Think of how fast the cutting-edge solutions of important areas in life can innovate if a large number people with drive & expertise openly collaborated through an integrated platform like this, compared to only through disconnected, proprietary, commercially driven publications that don’t really build off of one another.

We are happy to announce that our website for Open Achievement (openachievement.com) has launched and is now live on the internet!

We have been working hard to develop the Open Achievement website over the past four weeks since our official founding on October 5th, 2008. We are excited about the design and the initial offering of information & features that we were able to complete for you by Day 1 of the website launch. We think you will find it adequate for the stage we are currently in.

Mailing List

We have created a general email list through our website where we will update our members & the general public who have signed up about important Open Achievement updates. This will be a fundamental point of contact with us throughout the future, so be sure to go signup for our mailing list!

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Here is a listing of what we currently have available on the initial Open Achievement website…

Home – Our index page that gives you a brief introduction of Open Achievement & our website.

About – The section that provides information about Open Achievement overall.

Project – The section that holds our open source R&D project of strategic human achievement.

Community – Our online community forums centered on achievement for those interested in & passionate about the subject. Let us know that you would like to launch the forums and be a part of them!

Blog – Where we will publish content will that covers the subject of human achievement, Open Achievement, discoveries from our R&D Project, and anything else that we feel is worth sharing with you. Please subscribe if you would like to be notified of future blog posts.

Join – Become a member of Open Achievement here. It is free, quick, and easy to join!

Contact – A direct contact form with an open door policy where we make sure to respond to every message you send us.

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We have very high standards for Open Achievement, so if you notice something that is off or have any feedback that you would like to offer, then you are always free to contact us. We would love to hear anything you’ve got from a constructive perspective because it can only help us further improve Open Achievement and take it to the next level.

We really hope you enjoy our website for Open Achievement!

We are extremely proud to announce the founding of an extremely ambitious & cutting edge organization…Open Achievement! I, Brian Watkins, the founder, have officially established the Open Achievement Organization today, October 5th, 2008.

The Open Achievement Organization has been created to pursue some of the biggest challenges within the subject of human achievement. Initially, we are taking on an open source research & development project of strategic human achievement (Open Achievement Project) as well as an online community centered on achievement (Open Achievement Community).

Currently, Open Achievement is in beta mode so to speak while developing our Project’s open platform (web developers wanted) and ramping up interest to launch our online community (community leaders wanted).

Open Achievement Project

The Open Achievement Project is the backbone of the Open Achievement Organization. It is our open source human achievement research & development project that invites everyone passionate about achievement to be directly involved. The scope of the Open Achievement Project spans both individual & group achievement across all segments of life. The objective of the Project is to involve everyone and create the cutting edge in strategy for further human achievement throughout the future as defined in our Project Mission.

Our R&D Project consists of Project Initiatives, with specific focuses defined by their creators, where the Initiatives are carried forward by their own leaders & contributors. We are currently designing & developing a sophisticated open platform that will allow for any individual or group ambitious & capable enough to establish their own Project Initiative and seek out support for it. In the meantime, you get involved by joining and contributing to our initial Initiatives.

Open Achievement Community

In addition to our R&D Project, we are currently working to establish a leading Community centered on the subject of achievement. Having open & direct public involvement is at the core of the Open Achievement philosophy and we feel that the founding premise of Open Achievement can potentially support one of the most prominent communities ever of people interested in achieving further in life. In the beginning, this community will exist as online discussion forums and will expand out from there as Open Achievement grows. We hope to eventually have a flourishing worldwide community both online and in the real world.

Initially, we will freeze all posting abilities within our online community until we have generated enough interest to successfully launch the community. So please go ahead and indicate your desire to contribute to the community as we would like to launch the Open Achievement Community ASAP! Let’s make it happen and build a world class community here at Open Achievement!

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One thing is for sure, we sure have chosen a timeless subject to base our organization & project on that will be fundamental to humanity until the end of time. In closing, we would like to thank you for your interest and would like to invite you to join Open Achievement as a member today!