Onboarding: Exchange

ADD A PROJECT, SYSTEM OR SERVICE

Share what you are building through the Mobilized Exchange

Good solutions need better distribution.

The Mobilized Exchange connects people, projects, services, resources and proven approaches across communities and sectors. It is designed for people who are building practical responses to real needs—and for those looking for collaborators, knowledge, funding, tools or support.

Use the Exchange to make your work visible, explain what it can do, and identify the people or resources needed to move it forward.

What You Can Add

You may submit:

  • A community project or local initiative
  • A working system or replicable model
  • A professional or public-interest service
  • A technology, platform or practical tool
  • A cooperative, nonprofit or social enterprise
  • A research, education or training program
  • A media, storytelling or cultural project
  • A solution seeking partners, investment or wider adoption
  • A problem or community need seeking solutions
  • A project seeking people, funding, equipment or expertise

Submissions may be proposed, in development, being piloted, fully operational or ready to scale.

Before You Begin

Be prepared to explain:

What are you offering or seeking?
Describe the project, system, service, need or opportunity in plain language.

What problem does it address?
Identify the practical need and the people, places or systems affected.

How does it work?
Explain the process, model, technology or service clearly enough for another person to understand it.

What stage is it in?
Select whether it is an idea, early-stage project, pilot, operating initiative or scaling solution.

What do you need now?
Identify collaborators, funding, equipment, locations, research, technical expertise, media coverage or other forms of support.

What can you offer others?
Include knowledge, services, tools, training, partnerships, licensing, volunteer opportunities or resources.

What is the best next step?
Tell readers exactly how to respond, connect or participate.

How to Add Your Listing

1. Choose the right listing type

Select the option that best describes your submission:

  • Problems Seeking Solutions
  • Solutions Available
  • People Seeking People
  • Projects Seeking Support
  • Funding and Resources
  • Events and Working Sessions
  • Tools, Guides and Learning
  • Media and Storytelling

2. Select the relevant sector and region

Choose the systems your work affects, such as:

  • Clean and renewable energy
  • Food and water
  • Public and planetary health
  • Circular production
  • Democracy and civic life
  • Information technology and cybersecurity
  • Mobility and transportation
  • Smarter cities and communities
  • Ethical finance
  • Education and workforce
  • Arts, culture and media
  • Community resilience

Select every region where the work is currently active or can be applied.

3. Write a clear title and summary

Use a title that tells people what the project does.

Avoid vague titles such as:

  • A Better Future
  • The Next Big Idea
  • Revolutionary New Platform

Use specific titles such as:

  • Community-Owned Solar Cooperative Seeking Municipal Partners
  • Food Recovery Network Connecting Restaurants With Local Shelters
  • Open-Source Tool for Mapping Neighborhood Heat Risk

Your summary should explain the project’s purpose in one or two sentences.

4. Complete the project details

Include:

  • The problem
  • The proposed or operating solution
  • The people or communities served
  • The current stage
  • Evidence, results or lessons learned
  • People or skills needed
  • Resources or funding needed
  • Your next 7-day action
  • Your 30-day pathway
  • Your 90-day objective
  • Website or supporting resource
  • Contact information

5. Review before publishing

Confirm that the information is accurate, current and understandable. Remove exaggerated claims and explain technical terms.

6. Submit your listing

After submission, your listing may be reviewed for clarity, relevance, accuracy and compliance with Mobilized standards.

You may be asked to provide additional information before publication.

What Makes a Strong Exchange Listing?

A strong listing is:

Practical: It explains what people can do.

Specific: It identifies the need, solution, participants and next step.

Honest: It distinguishes proven results from goals or projections.

Collaborative: It makes participation possible.

Replicable: It helps others understand what may be adapted elsewhere.

Systems-aware: It recognizes how the work connects with other sectors and communities.

What We Do Not Accept

The Exchange is not a conventional advertising directory.

We do not publish:

  • Misleading or unverifiable claims
  • Hate speech, harassment or discrimination
  • Partisan propaganda
  • Extractive or exploitative opportunities
  • Pyramid schemes or deceptive financial promotions
  • Products or services that cause avoidable harm
  • Listings without a meaningful public, community or systems benefit
  • Content copied without permission
  • Artificial intelligence-generated claims that have not been checked by a responsible human
  • Submissions designed primarily to collect personal data

Keep Your Listing Current

Update your listing when:

  • The project changes stage
  • New partners join
  • Funding needs change
  • Results become available
  • Contact information changes
  • The opportunity closes
  • The project becomes inactive

The Exchange becomes more valuable when every listing reflects what is happening now.

The Goal

The Mobilized Exchange is where ideas become visible, needs become actionable and people find one another.

Do not simply tell the world what you believe.

Show people what you are building, what you have learned and how they can take part.

Mobilized Insights do not simply explain what is wrong.

They reveal how systems work, why change is difficult, what is already possible and how people can participate in creating better outcomes.

Bring your knowledge.

Show your evidence.

Connect the systems.

Help people act.