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The opportunity & vision
Australia’s greatest asset is unquestionably its people, the most generous, caring,
multi-cultural people on the planet. Ordinary Australians’ preparedness to
volunteer help for the needy in a crisis is unsurpassed. As a highly respected and
unique nation, ordinary Australians are at a cross-road in their social maturity and
their nation’s future opportunities, just as our unique and beautiful country faces
an uncertain future.
Today, ordinary people of Australia are disillusioned with politics, broken
democratic processes and the level of corruption being exposed (in government,
business, unions, lobby groups, etc.). The vision is that ordinary Australian people
seek a new platform to more effectively and regularly express this generosity of
heart, this caring spirit, this love for Australia and they want to be proud in passing
on a better life to our next generation. Many of the big hard challenges being
facing by ordinary Australians today are self-inflicted (obesity & type-2 diabetics,
addictions, environmental pollution, corruption), problems which are costing
society dearly, even though they are all potentially self-preventable and self-
correctable.
The vision - a new Caring Social Model for ordinary (Australian) people.
What is “Yourself Helper”?It’s the “name” of a new IT innovation platform website
What does “Yourself Helper” do?It’s a Social Network utility for ordinary people wishing to lead a good life in:-
• finding good works to do
• volunteering to help others in need
• identifying social problems and community initiatives where participation in voluntary
assistance is sought
• interacting with others of altruistic persuasion on the big hard social problems facing
western society today; specifically those in need of innovative solutions
• becoming involved with ordinary people able to contribute to not only solving big
social problems but to also addressing local community problems
• becoming empowered to maximise the extent of self-help required to take control of
their own life through access to specialist information on an array of social problems
• communicating and collaborating on innovative ideas for helping others and gaining
support in activating their implementation
• starting community initiatives encouraging ordinary people to congregate for the
common good and help those in need
• knowing yourself authentically & how to be the person you really wish to be right now
• treating others as you would like to be treated Yourself
How does “Yourself Helper” do all that?Information empowerment – through the provision of altruistic content from
specialists’ knowledge and wisdom managed and distributed across a Framework for
Life (F4L) supporting the 4 tiers of Yourself, namely your:-
• Physical body-centred Self
• Physical mind-centred Self
• Soul-centred Self
• Spirit-centred Self
Self-Help Processes – Investing in education and being awakened to the need for
change in your life, you journalise your own personalise F4L towards being more
mindful of your authentic-self in everyday “now” life. Through self-reflection, words
are turned into committed actions, supported by a series of “measures” making you
more accountable for gaining control of your own life.
Self-assessment and associated measures thereby become available for on-going
further reflection. Being mindful of your full potential and the realisation that help is
available to support you in filling some of your identified gaps, you become
empowered “to be the best you can be” (now, of your life).
Over time, this process becomes a life-long journey of Self-transformation.
Information Empowerment – Identifying with your
authentic-Self, across the 4 Tiers of the F4L.
Tier#1 Physical – Body centred Self
5xSenses: Sight Touch Smell Hear Taste
External Material World
BrainBody Situation Assets
Tier#2 Physical – Mind centred Self
UnconsciousSubconscious Conscious
Yourself
Tier#3 Soul centred Self
LoveShadow
Tier#4 Spiritual centred Self
GodDevil
LoveTemptation Faith
Knowledge
Sin
Diet Experience
(Optional)
Self
Identification
Forgiveness Free Will
Spiritual World
HopeWill
Your
Self
Your
Family
Your
Friends
Your
Community
Your
Society
Your
People
Your
Environment
Your www.
wide &
worderful
world
Once you know “Yourself” authentically in determining how to be the best
you can be now (through self-help & help from others), you become better
placed to spiral outwards helping others:- your family, friends, community,
the needy, the environment… etc.
External Material World
1
2
3
4
Personalised
Self-Identification
of Yourself
(Tiers 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Identification of Another Identification of Another
1 2 3 123
1
2
3
Eg. Identification of an
Agnostic/Atheist
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The (“G”eneric) F4L is from the ‘Yourself Helper” website metadata.
Your (“P”ersonalised) F4L is the “Yourself-Helper” journalised
identification information supplied by self against the G-F4L.
The deeper the tier,
the greater potential
benefit to Yourself
and to others.
Self-Help (Processes & Steps)
Self-Help
Awareness Awakening Activation Accountability
Volunteer-Help
Acceptance Awakening Activation Accountability
Needs External Help OK?
Administration-Help
Expert (SME)
Content
Initiative &
Project Admin.Governance Accountability
OK? Needs Independent Help
Self-Assessment of Your Problems (WOL)
Finance
Career
(Employment)
Fun &
Activities
Personal
Growth
Health
Friends &
Family
(Community)
Romance
& Partners
Physical
Environment
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1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Currently out of scope (for YSH)
“Yourself Helper” IT Social Network Utility
YourSelf
Helper
Website
Ordinary People
Needs
Help
Volunteers
Help
Self-HelpCall
CentreGovernance
Body
Systems
Admin.
Social
Network
SME
Content
Provider
Selected
Member
Member
Other Social
Links
• You-Tube ….
“G”-F4L
Seek-Help
• F4L Tiers of Self
• Big Hard Problems
• Security/Privacy
• Legal & Financial
• User Reviews
• Community Projects…
“P”-F4L
• Dietician
• Physiotherapist
• Medical Doctor
• Psychologist
• Cleric
• Trades
• IT
• Social Bodies..
