Step 2 of the 7 Step Process – It’s All About Activity Listings

It’s time to turn your nebulous ambitions into activities that you and others can engage in, and complete.

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Once you’ve identified your ambition, the next step is to bring it to life. This happens by combining strategies with the right activities.


1. Choose a Strategy

Your strategy is the broad approach you’ll take to move your ambition forward.
On Ideas-Shared you can use one or more of the following:

  • Create Awareness – Make more people see, hear, or understand your ambition.
  • Improve or Reform – Influence change to make something better or fairer.
  • Stop or Boycott – Prevent harm or withdraw support to force change.
  • Build or Create New – Launch something fresh: a project, business, campaign, or initiative.
  • Innovate – Invent new solutions, ideas, or ways of doing things.
  • Recruit – Find people with the skills, passion, or resources you need.
  • Protest – Stand up publicly to highlight an issue or demand change.
  • Leverage Petitions – Use collective voices to influence decision-makers.
  • Obtain Funding – Secure money to turn your ambition into reality.
  • Receive Donations – Invite contributions of money, goods, or time.
  • Research – Gather information, insights, or evidence to guide next steps.

👉 Your strategy sets the direction.


2. Pick Your Activities

Your activities are the practical vehicles that turn your chosen strategy into measurable action.
Here’s the full list of activities available to you:

  • Declare Ambition – Publicly state what you want to achieve.
  • Develop Idea – Share a new idea and invite input.
  • Offer Solution – Put forward a clear, actionable solution.
  • Fix Problem – Highlight an issue and propose ways to resolve it.
  • Ask Question – Gather views, knowledge, or clarification.
  • Start Discussion – Open a debate or conversation to move things forward.
  • Having a Rant – Vent frustrations and shine a light on what’s wrong.
  • Express Opinion – Share your viewpoint on a key matter.
  • Post Announcement – Inform others about news or updates.
  • Promote Event – Invite people to join or support your event.
  • Petition Leverage – Start or promote a petition.
  • Post Advert – Publish an advert to find support, partners, or opportunities.
  • Request Help – Ask for assistance, resources, or collaboration.
  • Offer Help – Put yourself forward to assist others.
  • Submit Recommendation – Provide advice or suggest improvements.
  • Showcase Place – Promote a location, venue, or destination.
  • Share Knowledge – Teach or reveal useful information.
  • Supply Tutorial – Offer step-by-step guidance.

👉 Your activities are the tools in your kit.


3. Match Strategies and Activities

Here’s how strategies and activities can connect:

StrategyExample Activities (Activity Listing Type)
Create AwarenessAmbition, Announcement, Article, Event, Opinion
Improve or ReformDiscussion, Problem, Recommendation, Idea
Stop or BoycottRant, Discussion, Announcement, Event
Build or Create NewAmbition, Idea, Solution, Place
InnovateIdea, Solution, Article, Tutorial
RecruitAdvert, Request Help, Offer Help, Event
ProtestRant, Event, Announcement, Discussion
Leverage PetitionsArticle, Event, Problem
Obtain FundingAdvert, Request Help, Event, Solution
Receive DonationsRequest Help, Announcement, Event
ResearchQuestion, Article, Discussion, Recommendation

👉 You can mix and match – use as many activities as you need to deliver your chosen strategy.


How to Post Activity Listings

Navigate to the Add Listing page, open up the form and complete as fully as you can without giving any secrets away. Don’t forget to add your Group URL to the relevant spot in the links section of the form to meet with interested parties later.

Once submitted, your activity is added to the Ambition Directory, where it becomes visible to the community, ready to spark collaborations, opportunities, and progress. Don’t worry – you can edit your listings anytime as your ambition evolves.

Step 2 is where strategy links your ambition to an activity.
This is what makes Ideas-Shared unique: your listings aren’t random posts – they’re strategic actions, designed to turn ambitions into results.