Purpose creates 21st century movements. We deploy the collective power of millions of citizens and consumers to help solve some of the world’s biggest problems. We develop and launch our own social and consumer movements using our model of movement entrepreneurship, and we work with organizations and progressive companies to help them mobilize large-scale, purposeful action.
Purpose was born out of some of the most successful experiments in mass digital participation. Our principals are co-founders of Avaaz, the world’s largest online political movement with more than 15 million members operating in 14 languages, and the creators of Australia’s GetUp!, an internationally recognized social movement phenomenon with more members than all the country’s political parties combined. Purpose has helped to create significant new efforts to fight cancer, eliminate nuclear weapons and change our food culture. We’ve recently launched All Out, a global movement to win historic rights and cultural acceptance for LGBT people.
Technology is unlocking transformational new forms of political participation and social engagement. Purpose works at the frontier of these changes – and our global team is pioneering new ways to allow people to combine their power as citizens, consumers and cultural agents. Our movements are deploying huge numbers of people, online and on the ground, to influence the political process. At the same time, we are working to create the consumer demand and behavioral shifts required to bring about the kind of change that politics alone cannot.
Purpose fulfills its mission in two main ways
To create powerful movements, Purpose combines key insights from political organizing, behavioral economics, brand strategy and organizational design. Our work comes to life through cutting-edge technology and interaction design allowing large numbers of people to come together and self-organize.
As movement-makers, our currency is action, not conversations or eyeballs.
We create movement brands with a visual language and narrative capable of inspiring people to action. We use social media as a way to amplify calls-to-action and organize movement members, not as an end in itself. We don’t create internet memes – we generate energy and excitement only when we know we can sustain and build on it.
The change we seek is grounded in informed policy analysis and sound research. We work on projects we think have the potential to create lasting change with the ability to achieve influence at scale.
Purpose Europe
Hub Westminster
1st Floor, New Zealand House
80 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4TE