Charitable
Organisation
Member
Admin.
Help
• St. Vineys
• Salvos
• Red Cross
• Lifeline
• Anglicare
• Community Centre …
Self-Help
support
Helping Others
“Yourself Helper” IT innovation • Free for use by all ordinary people
• Enables self-help, self-transformation, people-empowerment, thereby enabling you to be
the best you can be now and support you being able to help and care for others
• Supports voluntary help from “those caring more about others than themselves” and
potentially recognising such voluntary works as social credits/rewards
• Facilitates wisdom transfer of mindful content from authenticated caring experts,
explaining how your ever day decisions not only shape your life but the world we all live in
• Focuses on the big hard problems facing people today and explains how these are related
to the very same problems society across the globe is also struggling with
• An innovative IT solution designed to also encourage the IT industry shift from its current
pre-occupation with trivial mundane tactical gadgets & gimmickry to a more balanced
situation where our greatest innovative IT brains are also focused on the more strategic big
hard problems being faced by ordinary people
• Seeks voluntary contributions from a broad range of specialists & subject matter experts
(SMEs), prepared to share their wisdom through participation in its governance process
• Drives social innovation from ordinary people’s experiences and collaborative efforts in
creating a better world now for our children and future generations
• Accumulates a bank of volunteer opportunities available for ordinary people to consider as
part of their give-back to others and to society generally
• Increases happiness and peace in people caring more about one another
• As far as is humanly possible, being non-partisan, non-denominational, multi-cultural, etc.
• Facilitates better informed decision making and the maturing of a new Care Social Model
What are some of the big hard problems we face today?
• Obesity & type-2 Diabetes
• Health Management & Hospital overcrowding
• Inequalities (in Wealth Distribution, Women, Culture)
• Addictions (to Drugs, Alcohol, Gambling, IT, Sex)
• Broken Democratic processes & Corruption
• Environmental Pollution (of Air, Land and Water)
• Education
• Energy Management
• IT Innovation
most of which are self-inflicted, self-preventable and thereby potentially self-correctable.
Whereas other circumstantial problems are not necessarily the fault of self, but
need volunteer help for the:-
• Poor
• Homeless
• Sick
• Disabled
• Elderly
• Mentally ill
• Lonely, Depressed, etc.
What gap is “Yourself Helper” proposing to fill?
The provision of a single integrated platform for ordinary people to know:-
• What range of social needs exist for voluntary help in Australia today?
• What their many strengths and weaknesses are (from Knowing Your authentic Self)?
• Where to turn, to seek various forms of help with their identified personal needs &
weaknesses; gaps constraining them from being the best they can be now?
• How to offer help to the needy (in volunteering) by leveraging their identified and
authenticated strengths?
• Where they can communicate innovation ideas for greater self-help, helping others and
gaining support for their implementation?
• Where to find others sharing their for the big hard problems of today?
Scenario:-
Of a “Volunteer” Of the “Needy”
I’m widower living on my own these days
who has a car and knows how to prepare a
good meal, but I don’t get much call for that
these days?
Anyone need some help with some cooking?
I’m a disabled pensioner whose fence is
falling apart & I just cannot afford to have it
fixed. Got a team of 2 lads who have
volunteered to come around and fix the
fence, but I’d like to make them some
sandwiches and a cup of tea for their trouble?
Done! Feel the love.
Volunteers’ project to help those in need, who just cannot afford
to pay. Capable authenticated volunteers who care more about others
than themselves.
Everyone can be a “heavy
lifter” and not needing to
be a burden on others.
Everyone has that special
gift to share:-
• A smile
• A skill
• A helping hand
• Their company
• Their ear
• Their conversation
• Their experiences
• Their happiness
• Their wisdom
That are all free and of
much value to others &
society.
The best things in life are
always free.
Vision for Manly Northern Beaches Trial of Yourself Helper
To prove the value of the “Yourself Helper” website and to trial its F4L content,
it is proposed to develop a test version for trialing across Northern Beaches (NB)
• Tapping in on some already authenticated volunteers from established
Charities & their associated governance processes, call centres, etc.
• Identifying a subset of big hard problems (both charitable works & self-
inflicted problems) prevalent in the area and SME voluntary content
contributions for associated self-help & established social network links to
encourage authenticated self refection and greater mindfulness
• Extend established Charity services through access to a bank of volunteers
providing greater reach, depth, collaboration, sharing, innovation and value
• Establish a small bank of (100) additional authenticated volunteers
• Establish a small bank of (20) volunteer initiative, supported by able bodied
volunteer SMEs to administer, educate & train ordinary people volunteering
• Establish a small governance team (7) to provide overarching administration
to the effort and monitor the success and failures of the trial
• Encourage further innovation ideas from all participants (not reasons for
failure) on how to make the trial an on-going self-supporting success
• Position the trial for improvements and for consideration of a wider audience
• Re-assess the need for further voluntary (philanthropic) financial
contributions to fund agreed improvements/adjustments
YSH Sign-Up & Register - Information Model
Ordinary PersonYSH User
(Register)
Role
(Sign-Up)
Administrator SME
Community
Initiative
Helper
Problem(pre-ordained)
Needy
Need
Geographics (Country - Post Code)
• User Address
• Password
• Contact Details
• Geographics
Self-Help:
A – Awareness
A – Awakening
A – Activation
A - Accountability
Volunteer
