It’s been a whole year since the conversation that led to the founding of AOK. Adrian Grenier, his producing partner Peter Glatzer, and AOK’s soon to be CEO and COO, Ira and Lynn Liss, were talking about bringing kindness into the 21st century. Could doing and sharing acts of kindness become part of the average person’s daily consciousness? Could this sometimes tired word be reinvigorated into a tangible, shareable, dynamic entity? Could being kind be more fun?
Lynn and Ira, with their combined experience in the social entrepreneurship space, quickly assembled a crack team to modernize and gamify this age-old virtue. What followed was twelve rapid-fire months of wire framing, graphic design, extensive coding, collaborative conference calls, free-thinking, mobile applications, road mapping, social media connection, passionate team members, treasured interns, *flashtagging, and most importantly, YOU, our burgeoning community of AOKers! You’ve guided us, you’ve spread the word about us, you’ve surprised us with AOKs of all descriptions, and you’ve inspired us.
AOK is looking forward to the new year and all of the expansions and exciting new additions to the AOK experience that it will bring. Some will come as improvements to existing features, other developments will enable new and more immersive ways for every AOKer to visualize kindness. The connection between your AOKs and their real-world impact will become ever richer.
Thank you for a fabulous first year! All of us at AOK wish all of you the world-over a happy, healthy, kind and mindful 2012!
