FAQ
General
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What is Heroing?
/he' ro ing/: Taking action to do good and inspire others.
Lots of people do good things, like donate money or clothing, spread kindness through good deeds, or volunteer for local charities or causes... but Heroing takes it one step further, by sharing those experiences in stories, photos and videos to inspire others to take action as well.
Heroing isn't hard. The act itself can be as simple as saying hello to a stranger, buying someone a meal or helping out in the community... But the real impact comes from capturing and sharing that experience to inspire others to take action... If spread far enough, one exceptional act of Heroing can have the same impact as thousands of volunteer hours or millions of dollars in donations.
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What is JoeHero?
JoeHero is the first website established specifically to promote Heroing, by offering both a community for Heroes and a showcase for Missions. With this website, you can find Heroing challenges, communicate with and support other Heroes, share your own Missions, launch Heroing Movements, and keep a complete record of your Heroing activities, making new friends, having fun and inspiring others along the way!
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Why should I Go Heroing?
Maybe because you're passionate about making an impact. Or, because you want to be seen as more than just your job. Or, because you've got a great idea for making the world better. Or, because you want to be a Hero to someone you care about. Or, because you stand for something and you want people to remember you for it. Or, just because you're ready to stop complaining, step up and do something amazing that changes the world.
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How does JoeHero work?
Glad you asked. Heroes Start Missions that do good by helping people, groups or causes directly. The more direct, the better. After starting a Mission, Heroes can invite friends to help, and post descriptions, pictures and videos as they work towards their goal. Heroes and their Sidekicks accumulate Followers who like and support what they do, but also receive awards for their achievements, and spread their ideas through other Heroes who help turn their Missions into Movements.
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What kind of Mission should I go on?
A JoeHero Mission can be anything that makes the world a better place, from a random act of kindness, like buying a stranger a meal, to organizing a massive undertaking, like building a new community park. We have a number of different options, including custom Missions, user-generated Movements and sponsor Challenges that let you use your creativity and courage to do good and inpire others. No matter which one you choose, the important part is that you take action now, have fun, and make a difference!
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How do the Challenges Work?
We have a number of great user-submitted Mission Challenges that you can try. But we also have sponsors who believe in Heroing too and issue their own Challenges that offer Awards, prizes or scholarships for Missions that fit certain criteria. You can see all the Challenges on the Mission Challenges page.
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How do Awards work?
Awards are a great way to appreciate the amazing work that our Heroes do, so why limit them? In addition to official JoeHero awards, and our sponsor Challenge awards, anybody can make their own custom-designed awards appear on your Mission page by clicking on the "Give An Award" link. It's a fun, free and creative way to encourage and support our Heroes and their Missions.
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Missions
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How do I start a Mission?
Choose a Mission Challenge, join a Movement, copy an Exisiting Mission, or invent your own Custom Mission. Then, fill in the basic details of what you want to do or have already done. You can invite friends to help you and post stories, pictures and videos as you complete your Mission.
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How do I invite friends to help me?
From your Mission page, you can invite friends from Facebook to help you. Once your friends receive the notification on Facebook and accept your request, they will be listed under the Sidekicks tab.
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How do I share my Mission to inspire others?
Unless you specify your Mission to be secret, it will be automatically listed on the JoeHero website and posted to your Facebook feed. If you want to spread your Mission further, you can use some of the social network tools available on your Mission page to publicize your Mission on Facebook, Twitter and other popular networks.
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How do Followers work?
Visitors who view your Mission page can choose to Follow that Mission by clicking on the Facebook Like button. When they do, they'll receive Facebook alerts whenever you post updates to your Mission. They'll also receive notifications when you start new Missions so they will have the opportunity to Follow that Mission as well. When you accumulate Followers over time, you'll build a a loyal base of supporters to encourage and cheer you on!
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I finished my Mission. What do I do next?
You can always expand the goals of your current Mission using the Edit Mission link or start a new, bigger Mission. Be careful, once you've become a JoeHero, people will expect you to Be Great!
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Movements
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What is a Movement?
When a Mission is posted to JoeHero, other Heroes have the option to copy it and perform the same or similar Mission in their own community by clicking the "Join This Movement" link. If they do, the original Mission and the new Mission become part of the larger Movement. Movements allow you to create much higher impact by encouraging other Heroes to spread your idea in their communities.
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How do I join a Movement?
Choose any Mission on JoeHero and then click the link to "Join This Movement". You'll go to a page where you can start your own Mission that will be automatically listed with the Movement.
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How do I start a Movement?
It's automatic. Just start a Mission and then encourage people to click the "Join This Movement" link.
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Other Stuff
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How do I raise money for charity?
You don't. Take action and help someone directly instead. Or, plan an event and capture an experience, like a day of volunteering, that inspires others to help the charity too. You wouldn't watch a movie where the Hero asks for donations for 108 minutes instead of saving the world... Make your Mission something amazing and inspirational to others instead...
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What does "Beta" mean?
It means we're new, and not everything on the site might work 100% correctly. But it's also a great opportunity for you to be a founding member of JoeHero, and help give feedback, suggest features and build our community of Heroes! Also, it means we don't yet have thousands of people doing our Sponsored Challenges, so right now it's really easy to put your Missions on top!
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Who's behind JoeHero?
Nobody special. Just a guy named Scott and some of his friends. If you want, you can ask Scott some questions at the Community or on Twitter.
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Who supports JoeHero?
Private individuals and organizations who want to make the world a better place, along with Sponsors who support our Heroes with Mission Challenges. If you know someone who might want to sponsor JoeHero, let us know.
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Why are you doing this?
In short... because we want to be Heroes too.
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Fast Facts
- JoeHero is about being a personal hero and role model while doing good and inspiring others.
- Heroes perform Missions that directly help a person, group or cause.
- Heroes accumulate Followers and receive Awards from JoeHero and others.
- Heroes should try to inspire people to start their own Missions.
- JoeHero is for helping people directly. Please don't use our site for charity fundraising.
